Village Idiot Giving Advice
Now lately I have caught myself staying on the WF too much and implementing new phases and models too little .
I can do this because my business model takes care of it's self for extended amounts of time .
Still this behavior is limiting to any business model. Sit idle long enough and you will get passed up.
I will now limit my time on forums. This means that when I make a post or reply I will try to leave as much value as possible .
Newbies, keep in mind this is the gospel according to Troy . The only thing I am an authority in is how I run my own business.
This works for me and while I consider myself a smart person.... my wife does remind me to tie my shoes on occasion :-)
Here is the basic outline for my model or maybe not as much of a model but a strategy .
My income sources are affiliate marketing , adsense, but mostly my own products .
Besides a few experiments I use in my sig file , I build a list exclusively.
All the traffic I generate is directed to a squeeze page which is the mouth of my funnel.
I mainly generate traffic through content marketing , but do use some traffic exchanges , ad exchanges , credit based safe list , credit based solo's .
I trade ad space on some of my sites for the credits to show my sites on the exchanges or pay for the credits . I think my time is too valuable to surf .
If you can make one sale a month from this traffic , that sale will pay for a boat load of credits for the whole month.
Remember that surfers are after traffic and present your squeeze page in the right way and you will make many sales a month with exchanges .
Once I have captured details , list members are sent to a an OTO. Although dependent on the niche, I usually let my OTO price remain around the $10 mark.
This starts them out in buying mode, pre-sells them on the idea that I am a marketer and will send them offers from time to time , and the biggie , it proves to me they have a method of getting money to me online .
My first email arrives with the bait, an unadvertised freebie and usually a complimentary offer .
My follow ups feature more free stuff, tips, advice, and the occasional blatant pitch . I always have a money link in my PS: file
Mailing frequency is dependent on niche. Some list get one email a week. Most get 4 emails a week . Some of my advice type niches get one a day or more .
All buyers are funneled to a niche appropriate list .
This list is presented a higher quality advice . If they have spent money with you they deserve a bigger piece of you . They are presented higher end products . Everything in this list guides the member to a continuity type site . Some are my own , some I am an affiliate for .
Every new project follows this order .
- Keyword
- Product selection or creation
- Bait creation
- Autoreponder and as many follow up emails as possible . I try to add additional follow ups after the initial amount weekly
- OTO selection or creation
- Squeeze page
- Content marketing
- Ad placement on exchanges ,solos
Affiliate offers, your own products , adsense, membership sites . I think it would work for CPA but you better talk to those on here who really know .
One little piece of advice . More of an opinion than a tested fact .
Many on here will say make sure you are passionate about what you sale . I say sale what people are passionate about .
You may be passionate about belly button lint... unless you can find it's hungry crowd (eewwww) I don't see a lot of money from it .
I sell a lot of stuff I have no interest in whatsoever . The crowd I am selling to is the one with the passion.
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