2K investment, All Work Outsourced, Income 1K per Month. Possible?

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If you have no niche , no list, no website, no domain, no nothing but 2K in your Paypal account. Would it be possible to outsource 100% of the work to make 1K per month and if so how would you do it?

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  • If you can I would LOVE to hear about it.
  • It's definitely possible.

    With $2000, I'm sure you'll make a hell lot of more.

    Outsource articles > outsource landing page > cash.
  • Of course you can do this.

    1) Find an affiliate product that converts. I think you should do this part yourself.
    2) Outsource keyword research to someone on the WSO board. $10 for a list of keywords. I also bought a WSO for keyword research targeted to article marketing. Clever stuff and cost $12. Outsource the keyword research.
    3) Hire article writers to do good quality articles. Use the resource box to link DIRECTLY to the affiliate offer through your own domain (allowed if you do a top-level redirect).
    4) Backlinks - outsource the Angela/PJ package on elance, so that the person will split up the 80 links for you among 10 articles.

    5) More backlinks - outsource article submission to someone, have articles backlink to your "main" article at EZA or GoArticles.

    All of this will cost you $1k or less and you should be pulling in decent money if you do it right. I'd do the keyword research myself if I were you.
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    • I'm interested in finding out if this WSO is still available. I would really appreciate some details, you can pm if that works for you.
  • Yes I can ... But I would not outsource the work at all, I would do the work myself...

    James
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    • Hey James,

      I'm getting ready to purchase a membership script. Would love to get a TEST copy of your's before I try something else.
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  • SRLee gave you the simple explanation above. I am advocating skipping the landing page altogether. Outsource articles, publish on EZA, then use resource box to link DIRECTLY to vendor's landing page. You must own a domain to do this and redirect form the top level of the domain. So own mygreatURL.com and redirect to vendorpage.com ... collect your cash.

    There is a good WSO on article marketing from a warrior. Like I said ...12 bucks and very solid info for a newbie. Anyone experienced should understand this stuff already.
  • Easily doable Jan. You would just have to be careful how you spend your $2k to get it done

    Here's how someone would do it:

    1) Pick a Niche
    2) Find out what the niche needs using PPC to set up a questionnaire and offer those who answer the questionaire your product for free once it's complete.
    3) Go to work putting the product together by outsourcing it - a continuity based product with tons of content is best since you want $1k a month
    4) Come up with a URL, hire a copywriter and graphic artist
    5) Find out who are the ones in the niche with the lists
    6) Introduce yourself and partner with them to offer your continuity based product to their lists
    7) Pre-launch and then LAUNCH!
    8) Count how much you earned

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    • This sounds like a solid plan. I know that it is possible but the KEY thing to remember is that it is very and I mean very easy to blow your money on outsourcing if you don't know what you are doing.

      Just getting articles written and linking straight to the affilliate sales page isn't the best way to do it. All that traffic without even attempting to build a list.

      Cheers
  • Ok Jan,
    Took some time to write this up ....

    $67.97 - Highly Advanced Membership Script (no plugins needed - stand alone)
    $200.00 - MacSpeech Dictate (or dragon for windows)
    $18.00 - 2 Domian Names (.com and .net)
    $24.95 - Reseller Hosting from Hostgator
    $150.00 - Advertising On FaceBook Advertising
    $108.00 - Sponsor Listings on Smaller Search Engines
    $150.00 - Advertising On Social Network Apps
    $47.00 - Use MyArticleNetwork to Post Articles
    $35.00 - Social Bookmark Both the .com and .net Domains
    $27.97 - Article Submissions/Marketing Tools/DripFeed Blog
    $40.00 - WSO - Got To Include This
    ------
    $868.89 - Total Cost

    Free - Install Membership Script on .com
    Free - Install Wordpress Blog on .net
    Free - Create Short Reports Using MacSpeech
    Free - Create Articles Using MacSpeech
    Free - Create Documents and Info Products Using MacSpeech

    * Setup membership site with a recurring payment for the products that I created using macspeech. Built in opt-in functions so would give away short reports for opt-ins. Affiliate program already built in so members can help produce sales.

    * Setup the blog and post 5 related articles on the blog, rest would be dripfed. Install all needed seo plugins and such.

    * Submit my ad to facebook and other social networks.

    * Add 20 Articles to MyArticleNetwork which I created using macspeech.

    * Spin and Submit 300 articles to article directories using mass submissions.

    * Social Bookmark the membership site and the blog both to several thousand bookmarking sites.

    * Setup and create WSO with special price for membership site.

    * setup and create free WSO for opt-ins using the short reports.

    That will get me setup and running and the rest is just keep working the sites, taking care of members, adding more content and etc..

    James
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    • What membership script are you talking about?
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    • Wow James. That's a very detailed plan and should definitely work. Thanks for taking the time to write it up. Looks like I need to go look what the hell Mac Speech is. Sounds like a must have tool.

      So when you have this memership site up and you have a few products in there to give to the members do you then have to continiously create new products to give them or how else do you keep them subscribed?

      Cheers
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  • What is the criteria in looking for products? or niche?

    E.g. for an affiliate - what is the commission percentage that we should target?
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  • I can do 2k per month after 3 months if I have 2k to invest...

    Do some keyword and niche research or get some one to do it for you
    Build a blog or a site
    Get some articles written ( I will go for 300 articles in 3-5 niches) and then point some of those articles to a product review page ( you don't need to buy a review them, I bought one but it is useless to me now) and the some to a squeeze page. It is important to build list but my review page converts like mad.

    Watch the profits roll in, you can sell the losers and reinvest the money.

    Note it is important to reinvest some of the money if you want long term success.

    How do I know? I know cos I believe it is possible and about to try same.
  • Outsourcing .. always sounds like a great plan, but when you don't know how to do it yourself, then how do you know that what you're getting is any good?

    I'm a big believer in getting my hands "dirty" 1st and then training others to do it. Besides, effective out sourcing is a job by itself, there is no free lunch.
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    • This is totally true. If you just outsource, you got no idea. I make it a habbit to always to each task first.
  • James, what is "dripfeed"?
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    • Drip feed means you don't put all of your content out there at once. Let's say you have 300 articles to go on your site. It is best to add them say one per day for 300 days instead of all at once. Thats drip feeding them.

      Cheers
    • It is the ability to slowly feed content to a specified area. In this case it would be a members area.

      You setup 6 months worth of products and specify the "start date" and "end date" of those downloads. So if you have products specific for December then when you add the product from admin you would set the date 12/01/09 and on that date the download will appear in members.

      At the same time if you want the download to disappear in Jan then you would set a end date for 01/01/10 and on that date the download will no longer be in the members area...

      Drip Feeding content saves a great deal of time because you can add everything at once. This gives you the ability to spend all the extra time on helping or training your members..

      James
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  • Yeah you can definitely. I have a way of doing this that I have already proven just have not got the capital to invest yet and the time to find the right people. I shall be doing it next month though
  • this is a good thread, I very interested in this topic...i am a believer in 80/20 and so far in the month that i have been involved in IM its about 100/0. With lots of time wasted on technical and other crap...im thinking of outsourcing the beginning then doing it myself then outsourcing again
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    • This is an interesting one, it's like if I have a million dollar, what would I do?

      First I will use 5 different affiliate product, that each will make $200 per month.

      This is what I would do:

      1) Get 1 year hosting (less than $100)

      2) Choose 5 affiliate product to promote

      3) Get 5 domain name (less than $50 for a year)

      4) Outsource rewrite article related to each affiliate product, rewrite 100 articles to one product.

      5) Do a review page for each of the product. Get those people who have purchased the product the write a review, or you can write it yourself. (This will cost $250)

      6) Submit 80 of the articles to article directories for one product

      7) Set up a blog for each affiliate product, using the 20 articles for that product. Note that the 20 posts do not post at the same time, but post twice a week, doing it for 10 weeks.

      Now we still have $650 left, we can still invest in driving traffic.

      8) Outsource someone to social bookmarking all the articles and the blog posts. Set up 50 different accounts for Yahoo Buzz for the social bookmarking. Note that each article or blog post should Yahoo buzz for 10 times using different Yahoo account. Pay $500 for this. (Make sure you can see it in the Yahoo buzz account)

      You still have $100 left in case of some other things.

      Hope it helps.
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  • James, please send me a PM about your membership script, sounds awesome. I can use one myself, and I wouldnt mind repping it on some of my sites as an affiliate.
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    • Great thread! This speech recognition thing for writing articles sounds amazing.... How does it work exactly? do you just use your voice to make an article instead of typing ?
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  • Hi Jan;

    In response to your question I would say,if you don't have a list,
    you can get an instant one.Just go to Cody Moyas site..
    leadsmonthly.com and grab a chunck of subscribers in the 100's
    of thousands.You can get like 100,000 subscribers for $97/month.

    It includes the date and time of signup plus their IPAddress so it
    can't be spam.

    You can get upto 1million optins for $497.

    So lets say you buy the $97 to get your feet wet...

    Then you buy the software he gives you,AutoresponderPlus to
    send the emails for $197.
    Then you buy a dedicated server for $169 at godaddy.com.

    Setup a new email address to handle complaints.

    How much is that so far $463. Sounds like a good plan to me.

    Then you'll need a source to affiliate products. So I've got
    a book was cerculating around the net of programs that
    you get 100% comm. on and/or sends the commission funds
    instantly to your paypal account.

    Another alternative is to buy jim straws affiliate handbook and
    do what he says.You'll find out how to find products that are
    unique ect.(It's $100 by the way).
    Goto:google.com and search jim straw+affiliates.

    So after the smoke clears you're out $563..not bad considering
    you haven't spent the 2k yet

    Then if you want you could buy more addresses and send more
    email.
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    • I am not so sure this is good advice... Yes I know who Cody is - But that does not change the fact that something does not sound right, I am buying leads but yet these people did NOT signup from my site or for my offer. I am paying for these and honestly I have no idea if they agreed to be spammed by 10,000 people or not.

      These leads are downloaded by many members (I assume) and those same leads are being fed this junk or that junk left and right. So what is to stop someone from reporting you as a spammer and getting your site ripped down ?????

      James
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  • The WSO was $12 and was from Zeus66 or something like that (no time to go research right now, about to hop on a plane). Look in WSO forum for article marketing stuff. It's an ebook with some videos to guide you through it. I bought by seeing it in the guy's sig. I knew almost everything in there already but he had a new method (new to me) for determining if I'd get my articles ranked for certain keywords. The method makes sense and seems rather obvious once you learn it (but it's only obvious AFTER you learn it).

    Look for it and I'm sure you'll find it. It was worth the money for me to learn this new trick, and if you are newer on this stuff you'll get WAY more from it than I did.
  • I like the way you are thinking here, Jan. It's the true businessman mindset. And I have always said let your money work for you.

    However, you're looking at an income- like $1000/month, which is not all that big, but is like 50% of your total investment. It can be done, but you need to have a structured plan. Plan to put your money into right places at right time to get your work done by the right people. You might have to write the copy yourself, though. Because copywriters won't work in that kind of a limited budget... well, at least the real ones.

    So not 100%, but yes... most of the boring tasks can be outsourced, and money can be made. Keep in mind- however, that your success really depends upon your strategy. With the right strategy you could do much more than $1000/month.

    I'd say do it the simple way-

    Hungry Niche + better product + proper funnel + right follow up= MONEY

    All the best
    -Lakshay
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    • Quote from above post;
      >Another alternative is to buy jim straws affiliate handbook and
      >do what he says.You'll find out how to find products that are
      >unique ect.(It's $100 by the way).
      >Goto:google.com and search jim straw+affiliates.


      Hi;

      Sorry I gave the wrong info to jim straws Affiliate book.
      the correct address is..businesslyceum.com/AffiliateMarketing.html


      p.s.
      Therichjerks right,however if you play by the numbers and
      you use compelling subject lines and interesting body copy you
      should be able to make some money from your list.
      p.p.s.Another alternative is to get a percentage to double optin
      for an enticing freebie and that should create for you a small
      but responsive list for years to come.
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    • I know 1K isn't that much but I chose that number as it is realistic and can make a huge difference in a lot of people's lives. So you would create a new product in a niche instead of going with affilliate marketing? Remember in my question there is no niche selected either.

      Cheers
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  • Here is the plan I am starting to implement. I am not at these numbers right now, but I am getting closer.

    Pick a niche/product - free
    Keyword research - free
    Domain - $10
    Outsource 40 articles posting on ezine or similar - $200
    Outsource backlinking (20 campaigns each working for 2 articles) - 20 x $50 = $1000

    For $1210 I will have 0 - 40 high ranking articles. If each article brings in $3 on average each day I will have the money back in ~10 days. If only 30 cents it will take me three months (~100 days) to get the next campaign going.
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    • Good plan and thanks for sharing. My only concern with this plan is that how do you know the niche and the product is profitable. I am leaing more towards testing it out first with adwords to see if it is worth pursuing further by generating hundreds of articles, videos etc.

      Cheers
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  • Get 2000 articles re-written at $1 each (pick articles from free PLR stuff or whatever)

    Submit them to Associated Content, 8-10 at a time. You should be able to get $4-6 per article.

    2000x4=8000

    Your profit - $6000.

    Rinse. Repeat.
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