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Hey fellow warriors. I'm new on this profile, however I signed up under a different username about a year ago (closed my email address so couldn't get a new password off here), so I'm relatively new but not totally!

I'm still looking for a starting point and would like to get experts' opinions on a good starting point. I've heard affiliate marketing is good for newbies, and also CPA might be good also?

I bought a good WSO for CPA last week and it was looking good until my freelancer got me banned from Peerfly Not a good start! The Freelancer is blaming Peerfly, and Peerfly have gone quiet.

I started the 30day challenge last year but my job took over my life (this is why I'm here) and didn't manage to progress all that far. They haven't started a new one yet so wasn't sure if it's worth doing last year's again or if there's anything similar out there?

What do you all think? My strengths lie with figures...I'm nearly a qualified accountant and experience-wise am pretty much qualified. I'm an extremely friendly guy with the desire to work for myself and don't like doing things half-cocked. I always like to be the best at what I do and hate losing out!

Thanks in advance for your input!
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  • Profile picture of the author williamrs
    Treat it as a real business.

    First, don't think about products of offers, think about markets.

    Choose a market (niche + audience/demographics) to focus on and decide on your traffic source. You can take both the free or paid route, it depends on what you prefer to spend: time or money.

    See what others are promoting in your niche, how they build their landing pages and structure their funnels. Start testing and don't be afraid of failing. Experience is the best teacher, so let it teaches you some lessons.

    Come to this forum and ask questions when you need.


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    • Profile picture of the author ChrisMcDonald
      Originally Posted by williamrs View Post

      Treat it as a real business.

      First, don't think about products of offers, think about markets.

      Choose a market (niche + audience/demographics) to focus on and decide on your traffic source. You can take both the free or paid route, it depends on what you prefer to spend: time or money.

      See what others are promoting in your niche, how they build their landing pages and structure their funnels. Start testing and don't be afraid of failing. Experience is the best teacher, so let it teaches you some lessons.

      Come to this forum and ask questions when you need.


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      Hi William...thanks for the input! Are you talking in terms of affiliate marketing?
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      • Profile picture of the author laurie390
        Affiliate marketing can be a good place to start for someone who wants an online business. It's pretty low cost and can be quicker than taking time to develop your own product. You can promote digital or physical affiliate products. Digital pay out a higher percentage of commission, although, sometimes physical products are priced higher, so you have to check it out.

        I agree with what was said. Choose a niche first, then products. Make sure the niche has profit potential and not one that mainly attracts freebie seekers.

        Do you have other specific questions?
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        • Profile picture of the author ChrisMcDonald
          Originally Posted by laurie390 View Post

          Affiliate marketing can be a good place to start for someone who wants an online business. It's pretty low cost and can be quicker than taking time to develop your own product. You can promote digital or physical affiliate products. Digital pay out a higher percentage of commission, although, sometimes physical products are priced higher, so you have to check it out.

          I agree with what was said. Choose a niche first, then products. Make sure the niche has profit potential and not one that mainly attracts freebie seekers.

          Do you have other specific questions?
          Thanks Laurie I hear niche being banged about all over the place, and I guess that's the key! I've also heard to choose a niche that you're passionate about, right? I've got one, but not sure just how much of a niche it is! I guess finding out comes with doing the whole google keyword research route?
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          • Profile picture of the author laurie390
            Originally Posted by ChrisMcDonald View Post

            Thanks Laurie I hear niche being banged about all over the place, and I guess that's the key! I've also heard to choose a niche that you're passionate about, right? I've got one, but not sure just how much of a niche it is! I guess finding out comes with doing the whole google keyword research route?
            Chris,

            I think you'll be much better off long term if you choose a niche that you have at least some interest in. Sometimes this takes some time to get going, so it will help you persevere if you have some interest in the niche.

            Yes, do some research. You can use Google keyword tool or the free version of Wordtracker. Ideally, you are looking for a niche with a good amount of searches but not too high competition.

            Also - check profit potential. When you put the keywords into Google search box, are there Google ads down the right side? These are paid advertisements so if a niche is not profitable you probably won't see any ads.

            Also - are there magazines on the topic with paid advertisements in them? Another good indication there is profit potential in the niche. You can check a bookstore in your area or magazines.com where you can at least see what topics the mags have in them.

            I hope that helps:-)
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  • Profile picture of the author BloggingPro
    Affiliate marketing is generally one of the easier ways to to start. How I started was coupling forum marketing with list building. I advertised a coupons and free shipping "newsletter" for those interested in certain products. Then I simply emailed once a week with the coupons in which my affiliate links were embedded.

    These day's I email that very same list twice and sometimes three times a week! So build your list and start building it now!
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  • Profile picture of the author Benjamin Ehinger
    Originally Posted by ChrisMcDonald View Post

    Hey fellow warriors. I'm new on this profile, however I signed up under a different username about a year ago (closed my email address so couldn't get a new password off here), so I'm relatively new but not totally!

    I'm still looking for a starting point and would like to get experts' opinions on a good starting point. I've heard affiliate marketing is good for newbies, and also CPA might be good also?

    I bought a good WSO for CPA last week and it was looking good until my freelancer got me banned from Peerfly Not a good start! The Freelancer is blaming Peerfly, and Peerfly have gone quiet.

    I started the 30day challenge last year but my job took over my life (this is why I'm here) and didn't manage to progress all that far. They haven't started a new one yet so wasn't sure if it's worth doing last year's again or if there's anything similar out there?

    What do you all think? My strengths lie with figures...I'm nearly a qualified accountant and experience-wise am pretty much qualified. I'm an extremely friendly guy with the desire to work for myself and don't like doing things half-cocked. I always like to be the best at what I do and hate losing out!

    Thanks in advance for your input!
    Personally I started with article marketing because it is something that is easy for me as a writer. I have found that the traffic I get from article marketing is much better than I have gotten from other methods. I also like that it provides a chance to learn some basic SEO, how to write properly, and some other basic marketing principles that you can use in other forms of marketing.

    Good luck and the sooner you take action the sooner you will achieve your goals!

    Benjamin Ehinger
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  • Profile picture of the author ChrisMcDonald
    Thanks Benjamin. So you used article writing to sell a product on clickbank in a niche?
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    • Profile picture of the author Sean Doody
      Hello Chris

      I hope everything goes well for you


      Like Benjamin said, the sooner you take action the sooner you will achieve your goals. Even the longest journeys begin with the first step!

      Here's a tip that I personnaly find very effective - Selling any product creates competition. Your job is to find a way to attract customers to your product in spite of the others similar to it. One way to do this is to charge the same price, but offer your customer just a littler bit more than the competition does. For example if you have written a couple of articles before you can bundle them together and create your very own unique free report

      Hope this helps you or atleast gets the creative juices flowing

      All the best bud,
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  • Profile picture of the author musicaltouch
    Starting Point... I recommend to do three things before making any decisions.

    1st - Get your mindset and commit to whatever you select.
    2nd - Make sure you select something that you have an interest in and are passionate about.
    3rd - Follow through on your plan. No matter how good or bad it is. follow through.

    Now with all that said, I would make this project small and measurable so you see real results.

    Ask yourself things like:
    What do I enjoy?

    DO you like challenges?

    DO you like it simple? What makes you different from THEM...

    Personalize your offer to fit what you enjoy...

    Now in my opinion there is a ton of opportunity in the following areas:

    1. Expert in any field will to make their own products- digital and/or physical
    2. Local Business Expert - This field is growing and really needs integrity due to the new product launches there is ALOT of the same pitch.
    3. Affiliate Marketing - You know what this is if you are here at the forum.

    Just get serious, make a plan and make it happen, You can do IT!
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  • Profile picture of the author ChrisMcDonald
    Thank you everyone, that is all extremely helpful! I think I'm there with where I want to go but I might just take a bit more time digesting everything
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    • Profile picture of the author ChrisMcDonald
      Originally Posted by Helps Here View Post

      Learn all you can, and take it from there. Learn how to create a website, and how to get rankings.
      Isn't website creation something most people outsource if possible?
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      • Profile picture of the author laurie390
        Originally Posted by ChrisMcDonald View Post

        Isn't website creation something most people outsource if possible?
        In my opinion, yes, a website can be outsourced. If this isn't your area of expertise, then you would need to learn all of that which would take away from you starting your business. I would recommend learning affiliate marketing (if that's what you settle on) and let someone else do the website (I know a good affordable designer if you need one - just pm me.)
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        • Profile picture of the author ChrisMcDonald
          Originally Posted by laurie390 View Post

          In my opinion, yes, a website can be outsourced. If this isn't your area of expertise, then you would need to learn all of that which would take away from you starting your business. I would recommend learning affiliate marketing (if that's what you settle on) and let someone else do the website (I know a good affordable designer if you need one - just pm me.)
          Thanks for the offer Laurie, I have a good friend who is a very good designer so would likely tap that resource first Appreciate it though!
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          • Profile picture of the author laurie390
            Originally Posted by ChrisMcDonald View Post

            Thanks for the offer Laurie, I have a good friend who is a very good designer so would likely tap that resource first Appreciate it though!
            I wish you the best, Chris:-) How do you get those smileys to show up in your post?
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            • Profile picture of the author marcuslim
              As others have said, affiliate marketing is great when you're starting out because you do not need to create your own product. However, because the barrier to entry is lower, you do need to be smart in the way you go about it in order to succeed.

              So the first step is to pick the right niche by doing the necessary research on places like amazon, clickbank, magazines.com, dummies.com etc. Know what people are looking for. Yes, ideally it's a niche you have some interest in, although it doesn't need to be, but it must have profit potential.

              The thing to remember is that there are really only two big niche categories - hobby niches and desperation niches. Hobby niches are those with an irrationally passionate following like golf, while desperation niches are those where people are trying to find some relief from pain like acne, hair loss etc. In general, it is easier to sell to the latter than the former, because people are more motivated to want to move away from pain than to seek pleasure.
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    Take a look at the business model in my sig...there are several of us that use it.
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