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What would you do with a $1,000 to use for your IM??

by GordonJ
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One of our tests several years ago was to give away one thousand dollars to people who submitted a well thought out plan on how to use it, to make money.

The biggest result of that test was in finding out how little people actually PLAN for their success, and one of the bigger myths (lies) was/IS that having money to spend, it doesn't often get used to maximize the return on the investment. In other words, having money doesn't mean you can make money with/from it.

Today, dealing almost exclusively with sports bettors and lottery players, I tell both they need a thousand dollars to even start, and they will most likely lose most of that money on the education of DOING it.

What, if anything, would a thousand dollars do for the newbie in IM today? Is a thousand bux capable of teaching you something, and getting you closer to your goal?

What do you think the MINIMUM investment has to be to begin to make a livable income from your IM? Using 5k US dollars a month as a minimum livable income?

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  • Profile picture of the author Moodesburn1977
    i would run a you tube promotion i got 300 subs with a $70 ad
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      Originally Posted by Moodesburn1977 View Post

      i would run a you tube promotion i got 300 subs with a $70 ad
      Is there a way to give a monetary value to 300 subs? What does that mean?

      How many subscribers does YT need you to have before they pay you anything?

      See, there is a lack of information, how long do these subs stay with you, how active are they, what % become either buyers or give you more subs?

      So, using your numbers, assuming them to be average, a $1,000 would roughly give you around 4200 subs, what monetary YT value is that?

      And what is the lifetime value of one sub?

      It might be a very good use of the 1k, or it may not be a good use.

      GordonJ
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      I multi quoted because we see some Warriors saying how they would spend the money, without any details...buy some guestposts...research and development...dropshipping, youtube promotion, etc., etc.

      So now I mount my high horse, and tell you what you should do with the thousand dollars and that is....

      NOTHING. Do nothing until you have a fully fleshed out plan of action with not only the actions steps; for example buying guestposts (from who, where, when and with what intent, what is the RESPONSE you want from this action step).

      Vette any courses you would take with the money, do your due diligence and homework.

      Put the thousand dollars in the bank and give yourself 30 days to plan on how you want to use it, setting GOALS, or results.

      Consider a very simple STIMULUS-RESPONSE, which all of IM actually is when stripped to the bare bones. You want someone to give you their money for something.

      Which is why I always start with the Who first (the BUYER). And if you find buyers first, then they sort of dictate the type of stimuli to use to get the response you want.

      All of those things quoted don't address the actual TRANSACTION, where and when you get the money. They are steps or parts of a process.

      I am trying to get you new Warriors, and some seasoned ones who haven't yet reached their financial goals, to make better decisions via planning and understanding what you are actually trying to do...and doesn't that come down to getting MONEY from someone, for something you have and they want?

      I think too many Warriors lose sight of the real reason for their IM, and in spite of those who show up and say they love IM, and love digital marketing...maybe they just love the activities of it, without really focusing on the purpose or result of it...to make money while doing it. Love it or hate it, but make your bank one way or the other, eh?

      GordonJ

      Originally Posted by javadth View Post

      i would buy some guestpost on high authority websites
      Originally Posted by Jamell View Post

      It all depends on the persons budget and what they want to achieve .

      Me personally .,I'll take some of that money and invest it into reseach and development and a few other tools to help me operate more efficiently
      Originally Posted by hitherestranger39 View Post

      I'd invest in building a solid foundation for a dropshipping business. First, I'd spend a portion on product research tools and setting up a professional website. Then, I'd allocate the rest to Facebook/Instagram ads, testing which products convert. Learning by doing is key here.
      Originally Posted by Moodesburn1977 View Post

      i would run a you tube promotion i got 300 subs with a $70 ad
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  • Profile picture of the author Monetize
    Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

    One of our tests several years ago was to give away one thousand dollars to people who submitted a well thought out plan on how to use it, to make money.

    The biggest result of that test was in finding out how little people actually PLAN for their success, and one of the bigger myths (lies) was/IS that having money to spend, it doesn't often get used to maximize the return on the investment. In other words, having money doesn't mean you can make money with/from it.

    Today, dealing almost exclusively with sports bettors and lottery players, I tell both they need a thousand dollars to even start, and they will most likely lose most of that money on the education of DOING it.

    What, if anything, would a thousand dollars do for the newbie in IM today? Is a thousand bux capable of teaching you something, and getting you closer to your goal?

    What do you think the MINIMUM investment has to be to begin to make a livable income from your IM? Using 5k US dollars a month as a minimum livable income?

    GordonJ


    There may be some things that a newbie could spend $1,000
    on, such as a computer or iphone, if they don't have it already.

    But IMO, you don't even need any money to start an online
    business these days.

    You need elbow grease and determination, but it seems that
    everybody wants easy ways to make money, or even to make
    money without doing anything at all.

    Online money is easy in the sense that you don't have to leave
    your house, but you still have to do SOMETHING.

    There are certain things that can be done with money, it could
    be parlayed into generating more money, but if the newbie can't
    figure out how to make money using all the available free tools,
    they won't know what to do with $1,000, and it would probably
    just get wasted.

    Here's a list of free tools, apps, and platforms you could use to
    make money:

    Amazon Kindles
    Canva
    ChatGPT
    ClickBank
    Facebook
    Google
    Gumroad
    Instagram
    Leonardo
    LinkedIn
    Poshmark
    Printify
    TikTok
    WhatsApp
    YouTube

    I could go on and on.

    If you can't figure out how to make money online, get a job.
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      Monetize, you are right. I hastily threw up my OP, let me refine it a bit, OK?

      I have long said, ANYONE who is serious with their IM biz, should be able to generate a livable income (defined as $5,000 US dollars a month) in 18 months to two years. There isn't a reason not to other than not knowing what the goal is at the start.

      We can easily find Warriors who will gladly argue their journey to that number took several years longer because they tried so many different things, some grinding away for a decade and not getting there.

      Choosing a monetary goal is just one way, a simple black and white, you either do or you don't...reach your goal in the time allowed. I like the money goal because of that reason. A new Warrior will KNOW without a doubt, whether or not they make their money.

      And FREE tools abound and should be used. I think someone will point to the eBay thread as an example of using those tools effectively.

      Now this idea is a carry over from my decades of Mail Order, which is the subject which triggered my activities here (not as active these days). The number one COST which few ever figure on, and we saw that with this new Warrior's post, is: CUSTOMER ACQUISITION. It isn't easy finding a buyer.

      So, if someone wants to have a net (pre-tax) profit of 5 thousand dollars (U.S.) a month as a baseline income, and get to that figure in 2 years or less, a thousand dollars may give them a little bit of a jump start to get there, IF they have a plan of action.

      Also, having a bit of skin in the game, has a motivational effect too, considering an Entrepreneur could spend a million dollars or much more to buy and operate a franchise...the IM world allows for bootstrappers, low cost (no cost as you say), and anyone with Internet connection to give it a go.

      One reason I liked mail order was, MATH don't lie, just the people handling the money.

      It is pretty easy to figure out cost of product (fulfillment), cost of customer acquisition, costs of ads, overhead and come up with a bottom line in the black.

      So, I agree and acknowledge a motivated IMer can do it for FREE, but for the sake of my exercise here, lets give them a $1,000 bux to use and if today is the same as it was 20 years ago, MOST will not have any sort of written down, let alone a well thought out PLAN OF ACTION to reach their goals.

      We boomers had goals (a small % of us), but I'm not willing to say we worked any harder for our goals than the youngsters of today...there were plenty of freebie seekers in the 20th century as well. I think the Internet provides much FASTER results, for the motivated and focused. I could be wrong.

      GordonJ



      Originally Posted by Monetize View Post

      There may be some things that a newbie could spend $1,000
      on, such as a computer or iphone, if they don't have it already.

      But IMO, you don't even need any money to start an online
      business these days.

      You need elbow grease and determination, but it seems that
      everybody wants easy ways to make money, or even to make
      money without doing anything at all.

      Online money is easy in the sense that you don't have to leave
      your house, but you still have to do SOMETHING.

      There are certain things that can be done with money, it could
      be parlayed into generating more money, but if the newbie can't
      figure out how to make money using all the available free tools,
      they won't know what to do with $1,000, and it would probably
      just get wasted.

      Here's a list of free tools, apps, and platforms you could use to
      make money:

      Amazon Kindles
      Canva
      ChatGPT
      ClickBank
      Facebook
      Google
      Gumroad
      Instagram
      Leonardo
      LinkedIn
      Poshmark
      Printify
      TikTok
      WhatsApp
      YouTube

      I could go on and on.

      If you can't figure out how to make money online, get a job.
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      • Profile picture of the author Monetize
        Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

        So, I agree and acknowledge a motivated IMer can do it for FREE, but for the sake of my exercise here, lets give them a $1,000 bux to use and if today is the same as it was 20 years ago, MOST will not have any sort of written down, let alone a well thought out PLAN OF ACTION to reach their goals.

        This is a great thread, great topic, I am glad you did not
        over-think it. Your spontaneity is an asset to this forum.

        I started my eBay business selling Teenie Beanie Babies.
        They were kind of free but you had to buy a Happy Meal
        to get them. They were the cutest little things, I still have
        some of them. Inch(Worm). Patti Platypus.

        This evolved to getting wholesale products. My first order
        was $50 from a wholesale company I found in "Catalog of
        Catalogs" or "Wholesale by Mail." I can't remember which
        one, but it was one of those.

        Today $1,000 could become a million-dollar business but
        only if they know what to do. It could even be done with
        $200, but again, the dollar amount doesn't matter if they
        do not have a clue on how to get it started.

        If I had to start from the beginning and you gave me $1K,
        I'd buy a bunch of domain names. Then I would develop
        a website and that is all that I can say.

        Or

        I would develop a product prototype, promote and take
        advance orders for it.

        Or maybe even both if I could manage my time.

        There are so many ways to make money online, $1,000
        would be helpful for newbies, but a lack of funds should
        not deter the real hustler.

        Happy Easter!
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        • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
          If I had to start from the beginning and you gave me $1K,
          I'd buy a bunch of domain names. Then I would develop
          a website and that is all that I can say.

          This thought has the makings of a good plan, and fully fleshed out, could easily lead to our goal, 5k a month recurring income...and a private members only forum, to help others do it too.

          I'll share an OLD plan, one actually implemented and used as a personal template in the hopes that other Warriors get the gist of my reasoning for making monetary goals and plans of action to achieve them.

          In 1997, I set the goal of 5k a month in recurring income. I wanted to sell DIGITAL products, specifically REPORTS and NEWSLETTERS.

          So, starting with some MATH fun on paper: ONE 5k product a month to a single customer. OR...500 products a month x 10 bux...or something in between.

          Setting a two year goal, and building it up from scratch, HOW would I get to 5 thousand a month of recurring income? First thing one of my mentors told me (and I've had some good ones) was:

          Change your thinking. Maybe get 60 k a year on a RETAINER, being paid 5 k a month for services rendered. AND this is exactly what I was able to do. It wasn't my idea, I never thought like that, but it made sense. I give 10 hours a week to the guy paying me in exchange for a sure income at the rate I wanted to get to on my own. That was a speed move I hadn't thought of.

          From getting this retainer contract, I was able to parlay with other marketers who were interested in a similar thing (newsletter), so ended up under contract that insured my income while not taking up all my work time.

          So, I had a chance to work on my PLAN OF ACTION and determine what actions needed to be taken and for what purpose. By 1999 I had a new plan, and this is what it looked like.

          I was going to build a list, of buyers, who started out buying a very low cost information product from me, like way too low in many cases, single digit dollars. Then I would offer a little bit more expensive thing, and so on, up the ladder...a rather typical way then and even now.

          By 2002, I changed the model again, trimming down a list of several thousand people to a few thousand who would buy the low cost items as a knee jerk, as long as I didn't overwhelm. So I had my information products model.

          I would sell a 10 dollar report 4x a year, and a 25 dollar report twice a year (July/Xmas).

          My list would be almost automatic, and on the day of the release, thousands of dollars came in...and without refunds, cause I had trimmed those guys off.

          So every 3 months, I would roll out a specialty report, almost always about Biz Op, which was my bread and butter for decades and had little sales resistance and a large response. It served me well for almost two decades.

          My plan to get 60k a year (5k a month), without a lot of time or effort spent was to build a list of buyers of very low cost information, test price points, get to the automatic response (10 bux) and a Christmas in July and Christmas time offer at 25. The total cost of my year sales would be 90 dollars. This in the time many Gurus were doing launches, etc., and having 495 to 995 or more products. My reports were peanuts on the bar in comparison.

          So, having a 90 yearly intake from these specialty reports meant I needed to sell 667 total packages, to a list of several thousand buyers.

          The fulfillment time, the actually writing time, the TIME cost to do this PLAN, was less than 5 hours a week. So, I felt like it was almost free money, and gave me a lot of time to pursue other interests.

          This is a mini blueprint, one that was used, worked, and although it didn't bring in GURU size launch money, it was steady as she goes for close to two decades, without much fanfare and being able to fly low and collect the dough, which was used for other investments.

          If you start with a monetary goal, the 5k a month, then you can math it back to see what you have to do; how many affiliates do you need, how many offers, how many eyeballs...by working from numbers one can then figure out the time and efforts needed to make it all manifest.

          Which is why I'm big on setting money goals for IM or other business like activities.

          Feel free to share your successful blueprints, plans or processes too.

          GordonJ



          Originally Posted by Monetize View Post

          This is a great thread, great topic, I am glad you did not
          over-think it. Your spontaneity is an asset to this forum.

          I started my eBay business selling Teenie Beanie Babies.
          They were kind of free but you had to buy a Happy Meal
          to get them. They were the cutest little things, I still have
          some of them. Inch(Worm). Patti Platypus.

          This evolved to getting wholesale products. My first order
          was $50 from a wholesale company I found in "Catalog of
          Catalogs" or "Wholesale by Mail." I can't remember which
          one, but it was one of those.

          Today $1,000 could become a million-dollar business but
          only if they know what to do. It could even be done with
          $200, but again, the dollar amount doesn't matter if they
          do not have a clue on how to get it started.

          If I had to start from the beginning and you gave me $1K,
          I'd buy a bunch of domain names. Then I would develop
          a website and that is all that I can say.

          Or

          I would develop a product prototype, promote and take
          advance orders for it.

          Or maybe even both if I could manage my time.

          There are so many ways to make money online, $1,000
          would be helpful for newbies, but a lack of funds should
          not deter the real hustler.

          Happy Easter!
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    Also involves a lot of factors like chosing the right offer ,krywords ,test diferent landing pages ,right keywords ,audience etc
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  • Profile picture of the author hbeezy
    For me, I can't speak from a successful standpoint (because I'm not there yet), but I do agree with the point that internet marketers tend to try a lot of things (and that's what I've been doing and have done).

    But this is what I think... for immediate income, I'd probably have to do some sort of freelancing online. Build that business from scratch and leverage online platforms like fiverr, seoclerks, upwork, freelancer, knock-off fiverr sites, whatever will give me some starter clients. Offer some service that I know I can get done well, or use AI to complete for me.

    Long term, I'd do what I'm doing now: build a blog and consistently post on it great content, maybe 2-3x a week. Use some of the money to outsource content and/or buy PLR and rewrite that to post on my blog. Monetize the blog by posting ads once I start getting a lot of views monthly, or promote affiliate offers, or your own offers (licensed or your own creations), or promote the very tools you're using in your business. I'd also leverage YouTube to get more traffic to my blog and promote my list, own products, licensed products, and affiliate offers there (for me, this is still a work in progress).

    Then of course, if I haven't already, I'd start to create a product of value that people would be interested in.

    Out of all of these, the most expensive would be the blog, cause of hosting, domain, etc., but $1,000 can get you pretty far. Plus, you can always go the free route with Systeme.io or other platforms like it (payhip, gumroad, but don't sell products you've obtained licensing to there... just your own creation).

    Honestly, I'm still working on hitting 1,000 myself online. But with the little work I've done, I've earned some commissions here and there. I know if I were more consistent, I'd have made more already. Currently, I'm working on that.

    Anyway, this isn't about me LOL. Two guys that I've been paying attention to are Bryan Toder, who popped up on the IM scene a couple of years ago through working Philip Borrowman's "Simple Traffic Blueprint", and has then gone on to get his name on Getresponse's website. Two, Garry Baker of 30minutemarketing, who also used the same blueprint and has amassed 20k+ subs on YouTube in a couple years talking about this "relatively small but big" niche of internet marketing. (none of this is an endorsement)

    So I look up to these guys as motivation and proof that if I "put in the work," hopefully I can get there to the proposed 5,000 a month, especially if I combine all of the methods I've shared here.

    I believe it could be the same for anyone else who takes it seriously.

    Hope this helps.
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      Thanks for your post. I've read it a few times, did a search for the names you mentioned, watched a couple of you tube videos about their offers...

      And I see so many Warriors' paths taken in your post, or as I might call it; a lot of slop and mess and trial and error. But the good news you are staying with it, albeit, a bit scattered from what I can tell.

      The site from your signature file is plrgamechanger dot com, and has the first blog post dated back to 2016, almost 9 years ago. I also watched the YouTube videos, one from 4 years ago, the other from 4 months ago. I note you've been a Warrior since 2011.

      This is a line from your post which I do not understand: Honestly, I'm still working on hitting 1,000 myself online.

      Do you mean subscribers or dollars? Not sure which. Now I'm just responding, after having done a little research and looking over your links and getting to know those guys you mentioned.

      What I am saying, AGAIN, for going on the third decade here, is...ANYONE who starts with a goal of 5 thousand dollars a month in recurring income from their IM EFFORTS should be able to get there in 2 no longer than 3 years, IF they begin from a point of evaluation, analysis of skills, or an ASSESSMENT of what they have...

      And then build a PLAN of ACTION based on a monetary action plan so there can be no doubt about what they are doing/getting from their time online.

      Why not START with creating a product of value the market would be interested in, BEFORE going through all that other stuff?

      I'm not saying there is a right or wrong way, we all get to pick and choose how we do our own things...but when it comes to making money from Internet Marketing, when we get beyond offering a product of value to a ready to buy niche, we have overcomplicated it.

      It is just one way of thinking, and those Warriors who have reached their goals, can probably look back and see how much time and effort was misspent, or they took the time to set good goals based on their strengths and weaknesses right up front.

      Thanks for your comments, I have a hard time understanding them, but maybe I'm missing something.

      GordonJ






      Originally Posted by hbeezy View Post

      For me, I can't speak from a successful standpoint (because I;m not there yet), but I do agree with the point that internet marketers tend to try a lot of things (and that's what I've been doing and have done).

      But this is what I think... for immediate income I'd probably have to do some sort of freelancing online. Build that business from scratch and leverage online platforms like fiverr, seoclerks, upwork, freelancer, knock off fiverr sites, whatever will give me some starter clients. Offer some service that I know I can get done well or use AI to complete for me.

      Long term, I'd do what I'm doing now: build a blog and consistently post on it great content, maybe 2-3x a week. Use some of the money to outsource content and/or buy PLR and rewrite that to post on my blog. Monetize the blog by posting ads once I start getting a lot of views monthly, or promote affiliate offers, or your own offers (licensed or your own creations), or promote the very tools you're using in your business. I'd also leverage YouTube to get more traffic to my blog and promote my list, own products, licensed products, and affiliate offers there (for me, this is still a work in progress).

      Then of course, if I haven't already, I'd start to create a product of value that people would be interested in.

      Out of all of these, the most expensive would be the blog, cause of hosting, domain, etc. but $1,000 can get you pretty far. Plus, you can always go the free route with Systeme.io or other platforms like it (payhip, gumroad, but don't sell products you've obtained licensing to there... just your own creation).

      Honestly, I'm still working on hitting 1,000 myself online. BUt eith the little work I've done, I've earned some commissions here and there. I know if I was more consistent, I'd have made more already. Currently, I'm working on that.

      Anyway, this isn't about me LOL. Two guys that I've been paying attention to are Bryan Toder, who popped up on the IM scene a couple of years ago through working Philip Borrowman's "Simple Traffic Blueprint", and has then gone on to get his name on Getresponse's website. Two, Garry Baker of 30minutemarketing, who also used the same blueprint and has amassed 20k+ subs on Youtube in a couple years talking about this "relatively small but big" niche of internet marketing. (none of this is an endorsement)

      So I look up to these guys as motivation and proof that if I "put in the work" hopefully I can get there to the proposed 5,000 a month, especially if I combine all of the methods I've shared here.

      I believe it could be the same for anyone else who takes it seriously.

      Hope this helps.
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    • Profile picture of the author Monetize
      Originally Posted by hbeezy View Post

      For me, I can't speak from a successful standpoint (because I;m not there yet), but I do agree with the point that internet marketers tend to try a lot of things (and that's what I've been doing and have done).

      But this is what I think... for immediate income I'd probably have to do some sort of freelancing online. Build that business from scratch and leverage online platforms like fiverr, seoclerks, upwork, freelancer, knock off fiverr sites, whatever will give me some starter clients. Offer some service that I know I can get done well or use AI to complete for me.

      Long term, I'd do what I'm doing now: build a blog and consistently post on it great content, maybe 2-3x a week. Use some of the money to outsource content and/or buy PLR and rewrite that to post on my blog. Monetize the blog by posting ads once I start getting a lot of views monthly, or promote affiliate offers, or your own offers (licensed or your own creations), or promote the very tools you're using in your business. I'd also leverage YouTube to get more traffic to my blog and promote my list, own products, licensed products, and affiliate offers there (for me, this is still a work in progress).

      Then of course, if I haven't already, I'd start to create a product of value that people would be interested in.

      Out of all of these, the most expensive would be the blog, cause of hosting, domain, etc. but $1,000 can get you pretty far. Plus, you can always go the free route with Systeme.io or other platforms like it (payhip, gumroad, but don't sell products you've obtained licensing to there... just your own creation).

      Honestly, I'm still working on hitting 1,000 myself online. BUt eith the little work I've done, I've earned some commissions here and there. I know if I was more consistent, I'd have made more already. Currently, I'm working on that.

      Anyway, this isn't about me LOL. Two guys that I've been paying attention to are Bryan Toder, who popped up on the IM scene a couple of years ago through working Philip Borrowman's "Simple Traffic Blueprint", and has then gone on to get his name on Getresponse's website. Two, Garry Baker of 30minutemarketing, who also used the same blueprint and has amassed 20k+ subs on Youtube in a couple years talking about this "relatively small but big" niche of internet marketing. (none of this is an endorsement)

      So I look up to these guys as motivation and proof that if I "put in the work" hopefully I can get there to the proposed 5,000 a month, especially if I combine all of the methods I've shared here.

      I believe it could be the same for anyone else who takes it seriously.

      Hope this helps.

      I agree with what GordonJ wrote.

      If you have been online since 2011 and you're not making
      $1K per month, then what are you actually doing.

      The people you mentioned look like they are pushing their
      products, so how does that help you?

      Watching people that cannot demonstrate how to make real
      money online, is just a waste of time.

      See my list of free resources above and figure something
      out because blogging and freelancing are fairly saturated
      unless you are doing something unique.

      If you will ask ChatGPT, it can assess your skills and give
      you an actionable business plan, strategy, and just about
      anything else you need to be successful, if you will do
      what is required.

      YouTube is an excellent resource, but you should watch
      people that can drop knowledge about marketable skills
      and methods, there are dozens of really good ones.
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    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
      Originally Posted by hbeezy View Post

      Anyway, this isn't about me LOL. Two guys that I've been paying attention to are Bryan Toder, who popped up on the IM scene a couple of years ago through working Philip Borrowman's "Simple Traffic Blueprint", and has then gone on to get his name on Getresponse's website. Two, Garry Baker of 30minutemarketing, who also used the same blueprint and has amassed 20k+ subs on YouTube in a couple years talking about this "relatively small but big" niche of internet marketing. (none of this is an endorsement)

      So I look up to these guys as motivation and proof that if I "put in the work," hopefully I can get there to the proposed 5,000 a month, especially if I combine all of the methods I've shared here.
      Let me put a question in front of you... Both Gary and Bryan, aside from the obvious "Simple Traffic Blueprint" have something in common. Do you know what that is?

      I wont be a smart tail and wait for a response here... the thing they have in common is they documented the journey of the use of the product. And within those journeys there are side journeys of I tried this product, it didnt work... i tried this and that and they were better, and I tried this and wow, changed the way i do things.

      These guys and many others have followed the same 2 fold path. #1 put in the time ( IE consistency ) and #2 through an amount of brutal honesty, good bad or indifferent shared what has worked and what has not - the result being they have built Authority to any and everybody that consumes their content.

      People in IM - That are successful - dont out and out hard sell a damn thing. They let their experience of a given product vs that of another ( comparison ) speak for itself. If it works for me.... it will work for you!

      to better understand how this works as well as it does.... lets look at the buyers cycle

      1) kicking tires - I want to make money online
      2) have done enough kicking to find "Simple Traffic Blueprint".
      3) in the process the prospect finds other programs and they compare one vs the other
      4) all about the price and whats in it for the buyer to make a purchase
      5) they purchase
      6) USUALLY once a purchase is made, the buyer will start looking at after purchase support.

      Go back and watch Gary and Bryan, now that I have share this with you, and see how they target #3 thru #6. They sell on a whole other level. They are using the natural psychological process to their advantage. They have simply put in the time and consistency to do this. You simply can not have a blog with 50 posts on 12 subject and expect this type of "Success' - Its simply Calculated, Cold, and Effective. And the grgeat Irony is when they both started as like most others that end up on this formula of success... is it starts from a very humble I dont know a thing, I am just going to post about what I do to make it in IM


      Lets talk about consistency for a moment... GordonJ shared a thread of mine - selling on eBay. I want you to read the first 30 days worth. Start to end of the challenge. 2 hours a day - EVERYDAY, and made a stupid amount money. blah blah blah I have a real job... oh trust me, here it is 12:43 est and I am now getting back to post here. Its NOT what you do from 9 to 5, its what you do from 6 to Midnight
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    Not that this will be a surprise to anyone... I would go all in with eBay.

    Givin that Money today ( after years of experience ) I would do my due diligence and research what products to buy... I go over this in my thread on the subject. Find overall low inventory, high demand items. and buy between 10 of a thing ( $100 each ) or 30 of a thing ( $30 each ) and after all expenses try to get to my 2x profit + cost of goods (3x) after shipping and fees

    Obviously, given the item, one could flip the inventory once a month ( at least ) which would put you at $2000 per month - do it twice a month, and your at $4000, AND you simply roll the initial $1000 investment.

    Ok so then newbie me... i wouldn't even touch the $1000 to start, and start selling items in my house i never use. The thinking here is if you like the item enough to buy it, there are other people with the same interest - and they will sell. Once I have an idea of what it is I have an interest in, that I can source easily I would start investing the $1000 in that type of inventory.

    Once you are up and running, start researching how to create headlines ( product titles ) that GET CLICKS. eBay has the tools to go in and see how many times people have searched an item, and how many times YOUR listing was presented and how many times it was clicked on. Short of INSTANT - NO COST - education on how to write effective headlines.

    Also study up on how eBay SEO works - understand what words need to be in a title to A get clicked and B get listed towards the top of the listings - and again while you are making money this education is FREE. The changes you make can instantly be seen. Do a search for an item you have, see where on the page it is listed. Open the listing make some changes, save, and again search the item and see where its listed at. INSTANT gratification... INSTANT understanding of the changes you have made and how they effect your listing.

    The idea here is to put money in your pocket while you are fine tuning, what I would argue to be one of the hardest skills in IM. How to create a headline that creates an action from the end user. Think Google and Bing ads, think social media - Think youtube. What does it take to get clicks... and here we have a tool that will pay you as you learn. Hands down no questions asked the best "Course" on how to get clicks.

    Once you start to understand some of this stuff.. you can venture into other things while still doing the eBay to put food on the table. Want to start a blog? you will have a heads up on how to write better titles that will get you clicks. want to run google ads for this or that, again you will be able to write ads that get clicks
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  • Profile picture of the author hbeezy
    Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

    Thanks for your post. I've read it a few times, did a search for the names you mentioned, watched a couple of you tube videos about their offers...

    And I see so many Warriors' paths taken in your post, or as I might call it; a lot of slop and mess and trial and error. But the good news you are staying with it, albeit, a bit scattered from what I can tell.

    The site from your signature file is plrgamechanger dot com, and has the first blog post dated back to 2016, almost 9 years ago. I also watched the YouTube videos, one from 4 years ago, the other from 4 months ago. I note you've been a Warrior since 2011.

    This is a line from your post which I do not understand: Honestly, I'm still working on hitting 1,000 myself online.

    Do you mean subscribers or dollars? Not sure which. Now I'm just responding, after having done a little research and looking over your links and getting to know those guys you mentioned.

    What I am saying, AGAIN, for going on the third decade here, is...ANYONE who starts with a goal of 5 thousand dollars a month in recurring income from their IM EFFORTS should be able to get there in 2 no longer than 3 years, IF they begin from a point of evaluation, analysis of skills, or an ASSESSMENT of what they have...

    And then build a PLAN of ACTION based on a monetary action plan so there can be no doubt about what they are doing/getting from their time online.

    Why not START with creating a product of value the market would be interested in, BEFORE going through all that other stuff?

    I'm not saying there is a right or wrong way, we all get to pick and choose how we do our own things...but when it comes to making money from Internet Marketing, when we get beyond offering a product of value to a ready to buy niche, we have overcomplicated it.

    It is just one way of thinking, and those Warriors who have reached their goals, can probably look back and see how much time and effort was misspent, or they took the time to set good goals based on their strengths and weaknesses right up front.

    Thanks for your comments, I have a hard time understanding them, but maybe I'm missing something.

    GordonJ
    Here's the thing: If I can, I'd assume that most people who start in IM don't have the intelligence to create a "product of value that's interesting". If most people do, then allow me to say that when I started my blog 8-9 years ago, I did not.

    Prior to that, I still did not know because I was doing a lot of reading and learning, but not taking action on much of anything.

    You could probably argue that since I've yet to create my own product, perhaps I haven't taken (enough) action.

    But I know for sure that while I was reading and learning... say about 5+ years before this forum was sold, yeah, I didn't have the knowledge to create a product of value.

    I honestly always saw it as "if you're not doing it, or haven't done it, you shouldn't create a product talking as if you did do it."

    So it's kind of like that catch-22 for new affiliate marketers: You can't promote a product because you can't get approved, and you can't get approved because you don't have sales.

    Simply put, I decided not to create a product at that time because I didn't have any success. I was quite new to IM. If I did create a product, I'd be LYING (like some, if not most of the WSO creators did; rehash WSOs and make money lying to the newbies). And that I was not going to do.

    Now I'm more likely to create a product because I've seen a little success and I've taken a bit of action.

    Lastly, I meant dollars. So that was $1,000. That may seem crazy, but as I've stated in my post, I wasn't consistent. If I did, I think I would have crossed that number multiple times. That's why I'm working on being consistent now.

    And another thing I think about is... Say, for example, I had started out with the product instead of my suggestions (freelancing, blogging, etc.)...

    Why would anyone trust what I create as a brand-new IMer?

    Where's the "proof of concept?"

    Why would anyone believe what I present if it's not presented as "MACRO" success (meaning "I made 5,000 in 48 hours" type of stuff that gets people interested and excited to see/buy)?

    This is the society we are in; People like to see MACRO, not micro. Society doesn't give attention to the person making $500-$1,000 a month online. Instead, it's got to be as you said, somewhere around 5K-10K, and then there's some serious attention.

    I digress. My apologies if I misled you in my first reply.

    Originally Posted by Monetize View Post

    I agree with what GordonJ wrote.

    If you have been online since 2011 and you're not making
    $1K per month, then what are you actually doing.

    The people you mentioned look like they are pushing their
    products, so how does that help you?

    Watching people that cannot demonstrate how to make real
    money online, is just a waste of time.

    See my list of free resources above and figure something
    out because blogging and freelancing are fairly saturated
    unless you are doing something unique.

    If you will ask ChatGPT, it can assess your skills and give
    you an actionable business plan, strategy, and just about
    anything else you need to be successful, if you will do
    what is required.

    YouTube is an excellent resource, but you should watch
    people that can drop knowledge about marketable skills
    and methods, there are dozens of really good ones.
    For me, it was a bit complicated because of inconsistency, but also information overload. I'm not ready to toss the "blog idea" away because that in a sense is my "area of control" or rather my "diary or journey" where I can post what I want, have links that redirect to what I want, (arguably) sell what I want to, etc. On top of that, I've never built it (the blog) into the business that it could be, because of inconsistency.

    Internet Marketing (or rather blogging) isn't my full-time job. Had it been, I'd understand a bit more where you guys are coming from.

    I am a bit confused by the "watching people" line. Maybe you're referring to some members here I was reading and learning from. If not, and you're referencing the two I stated, then I'm confused because they did demonstrate how they made money online.

    I may have said blogging, but it's through blogging that I learned about affiliate marketing, email marketing, list building, and many other areas of internet marketing. So while blogging and freelancing could be saturated, not everyone's trying to build a blog in the same niche, or freelance doing the same thing.

    Maybe I'm a bit too optimistic. IDK. Maybe it's time to change course. My thing is, I don't want to throw it away until I say, "Well, I tried my best." I think that's fair, right? Or am I trying a failed/failing method, which will 100% guarantee failure (and both of you are saying "go do something else, this is totally DEAD)"?

    For me, only time (and work) will tell.
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      OK. More information helps understand where you have been, so that is appreciated.

      I will talk to the forum in general, and not you specifically, other than to point a few things out. First, your idea of a 'PRODUCT'.

      You have an extremely narrow view, and are thinking in IM terms only, that is a how to make money in IM product, mainly because that is what you have been exposed to and how your thinking has been directed. And the fake it til you make crowd, is, I agree, a bunch of slim shady characters, albeit, big names started that way.

      As to the starting point, far to late for you, but for newer Warriors, those just getting started, they can learn from your misguided thinking and avoid some of those pitfalls.

      I have for 30+ years advocated with a start of ASSESSMENT, so one knows what they have in the tool box to start, and could possibly even have their first product from that. Now a journey product is good.

      If your journey leads to REPLICABLE success, as savidge4 showed the forum in his eBay thread (a Mt. Rushmore hall of fame thread for IM forums), from nothing to $100,000.00 in a year. Probably should be must reading for any NEW Warriors.


      But a long time/term journey of the same thing, like PLR, or whatever which doesn't end in a success, that is going to be hard to monitize, no matter how many decades you dedicate to it.

      One of my early products was a Golf cassette. Which is INFORMATION about a niche specific subject full of BUYERS, a so-called hungry evergreen market. That was due to my being in the audience for decades and having some expertise, although when I did my sit down assessment in 1997, it wasn't even TOP 3 for me.

      I'd wager you have never done a self assessment, but are drawn to the idea of making money in IM for whatever reason, and I might also argue the expertise you have acquired over the years might be converted to a PRODUCT, a cautionary tale of what NOT to do in IM. And there is a product niche for those too.

      You can continue to repeat things, doing what you are doing, but where do you see a tipping point? Or in other words, can you answer my original questions: How many affiliates will you need to reach the goal? Today you've found some apparent mentors, and they have their products (basic JOURNEY products), maybe within all those PLR packages is some hidden gems, some information which is NOT about making money, and maybe even something you actually know about.

      Again, for you, it is too late...as for starting. You could start OVER, which may not be a bad idea considering your results so far. IF you consider a reset, or restart, I can only encourage you to begin from ASSESSMENT.

      You have years of information acquired, and it may not be about the how to make money IM thing, but you need to know what you know which is USEFUL, has value and could be a new launch pad for you, even spinning wheels and failure can be useful to the newbie out there. But you get to choose your path.

      MY post is, and has been for the 20+ years here, been very consistent in advice which I took myself almost 30 years ago; FIND buyers, sell what they want to buy.

      A beautiful template for that is in Warrior's Path forum, the eBay thread:
      https://www.warriorforum.com/warrior...ys-ebay-6.html

      One can find buyers on eBay, very easily, on Facebook Marketplace, on Google, and a lot of buyer info on Amazon, many products having thousands of sales a month shown.

      My personal suggestion to hbeezy would be; change your thinking about what a product is because the way your thinking is today is going to continue to restrain you for possibly several more YEARS. YIKES!!

      Spend a couple of hours writing down your goals, and how to reach them in NUMBERS. Do the math of how many of whatever to whomever to get you what you want.

      Sometimes giving yourself a cease and desist order is the right thing to do.

      GordonJ


      Originally Posted by hbeezy View Post

      Here's the thing: If I can, I'd assume that most people who start in IM don't have the intelligence to create a "product of value that's interesting". If most people do, then allow me to say that when I started my blog 8-9 years ago, I did not.

      Prior to that, I still did not know because I was doing a lot of reading and learning, but not taking action on much of anything.

      You could probably argue that since I've yet to create my own product, perhaps I haven't taken (enough) action.

      But I know for sure that while I was reading and learning... say about 5+ years before this forum was sold, yeah, I didn't have the knowledge to create a product of value.

      I honestly always saw it as "if you're not doing it, or haven't done it, you shouldn't create a product talking as if you did do it."

      So it's kind of like that catch-22 for new affiliate marketers: You can't promote a product because you can't get approved, and you can't get approved because you don't have sales.

      Simply put, I decided not to create a product at that time because I didn't have any success. I was quite new to IM. If I did create a product, I'd be LYING (like some, if not most of the WSO creators did; rehash WSOs and make money lying to the newbies). And that I was not going to do.

      Now I'm more likely to create a product because I've seen a little success and I've taken a bit of action.

      Lastly, I meant dollars. So that was $1,000. That may seem crazy, but as I've stated in my post, I wasn't consistent. If I did, I think I would have crossed that number multiple times. That's why I'm working on being consistent now.

      And another thing I think about is... Say, for example, I had started out with the product instead of my suggestions (freelancing, blogging, etc.)...

      Why would anyone trust what I create as a brand-new IMer?

      Where's the "proof of concept?"

      Why would anyone believe what I present if it's not presented as "MACRO" success (meaning "I made 5,000 in 48 hours" type of stuff that gets people interested and excited to see/buy)?

      This is the society we are in; People like to see MACRO, not micro. Society doesn't give attention to the person making $500-$1,000 a month online. Instead, it's got to be as you said, somewhere around 5K-10K, and then there's some serious attention.

      I digress. My apologies if I misled you in my first reply.



      For me, it was a bit complicated because of inconsistency, but also information overload. I'm not ready to toss the "blog idea" away because that in a sense is my "area of control" or rather my "diary or journey" where I can post what I want, have links that redirect to what I want, (arguably) sell what I want to, etc. On top of that, I've never built it (the blog) into the business that it could be, because of inconsistency.

      Internet Marketing (or rather blogging) isn't my full-time job. Had it been, I'd understand a bit more where you guys are coming from.

      I am a bit confused by the "watching people" line. Maybe you're referring to some members here I was reading and learning from. If not, and you're referencing the two I stated, then I'm confused because they did demonstrate how they made money online.

      I may have said blogging, but it's through blogging that I learned about affiliate marketing, email marketing, list building, and many other areas of internet marketing. So while blogging and freelancing could be saturated, not everyone's trying to build a blog in the same niche, or freelance doing the same thing.

      Maybe I'm a bit too optimistic. IDK. Maybe it's time to change course. My thing is, I don't want to throw it away until I say, "Well, I tried my best." I think that's fair, right? Or am I trying a failed/failing method, which will 100% guarantee failure (and both of you are saying "go do something else, this is totally DEAD)"?

      For me, only time (and work) will tell.
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    • Profile picture of the author Monetize
      Originally Posted by hbeezy View Post

      For me, it was a bit complicated because of inconsistency, but also information overload. I'm not ready to toss the "blog idea" away because that in a sense is my "area of control" or rather my "diary or journey" where I can post what I want, have links that redirect to what I want, (arguably) sell what I want to, etc. On top of that, I've never built it (the blog) into the business that it could be, because of inconsistency.

      Internet Marketing (or rather blogging) isn't my full-time job. Had it been, I'd understand a bit more where you guys are coming from.

      I am a bit confused by the "watching people" line. Maybe you're referring to some members here I was reading and learning from. If not, and you're referencing the two I stated, then I'm confused because they did demonstrate how they made money online.

      I may have said blogging, but it's through blogging that I learned about affiliate marketing, email marketing, list building, and many other areas of internet marketing. So while blogging and freelancing could be saturated, not everyone's trying to build a blog in the same niche, or freelance doing the same thing.

      Maybe I'm a bit too optimistic. IDK. Maybe it's time to change course. My thing is, I don't want to throw it away until I say, "Well, I tried my best." I think that's fair, right? Or am I trying a failed/failing method, which will 100% guarantee failure (and both of you are saying "go do something else, this is totally DEAD)"?

      For me, only time (and work) will tell.

      Watching people on YouTube.

      Which I do on a regular basis, but I watch very specific
      content, and it's not internet marketing. It is however,
      things that I need to know to conduct my business.

      And sometimes I watch videos about cats and squirrels
      like everybody else.

      IMO you don't need to be an expert to create a blog or
      product. Remember when you had to write a report on
      something in grade school, and you copied content out
      of the Encyclopedia Britannica? It's kind of like that.

      Let's say you have an appliance site with content about
      refrigerators and stoves with affiliate links to a major
      retailer. Nobody cares whether you are an expert on
      refrigerators and stoves.

      You're not a liar because you used PLR or A.I. content,
      hired a writer or rewrote the appliance owner's manual,
      and used pix from wherever. Your goal is to get paid.
      Unless your goal is a stay broke.

      Please note that my posts/comments are not necessarily
      directed towards you, but are intended for the edification
      of anyone who reads me.
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  • Profile picture of the author hbeezy
    I respect both of your positions regarding my post. Will definitely take into account everything I've learned from both of you. As much as I'd like to go and bounce ideas of my current situation, this really isn't about me, really it was about providing value, and I think I may have failed to do that.

    I'd also hate to steer the majority of this thread towards myself. With that said...

    Allow me to attempt to answer the original question correctly (yet even that's confusing, because I'd assume right or wrong within this topic could be subjective).

    If I had to start over and I had a base of $1,000... I would build a book business on Amazon.

    I would create and sell physical books that people would want to buy. Print-on-demand books specifically.

    The majority of the money would go towards ecovers since I am not the greatest graphic designer (preferably designers on Fiverr). Or, I'd use ChatGPT to create the ecovers (now that's possible).

    I'd try to release a book every 3 days or twice a week, resulting in about 104 books in a year. Given the timeline presented, that would be 156-208 books within 18 months - 2 years. Or, with the timeline you changed to 2-3 years, 208-312 books, respectively.

    I would also run Amazon ads since I can run unlimited impressions of my books, and I would have to pay only when someone clicks (unless they changed that).

    I assume if I target the right audience (or audiences), and create good, solid products, I'd hit a $5,000 recurring income within 18 months - 2 years or 2-3 years.

    The only thing is that with Amazon, they can get rid of you at any point, so I'd try to have a backup store where I can sell my books (preferably a website) as well (as long as Amazon is ok with that), and possibly consider using Lulu for more distribution.

    If I may with the extra method... I'd also seek to create some sort of printable content and market it on Etsy and sites like it (Teachers Pay Teachers, Zazzle [maybe], etc).

    Assuming I get 1-2 books listed on Amazon and a website (and maybe Lulu), with another 1-2 printables listed on multiple platforms, weekly, yes, I can see the possibility of hitting that recurring $5,000 in 18 months-2 years, provided I do all of the steps right.
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    • Profile picture of the author Monetize
      Originally Posted by hbeezy View Post

      I respect both of your positions regarding my post. Will definitely take into account everything I've learned from both of you. As much as I'd like to go and bounce ideas of my current situation, this really isn't about me, really it was about providing value, and I think I may have failed to do that.

      I'd also hate to steer the majority of this thread towards myself. With that said...

      Allow me to attempt to answer the original question correctly (yet even that's confusing, because I'd assume right or wrong within this topic could be subjective).

      If I had to start over and I had a base of $1,000... I would build a book business on Amazon.

      I would create and sell physical books that people would want to buy. Print-on-demand books specifically.

      The majority of the money would go towards ecovers since I am not the greatest graphic designer (preferably designers on Fiverr). Or, I'd use ChatGPT to create the ecovers (now that's possible).

      I'd try to release a book every 3 days or twice a week, resulting in about 104 books in a year. Given the timeline presented, that would be 156-208 books within 18 months - 2 years. Or, with the timeline you changed to 2-3 years, 208-312 books, respectively.

      I would also run Amazon ads since I can run unlimited impressions of my books, and I would have to pay only when someone clicks (unless they changed that).

      I assume if I target the right audience (or audiences), and create good, solid products, I'd hit a $5,000 recurring income within 18 months - 2 years or 2-3 years.

      The only thing is that with Amazon, they can get rid of you at any point, so I'd try to have a backup store where I can sell my books (preferably a website) as well (as long as Amazon is ok with that), and possibly consider using Lulu for more distribution.

      If I may with the extra method... I'd also seek to create some sort of printable content and market it on Etsy and sites like it (Teachers Pay Teachers, Zazzle [maybe], etc).

      Assuming I get 1-2 books listed on Amazon and a website (and maybe Lulu), with another 1-2 printables listed on multiple platforms, weekly, yes, I can see the possibility of hitting that recurring $5,000 in 18 months-2 years, provided I do all of the steps right.

      All those things that you have tried or are planning to
      try are commendable, and they are probably the same
      things that everybody else on here has already done,
      those methods or something very similar.

      The problem with the typical money-making schemes
      is millions of other people are doing them also, mainly
      due to the lockdowns and everybody on planet Earth
      trying to make money online ever since.

      Amazon books is SATURATED. Unless you can write
      on topics that people are interested in that nobody else
      has covered, you are probably wasting your time.

      Etsy, TPT, Print on Demand, etc. are saturated as well.

      There have been A.I. image generators that produce
      error-free professional book covers for a while now, if
      you just learned that ChatGPT could do it, which it is
      late on this, you are not keeping up.

      You can do whatever you want, but I recommend you
      familiarize yourself with current trends, and use A.I. to
      conduct market research, product development, and
      help you develop strategy.

      Use it to help you brush up on your skill sets so that
      you can provide products/services that people are
      paying for now.

      Not things that were trending five years ago.
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  • Profile picture of the author max5ty
    My guess is most people would blow the thousand dollars.

    There are some (like myself) and probably yourself that started the whole business thing before we ever got out of high school. For me, it was like in the 5th grade.

    I would sit down and address envelopes to mail out with some type of mail offer. With almost every envelope I mailed, I never heard anything back. Actually, I'll say EVERY envelope I mailed I never heard back. This was all back in the days before we even knew what the internet was.

    But, did it stop me from continuing? No. I kept right on with my crazy experiments and dreams of building an empire.

    Selling burglar alarms door to door when I was 10. I actually sold 1...well didn't actually sell it officially. The woman did place an order but then she called my mom and told her I was going door to door, so that ended that career.

    These days there are people who are looking to make a quick buck, or some side bucks.

    The problem is, every time they hit a failure they whine. Suddenly they're looking for answers.

    Well, I can't ever remember whining about all the wasted time I spent trying just about everything there was to try even at 10 years old. Most of the money I used for my experiments came from a lawn mowing business I had in town.

    It was an experience that after every failure...which was almost all of them...I learned more and more about what worked and what didn't.

    I wouldn't change anything about all the failures I had. It gave me an education in marketing that no college degree could ever give me.

    These days, hopefully, all my experiences have taught me a thing or two.

    Anyway, enough of me rambling on about me...

    what I really wanted to say is I believe in the school of hard knocks.

    If you want to do something bad enough you'll figure out a way to either scrape up the money, or you'll come up with a twist on the idea that doesn't require the need for the amount of money you thought you needed.

    You start a thing and it fails.

    You start another thing and it fails...

    I could repeat this 1000 times to make a point that if something fails you get right back up and try again.

    I have no regard for whiners that tried something and it didn't work out.

    Maybe I'm a little grumpy today.
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      Originally Posted by Spinx Infotech View Post

      Using $1,000 for internet marketing, I would spend $300 on a high-quality website, $100 on a professional logo and branding, $100 on email marketing tools like Mailchimp, and $400 on targeted Google and Facebook ads. SEO services or content production would be funded with the remaining funds. Reinvest in what works best after starting lean and monitoring results.
      It is good in my opinion, you broke down how you would use the money. If you care to share, maybe some thoughts about before getting a website. And some ideas of the marketing?

      See, I would want to know what topic (niche) the site is going to be on, what is the current hottest or best selling products in that niche? How are the current buyers finding those products? Who is selling them, where and how are they marketing? This to do a lot of research into the WHY behind the website.

      Some start a site from love/like, involvement, like an avid golfer might start a site on courses they will play. I think I've seen one from an RV traveler who DOCUMENTS his journey across America's golf landscape, I'll look for that one.

      Others may start a site purely to make money. So a lot of HOW questions with that, say an affiliate site because it is so popular to newbie Warriors. What niche, what market, what types of affiliate products will you offer? Why those? How crowded is the niche and what will be done to differentiate yourself in a crowded market?

      So conducting a personal survey of WHAT and WHY before getting the website, so once you get one, you will have a lot of ideas about what you want it to do for you.

      Then, and this can get done as you think through your plan, HOW will the site/content be marketed? You mentioned email and Facebook ads. The email will be an auto responder? Who will write the emails? What will they say? How does one get on the email list? And assuming most will come from your Facebook ads to some sort of capture or landing page, who writes those Facebook ads?

      In this instance, you have at least designated the money for a purpose, which is a good thing to my way of thinking; now you spend TIME, not money, full fleshing out the concept to give yourself the best chance for a fast start.

      By planning it out, and thinking through the plan, you will have saved yourself a ton of time and trial and error, especially if you start from a BUYERS first approach.

      Thanks for sharing a plan for the 1000 bux, fill in the blanks of Who, What and Why and you are off to a great start.

      GordonJ
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    • Profile picture of the author Monetize
      Originally Posted by Spinx Infotech View Post

      Using $1,000 for internet marketing, I would spend $300 on a high-quality website, $100 on a professional logo and branding, $100 on email marketing tools like Mailchimp, and $400 on targeted Google and Facebook ads. SEO services or content production would be funded with the remaining funds. Reinvest in what works best after starting lean and monitoring results.

      Do yourself a life-long favor and learn how to set up simple
      websites for your own use and as a potential service that
      you could provide to others.

      These days, using A.I. for code and content, it's as easy as
      falling off a log.

      Otherwise, you can hire a freelancer for less than $300.

      If you do not have funds to get started, find free resources
      that you can use until you do.
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  • Profile picture of the author hbeezy
    Originally Posted by Monetize View Post

    All those things that you have tried or are planning to
    try are commendable, and they are probably the same
    things that everybody else on here has already done,
    those methods or something very similar.

    The problem with the typical money-making schemes
    is millions of other people are doing them also, mainly
    due to the lockdowns and everybody on planet Earth
    trying to make money online ever since.

    Amazon books is SATURATED. Unless you can write
    on topics that people are interested in that nobody else
    has covered, you are probably wasting your time.

    Etsy, TPT, Print on Demand, etc. are saturated as well.

    There have been A.I. image generators that produce
    error-free professional book covers for a while now, if
    you just learned that ChatGPT could do it, which it is
    late on this, you are not keeping up.

    You can do whatever you want, but I recommend you
    familiarize yourself with current trends, and use A.I. to
    conduct market research, product development, and
    help you develop strategy.

    Use it to help you brush up on your skill sets so that
    you can provide products/services that people are
    paying for now.

    Not things that were trending five years ago.
    Understandable. By your logic, I assume that I haven't provided a method of value yet, so forgive me for potentially "steering anyone wrong" here. The majority of the responses here make me think that some of the ideas I've learned are complete trash and are dead. Maybe I do have too much faith, IDK.

    With that said... I'm not against AI, first of all, but in my research, I've found it to sometimes give me some outdated methods, so I take it with a grain of salt. It is getting better though. I definitely think it can help me with a strategy, but it'll need that spark. I just hope that the spark I give it is the right one.

    As far as products and services, I've always found that a bit difficult to enter because "someone is providing it". So why would they need mine? That to me boils down to USP and if what I create has enough of a twist, or is entirely new and intriguing enough to get sales.

    Your response can imply that if I'm not using "the most current ideas," then what I will try to do won't work. Given the speed and innovation of how society is moving, you might be right.

    But there are still some foundational things that haven't changed. Maybe they were improved upon, but fundamentally, they haven't changed. With that said, I'd like to create a product (and I will) and in doing so, I hope that I don't create something that hasn't already been created yet... because that will be another "waste of time."

    Seems as if it's "tough any direction I pick," eh?

    Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

    Let me put a question in front of you... Both Gary and Bryan, aside from the obvious "Simple Traffic Blueprint" have something in common. Do you know what that is?

    I wont be a smart tail and wait for a response here... the thing they have in common is they documented the journey of the use of the product. And within those journeys there are side journeys of I tried this product, it didnt work... i tried this and that and they were better, and I tried this and wow, changed the way i do things.

    These guys and many others have followed the same 2 fold path. #1 put in the time ( IE consistency ) and #2 through an amount of brutal honesty, good bad or indifferent shared what has worked and what has not - the result being they have built Authority to any and everybody that consumes their content.

    People in IM - That are successful - dont out and out hard sell a damn thing. They let their experience of a given product vs that of another ( comparison ) speak for itself. If it works for me.... it will work for you!

    to better understand how this works as well as it does.... lets look at the buyers cycle

    1) kicking tires - I want to make money online
    2) have done enough kicking to find "Simple Traffic Blueprint".
    3) in the process the prospect finds other programs and they compare one vs the other
    4) all about the price and whats in it for the buyer to make a purchase
    5) they purchase
    6) USUALLY once a purchase is made, the buyer will start looking at after purchase support.

    Go back and watch Gary and Bryan, now that I have share this with you, and see how they target #3 thru #6. They sell on a whole other level. They are using the natural psychological process to their advantage. They have simply put in the time and consistency to do this. You simply can not have a blog with 50 posts on 12 subject and expect this type of "Success' - Its simply Calculated, Cold, and Effective. And the grgeat Irony is when they both started as like most others that end up on this formula of success... is it starts from a very humble I dont know a thing, I am just going to post about what I do to make it in IM


    Lets talk about consistency for a moment... GordonJ shared a thread of mine - selling on eBay. I want you to read the first 30 days worth. Start to end of the challenge. 2 hours a day - EVERYDAY, and made a stupid amount money. blah blah blah I have a real job... oh trust me, here it is 12:43 est and I am now getting back to post here. Its NOT what you do from 9 to 5, its what you do from 6 to Midnight
    Not going to lie, I did have some hesitancy posting about different niches on my blog. But the only reason why I decided to is because they were indirectly tied to the main niche.

    I'm pretty sure I have that many categories, but regularly, I try my best to post about a central niche. Either way, as I've learned here (and in many other places on the internet), blogging is DEAD or dying... so I might have to abandon this project. I do want to put my best foot forward before I close it though, just to make sure it's fully DEAD DEAD DEAD LOL.

    What's crazy is that I've written certain articles that talk about how I've used certain products. They're not videos, though, and that's what society wants (they don't want words unless it's subtitles LOL). Society has been conditioned not to read and watch, instead. As a result, some (not mine) blogs that are good are taking a huge hit, because it's all about the "short videos" now. Even long-form video is taking a hit for this reason. I wouldn't be surprised in a few years, there's a mass adoption to stop reading books (or producing them) because people just want video now. For me, I don't think people are going to see because they're not going to read (and in no way am I trying to say "come read, I'm an amazing writer..." Far from it).

    Anyway, that's somewhat besides the point. I want to have these "journeys" but now adding my point about "innovation" above, maybe I need to change the medium. Plus, being consistent and on topic. It's just that personally, I tend to try to look at my blog as a new reader, and I'm sure that reader will have questions like "if I do this, then how do I do this?"

    For example, years, if not decades, I've been learning "how to build a list." The steps I've learned typically are:

    Find the demographic/avatar you're trying to market to
    Find or create a lead magnet that they'll be interested in
    Create a landing page/squeeze page
    Then build the list!

    Consistently, I've learned this. Without learning one important part: How do I get the subscribers? To that, I've learned: market your lead magnet on social media. Buy solo ads. Buy google ads. Buy facebook ads.

    This stuff barely works and if it does, it will put a hole in your pocket FIRST! Nobody has time for that.

    I say all that to say that if I were to attempt to talk about a topic, I'm going to talk about it start to finish, and I'd also hope to test said topic out that I trust in, or trust that the info I'm providing is solid enough to help my audience. So (not that you asked, LOL) that is the reason why I have so many different topics. Somehow, I believe they are an extension of the main idea.

    Dang, that was a lot, and forgive me for saying so much. Now, to your point, I do think a lot more work has to be done on my part, and I do think I have some maneuvering/shutting down to do. In the meantime, I'll be learning from that eBay thread as well as that buyer's cycle you posted... really like that a lot. Plus, I respect the fact that you didn't wait for my reply to help, it means a lot.

    IDK if I just BS'd it here, BS'd it with my online endeavors, or wasted your time within these responses, but I'm glad to get responses in general. Much respect to all of you.
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    • Profile picture of the author Monetize
      Originally Posted by hbeezy View Post

      Understandable. By your logic, I assume that I haven't provided a method of value yet, so forgive me for potentially "steering anyone wrong" here. The majority of the responses here make me think that some of the ideas I've learned are complete trash and are dead. Maybe I do have too much faith, IDK.

      With that said... I'm not against AI, first of all, but in my research, I've found it to sometimes give me some outdated methods, so I take it with a grain of salt. It is getting better though. I definitely think it can help me with a strategy, but it'll need that spark. I just hope that the spark I give it is the right one.

      As far as products and services, I've always found that a bit difficult to enter because "someone is providing it". So why would they need mine? That to me boils down to USP and if what I create has enough of a twist, or is entirely new and intriguing enough to get sales.

      Your response can imply that if I'm not using "the most current ideas," then what I will try to do won't work. Given the speed and innovation of how society is moving, you might be right.

      But there are still some foundational things that haven't changed. Maybe they were improved upon, but fundamentally, they haven't changed. With that said, I'd like to create a product (and I will) and in doing so, I hope that I don't create something that hasn't already been created yet... because that will be another "waste of time."

      Seems as if it's "tough any direction I pick," eh?

      You can do whatever you choose, just like everybody else.

      I am telling you, and others, that in order to be competitive,
      you can't just start a blog or some other mundane business
      idea.

      As to A.I., you are using it for content, I am using it for code,
      content, research, strategy, images, video, voice-over, and
      other things.

      Adapt or die.
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    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
      Originally Posted by hbeezy View Post

      Not going to lie, I did have some hesitancy posting about different niches on my blog. But the only reason why I decided to is because they were indirectly tied to the main niche.

      I'm pretty sure I have that many categories, but regularly, I try my best to post about a central niche. Either way, as I've learned here (and in many other places on the internet), blogging is DEAD or dying... so I might have to abandon this project. I do want to put my best foot forward before I close it though, just to make sure it's fully DEAD DEAD DEAD LOL.

      What's crazy is that I've written certain articles that talk about how I've used certain products. They're not videos, though, and that's what society wants (they don't want words unless it's subtitles LOL). Society has been conditioned not to read and watch, instead. As a result, some (not mine) blogs that are good are taking a huge hit, because it's all about the "short videos" now. Even long-form video is taking a hit for this reason. I wouldn't be surprised in a few years, there's a mass adoption to stop reading books (or producing them) because people just want video now. For me, I don't think people are going to see because they're not going to read (and in no way am I trying to say "come read, I'm an amazing writer..." Far from it).

      Anyway, that's somewhat besides the point. I want to have these "journeys" but now adding my point about "innovation" above, maybe I need to change the medium. Plus, being consistent and on topic. It's just that personally, I tend to try to look at my blog as a new reader, and I'm sure that reader will have questions like "if I do this, then how do I do this?"

      For example, years, if not decades, I've been learning "how to build a list." The steps I've learned typically are:

      Find the demographic/avatar you're trying to market to
      Find or create a lead magnet that they'll be interested in
      Create a landing page/squeeze page
      Then build the list!

      Consistently, I've learned this. Without learning one important part: How do I get the subscribers? To that, I've learned: market your lead magnet on social media. Buy solo ads. Buy google ads. Buy facebook ads.

      This stuff barely works and if it does, it will put a hole in your pocket FIRST! Nobody has time for that.

      I say all that to say that if I were to attempt to talk about a topic, I'm going to talk about it start to finish, and I'd also hope to test said topic out that I trust in, or trust that the info I'm providing is solid enough to help my audience. So (not that you asked, LOL) that is the reason why I have so many different topics. Somehow, I believe they are an extension of the main idea.

      Dang, that was a lot, and forgive me for saying so much. Now, to your point, I do think a lot more work has to be done on my part, and I do think I have some maneuvering/shutting down to do. In the meantime, I'll be learning from that eBay thread as well as that buyer's cycle you posted... really like that a lot. Plus, I respect the fact that you didn't wait for my reply to help, it means a lot.

      IDK if I just BS'd it here, BS'd it with my online endeavors, or wasted your time within these responses, but I'm glad to get responses in general. Much respect to all of you.
      Here is my take on blogging... Its FAR from dead, but simply not utilized correctly. YOUR blog, aka your website should be the center hub of all of your online activities; Social Media, Ads, Videos, email etc. In one way or another they should all point back to your site. Think of this as a wheel if you will, a hub in the center and a whole bunch of spokes tying to that center hub and creating a synergistic ( circular ) machine that is your online efforts. I would more than argue it ( a website ) is still to this day the most important piece to the overall puzzle.

      When we ( I have a few companies ) make "Videos", we do 4 things. We post the video in its entirety, we post snippets of the video were applicable, we transcribe the video and post it as a blog, and lastly we extract the audio and post that accordingly.

      Depending on how you look this up there are 4 / 8 methods to learning.

      The 4 primary methods:
      • Visual learning style
      • Auditory learning style
      • Kinesthetic learning style
      • Reading/Writing

      And then 4 non traditional methods:
      • Logical/analytical learners
      • Social/linguistic learners
      • Solitary learners
      • Nature learners

      Video alone is not enough. Audio alone is not enough. Text alone is not enough. And touchy feely alone is not enough.

      Again these are stats that are readily available... 40% of people learn by reading / writing. 65% are visual learners. and 85% is from audio. Not that it needs to be said but the stats are wonky. There is without question overlap.... but I would think ( personal observation ) that the 40% that learn from reading / writing, there is very little over lap.

      I personally have employees I can tell them what to do ( audio ) and there are others I have to ensure I print out a list - cut and dry no questions asked... and it is probably right in the 50/50 range.

      The issue with a blog in the modern world ( enter AI giving you an immediate - usually poor answer ) it has become difficult to gain an audience solely using a blog - wont say it cant be done, but I will say that gaining traction with a blog only, isnt done out the gate your first rodeo - the learning curve is huge.

      Content creation is the name of the game here. how you can turn a 15 minute video into 5 10 15 30 pieces of content to spread across multiple platforms is the skill that has to be learned.
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      • Profile picture of the author hbeezy
        Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

        Here is my take on blogging... Its FAR from dead, but simply not utilized correctly. YOUR blog, aka your website should be the center hub of all of your online activities; Social Media, Ads, Videos, email etc. In one way or another they should all point back to your site. Think of this as a wheel if you will, a hub in the center and a whole bunch of spokes tying to that center hub and creating a synergistic ( circular ) machine that is your online efforts. I would more than argue it ( a website ) is still to this day the most important piece to the overall puzzle.

        When we ( I have a few companies ) make "Videos", we do 4 things. We post the video in its entirety, we post snippets of the video were applicable, we transcribe the video and post it as a blog, and lastly we extract the audio and post that accordingly.

        Depending on how you look this up there are 4 / 8 methods to learning.

        The 4 primary methods:
        • Visual learning style
        • Auditory learning style
        • Kinesthetic learning style
        • Reading/Writing

        And then 4 non traditional methods:
        • Logical/analytical learners
        • Social/linguistic learners
        • Solitary learners
        • Nature learners

        Video alone is not enough. Audio alone is not enough. Text alone is not enough. And touchy feely alone is not enough.

        Again these are stats that are readily available... 40% of people learn by reading / writing. 65% are visual learners. and 85% is from audio. Not that it needs to be said but the stats are wonky. There is without question overlap.... but I would think ( personal observation ) that the 40% that learn from reading / writing, there is very little over lap.

        I personally have employees I can tell them what to do ( audio ) and there are others I have to ensure I print out a list - cut and dry no questions asked... and it is probably right in the 50/50 range.

        The issue with a blog in the modern world ( enter AI giving you an immediate - usually poor answer ) it has become difficult to gain an audience solely using a blog - wont say it cant be done, but I will say that gaining traction with a blog only, isnt done out the gate your first rodeo - the learning curve is huge.

        Content creation is the name of the game here. how you can turn a 15 minute video into 5 10 15 30 pieces of content to spread across multiple platforms is the skill that has to be learned.
        I learned a ton from this because for one, I really only considered audio, visual and reading as learning methods. Kinesthetic, never knew about or considered. And then you go into 4 more which surprised me.

        I did have that thought that content should be in a video, audio and a written format so I totally agree that that's something I need to start doing. You reminding me of this makes me think of the Gary V pdf I read a while ago: how to create 64+ pieces of content in a day. Solid pdf but my only problem is, that will literally take all of my time every day doing it by myself. Hence why it works so well for him is because he has a team. (So do you, nothing against that.)

        I'll definitely try to work on learning that skill. I think it can go very far in multiple ways. Thanks a lot for this.
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        • Profile picture of the author Monetize
          Originally Posted by hbeezy View Post

          I learned a ton from this because for one, I really only considered audio, visual and reading as learning methods. Kinesthetic, never knew about or considered. And then you go into 4 more which surprised me.

          I did have that thought that content should be in a video, audio and a written format so I totally agree that that's something I need to start doing. You reminding me of this makes me think of the Gary V pdf I read a while ago: how to create 64+ pieces of content in a day. Solid pdf but my only problem is, that will literally take all of my time every day doing it by myself. Hence why it works so well for him is because he has a team. (So do you, nothing against that.)

          I'll definitely try to work on learning that skill. I think it can go very far in multiple ways. Thanks a lot for this.

          DO NOT post a bunch of low-quality spam all over the place
          as this "guru" suggests, because it won't help your business.

          It is a waste of time and you will run yourself into the ground
          doing these sorts of tactics.

          Try to develop quality content, one or two things a day is great.

          Things like:

          A one-page website, a video, a course module, an article,
          a couple of Pins, a bundle of images, etc.

          Be consistent and you will be fine.
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          • Profile picture of the author hbeezy
            Originally Posted by Monetize View Post

            DO NOT post a bunch of low-quality spam all over the place
            as this "guru" suggests, because it won't help your business.

            It is a waste of time and you will run yourself into the ground
            doing these sorts of tactics.

            Try to develop quality content, one or two things a day is great.

            Things like:

            A one-page website, a video, a course module, an article,
            a couple of Pins, a bundle of images, etc.

            Be consistent and you will be fine.
            What's to say that this isn't low quality spam too?

            What's the difference between his content (that is low quality) and the content you'd suggest for me to put out?

            To me I don't think the premise is bad, but you're saying "not in this fashion, maybe in a lower amount, and in a different way."

            My question of course is "what different way is that?"

            Cause he's got videos, pictures and stuff in that method.
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            • Profile picture of the author Monetize
              Originally Posted by hbeezy View Post

              What's to say that this isn't low quality spam too?

              What's the difference between his content (that is low quality) and the content you'd suggest for me to put out?

              To me I don't think the premise is bad, but you're saying "not in this fashion, maybe in a lower amount, and in a different way."

              My question of course is "what different way is that?"

              Cause he's got videos, pictures and stuff in that method.

              I know what he has because I looked at

              "how to create 64+ pieces of content in a day"

              it's all over the internet for free.

              There's a major difference between a one-page website,
              a video, a course module, an article, a couple of Pins,
              a bundle of images, etc. and posting a bunch of useless
              tweets, memes, and the other garbage he suggested.

              Again, you can do whatever you want and my post is
              not necessarily directed to you, but to anyone who
              thinks that plastering garbage is the way to go.

              Have a nice day.
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              • Profile picture of the author hbeezy
                Originally Posted by Monetize View Post

                I know what he has because I looked at

                "how to create 64+ pieces of content in a day"

                it's all over the internet for free.

                There's a major difference between a one-page website,
                a video, a course module, an article, a couple of Pins,
                a bundle of images, etc. and posting a bunch of useless
                tweets, memes, and the other garbage he suggested.

                Again, you can do whatever you want and my post is
                not necessarily directed to you, but to anyone who
                thinks that plastering garbage is the way to go.

                Have a nice day.
                Alright... you quote my post and directly say "DO NOT post that stuff" but now you say it wasn't directed towards me... odd but understandable. I don't take any offense but I just found that odd... perhaps you could have worded that more generally maybe?

                Now get this... I asked you what's the difference between what you suggested and what he's promoting.

                You say there's a major difference.

                I'm just asking "what is the difference?" What would you put up in these formats?

                You've yet to give info of what you'd post, but quick to bash this. Given this answer, what I receive is "it's not this, this sucks and is trash, but I'm not going to tell you what I'd do."

                You're quick to tell what's wrong, but you withhold what you think is right.

                How does that help, honestly?

                People are looking for help. Wouldn't it help to provide both sides instead of one side (meaning the bad and the good, versus just the bad)?

                I'm just saying.
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                • Profile picture of the author Monetize
                  Originally Posted by hbeezy View Post

                  Alright... you quote my post and directly say "DO NOT post that stuff" but now you say it wasn't directed towards me... odd but understandable. I don't take any offense but I just found that odd... perhaps you could have worded that more generally maybe?

                  Now get this... I asked you what's the difference between what you suggested and what he's promoting.

                  You say there's a major difference.

                  I'm just asking "what is the difference?" What would you put up in these formats?

                  You've yet to give info of what you'd post, but quick to bash this. Given this answer, what I receive is "it's not this, this sucks and is trash, but I'm not going to tell you what I'd do."

                  You're quick to tell what's wrong, but you withhold what you think is right.

                  How does that help, honestly?

                  People are looking for help. Wouldn't it help to provide both sides instead of one side (meaning the bad and the good, versus just the bad)?

                  I'm just saying.

                  It doesn't matter what I think is right.

                  You make your own decisions about rightness.

                  Obviously, YOU, or whoever, should develop quality content.

                  How you define quality is a personal matter.

                  But it definitely should not be the garbage that you referenced above.

                  Do I need to give you examples or tell you exactly what I am doing?

                  That's not going to happen.

                  If you need examples like "Eat This, Not That" then you need to:

                  Read a book.
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  • Profile picture of the author hitherestranger39
    I'd invest in building a solid foundation for a dropshipping business. First, I'd spend a portion on product research tools and setting up a professional website. Then, I'd allocate the rest to Facebook/Instagram ads, testing which products convert. Learning by doing is key here.
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    In my case, I have all the things to sell and the systems to do that. But I'm a Conversion expert, not a Traffic guy, so my weakness is that ads are something I've always delegated. So I've got friends who are really good at ads, and have said they'd help me as a friend... and $1000 is plenty to get started with paid ads.
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  • Profile picture of the author OnlineProxy
    If I had $1,000 to drop on internet marketing today, I'd treat it like startup capital for learning by doing. First thing, I'd snag a domain, grab some hosting, sign up for an email marketing platform, and set up a basic funnel - stuff that'll pay off in the long run. A chunk of that cash would go into one killer course and maybe throw a little at paid traffic to test the waters and see how the audience responds. The main goal here isn't making bank right away; it's about gathering real data, building systems, and setting myself up to scale. $1,000 ain't gonna make you rich overnight, but if you play it smart, it'll make you a whole lot wiser - and that's where the real return is.
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      What do you think a "killer course" is, and how much of that 1k is a "chunk" to use?

      Might you not start with the course, and follow its directions? What if the course doesn't require you to have a funnel or use email?

      I can't discern what a killer course is, I'd love to hear how you figure it out.

      GordonJ

      Originally Posted by OnlineProxy View Post

      If I had $1,000 to drop on internet marketing today, I'd treat it like startup capital for learning by doing. First thing, I'd snag a domain, grab some hosting, sign up for an email marketing platform, and set up a basic funnel - stuff that'll pay off in the long run. A chunk of that cash would go into one killer course and maybe throw a little at paid traffic to test the waters and see how the audience responds. The main goal here isn't making bank right away; it's about gathering real data, building systems, and setting myself up to scale. $1,000 ain't gonna make you rich overnight, but if you play it smart, it'll make you a whole lot wiser - and that's where the real return is.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jamell
    It all depends on the persons budget and what they want to achieve .

    Me personally .,I'll take some of that money and invest it into reseach and development and a few other tools to help me operate more efficiently
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      Originally Posted by Jamell View Post

      It all depends on the persons budget and what they want to achieve .

      Me personally .,I'll take some of that money and invest it into reseach and development and a few other tools to help me operate more efficiently
      It should go without saying, your first sentence.

      But what tools? What type of research? How do you go about development?

      Say you spend half on R & D, what does that look like? Where do you get the research from, and how do you go about it?

      What OTHER TOOLS do you need? Where and how much?

      I started the thread, in the hopes it would provoke some thinking as to how the money would be spent, but mostly it is about nebulous, general ideas of what to use the money for...I think many Warriors would do better with buying a 200 dollar WSO and following directions...as opposed to what many have posted here.

      Anyone have specifics? What are good research tools? And yes, it does DEPEND on one's budget and objectives, of course it does.

      What PAID AI tool would be helpful to your goals, maybe we can restart with that one?

      GordonJ
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      • Profile picture of the author Monetize
        Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

        It should go without saying, your first sentence.

        But what tools? What type of research? How do you go about development?

        Say you spend half on R & D, what does that look like? Where do you get the research from, and how do you go about it?

        What OTHER TOOLS do you need? Where and how much?

        I started the thread, in the hopes it would provoke some thinking as to how the money would be spent, but mostly it is about nebulous, general ideas of what to use the money for...I think many Warriors would do better with buying a 200 dollar WSO and following directions...as opposed to what many have posted here.

        Anyone have specifics? What are good research tools? And yes, it does DEPEND on one's budget and objectives, of course it does.

        What PAID AI tool would be helpful to your goals, maybe we can restart with that one?

        GordonJ

        Most of the PAID A.I. tools that I use cost about $20/mo so you
        don't need a $1K budget for that.

        Even if you subscribe to five different ones, as I do, that's $100.

        My five are LLMs, image/video generators, and coders.

        Research and development? IDK what that really means for
        internet marketing.

        Researching what's trending. You can use Trends @ Google,
        or ask an A.I.

        Developing what exactly?

        Are they developing some new invention or method or what?

        Some of the things that people post on here are questionable
        and not helpful to newbies at all, IMO.
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        • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
          Originally Posted by Monetize View Post

          Most of the PAID A.I. tools that I use cost about $20/mo so you
          don't need a $1K budget for that.

          Even if you subscribe to five different ones, as I do, that's $100.

          My five are LLMs, image/video generators, and coders.

          Research and development? IDK what that really means for
          internet marketing.

          Researching what's trending. You can use Trends @ Google,
          or ask an A.I.

          Developing what exactly?

          Are they developing some new invention or method or what?

          Some of the things that people post on here are questionable
          and not helpful to newbies at all, IMO.
          Gotta figure also there is HANGIN' OUT an' powerin' up yr EMPATH BOOBIES in the store.

          There always been a troo touchpoint on stuff here, an' it is opin to all wanna lissin'.

          Bcs what happins if Virtyool suddinly shut down?

          Gone, zif'nit nevah evah wahr?

          (The form/content axis of depravity awaits.)

          Where's the pulse?

          Who knows nuthin'?

          Where we headed?

          Prahblem we gaht right zackto in evry darn minnit is a kinda prostitootin' of the senses to schwango gaht nuthin' to do with yr preshiss mortal ass.

          An' then gowin' ... whysy zerocriesy! ... how compulsive-before-evin-intrestin'!

          Whenya gaht people work with their hands figure smartasses from beyond roolin' the roost on a whim ...

          an' the techonoobs don't actschlly cayurre how simple an' "tools-2-go-Nirvana" they brutalizin' most stuffs delishshly whyverse ...

          uh huh, mebbe you can CHECK THE WEATHAH.

          Meals in my areah I don't actschly WANT.

          Why I sayin' this?

          Bcs we gaht a noo gal in my local store I kinda like.

          More studs than a harem.

          Bloo hair.

          I bullieve she owns reptiles.

          So we are kinda chattin' out all frequent.

          Takin' in the day.

          Uh huh, Zucchini again.

          Didya know there was sum guy MURDERED two blocks away? Aw no -- it is jus' sumplace in Chinah sounds like here.

          (So they lock up early an' shit.)

          Thing is, back in the day, you gaht no chance evin of gettin' tahp Zen Buddho expoits to sit togethah without reactin' to the evident vibe.

          "Crap sandals."

          "For sure, I'm breathing BETTER than all these guys!"

          "My utter insignificance triumphs o'er all."

          So why distance yusself from touchclose stuffs of impondrbywl magnitood?

          O Princess, Are You Once Again Wishing To Grasp The Stalk Of All Things Cumberbatchly,
          So Petals May Flourish According To Your Fingertips' Wishes?


          K, so mebbe this is a THOUGHT EXERCISE for alla the AI smartasses.

          How can I deploy CHATGPT to loore toward Moi Shakespearean *eyelash fluttah* GAHD Benedict Cumberbatch?

          This ain't jus' 'bout sellin' crap on Brickclank FFS!
          Signature

          Lightin' fuses is for blowin' stuff togethah.

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        • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
          Originally Posted by Monetize View Post

          Most of the PAID A.I. tools that I use cost about $20/mo so you don't need a $1K budget for that.
          Even if you subscribe to five different ones, as I do, that's $100.
          My five are LLMs, image/video generators, and coders.
          Research and development? IDK what that really means for
          internet marketing.
          Researching what's trending. You can use Trends @ Google,
          or ask an A.I.
          Developing what exactly?
          Are they developing some new invention or method or what?

          Some of the things that people post on here are questionable
          and not helpful to newbies at all, IMO          .
          I will dare to say it; NOT some, but MOST of things people post on here are questionable and not helpful to anyone. IMO.

          Thank goodness you and I are here to make up for the most.

          GordonJ
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          • Profile picture of the author Monetize
            Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

            I will dare to say it; NOT some, but MOST of things people post on here are questionable and not helpful to anyone. IMO.

            Thank goodness you and I are here to make up for the most.

            GordonJ

            You crack me up.

            I actually do try to be helpful but it seems like some newbies
            want their hands held while we divulge years of knowledge,
            experience, and information to them.

            I just joined a paid Skool community so that I could learn and
            do some new social media things, and am reading a warrior
            guru's latest tutorials.

            The learning never ends.
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  • Profile picture of the author javadth
    i would buy some guestpost on high authority websites
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      Originally Posted by javadth View Post

      i would buy some guestpost on high authority websites
      For what purpose? To what end? It seems that you want to siphon the traffic from an authority site of some sort, to get them to see what you have to offer...is this the goal?

      If so, it assumes that you already have in place a tested and proven sales mechanism in place and you just need traffic from an authority. Just an uneducated opinion here (having NO idea what you do) but I seriously doubt the Return On Investment (ROI) for the spend on a guest post would be worth it. Why do you think it would be?

      GordonJ
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  • Profile picture of the author collinsjack
    With $1,000, I'd start a simple niche website. I'd spend it on hosting, a clean theme, keyword tools, and a few quality articles. It's a small start, but enough to learn and grow into something profitable over time.
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  • Profile picture of the author collinsjack
    With $1,000 in IM, I'd invest in a solid online course to build skills and run ads to test a niche. It might take time to scale, but it's a start toward generating income.
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