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I have been reading around the forums for a good while. Buy a WSO here and there ....ya know, the usual. I have yet to come across something that is " newbie friendly " and explained thoroughly enough. I work full time in retail and i have the spare cash to invest, i just need to know what is the best place to invest?

I thought about purchasing websites, i have a few hours daily i could work on something after work. I have a long term goal of being a person to " fire my boss". I just need someone to steer me in the actual right direction.


Thanks in advance
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  • Profile picture of the author Nathan2525
    Originally Posted by andrewlewis222 View Post

    I have been reading around the forums for a good while. Buy a WSO here and there ....ya know, the usual. I have yet to come across something that is " newbie friendly " and explained thoroughly enough. I work full time in retail and i have the spare cash to invest, i just need to know what is the best place to invest?

    I thought about purchasing websites, i have a few hours daily i could work on something after work. I have a long term goal of being a person to " fire my boss". I just need someone to steer me in the actual right direction.


    Thanks in advance
    Hi Andrew,

    You're putting the horse in front of the cart. (very common)

    The first thing to ask is what is it you would like?
    How many hours per day would you like to work?
    How much income would you like to make?
    What are in passionate in/really good at?

    Once you answer these, you can then choose the right business
    modal for you.

    We can then give you advice on the best course.

    Hope this helps.
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    • Profile picture of the author TCwarrior
      Yes your questio is too vague. There are too many options, and what works for one person may not work for others. Article marketing, paid traffic to offers, PPC, Content Sites, IM Online Services, Offline Marketing, Site flipping, products in a variety of niches depends on what you like, and the list goes on.

      You may want to start writing down all possible types of online busiensses/income channels you are aware of and research more the ones you don't know much about.

      Compare them to each other, look for possible marketing venues that match your interests (especially at the beginning, it may help to keep at it instead giving up too easily), investigate which one/s you have enough time or money for...

      Sometime writing options down and chewing on it for a bit may help you find the best solution for your needs
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    A better way to get started is to first decide on what type of Internet business you want to have. You have to do the research and make that decision.

    Once you decide, you then buy any info or tools you need to make that happen. Just randomly buying WSOs with no plan will not normally be successful.

    Yeah, yeah ... I know. It says you will make a gazillion dollars in 30 days? You believe that? Don't.
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    • Profile picture of the author fenixpro
      Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

      A better way to get started is to first decide on what type of Internet business you want to have. You have to do the research and make that decision.

      Once you decide, you then buy any info or tools you need to make that happen. Just randomly buying WSOs with no plan will not normally be successful.

      Yeah, yeah ... I know. It says you will make a gazillion dollars in 30 days? You believe that? Don't.
      I would reread these words over and over until you really understand them because they are VERY true.

      Find something you like or that resonates with you. Establish a base understanding - you can buy 3-5 wsos or guides on it. Learn the hell out of it (while taking action / starting on it). Establish the mindset of a marketer/online business person, not a learner or someone in need who can't act and needs to buy sh*t to move forward. Use that mindset to follow through and act consistently to move forward with the system/method you have chosen. Ask questions here/there as you go. You'll go deeper and deeper into IM and learn a lot. Eventually you'll have success with the original method, or will learn or create something new based on your new knowledge.

      As for flippa and buying sites. Tread carefully. I'm not even talking about the marketplace and buyers/sellers themselves. You must understand the fundamentals of a website as a business before buying one simply because it is making money. There are a number of things that will be IN your hands as an owner that you could mess up by not having the proper knowledge AND there are a number of things that are NOT in your hands with owning websites that can change on a dime. Know your marketplace/niche, traffic sources/possibilities, and monetization/conversion, period.
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  • Profile picture of the author TopKat22
    Don't invest any big money because you can get a great newbie friendly method free in many areas all over this forum.

    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...-warriors.html
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  • Profile picture of the author andrewlewis222
    I work full time so id like to put in 3 hours max daily, id like to pull in 2-3k monthly and i am intrigued by by website creation. Its straight to the point. I have a cpa account and a clickbank. I would also like to learn more straight forward and effective ways to make a profit doing cpa.
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    • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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      Originally Posted by andrewlewis222 View Post

      I work full time so id like to put in 3 hours max daily, id like to pull in 2-3k monthly and i am intrigued by by website creation. Its straight to the point. I have a cpa account and a clickbank. I would also like to learn more straight forward and effective ways to make a profit doing cpa.
      Here's the CPA forum
      Ad Networks - CPA, CPM, CPL - Millionaire Makers..
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      • Profile picture of the author Kay King
        If you are interested in website creation - why would you buy sites instead of learning to build your own sites?

        Choose one method to start with - learn everything you can about it - adapt that method to your own strengths and interests to develop a plan and system that will work for YOU - then work it, improving it as you go.
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    • Profile picture of the author TopKat22
      Originally Posted by andrewlewis222 View Post

      I work full time so id like to put in 3 hours max daily, id like to pull in 2-3k monthly and i am intrigued by by website creation. Its straight to the point. I have a cpa account and a clickbank. I would also like to learn more straight forward and effective ways to make a profit doing cpa.
      You can apply list building to anything including CPA and I recommend it.

      Rule of thumb taught to me by two top multi millions IMers, don't send traffic to a website you don't own.

      Once you get the putting up a squeeze page process down, this works pretty quickly, even for CPA.

      Also, very few people buy on the first click to a page, if you build the list, then you can tell them more about it and convert more.

      I did a whole lot of testing on this the last few weeks since I have so many other lists making consistent income now and found out, most of my conversions to sales came from the links in the emails not to the first time I sent them to the CPA offer right after they signed up.

      That showed me that they needed more information.

      Plus, I have found that some very high paying CPA offers actually have very poorly converting sales pages. Another reason to do your own and get them on a list.
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      • Profile picture of the author andrewlewis222
        Originally Posted by TopKat22 View Post

        You can apply list building to anything including CPA and I recommend it.

        Rule of thumb taught to me by two top multi millions IMers, don't send traffic to a website you don't own.

        Once you get the putting up squeeze page process down, this works pretty quickly, even for CPA.

        Also, very few people buy on the first click to a page, if you build the list, then you can tell them more about it and convert more.

        I did a whole lot of testing on this the last few weeks since I have so many other lists making consistent income now and found out, most of my conversions to sales came from the links in the emails not to the first time I sent them to the CPA offer right after they signed up.

        That showed me that they needed more information.

        Plus, I have found that some very high paying CPA offers actually have very poorly converting sales pages. Another reason to do your own and get them on a list.
        Well, that sounds good and all but how do i start a list and squeeze pages. I would like for someone to point me in the right direction. I can follow directions, thats not the issue. Its just that i want the directions to be precise and actually lead to me making an living online.
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        • Profile picture of the author fenixpro
          Originally Posted by andrewlewis222 View Post

          Well, that sounds good and all but how do i start a list and squeeze pages. I would like for someone to point me in the right direction. I can follow directions, thats not the issue. Its just that i want the directions to be precise and actually lead to me making an living online.
          Yes, I would like that too. Someone come over here and show me how to do everything. Please be totally honest, successful, dependable, reliable, and able to show me now.

          Not trying to be a d*ck, but YOU need to find that person or people. I completely understand and agree with you that it's hard for an aspiring IM to actually learn the ropes and figure out whats what. No one is going to have all the answers or the perfect system the way you want it or would work best or fit into your particular way of understanding and doing things.

          For example - with list building - like you were referring to - I would find the top successful list builders, like 2-5 of them and buy their guides and learn everything I could from them. From that, you will get a very comprehensive understanding (theoretical) of list building, plus a number of variances based on each individuals approach. Organize all that into steps of action for your self and take the plunge = start. If not with list building, do the same with site building or CPA marketing, or whatever. Find something and someone(s) who is successful at it and offers training, understand it, believe in it, do it. learn, repeat. learn, repeat = success
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  • Profile picture of the author travlinguy
    Every week we see new posts with people asking for direction. There are hundreds of thousands of threads with exactly what you're looking for. Do yourself a favor and use the search feature in the upper right part of the forum and you'll have more good ideas than you could use in ten lifetimes. Good luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author jamesrich1
    Chris Farrell is the best place to start if your clueless and you need someone to explain stuff to you like you are a kid just starting to grow up. I am not a affiliate of his I just had some time in his membership. It beats going in 50 different directions and trying to make sense of it all yourself. The most important thing you will have to do is...

    Build a list. Syndicate directory list, Email list, affiliate list, buyer list. You will need a list to have a target audience to consistently add value and sell to. Chris will help you through all of the first hurdles you will face. Go look up Chris Farrell and get started.

    Each day learn but take way more action then you learn...
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  • Profile picture of the author Benjamin Ehinger
    You can find free guides that will help move you in the right direction. You need to know how to choose the right hosting company, how to put up a website or how to transfer one you buy, what the best way to go with content is, and much more.

    You won't necessarily find one guide that covers everything, but you can find a free guide to get you started, then you can use WSOs and cheap guides that cover one part of the process to help. Feel free to PM me if you want a little more advice.

    Benjamin Ehinger
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    • Profile picture of the author Global Warrior
      Hi

      The biggest problem you face now is that virtually all WSO's are redundant because they are all based on Google traffic techniques before Panda. You can look through WSO's and you will be preached too about "the money is in the list"

      THE MONEY IS NOT IN THE LIST!!!!!! The money is in the pocket of the visitors that visit your website, your squeeze page or your video. So your MONEY IS IN THE TRAFFIC.

      You need to learn how to generate traffic........ Targeted traffic. You need to eradicate Google from your mind if you want to be in IM and you want traffic. If you want to sell pressed flowers and you are convinced Google will send you the traffic you want..... LEARN SEO. It's the only way Google Traffic is going to find you.

      Social Networks are "currently" the "next big thing" as far as traffic generation is concerned, so you need to embrace it as well as article syndication if you want new generation traffic.

      Don't believe me? Let's suppose today, you invented a slimming pill that really works. Would it go "viral" or would you wait for Google to pick it up after all your SEO and back link building. Which medium would be better for you?

      YOU'VE MISSED THE NEXT BIG THING. You need to find the NEXT NEXT big thing. And with one exception, it's NOT in the WSO section.

      Peace

      GW
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  • Profile picture of the author jamesrich1
    Global Warrior you make great points... This formula has been bringing results to all who use it....

    Traffic + Conversion = Sales

    Traffic is incredibly important but anybody can get traffic by buying it or paying a SEO expert. So how do you convert? People have to trust you. So how do you get people to trust you?

    You have to keep giving them stellar content and help them solve their problems. Well, with the millions of websites online its pretty hard to get someone to re-visit your website right? Yep, which is why people build lists: email list, buyers list, facebook fan page list, syndicate list, etc.

    Its all for the purpose of building trust with your visitors. You can have initial sales up front on your website but most of the sales come from the backend sales. Its beneficial to build lists.

    80% of your sales will come from 20% of your buyers. The ones that you have provided ongoing value to will trust you. I once didn't pay attention to a marketer for 9 months and eventually started opening his emails.

    He had been sending me follow up emails every day for 9 months and eventually I opened and I bought because I was blown away by the amount of value he provided. He never would of got me to buy anything if I had not got on his list.
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    How soon are you looking to make $2k - $3k in your business? Do you plan on selling high priced products?
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