I am quitting IM, 33 live Articles & No Single Sale

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Please I need your help Fellow Warriors. I have been online full time for 7 months.During this period I have been engaging in just one niche , which is AFFILIATE MARKETING.These are my strategies:
1. I open free blogger accounts.
2. choose two products from Clickbank on relationship.
3. I have written more than 33 articles related to my product and submitted them all to Ezinearticles (but 33 articles were approved and are now live articles on EZA)and a few to articlesbase and articledashboard.
4. And i have most of these articles posted on my blogs.
5. Then i pinged them on pingler.com and pingoat.com.

But for the past seven months nothing have happened, NO SINGLE SALE. These are my blogs 500lovemakingtips4dmarried.blogspot.com, dmakingupmagic.blogspot.comand tips4haironfire.blogspot.com

PLEASE WHAT I AM DOING WRONG.
#articles #live #quitting #sale #single
  • you have a clickbank link every two secs, and maybe you should cloak those , and it doesn't matter if you write articles if barelly anyone sees them. We need stats.
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    • Profile picture of the author inter123
      Read the Terry Kyle experiment (post 601):

      http://www.warriorforum.com/adsense-...2fxMEIfOsJd2vR

      He talks about loads of links from one site being ineffective. Perhaps distribute the 33 articles to other article directories.

      Also Try creating backlinks through forums, web profile sites, etc. In the time it takes to write one 500 word article you can get about 10 backlinks from the forums, etc. Also ensure the backlinks you get are 'dofollow'.

      I have been using a blogspot blogger to for one site, its difficult to know exactly how much traffic you are getting. You don't have the CPanel you get at website host places like hostgator where you can see exactly how many hits you are receiving. And you can't really use google analytics because it would involve having to add javascript code to you blogger HTML file which is not straight forward to do unless you are skilled at programming. You could try putting a counter on the blog but its again not great because you get a click everytime you visit the site.
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    • Profile picture of the author tonny.jackson
      Well cloaking seem to be effective way to dievert the mind for the users that comes to your site. But it is not follow the google guidelines sot be careful while you used cloaking
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  • Profile picture of the author Burtgummer
    Before I say anything. You have SUCCEEDED past the first obstacle of internet marketing...you took action! Give yourself a huge 'pat on the back' for that. You've done more than probably 60% of wannabee marketers out there.

    Remember that quitting is a guarantee that you'll fail.

    If you keep trying, you can still find success.

    To me, it sounds like you are trying to do the approach of 1+1=2, or in other words, "If I submit articles and make a blogger landing page, I will make sales". That's not true at all, unfortunately.

    Did you research your keywords for every single article? That's often a huge step that is skipped by many new article marketers. I know I skipped it for my first 40 articles. Some articles ranked (By some I mean 2....out of 40). The ones that are ranked get consistent daily views and clicks. Unfortunately, the Keywords they rank for are not buying keywords, so my sales are rare.

    If I were you, I would take a step back, rethink what I'm doing, and come up with a PLAN of attack. Don't go through the motions. Create a plan that you can stick to.

    And as far as your current articles.....are they getting views, and on top of that, are they getting clicks? What is your CTR in that case? What is your landing page's CTR? There are a ton of reasons that you might not be getting sales, and you need a way to track it down by using many of the available and free tracking resources, like Statscounter and Tracking202.

    Do yourself a huge favor, and DO NOT quit. Just rethink your strategy.
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    • Profile picture of the author simba
      Great Response! Dont quit, you aint beat yet!
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      • Profile picture of the author Intrepreneur
        You've got affiliate marketing disease. A disease that attacks the brain with information that compells you to do stuff that is said to work when really it only wastes your time for the first 2 years.

        The disease usually lasts up to 5 years for some people depending on how brainy they are as eventually their brain learns to figt it off. Unfortunately the 5 years is a very long time and I sincerely hope your disease doesn't last that long.

        Though some quick cures are said to be buying ebooks from Clickbank that have big red headlines promising instant cash and whatnot. It is then said that once you buy an ebook you've got to buy the next one that is forced on you in your email inbox.

        Genetically some people are immune to all this which is good for them because they don't gotta suffer from such a terrible disease.

        To note the cause of the disease it usually starts out with a copywriter and some guy who's rich.
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        • Profile picture of the author Dean Shainin
          There are plenty of golden nuggets in the replies here but I can't help but to post my fortune cookie message I got last night while eating at my favorite buffet.

          "Most success springs from an obstacle or failure"

          And I know this from personal experience... Every so called failure shows you one more thing that does not work and gets you closer to something that will.
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          • Profile picture of the author mooloo
            Well the OP may not have got anything out of everyone's posts but it sure has some gem's of advice for other newbies who actually want to do something!!
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            • Profile picture of the author Diana Lane
              Originally Posted by mooloo View Post

              Well the OP may not have got anything out of everyone's posts but it sure has some gem's of advice for other newbies who actually want to do something!!
              The people I feel sorry for are the many who, according to this thread, must sit patiently at their keyboards with their barnets blazing merrily away while surfing for a solution to the problem of their hair being on fire, only to find themselves presented with suggestions for getting their exes back instead.

              Either there's something in the idea that the OP has not been taking the pursuit of IM entirely seriously(!), or this is a hungry crowd that needs to be catered for right now, with the offer of a digital bucket of water for immediate download
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          • Profile picture of the author Jody_W
            Originally Posted by Dean Shainin View Post

            There are plenty of golden nuggets in the replies here but I can't help but to post my fortune cookie message I got last night while eating at my favorite buffet.

            "Most success springs from an obstacle or failure"

            And I know this from personal experience... Every so called failure shows you one more thing that does not work and gets you closer to something that will.
            Man, is that true! I tried something new in my marketing last weekend and failed spectacularly. Now I know for sure that that tactic doesn't work when done in that particular way. I analyzed what part of the process fell apart (lots of targeted traffic that I failed to convert). Now I know that the traffic generation tactic worked just fine, but that I probably would have been better off with a squeeze page to build a list. Anyway, I didn't earn a dime but I learned soooo much from the effort. I think the secret is that you have to study and analyze the results of any effort and then put what you learn into practice. I'm taking a break right now from writing a short report to get people to opt-in to my new list.

            Anyway, I appreciate all the effort that experienced people have put into replying on this thread. I've gleaned some tips from it and I'm sure others have, as well, so the effort wasn't wasted.
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        • Profile picture of the author David McKee
          Originally Posted by Intrepreneur View Post

          You've got affiliate marketing disease. A disease that attacks the brain with information that compells you to do stuff that is said to work when really it only wastes your time for the first 2 years

          ...blah blah blah, other stuff about why affiliate marketing is so bad and could never work...
          I find it interesting that you come down so hard on Affiliate marketing when the entire focus of your own marketing efforts is "Team building"... Affiliate marketing, when done right, can be quite team oriented - in fact, the best Affiliate marketers (the so-called super affiliates) make sure they team up with the people who create the products they are promoting.

          Many people are successful with affiliate marketing, but it requires knowledge about your market, your product, and the best way to present it - and that knowledge is not static, but must grow and change. Teamwork makes that much easier - no question there.

          -DTM
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          • Profile picture of the author RebeccaL
            Originally Posted by David McKee View Post

            I find it interesting that you come down so hard on Affiliate marketing when the entire focus of your own marketing efforts is "Team building"... Affiliate marketing, when done right, can be quite team oriented - in fact, the best Affiliate marketers (the so-called super affiliates) make sure they team up with the people who create the products they are promoting.

            Many people are successful with affiliate marketing, but it requires knowledge about your market, your product, and the best way to present it - and that knowledge is not static, but must grow and change. Teamwork makes that much easier - no question there.

            -DTM
            Well said!
            The only people that think affiliate marketing "doesn't work" are those who can't do it.

            Try telling those making 5 or 6 figures a month doing AM that it's a waste of time. :rolleyes:
            Not that it bothers me - the less people doing it the better.
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      • Profile picture of the author enwereuzo
        quitters never win?
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      • Profile picture of the author discrat
        It took me a Year before I consistently pulled in over $100 month. You still got 5 more months to go!!

        Patience is a Virtue and its no different with IM !!

        The longer you stay in this Game the higher probability you will be rewarded !!
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    • Profile picture of the author ikepeace
      Originally Posted by Burtgummer View Post

      Before I say anything. You have SUCCEEDED past the first obstacle of internet marketing...you took action! Give yourself a huge 'pat on the back' for that. You've done more than probably 60% of wannabee marketers out there.

      Remember that quitting is a guarantee that you'll fail.

      If you keep trying, you can still find success.

      To me, it sounds like you are trying to do the approach of 1+1=2, or in other words, "If I submit articles and make a blogger landing page, I will make sales". That's not true at all, unfortunately.

      Did you research your keywords for every single article? That's often a huge step that is skipped by many new article marketers. I know I skipped it for my first 40 articles. Some articles ranked (By some I mean 2....out of 40). The ones that are ranked get consistent daily views and clicks. Unfortunately, the Keywords they rank for are not buying keywords, so my sales are rare.

      If I were you, I would take a step back, rethink what I'm doing, and come up with a PLAN of attack. Don't go through the motions. Create a plan that you can stick to.

      And as far as your current articles.....are they getting views, and on top of that, are they getting clicks? What is your CTR in that case? What is your landing page's CTR? There are a ton of reasons that you might not be getting sales, and you need a way to track it down by using many of the available and free tracking resources, like Statscounter and Tracking202.

      Do yourself a huge favor, and DO NOT quit. Just rethink your strategy.
      Thanks Burtgummer, i have never done any keywords research before writing those 33 articles. I Will start doing that for subsequent articles and i will also track their performance with the tools you suggested. THANKS BRO.
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  • Profile picture of the author 4freedom
    I applaud your focus. That is one of the first steps to making things happen. However, I question your niche. Let me explain. Great niche with lots of potential but also FLOODED with competition. So this begs two questions:

    1. How are you differentiating yourself from the competition?
    2. How are you winning traffic over the competition?

    One way you can differentiate yourself is to offer a free ebook, free bootcamp or something like that. How about a BONUS if they purchase the product through your link. How about giving them OVER THE TOP information they can use today, right here... right now... as a tease of what is to come if they pick up the product. Or instead of creating "sniping sites" how about focusing on the building out of ONE main site with guest writers, bloggers, interviews and offer a multitude of products. In other words, become the AUTHORITY within your niche.

    And what about keyword research? Are you targeting the keyword you have a chance of RANKING on the search engines for? Are both your article and blogs designed specifically to rank for a specific keyword phrase? If not and you are just doing a "get your ex back" type phrase - good luck getting any traffic because everyone and their ex is going after the same keywords.

    I think you are on the right track - you just need to refine things abit.
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  • Profile picture of the author Troy_Phillips
    That little blogspot right before your dot com is not helping you any .

    I haven't been to your site but I can promise you article marketing alone is not Internet marketing .

    While you are trying to sell, a lot of people are just collecting emails and establishing relationships .

    This is called list building . This model alone , although my favorite , is not Internet marketing .

    You are wanting to give up on internet marketing and you are not really even in yet.

    Sorry my friend... you are taking a dull knife to a gun fight .
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    • Profile picture of the author Mr.Williamstn
      First I would Like to say that quitting won't get you anything. When things did't work for me i just started over from scratch and just keep trying you will find success
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    I am not an expert by any stretch of imagination... but after reading your posts and looking at the 3 sites you posted, I was thinking:

    - if he misunderstands everything in this business in the same way as he misunderstood what a "niche" is, then we might have a problem
    - "affiliate marketing" is NOT your niche, at least based on the websites/blogs presented
    - your niche is something about relations, lovemaking and exback...
    - your method (or business model) may be affiliate marketing = i.e. you are marketing other people's product as an affiliate

    Another thing that got me thinking: 7 months full time and 33 articles? That's what? - One article per week? For a steady traffic in such a competitive niche you would need some more, I guess. And writing one article in every 6-7 day... I wouldn't really call "full time" working.

    Do your articles generate any traffic? Are you tracking/measuring the traffic? Do you know the CTR of your articles?

    These are just a few questions to think about.

    Hope this helps (a bit).
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    • Profile picture of the author ikepeace
      Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath View Post

      I am not an expert by any stretch of imagination... but after reading your posts and looking at the 3 sites you posted, I was thinking:

      - if he misunderstands everything in this business in the same way as he misunderstood what a "niche" is, then we might have a problem
      - "affiliate marketing" is NOT your niche, at least based on the websites/blogs presented
      - your niche is something about relations, lovemaking and exback...
      - your method (or business model) may be affiliate marketing = i.e. you are marketing other people's product as an affiliate

      Another thing that got me thinking: 7 months full time and 33 articles? That's what? - One article per week? For a steady traffic in such a competitive niche you would need some more, I guess. And writing one article in every 6-7 day... I wouldn't really call "full time" working.

      Do your articles generate any traffic? Are you tracking/measuring the traffic? Do you know the CTR of your articles?

      These are just a few questions to think about.

      Hope this helps (a bit).
      Thank Istvan, i thought i had enough articles out there for my targeted niche, but you have proved me wrong because your stats rightly pointed it out one article in every 6-7 day... that is relly very very poor. I have to confess here that i believe i can do far more better than an article a week. It seems i am just realizing that am a bit lazy(please don't laugh at me)
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  • Profile picture of the author Deek3870
    Don't give up!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author yommys01
    Quitters never win and winners never quit. If you want to quit then do it but know it that you will still fail if you quit.

    One of the people I respect most in life is Ben Carson, he has this believe that I like. He takes every 50/50 chance. I have read so many of his books where he said he had to carry out certain operations when he knew that there is a good chance of losing the patient but he had to do so many operations because the chances of some of the patient dying if they don't perform the operation is very high.

    You have a 50% chance of succeeding online and that 50% can go up as high as 85% or even more if you take the time to learn what it takes to make money online.

    It is good that you a member of this forum. This place presents an opportunity of making money without having to dig deep into your pocket.

    Giving up is not the solution. The solution lies in keeping your head. See, I am a NIGERIAN and if you have been reading the papers for some time now, you will know that something is seriously wrong with this country and making money online from this part of world is almost impossible but here I am, making money online.

    We have power supply for no more than 4 hours per day. My extremely slow dial up ( thank God I am now on broadband ) costs over $100 per month, clickbank does not accept us, paypal hates our face, people are curious and very scared to deal with any one from here.

    All of the above are enough to make you want to quit but I never did and the story is now changing.

    I understand your frustration. I have been there, I have seen it all but keeping my head made me what I am today. The best way to solve the problem is to take a look at what you have done so far and let warriors advice you on what and what you have done wrong or not too rightly.
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    • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
      I'm going to save you a lot of time. Your work ethic is horrible, probably
      because you have NO clue what this business requires.

      There is not one person here, who in the space of a forum post, can fix
      your problem.

      What you need to do is get a hold of a mentor and have them work out a
      business plan with you.

      I recommend Bev Clement.

      That's all I have to say on this matter.
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      • Profile picture of the author mlord10
        Steven is absolutely right. You have to find someone who is having success, and learn from them. If you cannot get a 1 on 1 mentor, then reverse engineer the process they are using. You will not get every piece of the puzzle, but you will learn a lot of valuable information this way.

        Affiliate marketing is NOT a niche. Affiliate marketing is a business model, or at least part of one. Also, you are in a very competitive niche, which is dating. I believe in attacking competitive niches, but you must know what you are doing!

        Make sure that you do keyword research before writing any more articles. Use the Google Adwords Keyword Tool; it is free and works great. Also, try to throw some backlinks at your articles by leaving relevant comments on blogs, DO NOT SPAM!

        I would really recommend that you sell some services, invest a few hundred dollars, and learn from someone who is really having success online.


        Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim View Post

        I'm going to save you a lot of time. Your work ethic is horrible, probably
        because you have NO clue what this business requires.

        There is not one person here, who in the space of a forum post, can fix
        your problem.

        What you need to do is get a hold of a mentor and have them work out a
        business plan with you.

        I recommend Bev Clement.

        That's all I have to say on this matter.
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        • Profile picture of the author Kay King
          I'm happy to see others pointing out the obvious - the English on the blogs is not good enough to capture the attention of most readers.

          The free blogs are filled with ads and links yet the text seems to be written by someone who has not read or tested the products he is promoting. Worse, the grammar and english usage is almost unreadable.

          I know writing in English is difficult for those with English as a second or third language. Personally, I am totally unable to write anything readable in any language other than English. However, the writing must be better than what I read on those sites. You may need to hire someone to correct your English usage or to do the writing for you.

          The biggest problem is that writing 33 articles in 7 months indicates you have written one article a week. That is not taking massive action and is not enough to build an income.

          What many who are fluent in English don't realize is that it's not just the grammar and sentence structure that is difficult for someone who has difficulty writing in English. It is extremely hard to express opinions and thoughts when the words and phrases do not come easily to you.

          I understand the problem but I know there is no easy solution to it. To appeal to the English speaking marketplace requires the ability to write fairly well in the language. You might consider forming a partnership with another new marketer from your area who is more comfortable with English and where you could contribute other marketing tasks.

          Many warrior such as Yommy have faced similar difficulties and have overcome them. It's your choice to make. There is no guarantee of success if you keep trying but giving up does guarantee failure.

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          • Profile picture of the author Marc Meole
            I'm going to try not to reiterate what has already been said..but here are a few observations:

            1. The "Click Here" links have got to go...If you even just but "How to make love like a man" as a link you'll go much farther...try to be creative.

            2. The point of your blog is not to sell...it's to draw people in...give them good info and they"ll click on your links

            3. You are usng article marketing only so odds are you dont want to spend any money...not a problem...I dont either ...expand to forum marketing, posting on other peoples blogs, twitter, etc...hint...DONT SPAM

            4. Don't want to turn this into an argument...but there is nothing wrong with using a blogger blog with certain niches...the common user wont know the difference

            just a few tips...

            hope that helps some
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            • Profile picture of the author Wakunahum
              I have had projects of 50+ articles without sales despite having previous success with other products.

              What I have learned is to only put in some initial effort. If you don't get results, move on.

              Some products don't sell well.
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      • Profile picture of the author A Bary
        Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim View Post

        I'm going to save you a lot of time. Your work ethic is horrible, probably
        because you have NO clue what this business requires.

        There is not one person here, who in the space of a forum post, can fix
        your problem.

        What you need to do is get a hold of a mentor and have them work out a
        business plan with you.

        I recommend Bev Clement.

        That's all I have to say on this matter.
        100% agree Steven

        And to add, I don't really know why people are expecting results while they do nothing in reality?

        First off, you need to burn or delete any resource that told you it's possible to do money this way...

        Second, hang on WF, learn, it would be much better if you spent these 7 months learning, you could now be able to take serious correct actions...

        And for people who congrats. OP for taking action, with all respect, this is not the type of actions to build a real business..

        Not meant to be harsh, but online biz isn't a joke or a playing around adventure, it's a business, a very real business that needs hard work and accumulated knowledge over time..

        And to add a little piece of advice:
        -Forget about these sites, don't chase them anymore, try a fresh start..
        -Before you do anything, do proper research, don't decide blindly on the niche to go for, do your research, and within the niche of your choice, try to pinpoint a small area that you can dominate, or what's commonly known as subniches, the days of putting a site on a major niche and wait to win are over, you need to focus on a small angle and scale from there.

        -Do proper keyword research, define the keywords you'll target and focus all of your work on them.

        -Choose the right product to promote, and what determine a good product are many factors, including the demand for what this product offers, the site and sales letter design and copy, low refund rates....etc

        -If you're going to review a product as an affiliate, NEVER DO THIS WITHOUT ACTUALLY BUYING THE PRODUCT YOURSELF, read it, listen to it or watch it yourself, your visitors can easily tell if your review is a legit one or just a crab selling pitch,
        Again, writing an affiliate review is something you need to learn about, and again, what you need is right here on WF , just search and take your time to read.

        -BUY A $10 DOMAIN, waiting for money from a free blogger blog is lame, and $10 for your domain is an "investment" ,not a wasted money.

        -HIRE SOMEONE TO CREATE DECENT CONTENT FOR YOUR SITE, don't expect to throw poorly written content on your site

        (Side Note: I am not a native English speaker, and this never stopped me, and I never post content on my sites unless it was written or at least revised by a native English professional writer, again, this is a MANDATORY business expense)

        -Browse the WF to read about the easier and faster ways to start building links to your pages, this is the only way to give your site a chance to be noticed.

        -As many valuable posts here mentioned, articles are only one piece of the puzzle, there' re many things to do before complaining about lack of results, can't mention them all here, but no need for this, just take your time on this forum and you'll learn all what you need.

        These are just quick notes, and a last thing to add that may inspire you if you have enough persistence,

        I have spent over 18 months trying on IM before I see single dime in profit,..

        And I never quit, and most importantly, I taught myself how to get the right mindset to be successful in this biz..

        Good Luck...
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        • Profile picture of the author All Night Cafe
          I looked at all three blogs.

          Please take this with my seeing what you have
          from avistors stand point.

          All 3 blogs have a picture of the ebook shown
          4, 5, or even 6 times. Totally screamed to me,
          buy product.

          Total turnoff.

          The thrid blog has a title that has to do with hair
          on fire, then shows the ebook from blog 2 that is
          about dating.

          What has fire got to do with dating.

          #1 blog and # 3 blog I didn't like your background
          color. Very plain jane looking, not professional
          looking.

          #1 and #3 blog had way to many phrases in
          blue, also turned me off as a vistor.

          Your blogs have to be eye appealing to the
          vistor, boom right off the bat.

          I have to be stopped before I will even read a
          site headline.

          Just some thing s I seen, don't take this the
          wrong way, and don't quit.

          It's all the way.
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    • Originally Posted by yommys01 View Post

      Quitters never win and winners never quit. If you want to quit then do it but know it that you will still fail if you quit.

      One of the people I respect most in life is Ben Carson, he has this believe that I like. He takes every 50/50 chance. I have read so many of his books where he said he had to carry out certain operations when he knew that there is a good chance of losing the patient but he had to do so many operations because the chances of some of the patient dying if they don't perform the operation is very high.

      You have a 50% chance of succeeding online and that 50% can go up as high as 85% or even more if you take the time to learn what it takes to make money online.

      It is good that you a member of this forum. This place presents an opportunity of making money without having to dig deep into your pocket.

      Giving up is not the solution. The solution lies in keeping your head. See, I am a NIGERIAN and if you have been reading the papers for some time now, you will know that something is seriously wrong with this country and making money online from this part of world is almost impossible but here I am, making money online.

      We have power supply for no more than 4 hours per day. My extremely slow dial up ( thank God I am now on broadband ) costs over $100 per month, clickbank does not accept us, paypal hates our face, people are curious and very scared to deal with any one from here.

      All of the above are enough to make you want to quit but I never did and the story is now changing.

      I understand your frustration. I have been there, I have seen it all but keeping my head made me what I am today. The best way to solve the problem is to take a look at what you have done so far and let warriors advice you on what and what you have done wrong or not too rightly.
      You truly define a warrior


      Jay.
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    • Profile picture of the author writeright
      Originally Posted by yommys01 View Post

      Giving up is not the solution. The solution lies in keeping your head. See, I am a NIGERIAN and if you have been reading the papers for some time now, you will know that something is seriously wrong with this country and making money online from this part of world is almost impossible but here I am, making money online.
      *bows* Bravo! Now, that's an inspirational post. Way to go! Cheers! Aravind.
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  • Profile picture of the author Melanie Crouse
    First of all, good job taking action and sticking with it so far. You're a lot further ahead than most.

    Here's my advice to you:

    Take everything in the replies so far in this thread to heart and follow their advice. It is all good advice and they know what they are talking about.

    For the articles that you submitted to directories: are you getting many views? have you chosen good keywords that you can rank for? Have you SEO'd your articles properly? One of the biggest things - is your resource box any good? Does it have a clear and strong call to action? Something like "If you want to {insert hyperlinked anchor text keyword here} click here." or something like that. What about backlinks? Have you built any backlinks to your articles?

    As for the blogger blog, well, I guess most of the things I just mentioned apply there too.

    Do yourself a favor and really work on your keyword research first to make sure you have good keywords with good traffic that you know you can rank well for.

    And spend a little time each day building good backlinks.

    If, after all that, you are getting good traffic but no sales, then maybe the product(s) you are promoting are no good or do not convert well.
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  • Profile picture of the author Spiritjoy
    I am a newbie but made sales hardly working at all last year. I did no SEO marketing of any kind or any real keyword and made sale working about an hour a day. i never had one backlink either. I can tell you exactly what you are doing wrong! I viewed your article on ezinearticles titled Christian-Marriage-Counseling-Getting-Solution-Through-God-Inspired-Guidance
    The article is good but your product does not match the reader.

    First off are you a Christian or not? Why because you are marketing to Christians in your article then you have a book about how to make love and have better sex.

    This is not the Christian counseling that Christians are looking for. The christian market is huge! but Christians want spiritual advice. You need to write a real christian ebook that will help people(if you are a real Christian) From your ezine article people are expecting good christian counseling and are willing to pay for it but a book title 500 love making tips is not the christian counseling people are looking for. You also do not quote bible scriptures and you are selling a worldly non-christian book. Also you quote Oprah on your sales page and most christians see here as a new age freak. Not to beat you up but please take my advice, the internet user today is very smart.They
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    • Profile picture of the author fredjr1978
      Originally Posted by Spiritjoy View Post

      I am a newbie but made sales hardly working at all last year. I did no SEO marketing of any kind or any real keyword and made sale working about an hour a day. i never had one backlink either. I can tell you exactly what you are doing wrong! I viewed your article on ezinearticles titled Christian-Marriage-Counseling-Getting-Solution-Through-God-Inspired-Guidance
      The article is good but your product does not match the reader.

      First off are you a Christian or not? Why because you are marketing to Christians in your article then you have a book about how to make love and have better sex.

      This is not the Christian counseling that Christians are looking for. The christian market is huge! but Christians want spiritual advice. You need to write a real christian ebook that will help people(if you are a real Christian) From your ezine article people are expecting good christian counseling and are willing to pay for it but a book title 500 love making tips is not the christian counseling people are looking for. You also do not quote bible scriptures and you are selling a worldly non-christian book. Also you quote Oprah on your sales page and most christians see here as a new age freak. Not to beat you up but please take my advice, the internet user today is very smart.They
      HAHA! I dont agree with 100% of what you say here, but the Oprah thing I do! haha I am a Christian and he is right. I would not buy a love making book from someone who quotes Oprah haha. Although, I would buy a marriage book and how to have a closer relationship with my spouse, spiritually, emotionally and physically, but it would have to be with someone that I know and respect as a Christian Author or be highly recommended. There are just to many people out there that are adding the lil fish to there marketing to catch the big Christian fish.....really erks me... Anyway, good luck and listen to the above advice..you'll get there....just have fun with it.
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      • Profile picture of the author inter123
        Hi.

        I am no expert but I reckon the problem is the traffic or the lack of. This is a very competetive nieche, even long-tailed keywords such as "how to get my boyfriend back" have 6,000,000 web pages dedicated towards it!

        Chances are the blog is somewhere way down in the search results with little or no visitors. And as for the ezine articles, the one with the maximum traffic is 110 (the Christian Article). Even if this brought 10 users to your site, its not enough to make a sale.

        Jim.
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      • Profile picture of the author Donnie
        Ike, you tried something that didn't work. You have learned a valuable lesson. Though I'm sure it doesn't feel like it, that is a first step towards success.

        Mr. Wagenheim is right when he tells you that no one can solve your problems with one post. You can be pointed in the right direction. Luckily you are a member of the best marketing forum, period.

        You will have to learn from your early mistakes and simply revise your strategy. If your adjustments don't work, you must start anew and keep going forward. Never give up, learn from your mistakes and move forward with passion and fire.

        Search this forum for experienced posters that are having success with their blogs (Andy Henry is one I know of). Use Andy and maybe two or three of these as your mentors. Read all of their posts, there is much to be learned. This is a good way of separating the wheat from the chafe.

        If you simply want to retool your entire strategy I would suggest looking
        at: Dan Kennedy, Allen Says, Marlon Sanders, Jeff Paul or Ryan Deiss' work. These guys are masters at setting up successful biz models.

        Remember, you have learned what doesn't work, try a different approach. Best of luck to you
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  • Profile picture of the author fredjr1978
    Um, I hate to get down on you, but 33 articles in 7 months is not trying IMHO. If you did an article only every other day you would have 4 times the articles you have now and possibly a sale. IM is not something you can do once and get rich on (for most) it's something you do a little (or lot of if you have the time) and build on it. Also, Article marketing is not your only avenue of advertising. Have you tried video marketing or any other?

    Once again, sorry to come down on you so hard, its just that this is exactly why so many IM do not see the green at the end of the tunnel!

    Good luck with your new venture.
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  • Profile picture of the author Taylor French
    Originally Posted by ikepeace View Post

    Please I need your help Fellow Warriors. I have been online full time for 7 months.During this period I have been engaging in just one niche , which is AFFILIATE MARKETING.These are my strategies:
    1. I open free blogger accounts.
    2. choose two products from Clickbank on relationship.
    3. C have written more than 33 articles related to my product and submitted them all to Ezinearticles (but 33 articles were approved and are now live articles on EZA)and a few to articlesbase and articledashboard.
    4. And i have most of these articles posted on my blogs.
    5. Then i pinged them on pingler.com and pingoat.com.

    But for the past seven months nothing have happened, NO SINGLE SALE. These are my blogs 500lovemakingtips4dmarried.blogspot.com, dmakingupmagic.blogspot.comand tips4haironfire.blogspot.com

    PLEASE WHAT I AM DOING WRONG.
    For one thing, it appears as though English is not your first language. Did you have someone help you with the articles and the blog posts? If not, you might want to have someone help you with punctuation, spelling and grammar. It doesn't have to be perfect, but if you really want to makes sales, it needs to be a bit better than it is in this post.

    Also, if you're serious about making a go of this business, you need to treat it like a business. A domain is only about $10, and you can get decent hosting for landing pages for $5-10 per month. I don't know what your finances are like, but if you can manage $20, I suggest getting a domain and some hosting as soon as possible. If you have to, you can try outsourcing to earn the money to buy a domain and some hosting.
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    • Profile picture of the author Marius_Puluikis
      Originally Posted by Taylor French View Post

      For one thing, it appears as though English is not your first language. Did you have someone help you with the articles and the blog posts? If not, you might want to have someone help you with punctuation, spelling and grammar. It doesn't have to be perfect, but if you really want to makes sales, it needs to be a bit better than it is in this post.

      Also, if you're serious about making a go of this business, you need to treat it like a business. A domain is only about $10, and you can get decent hosting for landing pages for $5-10 per month. I don't know what your finances are like, but if you can manage $20, I suggest getting a domain and some hosting as soon as possible. If you have to, you can try outsourcing to earn the money to buy a domain and some hosting.
      I totally agree. English is not my first language either, but I always giving the article to my friend before submiting online.

      Sobody said, "If you not willing invest in your business, you dont need a business you need a job" So think about getting a domain name + Hosting. Squeeze page you can find on internet.

      But don't quit. As somebody said, quiting is not an option.

      Marius
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  • Profile picture of the author sylviad
    You are making the same mistake of many marketers, including me, in thinking that posting articles to directories is sufficient to make sales.

    Others have already pointed out the importance of finding great keywords with lots of searches and little competition. Find a LOT of those, rather than going after high-competition keywords. Once you find them, add up the search volume and it'll probably closely match one high comp. keyword - only you'll have a much better chance of getting attention with yours.

    After posting your articles, drive traffic to those articles. Unless you do, your articles will slip into the depths of the archives, never to be seen again - except on the occasion when someone searches the database for your keywords. The more sites that come up, the deeper down the results you will appear.

    Are you sending people from the articles direct to the affiliate sales page? They should be going to your own squeeze page so you can grab their contact info and pitch to them repeatedly, rather than putting in all that work for the affiliate product owner who most assuredly IS building a list on your traffic.

    Does your landing page hold the visitor's interest? Even squeeze pages must entice your visitor to take action... sign up for your freebie. Does the freebie have perceived value that they cannot refuse? Is it something they just "have to have"? How you present it (sell them on the offer) and what you offer can have a drastic impact on your sign-up success.

    Does your article take the reader right to the resource box and make them want to click for more info? If the article doesn't grab and keep their interest and leave them begging for more, you'll lose them. Remember... people scan articles online rather than read every word. Pepper your article with several subheads and bulleted lists to make it easy for the reader and keep them moving through the article.

    These are just some of the elements that must be included to find success.

    Others include how many others are promoting the same affiliate products? Is the market saturated with affiliates? Are you seeing their ads everywhere you turn?

    This is what's happened to me. When I began marketing one product, not too many others were, so I was able to get sales. Recently, I see that many people are promoting it - their ads are everywhere - even the article directories are sticking their ads in and around my article promoting the same product. What chance does that leave me to make the sale? Apparently, not much, because my sales have stopped for one particular product. Way too many other people marketing it with AdWords.

    Always remember that it's all about DRIVING TRAFFIC. Focus on that, and you will succeed. Drive traffic to your articles, to your squeeze page, to your affiliate sales page using every technique that works for you. Don't just stop at one.

    Hope this helps.

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  • Profile picture of the author Branlan17
    33 Articles in 7 months? If your model is mass article marketing, I would think you'd want 30 articles per WEEK (or preferably more) to see any real results.
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  • Profile picture of the author aquablue
    Ikepeace,
    You've been given some good advice here; please think about what's been said, try to come up with a basic plan of action with very specific steps, and start over.

    I don't know what your financial situation is, but Steve's suggestion to find a mentor seems very appropriate in this case. If that is not a viable option, then start reading through this forum as much as you can. Also search the WSO section for article marketing info. I just purchased Sara Young's Article Income Blueprint for someone totally new to IM, and it is very good. She also uses Blogger, by the way. Good luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author txconx
    Well, someone here needs to be Simon Cowell.

    OP, your English skills are terrible. If you're writing the articles yourself, then likely people are put off by your grammar and spelling. In fact, your post here is so awful I can barely make sense of it.

    Quitters never win but that doesn't mean you're meant to be a winner in this particular business. Practice doesn't make perfect - perfect practice makes perfect.
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  • Profile picture of the author KevinDasilva
    I 2nd the "Quittters Never Win, And Winners NEVER Quit".

    However, I will take the fact your in the Warrior Forum
    as you NOT being a quitter and are just venting.

    You are surrounded by 1000's of us who felt the same way
    and went through the same learning curve.

    Try submitting 1000's of articles and getting traffic but
    no conversions... Which just mean YOU NEED TO TEST
    & FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG!


    I went over 1 year without much success.

    If this was EZ everyone would be doing it and then
    none of us would have the chance at being suuccessful.

    I LOVE THE CHALLENGE!

    It takes time to become an expert OR at least really good
    at something... And I am so proud I have now been doing
    something for 3 years that most would quit within 1st few months.

    Here is what i would suggest for EZ MONEY...

    1. Pick a market you are PASSIONATE
    about and that info flows through you with excitement
    and enthusiam.

    2. I would start a REAL BLOG on YOURDOMAIN.com!

    3. Giveaway Videos or Audios or Reports in exchange for
    email address! BUILD YOUR PERSONAL BRAND!

    4. I would get into some "Social Networks" like
    Twitter & Facebook.

    5. Create some free reports, videos , or audios
    and give them away.

    6. THEN send people from your list & social
    networks to your blog and get them on a list!

    7. Create Video or Blog Post about Product you
    recommend and BOOM...

    You Are Making Money & MOST IMPORTANTLY Have
    A List Of People That Know ,Like & Trust you!

    Everyone is trying to sell someone.

    WHY NOT GIVE VALUE FIRST?

    Build relationships first and THEN direct people
    towards products your recommend and get PAID!


    I hope this helps...

    Your Friend,
    Kevin DaSilva
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  • Profile picture of the author zoobie
    you will need to do better, build your own list and follow up them so that you will make some sales.

    By the way are you good at writing articles? Perhaps you can get a decent income by writing articles alone since most warriors need article writers. So you open another stream of income and at the mean time you can try your way to find your sweet spot in these niches.
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  • Profile picture of the author torrent
    I second Kevin's post, though without the "EZ Money" label. What he is suggesting is not easy, and even following the steps would leave many people frustrated! However, I do think it's a sound foundation for deeper exploration.

    As a side note, producing 33 articles in 7 months, even with difficulty in English grammar and spelling might just be enough to produce a single sale, and I wonder what your expectations were with this level of effort?

    Article marketing can work, but additional effort may be required. Alternatively, I would suggest that you can succeed producing (better) articles on a TLD (with a decent site design) with an eye to flipping the resulting websites. This produces income where the personal effort to generate affiliate sales just isn't there.
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  • Profile picture of the author DotComBum
    You must press on instead of giving up, it may takes some times to see the results from your articles, so instead of giving up, go submit more articles until you got a sale, good luck!

    DCB
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    • Profile picture of the author Gavan
      Just try a new product. Not all products convert well. Instead of writing 33 articles at once, write 5-10 to see if you get any sales. If you do, write more. If you don´t, move on to the next product.
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  • Profile picture of the author Barry Unruh
    Maybe you should quit.

    In 7 months, you could have created 30 blogs, over 1000 articles, social bookmarked all of them, pinged all of them, and probably be making some decent money.

    That is only 1 blog per week, 5 articles per day. Even if you work a 40 hour work week at a full time job you could have accomplished this.

    During those 7 months of working this hard, you would have learned a lot. You would have discovered many things which did not work, and found a few which did.

    Since you appear to be doing everything on the free path, have you actually taken time to learn the right way to do it? Travis Sago's BUM Marketing course is free, and will at least get you on the right foot.

    But, if you are not willing to work hard enough to pump out a blog a week, and 5 articles per day, your decision is sound. You should quit.
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    • Profile picture of the author Emily Meeks
      Originally Posted by KansasDragon View Post

      Maybe you should quit.

      In 7 months, you could have created 30 blogs, over 1000 articles, social bookmarked all of them, pinged all of them, and probably be making some decent money.

      That is only 1 blog per week, 5 articles per day. Even if you work a 40 hour work week at a full time job you could have accomplished this.

      During those 7 months of working this hard, you would have learned a lot. You would have discovered many things which did not work, and found a few which did.

      Since you appear to be doing everything on the free path, have you actually taken time to learn the right way to do it? Travis Sago's BUM Marketing course is free, and will at least get you on the right foot.

      But, if you are not willing to work hard enough to pump out a blog a week, and 5 articles per day, your decision is sound. You should quit.
      Excellent points. Many people really don't try as hard as they claim they are trying, or think they are trying: you have to cut through the mental fog.

      What do you do when you're on the computer?

      If you've got Facebook open in another tab, you're not working hard enough. If you're playing a game, you're not working hard enough. Even the Warrior Forum, great as it is with invaluable resources to be had, must be used wisely - if you're constantly reading instead of getting things done... you're not working hard enough!

      Anyone who's successful will tell you that they experienced failure, sometimes for years, and then kept tweaking and changing until they found what WORKED.

      Heed the advice from above. Whatever you're doing now, isn't working.

      Learn from you mistakes.

      APPLY WHAT YOU LEARN.

      Lather, rinse, repeat until you achieve your goals.
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      • Profile picture of the author garyfromdurham
        The advice above is excellent and I don't want to repeat what has been said, however here is just one tip that will make a huge difference to your blogs.

        BE A REAL PERSON TO YOUR VISITORS AND BUILD UP A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM....THEN THEY WILL BUY.

        You need to build a fan base on your blog.

        Here is an example of an excellent blog. It is by a lady called Fran (I don't know her or have no affiliation with her site...it was used in an example by Yaro Storak) and it is all about Acne:

        Natural Acne Treatment And Skin Care -- High on health

        See how hers compares with yours. I don't mean the way it looks but the fact that she is a real person and hasn't just posted meaningless cold articles about Acne.

        • She shares her experiences of living with acne.
        • She tries new products herself and gives honest reviews.
        • She posts genuinely interesting links and resources about things relating to acne that will appeal to her audience.
        • She creates a relationship with her audience and we get to know her.

        Your blogs are faceless, anonymous and you don't present yourself as a real person who shares your customers concerns or can relate to them.

        Just following this one tip will really help your business enormously.

        Gary
        PS. Is that Travis Sago in the video on the Magic of making up site? If it is, see how he is creating a relationship with people in his niche by talking to them and getting them to write in with their questions and problems. If they are taking the time to write to him then you can be sure they will want to buy whatever he recommends on the subject.
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  • Profile picture of the author RedHat39
    In a nutshell you have no plan. Article marketing is a part of a plan - not the whole plan. Gone are the days of relying just on article marketing to succeed.

    Ultimately you need to seek further training and if I could give you one piece of advice that I'm sure everyone here will agree with:

    Get an autoresponder service and start building a list.

    I wish you the best of luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author DotComBum
    Go get some good ebooks on article writing and affiliate marketing, learn from the ebooks and try again. Never quit!! If you try hard enough you'll eventually succeed!!

    DCB
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  • Profile picture of the author HigherPrThanGod
    #1. Find a niche that you know sells, or should be easy to sell.
    #2. Find keywords that are not too competitive (using micro niche finder)
    #3. Put up domain/blogger for the keyword phrase.
    #4. Create content on your site.
    #5. USE BACK-LINKING PACKAGES IN WSO's to build up PR and wait.

    Isn't that pretty much it?
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  • Profile picture of the author sloanjim
    well good luck in what you choose. I.Ming isn't for everyone and despite what many say. there's easier money elsewhere.
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  • Profile picture of the author TelegramSam
    Originally Posted by ikepeace View Post


    These are my blogs:


    500lovemakingtips4dmarried.blogspot.com

    dmakingupmagic.blogspot.comand

    tips4haironfire.blogspot.com


    PLEASE WHAT I AM DOING WRONG.


    There is a lot of good advice above so I'll only cover one thing. That is the names of your blogs and sites.

    They are probably as bad as any I have come across who has sought my help. They are REALLY horrible.

    Get yourself some decent domain names in your niche, re work your articles and post them onto your sites.

    Generate some traffic using your original articles.

    I haven't even visited the sites as I probably know what to expect when I get there.

    So get some much shorter and better domain names.

    At the moment they are extremely spammy and are next to hopeless.

    Sam
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    • Profile picture of the author garyfromdurham
      Originally Posted by TelegramSam View Post


      I haven't even visited the sites as I probably know what to expect when I get there.
      That is not a neccesarily bad thing and could work in his favour but I agree with the rest of your post

      Gary
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  • Profile picture of the author Ross Dalangin
    I think it is not so related to the topic you are discussing because your content is about how to get your ex back while the ads is about sex tips. How can you make sex to your ex if she don't like or love you anymore? See more focus on your dmakingupmagic.blogspot.com
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    • Profile picture of the author oneplusone
      In any market, you need to pay attention to what the successful people are doing.

      In the dating/relationship market, check out one of the bigger players like Eben Pagan (David DeAngelo).

      Look at his website:

      http://www.doubleyourdating.com/

      Then look at your sites.

      Which one are people going to take seriously?

      If 100 people were given $100 each to spend on a dating product and they visited one of your sites, and Double your Dating - where would they spend their money?

      The truth is, you would be lucky to get 1 sale out of the 100 people.
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  • Profile picture of the author tryinhere
    I am quitting IM, 33 live Articles & No Single Sale
    Why is it that people have to cry i am quitting when really they asking for help ? should they just not leave quietly.
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    • Profile picture of the author scrofford
      Originally Posted by tryinhere View Post

      Why is it that people have to cry i am quitting when really they asking for help ? should they just not leave quietly.
      I second this motion! If you are going to quit then just quit! I have been doing IM for almost a year in 2 different niches and still haven't made much yet...but I am learning and have learned a lot.

      If you need help then ask. Don't put up some whiney I am quitting post just to get attention. nuff said.
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      • Profile picture of the author Kay King
        There's a lot of advice from people who clearly haven't visited the OP's blogs and looked at what is posted there.

        If someone is using only free methods - it's likely because they have no money to pay for hosting, domains....or a mentor.

        When you are trying to sell to an English speaking market and you cannot write well in English - you have a major disadvantage. Go into a highly competitive niche and you have no chance.

        What I wonder is why no one thinks to market in their own language? Not every buyer online is in the English speaking countries. Yes, that is a large global market but you can't sell to it if you can't write well in English.

        Why not create a site and find products to market to those in your own geographical area and where you could freely express your ideas in a language you are totally familiar with?

        Is it so out of the question that some marketers should be selling to target audiences outside the US?

        Maybe I'm way off in thinking that - but it's occurred to me several times when I see someone who is obviously intelligent but is limited by their grasp of the written language. How much better would your business be if you were talking to people in a way that was comfortable and familiar to you?

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        • Profile picture of the author Allen Graves
          Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

          When you are trying to sell to an English speaking market and you cannot write well in English - you have a major disadvantage. Go into a highly competitive niche and you have no chance.
          Kay is spot on here - I too have seen it many many times.

          If you want to succeed in article marketing, one of the mandatort factors is that your article be in perfect English with no grammar or spelling errors.

          In the past, you could get away with it if you were lucky, but today...no way.

          Either target article directories for your first language or have them written for you in English.

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  • Profile picture of the author geoffcruz
    Dont give up bro, just keeping on pushing and doing what works and dumping the one thats not working.
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  • Profile picture of the author Asher
    Wow, seriously, this is an amazing thread.

    How often do you see people telling you not
    to quit to pursue success? More often
    than not, people tell you to give up.

    This thread reveals so many people who
    believe in someone... they've NEVER seen.

    Heck, the OP doesn't even have an image
    avatar.

    I applaud everyone who gave deep insights
    to the OP... and OP, please pay attention
    to the responses given to you.

    Asher
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  • Profile picture of the author gjbusinessman
    Have you tried Constantcontent.com ?, It is a great site which offers excellent pay for proficient writer on many topics. It is surprising that in spite of your efforts, you are unable to sell. I know someone who waited for sometime and got the results he wanted as an article and content writer.
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  • Profile picture of the author nakkale
    Don't quit this is not an option. "Keep chiseling the stone with your chisel one day the stone will get broken."
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    • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
      Originally Posted by nakkale View Post

      Don't quit this is not an option. "Keep chiseling the stone with your chisel one day the stone will get broken."
      For the life of me, why do people keep saying that quitting is not an option?

      If I'm 5 foot 1 and want to play center for the Nets (the worst team in
      basketball) it's NOT going to happen.

      Sometimes, you have to realize when something is NOT for you and move
      on to do something else.

      It's not quitting. It's being a realist about things.
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      • Profile picture of the author TelegramSam
        Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim View Post

        For the life of me, why do people keep saying that quitting is not an option?

        If I'm 5 foot 1 and want to play center for the Nets (the worst team in
        basketball) it's NOT going to happen.

        Sometimes, you have to realize when something is NOT for you and move
        on to do something else.

        It's not quitting. It's being a realist about things.

        Agreed.

        When people keep banging their heads against a brick wall and wonder why they have large bruises, they probably don't realise that there is usually a door to go through, or a window or even a ladder nearby.

        They also have the option of turning around and walking away from the wall.

        But they usually don't, at least not until after they get all bitter and twisted and believe everyone is out to get them or that the latest course they bought was crap.

        Most people listen to the brags and the videos and think it is easy.

        Crickey, most people probably thought finding gold in the hills was easy until, the food ran out or winter set in.

        They weren't able to do it and should have stuck to making buggy whips back in the city. And there's no shame in that either.

        Sam
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      • Profile picture of the author Taylor French
        Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim View Post

        For the life of me, why do people keep saying that quitting is not an option?

        If I'm 5 foot 1 and want to play center for the Nets (the worst team in
        basketball) it's NOT going to happen.

        Sometimes, you have to realize when something is NOT for you and move
        on to do something else.

        It's not quitting. It's being a realist about things.
        With all due respect, making money online is not the same thing as playing professional basketball. He's not even asking to become an online guru, he just wants to make some money.

        Sure, there are some people who will never have it in them to make money online, but anyone who really wants to can. And I mean really wants to. Heck, even my great aunt who is almost 80 learned to set up a blog and she makes around $200 a month with it. She can't even figure out how to run the microwave her grandkids bought her for Christmas. lol
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        • Profile picture of the author genietoast
          From an IM point of view, your blog posts, in my opinion, should be on the inside of your newsletter. You might have given away your best tips for free. Leave a little bit of mystery/benefits to your sales page to entice people to join. Don't pull out all your guns at once.

          Sexual problems is a touchy subject for people. You might not be bothered reading tips about pre-ejaculation, but the average person might. "Oh, yeah. How do I get back with boyfriend. I miss him...masturbation...okay..." They click off.

          Have your sales page entice people with a little bit tamer content. Get rid of the blog posts. Save those for inside your newsletter.

          --Find Out what's The Quickest Way To Make Up With Your Spouse
          --Learn How Certain Phrases Can Torque Off Your Man
          --Does She Have Sexual Inhibitions She's Embarrassed To Talk With You About? How To approach the subject delicately.

          Get them into the list, offer them a free ebook like "5 common phrases that result in arguments and divorce", provide value to your reader first, then sell your ebook about love-making tips or whatever other related Clickbank product you were talking about.

          Think of your reader. Put it in logical order. They saw your opt-in form that had a free ebook about 5 arguments yada, yada. In your next email, expound more on that. A few days later, talk about another relationship tip. Maybe tell an inspiring story about two couples who made up. Highlight a communication problem. Third email -- Sex. Now, we're getting more personal. This is the time to promote your product.

          Mix up your newsletter delivery: Value. Promo. Value. Promo. Usually a newsletter every week is ideal. You'll have to be patient, but the benefit will be better for you in the long term.

          Your subject and product is sensitive material, and it does it's best in private. But that's good because by nurturing your private list, providing value first, offering a promo here and there to help solve their problem, you've effectively and discretely become their mini relationship expert they trust. Once they trust you, you can recommend good products to them, and they'll be more likely to buy from you.
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  • Profile picture of the author DrGUID
    I guess the main problem here is that this is a hugely saturated niche where there is plenty of free content so the eBook doesn't add any value.

    I do wonder why people bother with such niches. Things like RegNow and Clickbank have 1000's of products, but 95% of them are junk. I have made a bit of cash selling software through affilate schemes. Articles that tell people how to buy X to solve Y are successful, as are product reviews. I mainly stick to boring niches. People read about relationships, but they mostly BUY boring things like lawnmowers and saucepans.
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  • Profile picture of the author FriendlyRob
    Don't Quit. I didn't make any money for almost the first year. If I quit, then I wouldn't be earning as much as I am now.

    Here's what I did!

    1. I didn't quit
    2. I tried different niches
    3. I didn't quit
    4. Once I found a niche that worked, I built a list
    5. I didn't quit
    6. I wrote articles to drive traffic to my squeeze page
    7. I referred back to step one.
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  • Profile picture of the author Nicola Lane
    Threads asking how to do Article Marketing come up quite often here - so I have a standard reply - I hope this helps:

    Two brilliant threads to read about article marketing are these:

    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...marketing.html

    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...eza-first.html

    Read them both - all the way through - and take notes.

    For further information I recommend the following directory - It is education in article marketing - a guide book and monthly newsletters - with a directory thrown in! You can read what Warriors think about it here: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...alks-walk.html

    Article Directory - Article Marketing Community

    I can also recommend the WSO's from this guy:

    http://www.warriorforum.com/members/zeus66.html

    This guy also has some good stuff - some article marketing some on other things

    http://www.warriorforum.com/members/...wagenheim.html

    Hope this helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author valerieSONORA
    I also think you should get a personal mentor if you are serious about it. Unfortunately, just slapping up some articles is not good enough to get sales.
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  • Profile picture of the author Matt Bard
    Because you have been following all of the "reductionists gurus" that take complex marketing strategies and "reduce" them down to single catch phrases like "just do it".

    "Just write an article a day" without telling you that some niches are so popular that your article will only stay on EzineArticles Recent category for a day.

    "Just create some backlinks" without showing you how to find out how many backlinks you have to create to beat out the other guys.

    "Just write a compelling resource box" without letting you know that copywriters get paid thousands of dollars to write "compelling" and "responsive" copy.

    So yeah, "just do it" and lose 7 months of your life becuase no one here is going to assume any kind of responsibility for your wasted time.

    Why should they? You came to a forum and asked a bunch of avatars how to make your life better.

    If you do what Steven suggested and hire someone to be responsible for their advice then at least you can get your money back if they waste your time with uneducated and ignorant utter nonsense.
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  • Profile picture of the author PCRoger
    I agree with the advice above. Get a mentor.

    PM me if you want a specific one. Can be very low cost.

    7 months full time...

    2 weeks done right should have landed you at least a sale or two, but likely more than 33 articles.

    Regards,
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  • Profile picture of the author valerieSONORA
    Well I've seen many native English speakers who sound like they barely have a grasp on it

    Most people want to market to the English speaking market cause that's where most of the net sales come from. Some areas in next to impossible to make sales for many reasons.
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  • Profile picture of the author neodarth
    First of all, if you gonna keep on blogging, buy a domain a hosting and start a wordpress blog.
    You can still use the other blogpost to link at your main blog.

    Do a keyword research, make a list of all keywords related to your niche, with traffic stats, CPC.

    Take your best keywords and write an article based on them.

    Use it in the title, and in the body about 3 - 4 times.

    You can check the keyword density of your article with live-keyword-analysis.com

    Take your main article and rewrite it, create 10 copys of it, you can use crewriter.com

    Put your main article at your blog

    submit your copys to article directories ( there are hundreds of them besides ezine and goarticle). Make sure to drive your traffic to your main blog.

    Make some keyword density post on your blogpost linking to your main blog.

    Submit a press release on free sites

    Be an active member in forums related to your niche and put your main blog adress on your signature.

    You have videos, upload it to video sites like youtube.

    Create a twitter account with a niche related username, and put your adress site on your profile.

    Do the same with facebook and myspace.

    Put and opt in on your site and start listbuilding

    Cloack your affiliate links

    Try PPC, ezine ads, paid press release and other paid traffic methods.

    All this should take you about 1 or 2 hours a day. The niche you choose is highly competitive but if you do the things right you will see results.

    Quit is not an option, if you ask successful people what it takes for them to quit, they will say absolutly nothing!

    I'm not succesful yet, I fall and rise so many times that I consider myself as a rebound guy.

    As anybody can notice English is not my first language (not even my third!) but I manage to make some money on english products (and in other languages as well), so this can't be an issue.
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  • Profile picture of the author jamawebinc
    Originally Posted by ikepeace View Post

    Please I need your help Fellow Warriors. I have been online full time for 7 months.During this period I have been engaging in just one niche , which is AFFILIATE MARKETING.These are my strategies:
    1. I open free blogger accounts.
    2. choose two products from Clickbank on relationship.
    3. I have written more than 33 articles related to my product and submitted them all to Ezinearticles (but 33 articles were approved and are now live articles on EZA)and a few to articlesbase and articledashboard.
    4. And i have most of these articles posted on my blogs.
    5. Then i pinged them on pingler.com and pingoat.com.

    But for the past seven months nothing have happened, NO SINGLE SALE. These are my blogs 500lovemakingtips4dmarried.blogspot.com, dmakingupmagic.blogspot.comand tips4haironfire.blogspot.com

    PLEASE WHAT I AM DOING WRONG.
    There is a lot that is wrong here.

    First, what is your system? Your strategy? From what I can see, it is to pick 2 products on click bank that you think there is a big market for, write some articles and hope people read them, click thru to your blog, read more articles and/or click thru and buy the product.

    There is a lot wrong with this system.

    Here is my take on it - and this may be quite a long post...

    First:

    Let's take the lead building aspect of this model.

    From what you write, you rely only on the articles to bring you traffic. That would mean free search engine listings and whoever else has picked up the articles and posted them.

    33 articles in seven months is not a lot.

    Some points about this

    1) Are these strategic articles? Are they articles created to rank for certain searches that people are typing into search engines? If not, you are probably wasting your time.

    2) Are you tracking results? This would let you see which articles are bringing traffic and which are not. This is important information to know.

    3) Are these articles written by you to provide some useful content? Or are they made only to try and get someone to click a link?

    So, to sum up - you must use more ways to get traffic than 33 articles. And, you must refine the way you are using articles to get your traffic.

    You test, you see the results, you change and re-test.

    Second:

    This continues with the first point. Are you building a list?
    You should be. You never mentioned this. You have no way to re-contact your leads
    if you are not building a list.

    If you built a list, you could notify your list of other articles they may be interested in.
    You could also notify them of other products that may interest them.

    You must always build a list based around an interest or theme.

    If you just hope people will pop over to your blog, then go to the site that is selling a product and purchase, you'll never get anywhere doing that.

    Third:

    You don't mention anything about keeping stats. You must always keep stats so you know what's going on and how to adjust things. You may be keeping stats, but since it was never mentioned, it seems like you are not and just "hoping for the best"

    Fourth:

    Why the focus on just trying to sell 2 clickbank products? You are making the classic mistake of picking a product instead of picking a market, and a market with a problem at that.

    Obviously what you are doing is not working and it is time for a change. Not giving up trying to make money online is great. Not giving up using a "system" that doesn't work is ridiculous, especially without making changes to it.
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  • Profile picture of the author valerieSONORA
    Some good advice was given and some people put a lot of thought into their posts. Wonder if he's gonna come back and read the advice or if he's gone for good.

    Ps. I would never recommend PPC for a newbie unless they are risky and have money to lose. I doubt someone who can't afford a domain name, hosting, etc. would have to worry about that anyway.
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  • Profile picture of the author Raquel
    Don't give up... IM is one of the best things in this world if not the best. I am not an expert on IM and still learning how to discover the million earnings but after I lost my job and months of trying in IM, I was able to make some sales to feed my family. I follow every detail in bummarketing method by Travis and read everything I can learn here at WF. My motivation is ..if i stop we will not eat and I cannot provide for my old and sick parents who are under my care.

    - 33 articles in 7 months is not enough (just speaking from my experience). I wrote minimum of 3 and maximum of 5 articles a day. And I am not not a writer by profession, I just learned it from WF. If there are days that there are personal things that I need to accomplish, like attend to the needs of my parents and my IM work/writing is affected, I will work double time the next day and push myself to write 10 or at least 6 or 7 articles to cover the previous day that I wasn't able to write. It is not easy and my head is like spinning at the end of the day BUT it is doable and not impossible. You can outsource it if you have the funds. In my case I have to write it myself.

    -At night before going to bed I research for 10-15 keywords and make my to-do-list for the next day.

    - I check the approved articles if they made it at goo.gle page 1 and ranking number 1-5th place. If the article is not indexed at 1st page, there must be something wrong and so I will try other keywords, look at my title (try different styles and variations and see what will work, improve the content of the article, etc)

    - Combined blogs and websites I have more than 100, so if I am not making money with others I can make money with some of them. I try and test different niches in Clickbank and other affiliate programs. In your case please try other niche aside from love and relationship.

    - I work from sunrise till the wee hours of the night. I'm just 2 yrs in IM and all I am doing is affiliate marketing and no list and no product of my own. I know I need to learn more and work more than what I am doing to earn more.

    - I continue reading and learning and since I have more than a thousand articles out there and some are doing good, I want to learn this year to have my list and own products.

    - If there are days that I have no earnings, I always tell myself " If they can make money here in the net, then I can make money too".. Although I know there are days that I really feel down and do not know what to do...I still keep trying because when I found IM, I made a decision that this is the thing I want to do for the rest of my life.

    - From my experience, a lot of hard work is needed to earn money here and it is true that there are times that you want to quit because sometimes you do not know what to do....In times like that ..go to Warrior Forum and ask advice from people here. If you are burned out, take a rest. I found John Reese "reboot your brain" a good relaxation technique and brings me back in focus.

    Do not quit, research on other niches and track the performance of your articles.

    This thing works for me. I pray in front of my laptop EVERYDAY before work to have a nice blessed day and pray before going to bed to thank God.

    I hope you will continue to be an IM'er.
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  • Profile picture of the author digigo
    about this site... 500lovemakingtips4dmarried.blogspot.com it reads like it is from someone has little understanding of marriage crisis... have you been through one? it does not connect to your audience at the emotional level... it is not exciting.. like scientific reading.. it does not help your sale..

    about quitting... I was watching "Shark Tank" show the other day.. (Dragon Den in UK).. one of the angels said.. a good salesman is the one knows when to quit and not waste time...

    quitting is not all shame and failure.. it may make the most business sense
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  • Profile picture of the author Rod Cortez
    Here's a thread that might inspire you a bit:

    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...d-i-didnt.html

    Also, what you're trying to achieve is very realistic as long as you're willing to put in the work and have the mindset of an entrepreneur (which is set of certain skill sets that can be learned).

    Spud Web was 5 foot 7 inches tall and Mugsy Bogues was 5 foot 3 inches tall - both were told they would never make it in the NBA. They both proved their naysayers wrong by their sheer focus and work ethic. What you're trying to achieve is a million times easier.

    So don't quit, writing 33 articles is nothing compared to what's lies ahead. Some business owners don't even see a real net profit for years, so 7 months isn't really that much time if you think about it.

    Good luck,

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  • Profile picture of the author Chris Thompson
    A few points:

    1) 33 articles in 7 months is NOT a "full time" effort in this business. It's not even a 5% effort (2 hours per week instead of 40 = 5%).

    2) You don't seem to be tracking anything. Bad dog. You MUST track things to see what is working.

    3) If you made zero sales it means you have either not enough article views, or not enough click throughs (or perhaps the niche market sucks). If you get no click throughs then you should NOT be writing unless you get training to write. I don't do sewing, I don't sing, I don't build model airplanes ... because I have no skills in those areas. If you write like crap, either get trained or don't write. Hire someone else.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lance K
    Originally Posted by ikepeace View Post

    Please I need your help Fellow Warriors.

    <snip>

    PLEASE WHAT I AM DOING WRONG.
    I thought you were quitting.

    Edit: I'm not encouraging you to quit. But rather, just pointing out the irony of your proclamation in the thread title and your subsequent plea for help in righting the ship.
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  • Profile picture of the author claywalsh
    keep learning
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  • Profile picture of the author etreet
    if I were you,I am gonna use PPC to test water, certainly you need to parepare a couple of hundreds of dollars, otherwise, you need to learn how to use micro niche finder ,keyword explorer ,marketing sumarui tools ,it has learning curve...succeeding iinternet marketing count on seo technology, you either use ppc or learn SEO first, otherwise, you waste your time ...
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  • Profile picture of the author yukinari84
    Originally Posted by ikepeace View Post

    Please I need your help Fellow Warriors. I have been online full time for 7 months.During this period I have been engaging in just one niche , which is AFFILIATE MARKETING.These are my strategies:
    1. I open free blogger accounts.
    2. choose two products from Clickbank on relationship.
    3. I have written more than 33 articles related to my product and submitted them all to Ezinearticles (but 33 articles were approved and are now live articles on EZA)and a few to articlesbase and articledashboard.
    4. And i have most of these articles posted on my blogs.
    5. Then i pinged them on pingler.com and pingoat.com.

    But for the past seven months nothing have happened, NO SINGLE SALE. These are my blogs 500lovemakingtips4dmarried.blogspot.com, dmakingupmagic.blogspot.comand tips4haironfire.blogspot.com

    PLEASE WHAT I AM DOING WRONG.
    This is all you have been doing for 7 months?

    If it is, then there's no wonder you have not made a sale.

    It took me over a year to make my first money online. Not to mention that I had lost my job, had no place to live, and no computer.

    I made my first sale from going to internet cafes, using computers at public libraries, and anywhere else I could get access.

    But I never gave up and it paid off.

    Your success or failure all comes down to you and how bad you want it. Every person on this planet that wants to do become successful at something will have to go through failure. It's the ones that learn from their failure and keep pressing on that will succeed.

    Give up now and you only prove to yourself that you don't have what it takes to be an internet marketer. The choice is yours.
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  • Profile picture of the author duncanb
    To be honest it doesnt seem like you have a full understanding of Afilliate Marketing.
    Much more work is needed in my opinion to reach any sort of significant sales level.
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  • Profile picture of the author MWGrubb58
    You have taken the first step and put something up! Most people don't even get that far.

    Keep learning, keep doing, keep going.

    Warmly,

    Millard
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    • Profile picture of the author dualdtmz
      Seriously??!!

      First, you should buy domain names for this kinda action BUT if you have to stick with blogger blogs then this is my suggestion.

      Many people fail online because they do so little. 33 ezine articles and few blogs IS NOT going to make you a full time income. Just my opinion.

      Do this and Try this: Make 100 blogger blogs. Do 5 a day and you can accomplish this in 20 days. You still may not see much action after that so make another 100 until you see the sales start coming. Seriously though 5 blogs would be easy. Just make one LONG pre-sell post on each blog. Highly targeting the product and pre-sell pre-sell pre-sell. Look it up to get a good feel for it.
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    • Profile picture of the author Heuristic
      In my opinion, there are 3 things you need to do:

      1. Get rid of the excessive links and cloak them. As a visitor, it feels as though your only motivation is to get me to take out my credit card. Give me something of value, then steer me towards an offer that may help me further. Honestly, you only need a link or two.

      2. Tidy up the articles. Maybe get them proof read by a native English speaking person before you post. If the content is tedious to read, most people will not stick around.

      3. While quality is important, you also need to up your game as far as quantity of articles submitted. 33 isn't much in the grand scheme of things. I have thousands out there and still submit 5-10 a day. You will find that if you do this, there will be a tipping point, or critical mass, where things just take off.

      Hang in there, and best of luck!
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      • Profile picture of the author dualdtmz
        Originally Posted by Heuristic View Post

        In my opinion, there are 3 things you need to do:

        1. Get rid of the excessive links and cloak them. As a visitor, it feels as though your only motivation is to get me to take out my credit card. Give me something of value, then steer me towards an offer that may help me further. Honestly, you only need a link or two.

        2. Tidy up the articles. Maybe get them proof read by a native English speaking person before you post. If the content is tedious to read, most people will not stick around.

        3. While quality is important, you also need to up your game as far as quantity of articles submitted. 33 isn't much in the grand scheme of things. I have thousands out there and still submit 5-10 a day. You will find that if you do this, there will be a tipping point, or critical mass, where things just take off.

        Hang in there, and best of luck!
        Nicely Put! Hit it perfect and you are right about the tipping point. you can keep submitting submitting submitting and see ZERO results then one day. BOOM! takes off like a high pressure rocket out of nowhere. I wonder why this happens this way?
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  • Profile picture of the author Gclunis
    Tell me something, you have been in this game for 7 months but how much of that have u spent changing your model?

    If something isn't working then you have to change it and try something else until u find something that works.

    The reason you aren't making sales could be a few different things, you articles, you presell, your offers landing pages, your offers, you website design, the colors on your website..and much much more..

    the key to success is to try things until they don't work and then try something different. Keep repeating that until you find something that works well.

    Doing the exact same thing for 7 months is NOT going to get you anywhere.
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    • Profile picture of the author sylviad
      Originally Posted by Gclunis View Post

      ...
      Doing the exact same thing for 7 months is NOT going to get you anywhere.
      You've heard this expression:

      "keep doing what you're doing and you'll keep getting the same results"

      The key is knowing what to change and when, and being brave enough to actually make the changes.

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  • Profile picture of the author johnben1444
    Your story is pathetically similar to mine, about a couple of month i posted a similiar thing like this. And gave myself 3 month utimatum. A long the line i realize my major problem was not the niche or product am involve with but traffic.

    One thing that helped me overcome my problem was installing an ad tracker.

    With an ad tracker you know exactly where is a waste of time and where is worthwhile to promote your business.

    There are a lot of things involve in marketing online, naturally people do not commit to any thing online at the very first time. Thats why entrepreneurs use auto-responder.

    First you need to know your target market.

    You need a site or blog.

    Pick a few less competitive keyword and start promoting it. Traffic climbs slowly, you need to do it consistently using the following methods below.

    Article marketing

    Blogging

    Traffic exchange

    Forums

    List building

    PPC

    And so on. At worst get a mentor.

    Today my traffic is climbing as well as sales.
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  • 7 months is a lot of time invested... please dont quit... you need to regain your focus, you need a plan! I found that Dani Johnson has been huge inspiration to me! You just need to keep chipping away at it... something will give.

    To Your Success!
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike24
    Hey buddy atleast you took the time to put in the effort, that is more than can be said of most other newbie IMers..if I were you I would stick with it and just keep tweaking until you start seeing results. Rather than buy more products, just look around this forum and see other blogs and copy what they are doing..
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  • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
    Originally Posted by ikepeace View Post

    Please I need your help Fellow Warriors. I have been online full time for 7 months.During this period I have been engaging in just one niche , which is AFFILIATE MARKETING.These are my strategies:
    1. I open free blogger accounts.
    2. choose two products from Clickbank on relationship.
    3. I have written more than 33 articles related to my product and submitted them all to Ezinearticles (but 33 articles were approved and are now live articles on EZA)and a few to articlesbase and articledashboard.
    4. And i have most of these articles posted on my blogs.
    5. Then i pinged them on pingler.com and pingoat.com.

    But for the past seven months nothing have happened, NO SINGLE SALE. These are my blogs 500lovemakingtips4dmarried.blogspot.com, dmakingupmagic.blogspot.comand tips4haironfire.blogspot.com

    PLEASE WHAT I AM DOING WRONG.
    First off, you say you have been full time for 7 months, and in that time you've managed to put up 3 free blogs and publish 33 articles. Let's take a look at just how "full time" you've been...

    7 months is roughly 210 days. You've managed to put up a free blog every other month, on average. You've managed to publish an article once a week, on average.

    Let's be generous, and say the blogs took you five hours each. Another 3 hours for each article. That's 114 hours worth of work. If you only worked the equivalent of a full-time job, that's 150 days at 8 hours per day, or 1,200 hours available. 114/1200 = around 10%.

    Calling that "working full time at IM" is a joke, unless you've been doing other productive things you haven't mentioned.

    Next, "affiliate marketing" is not a niche. It's another name for commission sales. You've apparently decided to sell within the "relationships" niche and not only that, the very competitive "save your relationship/get your ex back" sub niche. You'll have to put in a lot more than 3 weeks worth of work every 7 months if you want to compete.

    People will probably jump on me for being harsh and not patting you on the head for "taking action". Maybe I am being harsh. It's not a personal attack. Rather, it's meant as a bucket of cold water to wake you up.

    One poster compared what you've done to bringing a dull knife to a gunfight. In a niche that competitive, with the little you've actually done, it's more like facing major league pitching with a pencil and expecting a home run...
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  • Profile picture of the author jimmyab
    Originally Posted by ikepeace View Post

    Please I need your help Fellow Warriors. I have been online full time for 7 months.During this period I have been engaging in just one niche , which is AFFILIATE MARKETING.These are my strategies:
    1. I open free blogger accounts.
    2. choose two products from Clickbank on relationship.
    3. I have written more than 33 articles related to my product and submitted them all to Ezinearticles (but 33 articles were approved and are now live articles on EZA)and a few to articlesbase and articledashboard.
    4. And i have most of these articles posted on my blogs.
    5. Then i pinged them on pingler.com and pingoat.com.

    But for the past seven months nothing have happened, NO SINGLE SALE. These are my blogs 500lovemakingtips4dmarried.blogspot.com, dmakingupmagic.blogspot.comand tips4haironfire.blogspot.com

    PLEASE WHAT I AM DOING WRONG.
    Quitting is what youre doing wrong!!!

    Never, never, never, never....give up brother!

    Plus why would you waste seven months of incredible learning? Just keep at it man...but maybe change tack slightly...affiliate marketing is incredibly lucrative...100's of people have the proof...

    Problem is...we hit major obstacles, make nothing and think bugger it...Im outta here...then what ya gonna do?

    Try something else...till ya hit the roadblock and throw that away too?

    Just a little more patience friend...and perseverence - use what you have learnt combined with someone elses knowledge and vary your attack slightly...you wont regret it!
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  • Profile picture of the author Essence
    I'm with McCabe. I started IM 1.5 years ago with a new infoproduct that I wrote myself, a new website that I wrote myself, and 65 articles that I wrote...myself. It took me about four months to do all that because I had absolutely no idea what I was doing.

    It took me until December 18th, 2009 to get a sale. In that time, I've completely rewritten my website, changed the title and feel of the infoproduct, and written another dozen articles, all while I wrote a kajillion articles for other people in order to make enough money to pay rent.

    Since then, I've gotten about one sale every month "on autopilot". The first sale is about to make it past the 60-day guarantee without getting refunded. That will make me very happy. I'll be able to call myself an internet marketer and mean it. But that's only come after many, many hours of hard work. And some outsourced labor, too.

    33 articles and a few blogs is about two weeks work from my perspective, and I'm slow. I guess the real question is, what else have you been doing?
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  • Profile picture of the author MrDay
    You are trying to push those products way to hard!!!

    You're not much on using subtle approaches are you? Remember to help your visitors and give them value. Recommend your product, not bombard them with links to it.

    You need to presell and get rid of some of them links.

    Make sure you are getting "targeted buying traffic" to your articles/blogs, or you'll continue with your negative results.

    One of the best ways to become successful at anything (definitely applies to affiliate marketing) is to observe the experts and learn from them.

    Why quit affiliate marketing? You already know way more than the average joe about this making money online. We all fail online, even the Super Affiliates, but we learn from them and continue to try new things until we find that sweet spot. That will be the day you'll be glad you never gave up.
    FYI, sometimes it helps to take a little break and then collect your thoughts and ideas and comeback with a fury.

    Good luck on whatever you choose to do.
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  • Profile picture of the author webmarketingguy
    This thread is an inspiration to me. I've thought about quitting IM altogether and taking a full time job again but W2's are here so I am sticking it out for another month
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  • Profile picture of the author RebeccaL
    Plenty of good advice here and while I don't have time to read every post, I don't think anyone has said this: get rid of Clickbank. That's right, stop doing what every IM newbie is doing and that is promoting ebooks just because some WSO or guru told you to.
    The second I ridded my portfolio of clickbank, I started making real money.
    Im not saying that clickbank products can't make you money, but writing articles for directories promoting CB is what 10 million other marketers are doing. Be different, be original and think for yourself. And read all the posts in this thread because many people have kindly taken their time out to help you and give you free advice.
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  • Profile picture of the author goodclguy
    Originally Posted by ikepeace View Post

    Please I need your help Fellow Warriors. I have been online full time for 7 months.During this period I have been engaging in just one niche , which is AFFILIATE MARKETING.These are my strategies:
    1. I open free blogger accounts.
    2. choose two products from Clickbank on relationship.
    3. I have written more than 33 articles related to my product and submitted them all to Ezinearticles (but 33 articles were approved and are now live articles on EZA)and a few to articlesbase and articledashboard.
    4. And i have most of these articles posted on my blogs.
    5. Then i pinged them on pingler.com and pingoat.com.

    But for the past seven months nothing have happened, NO SINGLE SALE. These are my blogs 500lovemakingtips4dmarried.blogspot.com, dmakingupmagic.blogspot.comand tips4haironfire.blogspot.com

    PLEASE WHAT I AM DOING WRONG.

    study more tips around here, please do not give up.

    why not try out craigslist for instant good result?
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    • Profile picture of the author garyfromdurham
      I have been following this thread and contributed to it with a good suggestion on how the OP could improve his/her sites but to be honest I think that perhaps they should just give up.

      They have received amazing replies from so many people but haven't acknowleged any of them with the courtesy of a thanks or comment to say that they have helped.

      Come on OP. You have been given a terrific response but I don't think that you deserve it. You have posted TWICE on other threads over the past few hours in other threads and yet this thread has been running for over 24 hours.

      A thank you or quick update on what you plan on doing would be nice.

      I used to wonder why some of the more experienced Warriors weren't contributing but now I know why. I have noticed that quite a few newbies ask questions, receive great tips and then disappear without even acknowledging the answers given.

      It takes time and effort to reply to posts, especially if the person looks like they are struggling.

      I won't be wasting my time in future unless I see a proven track record of the poster at least acknowleding the replies and being courteous enough to say thank you.

      33 articles in 7 months is woeful.

      OP I think it is time to be honest with yourself: INTERNET MARKETING IS NOT FOR YOU.

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

    Please I need your help Fellow Warriors. I have been online full time for 7 months.During this period I have been engaging in just one niche , which is AFFILIATE MARKETING.These are my strategies:
    1. I open free blogger accounts.
    2. choose two products from Clickbank on relationship.
    3. I have written more than 33 articles related to my product and submitted them all to Ezinearticles (but 33 articles were approved and are now live articles on EZA)and a few to articlesbase and articledashboard.
    4. And i have most of these articles posted on my blogs.
    5. Then i pinged them on pingler.com and pingoat.com.

    But for the past seven months nothing have happened, NO SINGLE SALE. These are my blogs 500lovemakingtips4dmarried.blogspot.com, dmakingupmagic.blogspot.comand tips4haironfire.blogspot.com

    PLEASE WHAT I AM DOING WRONG.
    Ike, seriously you need to totally re evaluate everything you are doing. For one thing what the heck does the blogspot you named solution to your hair on fire problems have to do with making up with your ex ?? Before I went to your Site, I thought it was a hair loss blog.
    Please rename this blogspot. Better yet go and buy a regular Domain at GoDaddy for $10 a year.

    Sorry, but as many others have said this will just NOT fly in the general IM World where English is the primary form of communication.
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  • Profile picture of the author mozesteven
    I have some articles published in the ezinearticles and only generate 2 sales ($73). Very good for newbie.

    How to dig the "buying keywords" so that I can make more sales ... help please. Terry Kyle's WSO is very good, but it is long words I have to read.

    I am looking for mentor, maybe I have to pay monthly payment is no problem.
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    • Profile picture of the author workfromhomejobs
      Well. I don't think your experience is uncommon. I believe most IM marketers don't make a cent profits before their first anniversary. It is just the way it is. Experience is the better source of knowledge and will become your asset as time goes by.

      It is a jungle out there so learn how to survive in a jungle. So first is acknowledge or accept what is reality and what is fantasy.
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  • Profile picture of the author moniez
    Everyone has given you good advice. You simply need to do MORE work. If you want to work for yourself, you have to work ten times harder than someone at a regular 9-5.

    At the height of my article marketing, I was averaging about 25 articles A DAY! And for the weekends? About 50! ALL WRITTEN MYSELF. Now, were they of the highest quality? No. But that volume allowed me to make enough money to move into other areas, like paid advertising. That is, PPC, media buys, Facebook, Myspace etc. The only reason I was able to diversify was because I wrote until my fingers and wrists literally throbbed! Don't be lazy. Work hard and you'll be rewarded.
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    • Profile picture of the author garyfromdurham
      Seriously everybody....you are wasting your time replying.

      The OP has no interest in this and has not even bothered replying to any of the great tips and suggestions posted in this thread - despite posting on other threads.

      It is just courteous to say thanks to all of the people who took the time to reply. It is no wonder experienced Warriors no longer chip in to help genuine newbies as often!

      Gary
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      • Profile picture of the author Liam Hamer
        Originally Posted by garyfromdurham View Post

        I have been following this thread and contributed to it with a good suggestion on how the OP could improve his/her sites but to be honest I think that perhaps they should just give up.

        They have received amazing replies from so many people but haven't acknowleged any of them with the courtesy of a thanks or comment to say that they have helped.

        Come on OP. You have been given a terrific response but I don't think that you deserve it. You have posted TWICE on other threads over the past few hours in other threads and yet this thread has been running for over 24 hours.

        A thank you or quick update on what you plan on doing would be nice.

        I used to wonder why some of the more experienced Warriors weren't contributing but now I know why. I have noticed that quite a few newbies ask questions, receive great tips and then disappear without even acknowledging the answers given.

        It takes time and effort to reply to posts, especially if the person looks like they are struggling.

        I won't be wasting my time in future unless I see a proven track record of the poster at least acknowleding the replies and being courteous enough to say thank you.
        Originally Posted by garyfromdurham View Post

        Seriously everybody....you are wasting your time replying.

        The OP has no interest in this and has not even bothered replying to any of the great tips and suggestions posted in this thread - despite posting on other threads.

        It is just courteous to say thanks to all of the people who took the time to reply. It is no wonder experienced Warriors no longer chip in to help genuine newbies as often!

        Gary
        I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way, I was going to say the same thing myself but felt it would be a waste of time. I have absolutely nothing against newbies(as in newbies to the forum) getting lots of help and advice, I just think the person asking for help should be more grateful. I've seen this time and time again though, and time and time again someone who has contributed to the forum gets much less of a response because they have a much less dramatic thread title and story.

        Mini rant over Seriously though, I hope the OP appreciates all the advice they have got in this thread - because for the most part it is excellent advice from Warriors who have seen it all and done it all.

        Everything I would have said has been covered numerous times, but I would rather help people out who contribute to the forum and who I think will appreciate it
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        • Profile picture of the author garyfromdurham
          Originally Posted by Liam Hamer View Post

          I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way, I was going to say the same thing myself but felt it would be a waste of time. I have absolutely nothing against newbies(as in newbies to the forum) getting lots of help and advice, I just think the person asking for help should be more grateful. I've seen this time and time again though, and time and time again someone who has contributed to the forum gets much less of a response because they have a much less dramatic thread title and story.

          Mini rant over Seriously though, I hope the OP appreciates all the advice they have got in this thread - because for the most part it is excellent advice from Warriors who have seen it all and done it all.

          Everything I would have said has been covered numerous times, but I would rather help people out who contribute to the forum and who I think will appreciate it
          Liam

          Thank you! I thought that it was just me as my post seems to be completely invisible to the everybody else

          I agree with you as there are far more deserving people who I would rather help.

          I don't think that people realise or appreciate the time it takes to compose a genuine helpful comment. It annoys me that they take the comments for granted and don't even bother to acknowledge any of the generous comments and suggestions that they received.

          They are ruining it for other new members who might genuinely need and appreciate assistance but who might not get the replies they deserve from experienced Warriors.

          Anyway, thanks for letting me know that at least somebody read my post

          Gary
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          • Profile picture of the author Allen Graves
            Originally Posted by garyfromdurham View Post

            I don't think that people realise or appreciate the time it takes to compose a genuine helpful comment.
            Not to mention the TIME it takes to read through the thread.

            But it is not all totally in vain - some people are getting help from the answers.

            Allen
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            • Profile picture of the author garyfromdurham
              Originally Posted by Allen Graves View Post

              Not to mention the TIME it takes to read through the thread.

              But it is not all totally in vain - some people are getting help from the answers.

              Allen
              Good point Allen

              Unless he thinks that reading the posts and nodding in front of the screen with grateful tears in the eyes for so many help is good enough.....
              LOL, yes I can feel his virtual gratitude from here

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              • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
                The OP's failure to acknowledge any of the replies is indicative of the OP's
                work ethic and doesn't surprise me in the least.

                As I have said many times (even though the die hard optimists give me a
                hard time about it) there are some people in this world who are not cut out
                for this business and will NEVER succeed.

                And while I am the first one to say there are no absolutes in this world,
                this is the one area where I stick to my guns by what I say.

                Some people will NEVER succeed.

                Go and argue with that all you want...I really don't care anymore.

                This thread is living proof of it.
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          • Profile picture of the author neodarth
            Originally Posted by garyfromdurham View Post

            Liam

            Thank you! I thought that it was just me as my post seems to be completely invisible to the everybody else

            I agree with you as there are far more deserving people who I would rather help.

            I don't think that people realise or appreciate the time it takes to compose a genuine helpful comment. It annoys me that they take the comments for granted and don't even bother to acknowledge any of the generous comments and suggestions that they received.

            They are ruining it for other new members who might genuinely need and appreciate assistance but who might not get the replies they deserve from experienced Warriors.

            Anyway, thanks for letting me know that at least somebody read my post

            Gary
            Unless he thinks that reading the posts and nodding in front of the screen with grateful tears in the eyes for so many help is good enough......
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        • Profile picture of the author sylviad
          Originally Posted by Liam Hamer View Post

          I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way, I was going to say the same thing myself but felt it would be a waste of time. I have absolutely nothing against newbies(as in newbies to the forum) getting lots of help and advice, I just think the person asking for help should be more grateful. I've seen this time and time again though, and time and time again someone who has contributed to the forum gets much less of a response because they have a much less dramatic thread title and story.

          Mini rant over Seriously though, I hope the OP appreciates all the advice they have got in this thread - because for the most part it is excellent advice from Warriors who have seen it all and done it all.

          Everything I would have said has been covered numerous times, but I would rather help people out who contribute to the forum and who I think will appreciate it
          Take comfort in knowing that many people are reading and appreciating this thread, even if the OP isn't. Someone is benefiting from the expertise that's been offered here. Probably lots, in fact.

          It all goes to building our own private reference library.

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      • Profile picture of the author ikepeace
        Originally Posted by garyfromdurham View Post

        Seriously everybody....you are wasting your time replying.

        The OP has no interest in this and has not even bothered replying to any of the great tips and suggestions posted in this thread - despite posting on other threads.

        It is just courteous to say thanks to all of the people who took the time to reply. It is no wonder experienced Warriors no longer chip in to help genuine newbies as often!

        Gary
        Gary please don't be annoyed with me. In this part of the world where i found myself ,for the past 48hrs there have been no power(electricity) supply and the internet service here have been terrible also.From the bottom of my heart, I appreciate everybody here in the forum for their wonderful tips and suggestions. I will surely put the tips to action and i will never quit no matter what.SURELY THE NEXT ON THE LINE IS MY SUCCESS STORY.
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        • Profile picture of the author Lance K
          Originally Posted by ikepeace View Post

          I am quitting IM, 33 live Articles & No Single Sale
          Originally Posted by ikepeace View Post

          i will never quit no matter what.
          Perhaps a thread title of "I'm frustrated as heck and need your help" or "Thoughts of quitting are creeping into my head...please help" would work better next time. That way it won't seem like you can't make up your mind.


          Originally Posted by ikepeace View Post

          SURELY THE NEXT ON THE LINE IS MY SUCCESS STORY.
          I sincerely hope so. Remember, it's a decision that ONLY YOU can make. Get clear, focused, and committed. And stay that way. I'd also suggest that you invest some time reading in the mindset sub forum.
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        • Profile picture of the author Emily Meeks
          Originally Posted by ikepeace View Post

          I will surely put the tips to action and i will never quit no matter what.SURELY THE NEXT ON THE LINE IS MY SUCCESS STORY.
          I'll hold you to it. Let us know how it goes.
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  • Profile picture of the author tommen
    33 articles submitted and 7 months online, to me that is about 1 article per week which is nothing.I have been online since 2001 and still today I occasionally do 15 hour days marketing my blog.

    I also noticed you have your affiliate link posted too many times in the articles.As a reader this put me off because I do not want to be sold anything, I want to be offered a solution to a problem I have.

    I recommend you look at blogs that are successful and see what they are doing, then apply the changes to your own blog.

    As many others have said, don´t quit! Keep going, no one said it would be easy.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mary McLean
    Reading all the great help you have been offered here has also given me heaps of ideas!
    Thanks everyone...

    I feel Steve W. had a valid point too.
    The days of a "fast online buck" are not available to many any more.
    Internet tourists are very savvy now days & demand high quality & great value.
    This is a genuine business opportunity & must be approached as such.
    As someone else asked, What is your business plan?
    Who is your mentor? (sign up to the big guys sites & see how they do it).

    Most Uni students, doctors, & so on have to put in 5,000 to 10,000 hrs study & practice to earn a paltry 5 figure income.
    Yet some internet newbies come in & after 5 hours expect to earn mega money...Sorry, it doesn't work that way anymore. Awwww Shucks!
    The Internet has come of age & now demands product congruency with genuine business practices.
    I really do hope you copy all these posts & print them out & study them. I'm sure you will find everything in here to help you. You asked for help & there's ton's of top info to use.
    Study well my friend!

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    Mary...(my nick name is Poppie, please call me Poppie)Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author folkcare
    Ikepeace,
    Develop a list and work your relationships with your list. Don't try to sell to them first off, get some feedback on what they would like to know and then give them a white paper or report for free. Get to know them and talk to them like they're your friends ie with respect and friendliness. You're bound to get more out of IM that way than just being in for the quick $'s. Market to them with new products but make the products good ones and put in your point of view as to why it might help them.
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  • Profile picture of the author valerieSONORA
    The OP doesn't care, he asked "what am I doing wrong," but hasn't acknowledged any of the replies but there are probably others who are getting help from these replies. So I'm sure the replies aren't all in vain.
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  • Profile picture of the author kevinfar
    Well OP if you are seeing this - which I doubt seeing it's already a 3 page thread thread - you must kick yourself up and start REALLY working.

    As Steven said in an earlier thread, 1 article weekly is by no stretch of the imagination a full time job.

    So get up and take action, and don't even think about giving up when you haven't even stretched the surface yet.

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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      Originally Posted by Allen Graves View Post

      Not to mention the TIME it takes to read through the thread.

      But it is not all totally in vain - some people are getting help from the answers.

      Allen
      Which is probably the main reason I keep answering questions.

      Steven, I'm on your side. Not everyone is cut out to be a business owner/operator. The world needs ditch diggers, too...
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  • Profile picture of the author Calvin Tan
    Don Give up.. I am also struggling.. =) Who knows you will succeed one day!
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  • Profile picture of the author parg
    Hi ikepeace

    Pl. go through this thread specially "The unknown Guru". The links he has provided is just great - use of blogger. I think you can really benefit.

    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ger-blogs.html
    I have learned a lot form these threads
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  • Profile picture of the author Dhira
    Well your first prblem is that your blogs aren't solving ANY problems that peeps are looking for.

    Why do you have a blog called tips4haironfire.blogspot.com that has nothing to do with "hair on fire"? lol.
    And you're offering an unrelated product for relationships.

    You've got some serious disconnect going on.

    "Relevance" is the name of the game. Offer something related to your chosen keyword.
    Find a chosen keyword people are looking for
    Make sure it's a solution to a problem that peeps would buy.
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  • Profile picture of the author Profolegy
    What you should do is give up.
    Start again build a wordpress selfhosted website
    in one niche only. Build yourself a list as well and you
    could be making some money in six months if ya lucky.
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  • Profile picture of the author RebeccaL
    Obviously he started the thread in the hope of getting traffic to his sites. He got traffic alright, but that's about it
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  • Profile picture of the author TelegramSam
    PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT AS SEEN ON GOOGLE NEWS:

    "Obviously the OP has decided to quit after all".

    A large sigh of relief was heard across the internet, and a peaceful hum returned to the forum.

    Sam
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    • Profile picture of the author ikepeace
      SAM, I am not quitting, in fact i have been fired up and energized for more action on the right track with the great tips given to me by GREAT WARRIORS on this forum.
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      • Profile picture of the author TelegramSam
        Originally Posted by ikepeace View Post

        SAM, I am not quitting, in fact i have been fired up and energized for more action on the right track with the great tips given to me by GREAT WARRIORS on this forum.

        Glad to hear it!

        Sometimes one's feathers have to get a little ruffled before you get off the ground.

        Please understand a lot of good people wrote some good advice and one of the failings of this forum is that these people often go unthanked, which is a shame.

        So good luck.

        Learn, take action, review, test, retest and succeed.

        Sam
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  • Profile picture of the author Slin
    You don't need to cloak your links, you don't need to buy a domain name for your blog. These things are optional and not required.

    No your problem is your blogs, you are selling when you should be pre selling! Your blogs do not look like reviews, they look like you are trying to spam and sell the readers.

    If you need help learning how to pre sell just ask around on here
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    • Profile picture of the author MamaShell
      I have also been following this thread. I would consider myself a newbie with some success, but I wish to learn more. ( I'm doing the 30DC,so shhh... I really shouldn't be in here, I just needed a mental break!) I also have noticed that the OP has not replied. I would just like to say, to all of you that left such great tips in your true attempt to help this gentlemen, THANK YOU!!! You are feeling like all your post mean nothing. Although this is not my thread, all of your post have helped me tremendously. So thanks!!!!!!!
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      • Profile picture of the author Emily Meeks
        Originally Posted by MamaShell View Post

        I have also been following this thread. I would consider myself a newbie with some success, but I wish to learn more. ( I'm doing the 30DC,so shhh... I really shouldn't be in here, I just needed a mental break!) I also have noticed that the OP has not replied. I would just like to say, to all of you that left such great tips in your true attempt to help this gentlemen, THANK YOU!!! You are feeling like all your post mean nothing. Although this is not my thread, all of your post have helped me tremendously. So thanks!!!!!!!
        I'm glad this thread has helped you.

        Now go out and heed all the free advice that's been given!
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  • Profile picture of the author leadmetomoney
    There are sites that will actually help newbies out and this is one of them, I have a blog just for that, not even a money maker, if newbies find my blog leadmetomoney.com they will see products that actually worked for me. I think everyone has to find there own way and get into a rhythm, help from others is great but you can't have someone do it for you, you do need to figure some stuff out on your own.
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    • Profile picture of the author ikepeace
      Originally Posted by leadmetomoney View Post

      There are sites that will actually help newbies out and this is one of them, I have a blog just for that, not even a money maker, if newbies find my blog leadmetomoney.com they will see products that actually worked for me. I think everyone has to find there own way and get into a rhythm, help from others is great but you can't have someone do it for you, you do need to figure some stuff out on your own.
      I will check it out. Thanks for caring
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  • Profile picture of the author rammbhat
    Dont you think its time you quit your PRODUCT and not IM altogether? Everyone can money YOU can too..
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  • Profile picture of the author shaunjamie2005
    Don't give up. You have only just begun. I gave up at one point a few years back. Luckily I started back in a year ago. If I would have just kept at it, I would be far better off than I am now.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mark_w
    I read some of your articles and honestly, they are very much 1st drafts. There is some spelling/grammar errors in nearly every post. I would remove all those links too.

    Aside from that, the actual content is too wishy washy. By this I mean that you don't give very specific information in them, more general themes. So in the article when you mention a few things about male ego, why not write an entire article about that. Break it down further. Right now you are not offering much value through your articles.
    my 2 cents
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    • Profile picture of the author ikepeace
      Originally Posted by Mark_w View Post

      I read some of your articles and honestly, they are very much 1st drafts. There is some spelling/grammar errors in nearly every post. I would remove all those links too.

      Aside from that, the actual content is too wishy washy. By this I mean that you don't give very specific information in them, more general themes. So in the article when you mention a few things about male ego, why not write an entire article about that. Break it down further. Right now you are not offering much value through your articles.
      my 2 cents
      Thanks, I will work on my grammer and spelling. You are quite right because most warriors have pointed that out also.
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      • Profile picture of the author Barry Unruh
        I can sympathize with your power and internet issues. I recently faced some horrible problems here in the Philippines.

        It made us cut our working vacation in my brother-in-law's home short. It was killing me not being able to work.

        Worst internet connection I have experienced since the old dial-up days, even then the dial-up was reliable, this wasn't.

        Read the suggestions you received in this thread, and start working like crazy. You may face plenty of challenges, but all of them can be overcome by partnering with other people, and taking MASSIVE ACTION.
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        • Profile picture of the author ikepeace
          Thanks, only he that wears a shoe knows where it pinches.
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  • Profile picture of the author pyrmontvillage
    Interesting thread. Interesting insight into mindsets
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  • Profile picture of the author jaiganeshv
    firstly the blog names are not professionaly, they may work fro SEO purposes but not for making sales.

    Have a high quality domain and professional theme with quality articles.

    Switch over to WP.

    Thank you
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  • Profile picture of the author Anthony J Namata
    I commend you for your hard work, but give up? I'm not too sure. It doesn't matter what anybody says, what works for you will ultimately manifest itself in due course, but only if you persevere and stay open to other options. Perhaps take a break to regroup. I do that all the time. I take a break! And during one of those breaks I stumbled upon a new niche, by accident -- Vocal Coaching! You heard that right. I'm now teaching people how to sing! But then again, once upon a time I WAS a professional singer. I'm just cashing in on what I know and love doing!

    "It's in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped." - Anthony Robbins

    Best of luck,

    Anthony
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      Originally Posted by David McKee View Post

      Many people are successful with affiliate marketing, but it requires knowledge about your market, your product, and the best way to present it - and that knowledge is not static, but must grow and change. Teamwork makes that much easier - no question there.

      -DTM
      Originally Posted by RebeccaL View Post

      The only people that think affiliate marketing "doesn't work" are those who can't do it.

      Try telling those making 5 or 6 figures a month doing AM that it's a waste of time. :rolleyes:
      What you two obviously grasp, that many seem not to, is that "Affiliate Marketing" isn't some brand new voodoo invented by Al Gore along with the Internet. It's just another name for commission sales.

      Selling as an affiliate requires the same basic skill set as any other field of sales - knowing your market, putting an attractive offer in front of them, persuading them to take action on your offer now.

      Some of the technical details change, but not as much as you might think. Even big corporations are getting into the act...

      For example, many affiliates rely on article marketing, which is pretty much putting small nuggets of information in front of readers to entice the prospects in the crowd to click and identify themselves. How is that much different than a big company taking out a commercial that shows a new use for their product, and urges viewers to check out a web site for more - along with an enticement to buy the product?

      Whether you call it "affiliate marketing", "commission sales" or "Fred", it's still connecting buyers and sellers for a cut of the action...
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  • Profile picture of the author futurestrategy
    Never give up! When you face failure you need to try out new strategies and innovative ideas to attain success. Failure is often the price of progress.
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  • Profile picture of the author dadhere
    don't worry, I spun my wheels for 2 years before I made my first sale!

    Now it make on average 1k a month and working to improve it...

    hang in there!
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  • Profile picture of the author marcus passey
    Hey

    Since I got a mentor back in August, I have a popular blog, I have made close to $4k online and have a growing email list of just over 3.5k subscribers.

    How did I do this?

    Some advice for you:

    Get a blog going use WP.

    Pick a domaim name to brand yourself ie use your name!

    Add valuable content and help people.

    Get an autoresponder service start building your mailing list.

    Make a plan set some achievable goals.

    Keep reaching your goals and move forward, and dont chase the money.

    Take action build YOUR business.

    okay.

    cheers

    Marcus
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  • Profile picture of the author Ernie Lo
    LOL the OP was never going to quit, nobody dedicated enough to wrote 33 articles themselves would quit. Good on ya and keep at it.
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  • Profile picture of the author seobro
    You wrote "answer to can I get my ex back is yes". This is scary. Real people do not talk like that. Please try to improve. I mean, it is no mystery that there are no sales in over a year. Would you buy from a website with such poor grammar? Look at web sites that are making money and try to imitate success.
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  • Profile picture of the author mschow
    I feel your Pain, But if you QUIT now then you are allowing defeat to run your life.
    You just need to rethink things and it will all work out in the end. always remember this:

    And this is what I have posted on my computer screen every single day.
    this is my Quote: If It's Meant To Be It's Up To Me!

    Mark
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