I can't do it - it's not working..

sometimes understanding and accepting failure and trying a different approach is the best way man yeah? Keep taking risks and keep asking, stay green always keep growing in knowledge

My goal was to atleast receive one sale.. I spent $40 PPC and haven't received one sale. Only 20 people on my mailing list, 12 on the other and 8 on the other.

If I would have received one sale, I'd stick to Internet marketing - then outsource so I'll get 2 sales.

I can get people to click my ads on Facebook, but I can't get them to submit emails or buy the product.

If you're going to give up after ten days then this is not for you. I've been an it for 8 months now and still strugling but making progress. First you have to find what is working for you, then expand, then expand to other things. You have a long way ahead you.

There are very few people that starts making money immediately in internet marketing. They are very lucky!

So the working eBooks are in there - right?

The worst thing you can do when starting this business is to jump right into PPC..

To be honest, you can read everything you want on these forums but the only way your going to actually learn how to do everything is by trial and error.

When I first started I wasted $300 on PPC.. Then moved to PPV to try a few campaigns that my brother was killing it with PPC.. and i still struggled.

Now I'm working with SEO and finally making daily income..

What I'm trying to say is learn SEO and get into the free traffic methods, this way you can learn everything you need to know and it's free.

Then once you have some websites making daily revenue jump into PPC campaigns with the proven methods that work..

You can't be lazy in this business and give up right away.. be determined. It's hard as hell, but it beats going to school for 5 years wasting valuable time.

Goodluck,

Jeremy

I wouldn't give it a break.

I would take the best of the 3 offers, focus first on that offer and do everything you can to make it convert.

Facebook is not the only way out there to market a product, and I bet there are other ways to drive traffic to the offer.

Spend the time looking into other models and ways to promote the offer.

If you are not willing to try some other ways than PPC then be prepared to spend some money testing different ads (split testing) and testing other paid ad choices.

Tracking is key, and testing is key.

This is how you determine what is not working for you so you get down more quickly to what does work.

Of those signups to your list - how many found the page your autoresponder is on? Do you think more people might have actually seen the ads who did not sign up?

Oh, btw - some people try to start listbuilding and go months without even getting a sign up. So there you have some level of success - but it can always be improved upon.

Also, you can always test first to see if an offer is converting before slapping a list up.

I started with one product, used adwords, got my first sale 2-3 days later (no list, just went for the sale) then I tested different ads during different times of the day and on different days. I got different results doing this. Biggest money was seen on weekends. One ad seemed to convert better than others. Added more content to my site and saw a rise in conversions.

Test, track, tweek, rinse, repeat.

10 days is a drop in the bucket if you are looking to build a long term sustainable business.

That is a wise decision. I would recommend that if you already have a job to pay the bills, keep it. If not, then get one.

Take some time and do some serious research on the various paths to selling online.

Decide on ONE and only one and then learn that method by researching here and elsewhere on and off of the Internet until you feel as if you can talk about it with understanding.

Then "stick your toes in the water a bit" until you get your first sale.

Then you can work to duplicate your success BEFORE you branch out to other methods.

You really do not need to pay for anything in order to get your first sale, unless you are specific buying tools needed for a particular method.

Hang in there. You CAN do this. It WILL take more time.

It's best to be exceptional at one thing rather than good at a lot of things. So, try and avoid one of the biggest mistakes people make and try not to do 10 different things a day. Focus on the things that are proven money makers and will be till the end of time.

ie - build assets and view what you're doing as a business. Focus on list building as an absolute must. There's plenty of tips and advice on that for free on this forum. Get really good at that and you've got a steady business right there.

Get good at other things like salesmanship, copywriting, product creation, spotting opportunities etc. These are the things that will make the most money in the long run. It's tempting to chase quick affiliate sales but in reality the money is in the long game. Good luck.

That's not a bad niche to get into, as I don't think many computer repair firms target clients via PPC. You could target people in your local area very easily with Google Adwords, especially here in the US.

Exactly, the OP is adopting the wrong mindset regarding this. Instead of treating it like a real business which requires time, effort and resources to get up and running, he has this "lottery" mentality where he hopes to strike it rich literally overnight.

Get back to work, and keep plugging away at your present business model (PPC) until you can make it profitable. If you can focus on this consistently over a period of at least several months, you'll not fail to make this work for you.

Thank you Miles,

That was a very warm post

I will keep working.

One week is way too short a timeframe in which to decide to throw in the towel.

Often times one week is not even enough time to complete decent analysis of an IM campaign.

The WF is your best friend. You're in luck. Just ask the right questions.

What are the right questions?

Be SUPER SPECIFIC about what the issues are, and you will get super-clear answers.

10 days and you are already talking about giving up?

Sorry but I'd just quit now.

You are obviously in it for the fast money but in reality it will take your several months to a few years to work out the IM game.

Hello Rowebil,

The biggest problem with IM is people think it's an easy thing to do and if you just send people to a sales page, that's it, job done, I can retire next year.

It isn't I'm afraid, it's a business.

Forget about 1 week/10 day results. You'll upset yourself, demoralise yourself and be fed up within a month.

From a standing start it took me two years to do anything online. The 5 years that followed have been kind to me, I'm very grateful I carried on through those two years and didn't think of giving up.

If you want to do PPC, learn how do it properly. Do you understand the importance of broad, phrase and exact match? Do you understand the importance of the "see search terms" button in the keywords section? I'm asking this because you can lose a lot of money with PPC if you don't know what you're doing. Perry Marshall has a 5 day PPC course that's free, whatever you do, don't just dive in, learn how to do it first.

You're also focusing totally on sales. The fact you don't have one has made you think about giving up the whole of IM after a very brief adwords campaign. What you don't seem to be looking at and worse still, possibly neglecting, is that the $40 you spent, has got you 40 people on your mailing list. What are your plans for these people? They must be interested in what you were doing.

The bottom line is this - Thinking something doesn't work after a week or so is ridiculous. You've had a lot of good advice in this thread, use it to your advantage. Business is tough, sometimes you get knocked down. Always get up, dust yourself off and move forwards....

I think everyone has gave out some solid advice here. I didn't make a dime with IM for about five months after starting out. It was a case of information overload for me. Don't try every new thing that comes along. They all sound great.

After you have determined your niche, done your keyword research etc. try to stay focused on one aspect of marketing, such as SEO, article marketing, or list building for example. Stick with it and master one method before moving on to another. This helped me to get a handle on things and avoid frustration.

Internet marketing is work and takes a lot of time to get things rolling. Stick with it and stay focused. Good luck.

That's part of the problem you have. You haven't started at the beginning but tried to jump in with some quick sales.

The point of driving traffic is the destination where you send the traffic. Much better to learn to create a web presence (site or blog) and then drive traffic there. Otherwise you are scrambling to get traffic to one temporary sales link after another.

I get the feeling you do not have much work experience. Before you can do any job well - you have to do the training for the job.

kay