Does internet marketing work?

The thing is, I'm the kind of guy who goes all out whenever I set out to do something. That got me an arm that barely works (well, maybe not barely) because I once dedicated my life to martial arts. It seems to me that affiliate marketing takes a lot of effort to work anyway, so having a day job while at it could get me half-assed results for both.

I only have enough budget to buy domains, so adwords is a no go. Is SEO a viable option? I already know quite a bit about keyword research, so I do believe I can get my pages ranking in no time.

How much trial and error did it take for you to devise a plan of making a $500k business in one day? Is that even possible?

Can you be my friend AND experienced internet marketer mentor?

I can't agree more with this. But it seems you have found the right place to find out if is possible to make $$ online. Welcome to Warrior Forum. Search, learn, implement and make money.

This may sound strange, but one of the best ways to succeed with affiliate marketing is to be a product owner.

This is because you will then be promoting to people you already have a relationship with and have proven they are buyers.

I started off internet marketing like most other people buying products that promised riches overnight.

The change came when I realized that the real money was being made by people selling their own products.

So my advice would be to start creating your own product, build a list of buyers and then you can sell more products to them whether it be yours or affiliate products.

It takes work, but so does everything in life that has any value.
Start viewing yourself as a business, and sell your own products.

To me,I think that you have to ask yourself whether it works.There are people who are not starting off with the right mindset and ended up making a little or no money,they can tell you it don't work and the gurus are just making a lie out of it.

If you have seen evidence,people who are really enjoying financial freedom just by internet marketing.You will have to believe that it actually work.This would work if you are willing to treat it seriously and let it grow throughout the years by consistently improve it.

I have read one book on online marketing and there is one quote saying"Doing an online business is a process and not a project"

To conclude,the book is trying to say there are no deadlines and there are no limits of improving.

I think your plan for using SEO only to put up affiliate minisites is weak. Google is not receptive to this idea at all. You should read up a bit on what's actually going on in SEO and refine your plan.

Do not quit your day job!

It is good you have a game plan, and that is a key to success in IM if you stick to it long enough. At the beginning of my career in IM, I've investigated several avenues myself, and consulted credible people in the industry. I was directed to check out several coaches and courses online. The ones that I put trust in are the ones that will tell me that I have to learn a lot, experiment and implement a lot of things before getting results.

When I've discovered that Facebook was a good traffic source not long ago, my first attempts at driving traffic from Facebook (FB) went terribly wrong and FB blocked me a few times from the site. When I contacted FB they where very understanding and explained to me my mistakes and how to avoid them. I've learned a lot over the last 5 years in Internet Marketing and where I learned the most valuable know how, was through my mistakes like my debut with Facebook.

Today, I still follow courses to learn new trends in IM, I still experiment and implement new systems and I still do mistakes all the time. Just keep applying yourself and do not give up. As you have seen from the many replies you've got, there is money to be made, just don't stop.

With hard work and a solid direction you will succeed.

Hi Everyone

Great points raised here . Everything in theory is easy. Want to win an olympic medal? Train hard for four years, qualify for the final. Run faster than everyone else.

In reality it's a different matter. Affiliate Marketing in theory is easy. Market someone else's product for them and get paid a commision on everyone you sell. Repeat the process. Buy a Ferrari.

In reality this is a fulltime job, with hard work required. Can it be rewarding. Yes. Can you make money. Yes, but only if you understand that it is something you need to learn about . Then put into practice. For the record I spent a few years going round the houses. Spent too much time learning and not enough time doing. When I finally figured that out, the money came.

Wishing you all the best. I hope it works for you.

Well, you need to work hard for it. You must decide if you want to do SEO or Adwords. There is a lot to learn, and you really need to know in depth the different types of social networks out there.

I would concentrate on getting my sites ranked first and then I would monetize them.

As stated above Google is not really a fan of the "mini-site" syndrome.

Google want you to provide good quality information that visitors want to see. Not just a one page quick review with a few hyperlinked images and anchor texts here and there.

If you spend time building these sites and monetizing them from the get go you may never get them to rank if Google sees them as worthless.

Take your time and build sites that can branch out to cover different aspects of the Brandname.

for example : if you want to promote a certain JVC HDTV don't just concentrate on the one HDTV.
Provide info about the company itself, their past, present and future. Post about any new developments within the company and link out to relative sites and blogs (ping backs).
Relate to previous models and list comparisons. Provide images and tag them appropiately with product name keyword.
Update the site regularly with fresh info and of course provide product reviews for anything that JVC bring to the (affiliate) marketplace.

In essence you start to create a mini authority site, which if handled correctly could start ranking your sites pages and posts for your chosen keywords, and becomes a single source of multiple affiliate sales instead of one site for each product you want to promote.

Evertime JVC release a new product you will be there providing the same good quality information as always..... that's the sort of thing Google wants.

Your backlinking campaign should also be solid, but do not be afraid to link out to relevant sites and posts.
Google make changes every now and then, but you will never be "punished" for linking out to a source of good quality information that would be a benefit to your sites visitors.
I do believe that they would eventually frown, and rectify the results from sites that only have one way incoming links.
After all it's not really natural is it?
Just like all the web 2.0 profiles that have been created and are, in most cases, never ever visited again by the creator. Hhhmmm do you think that Google won't notice this?

Whatever you do just make sure you can rank, monetize and survive a couple of Google updates.....Repeat.......Repeat>>>>>>> THEN you will know if IM works good enough to quit your day job.

Good Luck

Dave

i knew it, u are the one who stole my car. !

hahaha.