If you Are Now Making Money on The Internet - What Was the Product/Course that Got You There?

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I am building a website hoping to help people to start their own (legitimate) businesses from home.

I want to compile a list of the most useful products, specifically courses, that got you to the point of making at least $300 per week plus on the internet. This will be for complete products, i.e. not a product where you have to buy a dozen other things to make it work! (Autoresponders, hosting, domains names etc., excluded).

I will buy and review the top few products/courses and post them on the site for sale.

If you could also add how long it took you to start making money with the product that would also be very helpful.

Thanks Warriors!
#main internet marketing discussion forum #internet #making #money #product or course
  • Really, the best tool is knowledge.. I'm now an expert is HTML/CSS and PHP/MySQL as well as SEO and it's been the biggest help for me thus far. This doesn't mean buying WSO packages that promise to make you money, it means actually learning the basics - so get some good books that teach you those subjects I mentioned.. then when you come here and maybe buy a WSO, you'll really be able to implement the entire concept a lot better and faster.

    If you're looking for a resource list, you can download my ebook (link in sig), and most of the stuff there is free, although there are a few paid resources you can check out.
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  • A course called "working my f'in tail off and constantly testing, improving, working, working, and working"
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    • Hey! I bought that one too!

      Honestly OP, I just bought "some" stuff years after making a solid income. So really can't help you out on this.
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    • Roger that and thanks!
    • Roger that!
  • I can't point to just one product or thing that got me where I've been but I can say that I agree wholeheartedly with Johnny Optimo - knowledge and then more knowledge - become an expert in one thing and then move on to the next thing. You'll find that as you learn more about SEO, product creation, back links, relationships, mentors etc. that you will move in the right direction.
  • I bought a few courses over the last year. Nothing too expensive - $40 courses. I learned things in each course that made me feel I got my moneys worth out of them. None of them teaches you everything you need to know. One guy showed his method of creating mailing lists, another showed how he promoted amazon products, etc, etc. I find them inspirational. Watching videos of people who are making money on the internet and showing you some of the tricks they use helps keep me in the right state of mind. Just like coming to this board reading posts from fellow marketers who are making a living on the internet does. I'm not there yet myself....but I'm keeping my eye on the ball.
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  • There's only so much reading, courses, etc. that you can take to educate yourself on 'best' ways or 'how' to make money online. My honest advice is to simply read enough to know and understand the basics of what you need to get started and then, well, get started! You won't ever make any money in internet/online marketing until you start spending money and testing. As mentioned above, work ethic is huge here and not quitting on yourself. I've worked with publishers who have lost over $10k before they finally 'cracked the code' and started making money, only to go on to become extremely successful (in the CPA world) and some have even progressed (naturally) into being advertisers of their own products.
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    • This question is getting some very interesting replies - but still no courses that anyone is jumping up and down about. I find that amazing - or do the gurus only come out at night - will I wake up at 3am with a landing page above my bed and a giant BUY IT NOW button blinding me?

      Seriously, I think I got up too early - thank you for your reply. I agree of course, what little I know came from writing articles for those that do know - not from Guru courses.
  • The thing that really got me started on niche sites was the "Website Flopping" post from here around a year ago or so...and it was free, didn't cost a dime! Nice deal, eh?
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  • i learned a lot from mike johnsons autoblog blueprint course about SEO/wordpress/backlinks,etc........

    but most important than any 1 course is just trying different areas of IM to find what fits me(example I 1st started with an article marketing product and realized HATED article marketing and writing articles)
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  • I am learning the basics and I think you can't earn by depending on 1 product. From time to time yo have to promote different products. And if you plan to sell 1 product then use full force to promote it. Do Facebook marketing, twitter, SEO and link buidling, blog posts etc.

    Thanks
    TC
  • The one thing that helped me more than anything was the WF. I had played around with SEO and Affiliate marketing for a few months prior to joining WF without really knowing what a large iceberg SEO was. After joining the forum I spent hours and hours piecing together forum posts from people who were earning serious amounts of cash from their online endeavours and went from there. The best thing about WF is that you can quickly and easily see if the person who is posting is taking rubbish and it is ver easy to identify the best posts. Also WF is a great resource as the tools and techniques that have come and gone over the years have been throughly tested by its members so newbies like me know what works and what doesn't. This saved me countless thousands of pounds as I learnt from the mistakes of others.
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    • I've always learned most by watching what is working at a given point in time -- in other words, watching what the top people are doing online and why.

      When I first started out in 2000 I learned by watching Corey Rudl, Yanik and Marlon come out with their own products - along with my background in developing training programs, the lightbulb went off, there was (and still is) huge opportunity for cost effectively creating and distributing infoproducts (in the past printing and recording costs were prohibilitive)

      Then, I watched in the early 2000's as email marketing came into its own - list building, relationship management, copywriting became more important as competition heated up, etc...

      Late 2000's it was all about SEO - learning how to get your online business in front of your market - content, SEO, blogging, video, etc...

      Now, I'm learning the latest by watching infoproduct business models turn into larger training and franchised opportunities, traffic generation and online marketing becomes more social and ways of finding opportunities evolve as well.

      Yes, I've bought courses, had some coaching, etc...but I've always organized that around what I saw happening rather than just jumping into a program here or there.

      My advice...become a student of watching, digging and learning what is actually happening online, base your plans around that and seek out training to fill in gaps along the way.

      Jeff
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    • I agree with you, but many newbies come to WF and get totally confused, buying all the courses they see and getting nowhere.

      This is becoming an interesting post, I was expecting to hear people saying "anything by Brian Johnson" or "Bring the Fresh" or some of that Lazy stuff - it just isn't turning out like that at all!

      Thanks
  • Offline Marketing.. and common sense.

    Selling is the same online as offline...only most people dont know it, so they dont sell because they are too busy looking for some pie in the sky answer.

    Selling online is "Selling" - Online.
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    • When I am given free range to write articles about online marketing, I always stress that point about selling that you mention above. The psychology is the same, the tactics only very slightly different.

      Appreciate your comment - thanks!
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  • I learned how to set up and sell PLR from Tiffany Dow's PLR ATM. That's currently the only residual income business I have set up so far, though I am learning how to get into the info product business.
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    • Tiffany has some great products and I have found everyone I bought from her very helpful.
  • For me it was the Warriorforum, and a whole lot of late nights learning everything I could about internet marketing, and making money online. If I wanted to learn how to do something I googled it and learned all I could about that particular subject.
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    • I guess I will be scrubbing this whole idea for an article (and maybe a couple of bucks in affiliate commissions) and letting them know about the sages in the Warrior Forum.

      Thanks for your comments - I agree and appreciate them.
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  • Think & Learn & Do & Test & Adapt & Grow Rich was the product to which I attribute most of my success.

    Seriously though, no single product got me earning money online. In fact, not buying many products at all (except for when I knew exactly what I wanted, such as Perry Marshall's Adwords ebook, etc) is probably what helped me: I didn't get sold on and suckered in by all the "magic bullet" formulas and scary voodoo malarky that tends, in my opinion, to make more broke, burned-out hobos than it does millionaires.

    John (XFactor) Robinson's famous AdSense thread, right here on the WarriorForum, was one of the most helpful, inspirational things for me, actually ... and that was totally free.
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    • Ah MALARKY another English word I had forgotten (I'm from Lancashire). I agree with what you're saying. I have learned more from writing articles for IMers and network marketers, and WF, than anything contained in a course (and I've read a few!) Thanks for your comments, have a pint of decent bitter for me will ya?

      A not-quite-burned-out-hobo.

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  • First of all, hello fellow Warrior from Tampa. I am not far from you

    I would suggest compiling a list of what to do and what not to do when getting started instead of directing anyone to a specific product. Putting things into action is what really matters. If a newbie can't get this process ingrained into their head they will never succeed.
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    • Roger that Steven. I hate this weather, I NEED to make some money so I can move!

      Thanks for your comment - I agree wholeheartedly - Karen
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  • obviously its hardwork and will but if you're talking about a product/course, hands down is wealthy affiliate university.

    Beats pretty much most of what I learned around and I'll tell you this now, I bought TONS of stuff and its incomparable.
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    • I have also heard good things about WAU - if it gets some more votes I may take a look at it.

      Thanks - Karen
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  • I can't think of any one, individual, course that helped me. I combined different methods that I felt would work with my current projects, or help me meet my goals.
  • That's easy. Yanik Silver's:

    Don't feel guilty because this is almost too easy...

    Plus I used his sales letter templates to sell the public domain products I built from what I learned in his course.

    So again...

    Thanks Yanik. You rock!
  • To be quite honest, no product got me started.

    I learned about online marketing through the warrior forum (I don't even remember how i found this place to be honest).

    I just put together the stuff that made sense to me, then I applied it to MY OWN IDEA and it started working for me.

    Note that this was after several years of making ZERO by looking for a step by step, push button, magic formula.

    Learn the theory, then apply that to your own idea, and make it happen.
  • The first real course that made me proper affiliate money by following it from start to end and just doing what they told me was AffiloBlueprint by Mark Ling. I know this is from a while back now but I think an update was released and a lot of it was solid enough that it still applies.

    I didn't quite get to the $300/week point with one go through but most of the sites built using that made a constant $100-200/week within a month or two of building them.

    For site flipping the one that gave me the most info is eTycoon by Ryan Moran. There is some great stuff in there and helped me get the most out of mine and some clients sites.

    The other one that I would recommend is Wealthy Affiliate, there is a lot in there that helps, but I would say it isn't really a course as such, it is ever evolving and a great source of info but sometimes it feels like you have to make your own plan from it.

    There have been many since then, Amazon courses, YouTube courses, Article Marketing courses, Site Flipping courses and more, but they are the ones that kick started it for me I think.

    Hope that helps a little!
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    • Thanks for your thoughtful answer, I think that's the second mention of Wealthy Affiliate, plus it was something I wanted to look at myself, another couple of mentions and it goes to #1 on my list.

      Have a good evening - Karen
  • The Internet Marketing course that was published by Corey Rudl way back in 1998 was what I give most of the credit to helping motivate and educate me about the potential of Internet marketing. Unfortunately, Corey is no longer with us but the Internet Marketing Center he started still is and their course is now online versus the nearly 1,000 pages of paper (two ring binders) that I originally purchased. I believe the current version is still a good one but the dynamic personality of Corey can never be replaced.
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  • Wealthy Affiliate got my feet wet about 4 years ago but I eventually I hired a personal coach.

    That's what really made the difference.

    Mike
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    • Proud Graduate of the School of Hard Knocks.
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    • Yeah! #3 for Wealthy Affiliate! Definitely numero uno on my list now. Thanks for your answer - much appreciated.
  • I've never really been one to buy products. The one's that I have bought have been some kind of software.

    The thing that really got me on the right track was reading my favorite blogs such as:

    http://incomediary.com by Michael Dunlop
  • Sara Young's Easy Paycheck Formula did the trick for me. It's easy to implement and does produce results if you work at it.
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    • I haven't heard of that one - I will track it down and maybe take a look. Thanks for your response.
    • Well, it may be a bit outdated, but Affiliate Project X.

      I got it in 2007 and some of the rules may have changed that were encouraged - or should I say parts of some of the techniques in the original book may now be frowned upon as they were greatly exploited.

      It may have been updated since then, I just don't know.

      Anyway, I made money 4 days after I started to "take action" and did make over $500 days as said on the sales page.

      It actually inspired me and lit a fire under my ass to get a site up lickity split.

      That in itself was worth it as I had been making that simple task a big issue.

      It didn't tell me how to get the site up, but some how knocked it into my head that I needed one fast.
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  • ...doing what?

    I downloaded a free course in ghostwriting from Jenn Dize, and used it to make several hundred dollars almost immediately. In fact, I pulled in over $3k that month and $5k the next.

    Of course, I'm also a professional-level writer, who's published both poetry and short fiction as well as two videogame scripts and several technical articles.

    And while the steps in that course definitely did get me making money online, I suspect the important part was probably the thirty years of writing.

    When you dig into it, you'll find that what really makes people money on the internet is selling the results of something they're good at doing. Even if I told you exactly how I got clients to pay over $100 for a 500 word article, that wouldn't change whether you can write an article that's worth over $100.
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    • My site is about how people can make money on line by any legal means. I have been writing for donkey's years too... it might be something I can look at for myself!

      Thanks a lot for your suggestion I will investigate.
    • Theres no two ways about it. This dude is cool.

      BTW - Wheres the cat?

      As for the original question......the WARRIOR FORUM.

      I spent tens of thousands on seminars, coaching and courses, and learnt more here FOR FREE.
    • THis is the best post in thread so far.

      A very strong message. Thanks for sharing
  • Fiverr is great for making supplemental income. There are so many different gigs out there that anyone can do. Everyone can find something they can do there.
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    • It's slave labor but would certainly be better than sitting around doing nothing!
  • Thinking back...

    I did several things that made me money by following
    ONE or TWO or sometimes THREE combined courses...

    rarely did i get a *be-all-end-all* course.

    I used to do DiDi Alcheva's Ebay Marketing System to
    sell cell phones on eBay and THAT worked well for me
    to the tune of a few hundred dollars profit a month.

    I implemented another eBay course about classifieds &
    that worked only with a slight modification that made
    the difference between success and failure (the owner
    conveniently left out a critical piece of information).

    Everything else I'm doing like listbuilding and such was
    a result of a combination of a LOT of different stuff.

    From this *stuff* I created my own game plan. And, it
    is the most common way i do business.

    Rarely is there *one* thing that'll take me to the next
    level as I discovered what takes me there isn't a single
    thing outside myself, but from within.

    I know there was 2 or 3 other methods I used exclusively
    that worked for me but I'm too lazy to go back in time to
    think about it. I think this should do...
  • As many already commented before me, there wasn't one course that taught me everything but the very 1st course I started on was the best I ever had... It laid out all the concepts for me and made everything very easy...
    That course was consumer wealth system by Daniel Turner and Marc Lindsay...
    I made good money using their course (even when I neglected my CWS sites) and what they taught on their private coaching calls and now I work with them as well.
    PM me If you're interested, I can get you a review copy so you can go over it for yourself.

    Plus, if you ask for other recommendations I highly recommend Elite Niche Research by Andrew Hansen as THE BEST course on market research I ever laid my eyes on...

    and if you're putting in something about niche marketing as a product owner, then Niche Profit Classroom by Adam Short is amazing.. though its a monthly recurring but there is a $1 trial for 2 weeks... enough for a review I think...

    I'v reviewed them all myself and also implement their techniques in my own business on a regular basis...
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  • This wasn't a course per se, but as a huge SEO fan of Aaron Wall, I decided if he was making money selling an ebook, so should I.

    I copied the format of his sales letter (since copywriting wasn't even a term I'd heard about), applied it to another niche, and hey, it worked. That was a long time along.

    And that slippery sloop landed me here in the WF.

    See what works, and do that.
  • Uh.. well I suppose my answer would be in my sig. It's my own system that I've started using this year alone and I'm already nearing $300 a week. As I add more domains it's going to get interesting.

    BUT I don't have an affiliate program!
  • What's the point of having the best system or products
    when the students are a bunch of lazy and negative
    people.
    Things got to work in 2 ways, not one.
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