What is the best way for me to get started in the Internet Marketing niche

Best advice is to provide value first.

give away as much free advice as you can to get your name out there and brand yourself as an expert.

I think Affiliate Marketing is a good way
to strart an online business.



Mario

I'm usually NOT the kind of guy to be negative or discourage anyone from chasing a dream... hell I did it, have done it a couple of times.

BUT

You're gonna get your ass kicked... and soundly.

Wanna know why the top gurus offer what appears to be 'secret weapons' to us little guys?

They tactic being offered for sale has already been

• Used up
• milked for all it's worth
• is no longer a secret
• already too many others have hit on the same idea (independently) and what was so lucrative is now reaching a diminishing rate of return

Geez, I didn't realize how cynical I was until I just read what I really do believe.

I use this forum, value this forum, and freely give advice if I can from my own personal expirience (in Addiction forums we're encouraged to offer Experience, Strength and Hope)...

that said... let's say you come up with an idea, it's a neat twist on an existing setup/ opportunity/ niche/ widget/ product/ service WhatEver:

You post the idea here.

A more experienced marketer with the bankroll to be able to afford assistants, programmers to code, money to spend on ads, adwords, has more than one dedicated server that has the ability to host 255 domains...

They'll take your idea and out perform you in spades.

Is this cruel and unusual treatment?

Is this the oligarchy stepping on us lowly peons?

Nope

it's free enterprise at it's finest.

Civil War annecdote: "My Daddy told me whoever gets there the firstes with the mostes WINS"

Am I attempting to discourage you (or the other newbies here) from posting?

NO, just watch what you say and who you're saying it in front of... and take what you learn here to the part of the pond where the BIG Fishermen are NOT fishing... they'll leave you some scraps as long as they aren't aware that you're there.

Be patient very patient and work hard!!!

There are so many ways to enter this arena. You want to make
sure that you pick a niche that you are passionate about.

What is your profession?

If you have a skillset then you can create a business model around that skillset.

Your story will help product sales so try to pick a niche that you
are closely tied to and that supports your story.

Hope that helps.

The best way to start in the Internet Marketing niche is to work hard for many years at actually marketing products and services online.

Then you can come back and actually teach something valuable.

I am trying to get into this market also.

Not easy to break into.

Good luck.

Ian

You can also join a membership site and sell PLR products, but make sure you get unrestricted rights for one or more products so you can make changes to them. Some membership sites give you a copy of the sales page so all you have to do is to get a domain. You can use the edited restricted PLR to post a WSO here to see if it will sell. Just my take for something other than affiliate marketing.

Agreed. Create something unique and valuable. Follow up with a blog and social bookmarking addons to help get links to your site. I have been doing this for 12 years and I am still learning, so be strapped in to your seat it will be a long ride :-)

Unfortunately (and I mean this in the nicest possible way) if you don't know the answer to those questions you're better off keeping away from the IM niche - you just won't be able to compete.

In the IM niche you have to build a name for yourself, and one of the best ways to do this is to give away alot of quality information for free before you try to start selling to people.