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money is a driving force

by wassnerwone
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nothing against anyone on here, but i will come right out and say that i want to make more money than you.

i know it will take time and hard work. i want to be able to make money period.

I would however not mind if anyone on here would help me.

I dont know how i can associate affiliate sales onto my blog.. i have some on there however i feel that they are truly ineffective.

If nothing else can anyone tell me what type of products people are more prone to buy. Physical products, information, or should i focus on promoting both
#driving #force #money
  • Profile picture of the author Sheryl Polomka
    Glad to see you are aiming high. Everyone on this forum wants to earn money, but unfortunately not everyone does. It all depends on how hard you work and how smart you work.

    As for which type of products convert well - both digital and physical products can, well at least some of them so it's not really about digital or physical being better than the other. It is more about finding good keywords for those products so that your sites can get a good ranking in the search engines.

    You need to choose what type of business you are going to do and learn everything you possibly can about it.

    And stay focused
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  • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
    Originally Posted by wassnerwone View Post

    If nothing else can anyone tell me what type of products people are more prone to buy. Physical products, information, or should i focus on promoting both
    What is your blog about?

    Let's say you have a blog about dogs. People who read about dogs tend to have dogs. People who have dogs need things. What do they need that they don't already have? What do they use that constantly needs to be replaced? What do they forget about all the time? Is there something new that they don't have but should?

    If you don't know, find something free that they'll want. Build a list. And ask them these questions.
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    "The Golden Town is the Golden Town no longer. They have sold their pillars for brass and their temples for money, they have made coins out of their golden doors. It is become a dark town full of trouble, there is no ease in its streets, beauty has left it and the old songs are gone." - Lord Dunsany, The Messengers
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    • Profile picture of the author wassnerwone
      my blog is about good workouts and fitness advice. I know alot about these topics, and i feel that using something i know will be to my advantage.

      I just don't know if i would be better off selling something that is a physical product heart rate monitors, workout dvd's , or some digital product.

      I just don't see many people getting as much use out of a digital product when it comes to my niche.

      Is anyone else in this niche, what do you recommend, or have the best luck with
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      • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
        Originally Posted by wassnerwone View Post

        I just don't see many people getting as much use out of a digital product when it comes to my niche.
        Most people don't keep a training log, and think they're not making progress when they actually are. You run across these guys in the gym saying "I've been stuck lifting the same weight for three weeks," and you have to point out that the last time you spotted them they were lifting a lot slower and needed a lot more assistance in the last few reps. But since it's the same weight, they don't notice.

        Write down time, sets, reps, and weight for each exercise. And if you're designing workouts, you can fill out a lot of that yourself. Every workout, print this sheet, and just fill in the blanks. Then stick it in a folder. When you say "wah, I don't make any progress" next time - pull out your workout logs. Why, look, this workout that used to take 28 minutes now takes 23. Sure, the weights aren't higher... but you're more than 15% faster at it, and that builds fast-twitch fibres that equate to better athletic performance.

        Don't you suppose you could make a fill-in-the-blanks sheet for each workout you design?
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        • Profile picture of the author wassnerwone
          Most people don't keep a training log, and think they're not making progress when they actually are. You run across these guys in the gym saying "I've been stuck lifting the same weight for three weeks," and you have to point out that the last time you spotted them they were lifting a lot slower and needed a lot more assistance in the last few reps. But since it's the same weight, they don't notice.

          Write down time, sets, reps, and weight for each exercise. And if you're designing workouts, you can fill out a lot of that yourself. Every workout, print this sheet, and just fill in the blanks. Then stick it in a folder. When you say "wah, I don't make any progress" next time - pull out your workout logs. Why, look, this workout that used to take 28 minutes now takes 23. Sure, the weights aren't higher... but you're more than 15% faster at it, and that builds fast-twitch fibres that equate to better athletic performance.

          Don't you suppose you could make a fill-in-the-blanks sheet for each workout you design?
          this is actually an extremely good idea, not that your would give me any advice less than that but seriously i could see people using something like that.

          I would be something that i i could see myself using since i just write that stuff in a notebook. organizing it is what makes a good workout into a great workout.

          Being able to back track and see actual progress
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          • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
            Originally Posted by wassnerwone View Post

            I would be something that i i could see myself using since i just write that stuff in a notebook.
            And that, in turn, would help you make your product even better so your customers would get a higher-quality worksheet.

            People love these things, and I honestly don't get why. I think it's a leftover thing from school; "do problems 1 through 50 in the book" was always a bigger pain in the butt than "do this worksheet" which has the same damn 50 problems on it, and more kids would actually do the work.

            But there again, I never understood that, any more than I understood "show your work" for problems like "If there are twenty pies on the windowsill, and each one has six pieces, how many pieces of pie are there?" - because I look at that and say "120," but then the teacher says "show your work" and I don't know WTF that means.

            How do you "show your work" for "6 X 20" in the first place? It just is 120. What work? Where? I don't get it.
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  • Profile picture of the author wassnerwone
    Don't speculate, test test test test and then test some more.

    I doubt anyone will simply share a blueprint to create competitors to themselves.. . . plus every. single. person. has. their. own. palette. of. skills. You'll have your own copy, graphics, sequence to profits, calls to action, etc. NOBODY is the same so someone elses techniques may not work for you at all. Don't be afraid to fail if you're so passionate about making more money than me/anyone else. You have passion, you lack understanding in real scenario tests vs. what might work for someone else.

    Try everything you just mentioned from clickbank to amazon to your own fitness ebook/product(s), analyze results, go from there.

    Try stuff, fail, learn, tweak, profit.
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    thanks man that makes sense. i will give it a shot.

    opened up my eyes to what was lying right in front of me.
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