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I have $300 - How would you invest it?

by Zenith Blue
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Hi everyone,
I have set aside $300 to use in an IM campaign that will (hopefully) make more than that in return to give me a start.

I have 1 niche website, that doesn't really get traffic and pretty much has no back links, but the site itself is good and has good content and offers (amazon conversion of 2.55%).

The $300 doesn't necessarily have to have anything to do with this niche site. I guess I just want to know what you would do if you had this relatively modest amount to make a bit of bob over the next week/couple of weeks.

I know the WF is a mixture of really helpful and skilled IMers and nonsense one-liners, but if any of the quality posters have insight, I would love to hear what they would do
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  • Profile picture of the author garethjehu1
    If I only had $300 and I was starting again, I would invest the money in traffic.

    1. I would set up a couple of squeeze pages
    2. I would set 2/3 free traffic generation methods - video marketing, forum marketing, SM marketing
    3. I would invest in the adverts/headlines and squeeze page that were returning the best results through my free methods
    4. I would then email my growing list asking them what they needed help with
    5. I would create some free videos to help answer some of the questions and create products for the more common issues.
    6. Write a series of entertaining and valuable emails.
    7. Launch your newly created product on WF
    Rinse and repeat.

    The aim is to get as many buyers and people you have helped/added value to onto your list. You will then benefit from goodwill and trust and so your conversion rates will go through the roof.

    With only $300 to invest I would imagine using this strategy you would be making a good $200-$500 per week within 6 weeks. Which will only increase if you continue to invest both your time and money into more traffic generation.
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    • Profile picture of the author Zenith Blue
      Originally Posted by garethjehu1 View Post

      If I only had $300 and I was starting again, I would invest the money in traffic.

      1. I would set up a couple of squeeze pages
      2. I would set 2/3 free traffic generation methods - video marketing, forum marketing, SM marketing
      3. I would invest in the adverts/headlines and squeeze page that were returning the best results through my free methods
      4. I would then email my growing list asking them what they needed help with
      5. I would create some free videos to help answer some of the questions and create products for the more common issues.
      6. Write a series of entertaining and valuable emails.
      7. Launch your newly created product on WF
      Rinse and repeat.

      The aim is to get as many buyers and people you have helped/added value to onto your list. You will then benefit from goodwill and trust and so your conversion rates will go through the roof.

      With only $300 to invest I would imagine using this strategy you would be making a good $200-$500 per week within 6 weeks. Which will only increase if you continue to invest both your time and money into more traffic generation.
      Thank you for your response! In my experience though, free methods of advertising aren't very effective in growing a list - but yes, I have thought of spending it on paid ads (probably social rather than Adwords, as I have seen better ROI from social) onto a squeeze page and then onto a list.

      I think the actual copyrighting will be quite good, it's just getting people to subscribe is the issue! Thank you for your valuable contribution.
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  • Profile picture of the author SandraGenJobs
    I agree with garethjehu1. 300$ is not a very big amount of money to begin with but something can surely be done, and investing money in traffic is a good idea. The only thing is that this method is going to take some time so be prepared for that.
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  • Profile picture of the author Internet Trillionaire
    Hey here's a one liner you can use... You can invest your $300 in a good WSO on product creation/launches & traffic generation .
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  • Profile picture of the author Tom Addams
    I'm going to suggest a different route; although, there really are hundreds with a $300 budget (to make a few extra bob, and then some.)

    1. Join an affiliate network that has PPL offers. These pay anywhere from 2 bucks to over 10. You refer a person, they fill in a form, blammo, you earn. Easy.

    2. Decide on a niche that has massive social interest. Many exist. The niche should also have plenty of PPL offers.

    3. You need a hub. Get yourself a domain, a decent WP theme, and put together your hub. Could be a blog (good for social), a squeeze page, whatever.

    4. Setup pages, groups, communities, accounts on the major social platforms. If you're unfamiliar with how to grow them, learn. You can grow these things for free or spend money. Quick growth? Pay for "blasts/ updates" on social platforms. Don't buy them off Fiverr. Get them direct from people on FB, Twitter, etc. Approach them or look for them on marketing forums.

    5. If you don't use a squeeze page, please at least ensure you use an email popup. Key thing here: you need to begin capturing as much of your social followers as you can. You don't own the FB page or the Twitter account; FB and Twitter do. Not only that but places like FB limit reach. Build your list.

    6. Through a combination of article syndication (on your social pages, groups, etc), viral marketing (learn it), and list marketing, you'll make a few bob and then some, and all of this can be setup for under $300 and quite quickly.

    All the best, mate!

    Tom
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    • Profile picture of the author discrat
      Originally Posted by Tom Addams View Post

      I'm going to suggest a different route; although, there really are hundreds with a $300 budget (to make a few extra bob, and then some.)

      1. Join an affiliate network that has PPL offers. These pay anywhere from 2 bucks to over 10. You refer a person, they fill in a form, blammo, you earn. Easy.

      2. Decide on a niche that has massive social interest. Many exist. The niche should also have plenty of PPL offers.

      3. You need a hub. Get yourself a domain, a decent WP theme, and put together your hub. Could be a blog (good for social), a squeeze page, whatever.

      4. Setup pages, groups, communities, accounts on the major social platforms. If you're unfamiliar with how to grow them, learn. You can grow these things for free or spend money. Quick growth? Pay for "blasts/ updates" on social platforms. Don't buy them off Fiverr. Get them direct from people on FB, Twitter, etc. Approach them or look for them on marketing forums.

      5. If you don't use a squeeze page, please at least ensure you use an email popup. Key thing here: you need to begin capturing as much of your social followers as you can. You don't own the FB page or the Twitter account; FB and Twitter do. Not only that but places like FB limit reach. Build your list.

      6. Through a combination of article syndication (on your social pages, groups, etc), viral marketing (learn it), and list marketing, you'll make a few bob and then some, and all of this can be setup for under $300 and quite quickly.

      All the best, mate!

      Tom
      As usual good stuff, Tom.

      Can I ask a question though ? What the heck is making a "bob"


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      • Profile picture of the author salegurus
        Originally Posted by discrat View Post

        As usual good stuff, Tom.

        Can I ask a question though ? What the heck is making a "bob"


        - Robert Andrew
        Make a "Bob" = Make a "Buck"...
        Make a few extra Bob - Make a few extra bucks (aka Dollars) ...
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      • Profile picture of the author Tom Addams
        Originally Posted by discrat View Post

        As usual good stuff, Tom.

        Can I ask a question though ? What the heck is making a "bob"


        - Robert Andrew
        Thanks, buddy!

        Haha - looks like salegurus beat me to it. We'll turn you into a Limey yet, matey!

        Tom
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        • Profile picture of the author Zenith Blue
          Originally Posted by Tom Addams View Post

          Thanks, buddy!

          Haha - looks like salegurus beat me to it. We'll turn you into a Limey yet, matey!

          Tom
          Haha, my European-ness shining through there
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    • Profile picture of the author Zenith Blue
      Originally Posted by Tom Addams View Post

      I'm going to suggest a different route; although, there really are hundreds with a $300 budget (to make a few extra bob, and then some.)

      1. Join an affiliate network that has PPL offers. These pay anywhere from 2 bucks to over 10. You refer a person, they fill in a form, blammo, you earn. Easy.

      2. Decide on a niche that has massive social interest. Many exist. The niche should also have plenty of PPL offers.

      3. You need a hub. Get yourself a domain, a decent WP theme, and put together your hub. Could be a blog (good for social), a squeeze page, whatever.

      4. Setup pages, groups, communities, accounts on the major social platforms. If you're unfamiliar with how to grow them, learn. You can grow these things for free or spend money. Quick growth? Pay for "blasts/ updates" on social platforms. Don't buy them off Fiverr. Get them direct from people on FB, Twitter, etc. Approach them or look for them on marketing forums.

      5. If you don't use a squeeze page, please at least ensure you use an email popup. Key thing here: you need to begin capturing as much of your social followers as you can. You don't own the FB page or the Twitter account; FB and Twitter do. Not only that but places like FB limit reach. Build your list.

      6. Through a combination of article syndication (on your social pages, groups, etc), viral marketing (learn it), and list marketing, you'll make a few bob and then some, and all of this can be setup for under $300 and quite quickly.

      All the best, mate!

      Tom
      Hey Tom,
      Wow, this is stacked with amazing information. Thank you! I have seen your posts adding huge value to many people's questions on this forum for a hell of a long time, and am very grateful for you taking the time to answer my question so thoroughly and in-depth as you have done.

      My only follow-up questions are - how do I join an affiliate network with PPL offers? Is this a specific type of network or is it just a case of finding a product/service, signing up for their affiliate program and getting a link or is it something more nuanced?

      I presume you think this strategy could work in any niche, as long as it had massive social reach?

      Once again, thank you so much for your advice. It's hugely valuable and quite easy to follow in your step-by-step!
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      • Profile picture of the author Tom Addams
        Originally Posted by Zenith Blue View Post

        Hey Tom,
        Wow, this is stacked with amazing information. Thank you! I have seen your posts adding huge value to many people's questions on this forum for a hell of a long time, and am very grateful for you taking the time to answer my question so thoroughly and in-depth as you have done.

        My only follow-up questions are - how do I join an affiliate network with PPL offers? Is this a specific type of network or is it just a case of finding a product/service, signing up for their affiliate program and getting a link or is it something more nuanced?

        I presume you think this strategy could work in any niche, as long as it had massive social reach?

        Once again, thank you so much for your advice. It's hugely valuable and quite easy to follow in your step-by-step!
        Thanks a lot for the compliments. I appreciate it!

        Take a look at these:

        PeerflyOffers.com and OfferVault.com

        Newcomers often struggle to get accepted at the bigger networks, but once you understand the business from the network POV, you'll never have a problem again. The business, our business, is littered with folks using the wrong type of tactics to generate traffic. All a network really wants to know is whether or not your traffic comes from white hat (100% legit) sources. So when you apply, you basically just need to be completely transparent. They're looking for a decent traffic model. That could be a website with great content, or experience with media buys and PPC, a membership site, a mailing list business model, and so forth. (Note: some networks don't like email traffic.)

        The model I mention above is pretty much the easiest way to get accepted. Get yourself a nice looking blog, fill it with good content, send a little traffic just so you have some to report, and make your application. I've had students accepted in hours doing exactly that. Make a few applications, too. It's always an idea to have access to a lot of offers. You need to keep your traffic interested. You'll often notice a decline in conversions (as you'd expect) if they keep seeing the same offers. Not only that, but you need to weed out the shavers. Many networks are probably honest, but they're only the middle-man. The people behind the offers themselves are usually less than honest. More offers means you can weed the buggers out.

        Overall, it's a safe model for you to look into. Low entry cost, potentially high return, and you'll end up learning a bunch of stuff you can apply to other models in the future. Best of luck!

        Tom
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        • Profile picture of the author Zenith Blue
          Originally Posted by Tom Addams View Post

          Thanks a lot for the compliments. I appreciate it!

          Take a look at these:

          PeerflyOffers.com and OfferVault.com

          Newcomers often struggle to get accepted at the bigger networks, but once you understand the business from the network POV, you'll never have a problem again. The business, our business, is littered with folks using the wrong type of tactics to generate traffic. All a network really wants to know is whether or not your traffic comes from white hat (100% legit) sources. So when you apply, you basically just need to be completely transparent. They're looking for a decent traffic model. That could be a website with great content, or experience with media buys and PPC, a membership site, a mailing list business model, and so forth. (Note: some networks don't like email traffic.)

          The model I mention above is pretty much the easiest way to get accepted. Get yourself a nice looking blog, fill it with good content, send a little traffic just so you have some to report, and make your application. I've had students accepted in hours doing exactly that. Make a few applications, too. It's always an idea to have access to a lot of offers. You need to keep your traffic interested. You'll often notice a decline in conversions (as you'd expect) if they keep seeing the same offers. Not only that, but you need to weed out the shavers. Many networks are probably honest, but they're only the middle-man. The people behind the offers themselves are usually less than honest. More offers means you can weed the buggers out.

          Overall, it's a safe model for you to look into. Low entry cost, potentially high return, and you'll end up learning a bunch of stuff you can apply to other models in the future. Best of luck!

          Tom
          Hey Tom,
          Thanks so much for this. I know nothing about CPA or that side of IM. I am quite knowledgeable on niche sites and that side, but this is new to me. I will 100% learn as much as I can on this topic and take action when I feel comfortable.

          I'll report back to you how I got on, as a thank you for your time and advice. Thanks!

          J
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          • Profile picture of the author Tom Addams
            Originally Posted by Zenith Blue View Post

            Hey Tom,
            Thanks so much for this. I know nothing about CPA or that side of IM. I am quite knowledgeable on niche sites and that side, but this is new to me. I will 100% learn as much as I can on this topic and take action when I feel comfortable.

            I'll report back to you how I got on, as a thank you for your time and advice. Thanks!

            J
            Glad to help, buddy.

            Tom
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  • Profile picture of the author agmccall
    Originally Posted by Zenith Blue View Post


    I know the WF is a mixture of really helpful and skilled IMers and nonsense one-liners, but if any of the quality posters have insight, I would love to hear what they would do
    The experienced WF IMers would tell you to use the search function because this question and all its variations has been asked hundreds if not thousands of times. And a lot of the experienced IMers have stopped answering this question for that very reason.

    al

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  • Profile picture of the author talfighel
    With that $300, I would also have my own newsletter. You want to allow your website visitors to subscribe to your list so that you can follow up with them. I believe that it can cost you anywhere between $15-$25 per month if you do decide to join either Aweber.com or Getresponse.com.

    Then I would take $10 per day and invest it in either Google adwords or Bing/Yahoo pay per click ads.

    Then you will want to track your conversions. If you are getting good results, increase your daily spending limit from $10 to as much as you want.
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  • Profile picture of the author bobby martin
    Originally Posted by Zenith Blue View Post

    Hi everyone,
    I have set aside $300 to use in an IM campaign that will (hopefully) make more than that in return to give me a start.

    I have 1 niche website, that doesn't really get traffic and pretty much has no back links, but the site itself is good and has good content and offers (amazon conversion of 2.55%).

    The $300 doesn't necessarily have to have anything to do with this niche site. I guess I just want to know what you would do if you had this relatively modest amount to make a bit of bob over the next week/couple of weeks.

    I know the WF is a mixture of really helpful and skilled IMers and nonsense one-liners, but if any of the quality posters have insight, I would love to hear what they would do
    well if i had $300 .....
    1) I would probably invest some of that in solo ads from a genuine source (lets say you find someone that sells solo ads for $0.40/click and you buy 300 clicks thats about $120 and to make sure this is a good investment negotiate with the seller asking him to guarantee you a specific amount of unique visitors to be delivered over a period of a specific period of time...trustworthy vendors will do this).
    2)Now lets say for 300 clicks you get 100 open rate and only 10 people buy what ever you are promoting(your own product or someone else product)....you could likely get the money you invest($120) back (depending on the price of the product you are promoting).

    This is what am planning on doing myself....although i dont have my own product to promote yet(new to IM).....but this was what my mentor suggested i should do.
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    • Profile picture of the author Devilfish168
      Originally Posted by bobby martin View Post

      well if i had $300 .....
      1) I would probably invest some of that in solo ads from a genuine source (lets say you find someone that sells solo ads for $0.40/click and you buy 300 clicks thats about $120 and to make sure this is a good investment negotiate with the seller asking him to guarantee you a specific amount of unique visitors to be delivered over a period of a specific period of time...trustworthy vendors will do this).
      2)Now lets say for 300 clicks you get 100 open rate and only 10 people buy what ever you are promoting(your own product or someone else product)....you could likely get the money you invest($120) back (depending on the price of the product you are promoting).

      This is what am planning on doing myself....although i dont have my own product to promote yet(new to IM).....but this was what my mentor suggested i should do.
      you got any great reailable solo ad seller?
      I tried before some good and bad ones....but I want the best one
      can pM me
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    Buy paid traffic, test a few campaigns
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    You've certainly come to the right place for anything to do with Internet Marketing in all it's various forms.

    If you're still unsure of what to do, I respectfully suggest you find a mentor.

    They charge fees for coaching, but whatever you spend will be peanuts compared to what you make through following their advice.

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    Actually, $300 is just not the top involving amount to invest. Since budget can be reduced, I'd request you to start a expert research regarding CPA/PPD, get a area of interest this is not as well saturated, next obtain storage views, loves, tiered backlinking on your Video and obtain it ranked.
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    Set-up a landing page, set-up an e-mail, send traffic to the landing page.
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