Have you made any money yet? It's because you're not doing what works...

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First of all, let me point out that this isn't an "exciting" method with the promise of thousands in your first week or even month.

What this is.... is what works, what has always worked, and what will continue to work for years to come.

And the vast majority of people trying to make money online don't do this, because it takes...(gasp).... real work.

What I'm talking about is setting up a niche blog on a topic that YOU can write about, and that you can make money from. (Just a hint, don't choose MMO.)

Then, you are going to work on this blog and NOTHING ELSE until it is making money.

You will spend your time in 3 ways: Content, Traffic, and Conversion. The biggest problem newbies have is they spin their wheels in the "research" phase, or in other words, buying and trying a bunch of crappy methods a "guru" sold them.

However much time you have each day to work on this, Monday thru Friday you should spend 50% of your time on new content, and 50% of your time on generating traffic.

On Saturday and Sunday, look back at your stats over the last week, and work on conversion.

When Monday comes, spend all week generating new content and traffic again.

A Tip On Traffic:
Every niche has online "hubs", meaning sites or forums that anyone interested in that niche knows about and visits. What you need to do, is figure out how to get your relevant(not spammy) content in front of those people.

A Tip On Conversion
Don't spend too much time trying to make sales until you have 15-20 quality posts/articles/pages on your site.

Why Am I Telling You This Is The Best Method To Start With?
Because it will teach you the full cycle of how to make money online. The average newbie has read enough that they "know" how to make money online. I mean that they more or less know what the steps are to make money online... BUT, they do not know-know how to make money online, because they themselves haven't done it yet.

If you will dedicate a few months to making this ONE little blog profitable, you learn the full cycle of making money online....setting up the site > creating content > getting traffic > converting that traffic into buyers.

Learning traffic and conversion are the two most important things you can master, but most newbies never even get to that step because they are stuck in the "research" stage like I mentioned before.

Wow- this got long... Anyways- I hope that makes some sense to some of you struggling...

This is work... and you have to provide real value to people to have any success.
#made #money #works
  • Profile picture of the author jgrink
    Well stated, Nate. As with most things, master the basics before moving on to the more complex (and often less rewarding) techniques.
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    • Profile picture of the author celente
      Originally Posted by jgrink View Post

      Well stated, Nate. As with most things, master the basics before moving on to the more complex (and often less rewarding) techniques.
      yes this is true, isnt it funny that the simplist sites and the simplest ways to make money are normally the most effective.

      Way to many newbies try to complicate things when they simply do not have to be complicated at all.
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  • Profile picture of the author kayo1234
    Got to say it's not the first time I hear this blog method works, so I actually think I'll implement it soon for sure. I guess for us newbies it's hard to see what is in front of us all the time, when there are so many mountains you want (or need) to climb in the horizon...
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    • Profile picture of the author sirkingok
      This strategy looks to work out, I'll sure look into it, nice post man?
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      • Profile picture of the author Mrmuscle90
        Originally Posted by kayo1234 View Post

        Got to say it's not the first time I hear this blog method works, so I actually think I'll implement it soon for sure. I guess for us newbies it's hard to see what is in front of us all the time, when there are so many mountains you want (or need) to climb in the horizon...
        Originally Posted by sirkingok View Post

        This strategy looks to work out, I'll sure look into it, nice post man?
        Implement soon? Look into it? Typical newbie attitude, get started now! lol Before you do anything else do this until you make money from it
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  • Profile picture of the author Whothar
    This is almost the exact method I used to make my first money online. I made good, quality articles that did NOT get a lot of traffic on my website, but after accumulating more and more articles on your site, you will find yourself getting more and more traffic and ranking higher eventually. Then you will learn what converts and what doesn't, and go from there.

    I think the most important part of this method is actually getting the experience on taking action - because without it, you may continue to keep on reading and buying the Guru's "next big thing" on making money, which almost always fails as a result of not taking action.

    Gaining the experience is key.
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  • Profile picture of the author J R Salem
    Hey Nate, totally agree. Most newbies give up after two weeks though. Give it time....

    Traffic will come, money will follow.

    Good luck everyone.
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    • I preach the same message Nate, and I couldn't agree more with the way you presented it.

      The online hubs... yeah that's essential to learning how to become a major player in your niche.

      This is a timely post, I literally just finished my own ebook on the subject for my own blog in the IM/Blogging niche.

      Blogs really do teach you the full circle of IM. I would still be spinning my wheels if I hadn't made the effort to build something on my own.
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  • Profile picture of the author RogerAderholdt
    Hey Nate,

    Yea that FOUR Letter word that makes most people RUN AWAY....

    W O R K

    But it is really the only way to build a real business.
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