How to Make Money as Expert in Automotive Repair Industry

If you know what the hot topics are from the page views of your articles, you could write how-to books (or whatever) on those topics and sell them. Amazon Kindle may be an option for you. You could write a series of books on various topics. You could do a series of short 99¢ books on assorted topics and also have a compilation book at a higher price (but a better deal than buying a bunch individually). You can get up to a 30% commission on 99¢ books, but a 70% commission if your books are priced higher than $2.99 (or around that--I don't remember the exact figure). So, your 99¢ become your loss leaders and the larger compilation books are the money-makers.

You could still promote other products on your site as an Amazon affiliate and use AdSense. Just think of those as bonus income and don't rely on them as your primary income source.

If you already have name recognition from your articles, that may help you get a headstart on building traffic to your site, especially if any sites you've written for (or will write for) will include a link to your site.

I'm sure some Kindle experts will pop in with some better advice for you, but I think it's something you should probably consider, especially with the amount of page views you've gotten on your articles.

I agree with Dan.

Clearly you already know of what you speak and there is a market for that knowledge, otherwise you wouldn't be getting all those article views.

So you should be selling your knowledge!

Compiling it into books and guides will allow you to sell something that you don't have to ship. Plus you can write it once and sell it many, many times.

It would be cool if you could get a link to your website (the one you will build to promote and sell your books from) in those articles you have already written. (I assume they don't already link to any website since it sounds like you don't have one?)

Questions and Answers - just like that builder guy did.

People send in your questions, and you answer them.

Consider video as well. Have a look at this.

EricTheCarGuy - YouTube

123,179 subscribers
28,833,289 video views

That tickle your fancy?

Put the videos on your own site, build a list, monetize.

It sounds like you are already off to a great start. I would definately recommend continuing

to write your articles and building a website. Also do some research on SEO to get better

rankings for your articles on google. Good luck

Starting your own site will be tough to generate traffic for in the beginning.

This is why I recommend YouTube, Get a decent camera and mic and pick the topic of your choosing.

If you see you're not getting the amount of views you want, then try getting a YouTube featured ad.

Have you thought about selling a guidebook, covering topics like how to maximize your trade-in value/what dealers look for? Or, the buying side, telling people what "trouble areas" they should look for, how to spot body repairs, etc.

Then promote it "WSO style" with high-impact copy.

Put the information out as a $10 eBook that would potentially save people thousands of dollars if they read it, and focus on that benefit.

"Learn the tricks dealers use to low-ball your trade, and how to beat them at their own game"

"How dealers 'dress up' used cars to hide problems and damage. Don't buy a used car until you've read this guide!"

"Not all accident damage gets reported to CARFAX - learn how to spot repairs"

etc...

Here's an idea. Use all of those articles you have to drive traffic to a squeeze page and offer your number one secret for free.

Build a relationship with those people, and continue to sell physical products. But without doing any of the fulfillment. Just do JV deals with automotive companies.

You'll be able to structure these deals so it's a win-win for both you and your partner, but whoever owns the list has the most leverage.

Then you can sell information products to their people as well.

Or since you're good at ranking articles and getting views, still definitely build a list. Be nice to those people who sign up. And survey them.

Ask them what they want most, and then give it to them. Repeat.

Here's an experiment:

Talk to anyone who's building a list right now and ask them what they wished they'd done sooner. 100% of them will tell you they wish they'd started building their list sooner.

I don’t even know what Kindle is. I guessing its a download book store. Will have to see if they allow the download of videos since most people need a visual guide. Pictures and illustrations aren’t always enough.

I am able to view the analytics for one website I have a few hundred articles on. Seems most searches are looking to buy automotive parts or learn how to fix their problem.

As far as an answer and question site goes, this would be good since I do this all day long already. Plus Im a fast writer in my field.

So far I could:

Use Kindle... maybe
AdSense
Maybe a parts affiliate program
Already have a great idea for a squeeze page
Will have to look up the definition of building a list and what that means

Any other good ideas?

Another critical aspect would be the type of website. Would a forum or website be best? Also, should I focus on a specific niche e.g specific brand car or all cars in general?

I was browsing around clickbank a while ago and saw a guy selling videos for people buying cars. what to look for when you buy a used car, etc..


I didn't look much into the product, because it seemed like something spit out by a marketing team, and the sales pages seemed like it could easily steal your lead with call to actions for their own opt-in list.

If I were you I would look into micro payments. There are plugins for WordPress where you can display part of your article (you choose how much) and then ask the viewer to pay you to display the remainder of the article. You could charge a buck or two to help people this way and it will add up big time. You should without doubt start your own website and keep your articles to yourself, there are many payment methods available to you.

Ahh, what I would do to have an actual talent like you do.

Videos are the right way to go.

I would package them in a membership site and use clickbank as the processor. DIY stuff can do great on clickbank and you get affiliates promoting it for you. It's the sort of thing I like to promote myself and can lend itself nicely to PPC etc. Of course, the best thing about it is recurring income.

You can aim broadly at general car repairs/maintenance, basic car maintenance for women (no offense to anyone just a good demographic), custom car work/case studies. Throw in bikes, ATVs and PWCs and the sky is the limit.

If you are comfortable in front of a camera and can engage an audience or know someone who can, go for it.