newbie internet marketer help

This is a common mistake a lot of people make. You want to focus on a strategy, and then get a course to show you how to do this.

The biggest thing you need to do then is TAKE ACTION.

Internet marketing actually works, but only if you have a plan and then take action.

A lot of people talk money before idea. IM is simply about finding a gap in the market and providing a product that fills the gap. I'd start with finding that gap and make sure you actually care about that market.

Welcome to WF

First of all, you need to decide which route you want to take. There are many ways to make money online. Affiliate marketing (physical products via Amazon & etc. or info products via clickbank), adsense, CPA marketing, PPC, ebay. These are just a few. Choose one method & follow through.

Thank you for your feedback. I know I would need a plan of action but its what to do and where to start. Like I say I spent over$400 on stuff and nothing helped. A lot of people say the stuff I bought were scams I would just like some good help of people who are trusted and that's why I turned to use.

What is the best CPM program? We are looking for one too.

Brand-new member, completely clueless but very motivated to learn the procedures. Is there one source for an explanation of the concepts and terms, i.e., PPC, CPM, etc?

The things am intrested in are motorbikes and tree surgery thats my to popular products that I'm in to

yamaha racer, sent you a PM!

I will begin with building my list in a certain niche. Don't do SEO, it is really frustrating as you will see your stat every day and scream "WHY NO VISITORS??"

So paid traffic is better as you'll feel better "I have 300 visitors today and 10 subscribers, OH YEAH!"

Niname0729, I sent you a PM too.

Thanks abraham16 very useful. By the sounds of it affilate or adsense seem the best but there two totally different things.

First build your list
good luck

The people here are very friendly, and help you so much. Ton's of free
information on here. I also love motorcycles, and i was thinking about creating a website to help people fix there bikes. Maybe that is something you can do.

Here are some other threads similar to this with lots of valuable suggestions:

Simpliest and surest way to make at least $1000 per month

If you had to make $500 a week within 2 months...

Making a $1000 a Month is Easier than it seems?

How To Make Money Online Once You Have Page One of Google Ranking

That should give you a great start.

What finally worked for me was finding out that market, niche and keyword research really matters and is the most important thing.

It takes the same amount of work to be in a niche that is either not profitable or not reachable by you with your level of skill and funding as it takes to reach a niche that is profitable and reachable even for free.

Once you realize and apply that effectively, you can start making money building a list in a matter of hours that you then scale up over weeks and months.

Then, when you get one niche list going pretty well, you can add others.

Also, read my post about suggestions for newbies.

If you search this forum, you will find lots of quality step by step guides for free.

Everyone will most likely advice you try what they are trying or do what they are doing but you don't know if they have been successful at that yet.

My personal way, that finally worked for me, is list building. Now that I've done it a while, I find it quite simple. The key is keyword research, of course.

Like all the "Big Guys" say, "the money is in the list."

Good luck.

When starting everyone just wants to make some extra money every month.

Take some time to see what methods there are, and see what appeals to you and
what you could maybe work on. Then focus only on one method and see what skills
you need to learn to make it work.

If you persist in your endeavor amazing things can happen.

Omg you guys and gals are so amazing thank you all so much for your help. So by the sounds niche websites are were I'm heading towards but what's list building. I'm trying ti look for guides to help me with these stuff now since people started suggestion them.

Cheers mate that's me just signed up :-)

Ok - you can really learn stuff in the class room = no...

I started making small money online at 15 - 7 years on I make a nice full time living online from my house.... < Point trying to make - it wont & don't happen over night !

Try making some small money on Fiverr, sell what your good at for $5, OK seems small but PROVEN you can earn over 5K a month.

Set up a small blog network and earn them a gd PR and sell text links.

There's so many ways of making money online.... just think and search and see whats good right now.

Yamaha Racer,
You've tackled the biggest hurdle, figuring out a niche you're interested in that may have a profitable possibility.

If I were you, I'd learn how to do keyword research, so you can find out:
A. if there are enough people interested in "motorbikes" and/ or "tree surgery"
B. if they have money to spend on them

If you find out those two things, then you should research what type of affiliate products might be available to which you can refer them. If you've purchased something in the past that has an affiliate program, you have the added ability to endorse it and review it. (An example might be a particular helmet you're fond of.)

From there, there are many different options.
You can learn article marketing and include a direct link to your affiliate offer in the resource box.
You can blog about the topic of your choice and after you start getting traffic to it monetize it with things like adsense and your affiliate offer.
You can go the PPC (pay per click) route and pay to have people to go to your affiliate offer. (WARNING: this can get very expensive if you don't know what you're doing)
You could write an ebook and offer it on fiverr.com or as an incentive to join your list of people interested in your topic.
You can use a free service like listwire.com to create an autoresponder series of email messages related to your topic and include your affiliate offer within the email messages series. (your list)
The list of options goes on and on, because internet marketing is just selling things on the internet. What can you sell? Just about anything you can think of.
Because there are so many things to sell, and so many ways to sell them it is almost impossible to give you a definitive way to do it.
Your best bet is to figure out what you're comfortable doing to sell what you're comfortable selling then, do it!

I hope this helps you a little bit.
Best of luck with your internet marketing efforts, keep us posted as to your successes.

Jim Waller

You should get your own website and autoresponder, find a niche, create or find a product, get traffic, build an email list, email them every 3 days, then lead them back to your website/affiliate link to buy your product. That's all you gotta do.

Hey you need help send me a PM I have helped alot of people get going online its really not as hard as people make it out to be let me know if you need a hand via PM if ya like thanks

I think the most important thing is taking action. It's good to seek advice but it's better when you stay away from these forums and just start testing different things.

I suggest you to plot your business plans in accordance to the budget that you have in hand right now. Adsense and some SEO works can be a good start. You may also use social media networks as a tool, this type of network will help you find targeted customers.

Clarity is a HUGE part of IM success.

IM is actually pretty simple: you can sell only one of two things:

1. Products
2. Services

That's it!

And selling products or services online happens in the same basic way for everyone, no matter what they're selling:

Traffic > Opt-in page > Autoresponder series (or e-zine) > Sales page

That's it! It's just that simple. (We IMers tend to overcomplicate things.)

But no matter what your niche is, or whether you're selling a product or a service, do you know what your business model is?

A business model is the framework or skeleton of your business. Essentially there are three types of online business models:

1. Membership-based model

A membership-based business model allows you to build a community of people (your members) who are as passionate about your subject as you are. Your membership fees can be monthly or annual, but either way, you're building recurring, passive income.

There are a lot of resources and information out there to help you build a membership-based business if you're interested in doing this.

2. Product-based model

Selling products allows you to maximize your time and effort by selling items over and over again. This can be hard goods or it can be information products. Information marketing is it's own business model under the product-based model. Information marketing allows you to take your brain to the bank by creating a product ONCE based on what you know and selling it over and over again.

Affiliate marketing falls under both models. You can choose to market either products or services as an affiliate.

3. Service-based model

Selling services can be great for 1) generating quick cash (as in the case of article writing or video producing) and 2) establishing your expertise and getting testimonials.

However, in the long run, your goal should be to offer services at a PREMIUM. The biggest advantage of IM is LEVERAGE. You're able to leverage your time, money and expertise exponentially online. We all have just 24 hours each day. Time to get ruthless about what you expect for those hours you spend in IM each day. Expect more of yourself and more from your business friends, clients, partners, etc.

What results are you getting for those hours you spend online each day? Ultimately, your services should be at the bottom of your funnel and cost the most since they involve your time and personal attention. (We all have a limited amount of time each day.)

The fun (and confusion) comes in with all of the endless mix-and-match possibilities of the above models. If you're just starting or still struggling to make money, keep it simple:

Pick just ONE!

1. Pick ONE niche. (Something you're interested in and know something about.)

2. Pick ONE target market for your product or service. (Who will buy what you're offering? The more specific you are, the more you narrow it down, the more successful you'll be.)

3. Pick ONE business model.

Now that you're clear about what business you're in, FOCUS! (And stop buying any info not related to your niche and target market, period!)

F -- Follow
O -- One
C -- Course
U -- Until
S -- Successful

And remember: build a list, Build a List, BUILD A LIST!

In IM, it's easy to put the cart before the horse. Take a deep breath, step back and consider what type of business you're REALLY want. Don't worry about getting traffic or buying that expensive traffic product until you know 1) what your business model is, 2) what niche you're in and 3) WHO your target market is!

Successful business people will tell you that MARKETING is more than half the effort that's needed for success anyway. So pick a niche, target market and business model. Then spend most of your time and effort marketing it.

If you DON'T have a solid plan or system, THAT'S when it's hard. A good system will shave YEARS (and save you big $$$) off of your learning curve

That's why I recommend investing in at least one good, comprehensive IM course (or mentor who will give you such a system) instead of jumping from one $37 e-book to the next. A lot of people here complain about not being able to make any money. But neither are they willing to invest in their business. (Buying a random bunch of $37 e-books doesn't count.)

The best thing I ever did was invest in a comprehensive IM course aimed at REAL business owners, not just other IM wannabes. Yes it was $1500. (It's no longer available.) But it was truly some of the best A-Z IM info I ever bought. Everything else I've learned (from the $37 e-books) since has simply been plugged into this system.

Get a solid plan or system and then work the plan!

Hope this helps!

Michelle

Michelle (Nightengale) made some great points. IMers do over complicate things, but a basic understanding of those complications helps avoid some pitfalls. There is a lot of advice available in this forum, but don't get too caught up reading posts here. Use your time wisely, it's the one commodity we all have in equal quantities. Don't get caught up trying to learn everything there is to know, either. Pick your path and follow it with the tenacity of a bulldog!

Good Luck!
Jim Waller

I kid you not you guys and gals are so amazing thank you so much its unbelievable how much yous are helping me. I promise if I make an income I am donating to some to your guys yous are Awsome. I looked up and seen that tree surgery as 400 local search and 1300 global search a month and how to fix your motorbike has 2000 local and 6000 global. Which one is better I hear people saying obv the bigger one but what would yous suggestion

Hi Yamaha Racer

2 ways to earn:

1. Creating Your own product
2. Selling other peoples products

Your biggest skill will need to be perverseness! Never, never give up!

The only other thing to try (for a fast start) is mentoring. Tried it?

Good luck mate

regards

Joe

Chris Farrell Membership

You have to make sure your site is SEO compliant - even though you like PPC you have to work on driving organic traffic!

A plan was creating a ebook and selling it on clickbank. What do yous think

Well I have about $100 and its $50 to put an item on clickbank do my plan was to create one and see how it goes but if it doesn't pay someone maybe $30-50 to create a good one

Cool well I'm now thinking about affilate marketing and possible create a ebook it's just how to find a niche and keywords arghhh lol

Tree surgery 500 local search 1500 global
How to fix a motorbike 2000 local and 6900 global the motorbike has a lot more competition but I don't know please help

So I want to have less than 10000 searchs per month yeah

Also I want to have it like ; " how to fix your motorbike "
How to fix your motorbike
Howtofixyourmotorbike

That's how I want to.do.it yeah

I see I want to put allintitle: how to fix your motorbike :-) thanks so much buddy

Hey there let me give you an idea of how I made it work. I actually started a my own company The Success At Home Blueprints and I teach people how to start businesses online. I show them how to set up blogs, how to build list, how to incorporate social media all types of stuff that's my niche.

So my advice to you is to create a business around something you love doing and then add all your internet marketing skills to it to drive traffic. If you don't learn ways to get traffic going to an authority site you will have a long road. Forget everything else, remember traffic is king because once you have it then you can do with it what you want.

So my advice is to build a blog, start blogging about everything you have learned, write articles make videos etc.. and then put together a free report to start capturing some leads, teach your leads something very valuable before you try to sell them anything and then offer them something like a residual lead generation system.

hope this helps ok.
Lawrence wheeler
lawrencewheeler.com

So ny idea is to create a site on how to fix your motorbike and ill prob create my own ebook on it. My next problem is traffic how the hel do I get a good flow

Don't worry too much about the traffic to start with, start with creating good, quality, unique content. If you do that, the search engines are more likely to like your site when you submit it to them. (A site like pingomatic.com or pingler.com is good for letting them know to send bots to check out your site.) If the search engines like your site, they'll send "organic" traffic to your site, which is free.
Additionally, leverage any social media you are already associated with. (such as Facebook or twitter) If they're interested, they'll check it out, if not, maybe they'll tell friends of theirs who are interested about it and their friends might check it out. The good thing about social media is the potential leads are already familiar with you. As long as you have a good reputation with them, that's a good place to start.
If you create a video related to your niche and post it on YouTube, that is another potential source of free traffic.
In IM (internet marketing), two things are very important. The relationships you build, and the reputation you develop, which must both be protected. Give more than you expect to get. Keep your promises and commitments. Try to help as much as possible wherever possible. Underpromise and overdeliver. Do all of these, and people will be happy to reciprocate.
Best of luck!
Jim Waller

Honestly I can't thank yous all enough. Yous have helped me and its amazing what I have learned.
My idea is now why do yous think.

Domain howtofixyourownbike.com

Then create an ebook on various parts of a motorbike and how to fix it. I

Create a website get hosting from host gator and create a site.

Then possible make a list and then sell my ebook on clickbank

The only problem is traffic :-$

I Recommend reading the articles part of this forum. There is a lot of good stuff there.

I think the greatest way to start earning money is through affiliate marketing. when you start taking action to build site, drive traffic, etc you learn a lot. don't just sit and consume all the information you get online. start applying them. it is the only way of getting best at things. please stop buying all the products you see. try to stick to one or two of them

You have come to the right place YamahaRacer. Try to explore and read threads of your interest. You will definitely learn so much from here. Good luck budday!

You guys and gals are so amazing I honestly mean it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart and I promise if I make anymoney I will guarantee help yous out if I can.

So I've started my ebook and that's me got the ball rolling woooo. Do yous think I'm wasting money putting it on clickbank or is that a good idea

Don't make it too hard for yourself. All you need to do is find something people are passionately interested in something they want to find a solution to, give it a twist you don't find out there, and make it look and act as the best thing out there.

Even if you are on a budget this can be done. For instance if you don't have the cash to make a book, you can find an expert, call them on Skype and ask if they open to being promoted for free. Then you can work out a list of FAQ's and call again to record an interview.

Alternatively, if you are simply interested in being an affiliate you can easily find plenty of contacts on this forum alone that are looking for affiliates.

Another avenue that you might not have considered is setting up JV's for internet marketers. I am interested in finding people to do that for me.

Since you are a beginner, I suggest starting with promoting someone else's product. You have minimum of the outlay and you learn marketing before product creation. Many that start making products before being affiliates are so lost in "their" product that they don't even understand why it did not sell.

Thank you my friend I'm going to try a method which I just bought that involves LinkedIn I hope it work. If yous think of a wso which I should buy that will help me please tell me

Understand, there is no magic bullet. You need to start applying everything you learned for the past 2 years. If not, your going to go no where fast.

Cool like a Say um going to try a method which I just bought. I'm actually maybe looking for a jv to help but u dunno

i just joined WF,i know programming,but new to marketing and had lot of free time please help me to utilize it in a better way.

I started with niche marketing, I was able earn extra income, I think we have lot resource to learn niche marketing in this forum and also outside...

What do yous guys suggest *