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Best way to make money online

by Santr123
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ok. I am a newbie here and trying to figure out a legit way to may some decent income online plus to learn some web designing side by side.

I launched a fat loss website almost 4 months ago and tried to add articles to it. I am doing onpage SEO and promoting my site using social media.

First thing I tried was sign up for adsense. I made couple of dollars for first 2 months, but this month I have made less than a dollar.:confused:

( I must say I have only ~50 visitors per day as per google analytics)

I signed up for amazon associates but no luck there as well.

I have not yet ventured into Clickbank. I have read that you should buy the clickbank products before you promote them on your site. At this point, I just cant do that.

My question -
What is the BEST way to generate online income. Having traffic is KEY and I am working on that. But once I have traffic, what should be my gameplan. Adsense does not seem very promising. Does creating your own products work. I could work on writing my own ebooks and launching them. Any other idea.

I am just trying to figure out how to make decent money online ( may be couple of 100 dollars to start with)

thanks for your input.
#make #money #online
  • Profile picture of the author craig crawford
    It depends what you want to get into!

    But I certainly recommend you get a good mentor/ program to follow buddy!

    I can suggest some honest, caring NO BS mentors in a PM if you like!

    Hope you find what you are looking for!

    Craig
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    • Profile picture of the author Santr123
      Thanks. I would really appreciate getting a mentor. I am trying to self learn everything. getting a mentor to speed up my learning process would be awesome. BTW, PM is Personal Message right?
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  • Profile picture of the author NatesMarketing
    Build a list!

    You need to convert that traffic into buyers. The best way is to build a list. Build trust. Then sell.
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    • Profile picture of the author Santr123
      Originally Posted by NatesMarketing View Post

      Build a list!

      You need to convert that traffic into buyers. The best way is to build a list. Build trust. Then sell.
      I do have a free ebook for offer. But most visitors are not opting in. Looks like not many ppl want to give up their email address. I am confused as to how to increase the opt ins.

      Not everyone who visits is curious to see my free ebook... ANy tips to increase opt ins?
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  • Profile picture of the author craig crawford
    On another note... good sites raking money in on adsense.. can get beat down by Google... leaving you with nothing! It's a bit dicey buddy! I'd suggest something a little more stable!

    That's my personal opinion though!
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  • Profile picture of the author zeroaffiliate
    If your visitors to your site doesn't opt-in to free ebook, it could mean that the ebook is not "luring" enough or/and something they don't need. You need to ask yourself what is the reason people visit your site - Toothache, dental problems, whitening or cosmetic, and give them what they need in exchange for their email.

    Create a list is important, and i highly recommend you to do that. So work at it.

    Buying a CB product before you can promote it. I don't think you need to purchase any product in order to have the right to sell it in Clickbank but i do suggest you understand what you are promoting or selling. Other than CB, you can look at other affiliate programs out there like CJ and CPA offers

    If you can drive more traffic, you may wanna also look at selling ad space to dental practices so you have some sort of passive income.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rod Cortez
    Originally Posted by Santr123 View Post

    ok. I am a newbie here and trying to figure out a legit way to may some decent income online plus to learn some web designing side by side.

    I launched a fat loss website almost 4 months ago and tried to add articles to it. I am doing onpage SEO and promoting my site using social media.

    First thing I tried was sign up for adsense. I made couple of dollars for first 2 months, but this month I have made less than a dollar.:confused:

    ( I must say I have only ~50 visitors per day as per google analytics)

    I signed up for amazon associates but no luck there as well.

    I have not yet ventured into Clickbank. I have read that you should buy the clickbank products before you promote them on your site. At this point, I just cant do that.

    My question -
    What is the BEST way to generate online income. Having traffic is KEY and I am working on that. But once I have traffic, what should be my gameplan. Adsense does not seem very promising. Does creating your own products work. I could work on writing my own ebooks and launching them. Any other idea.

    I am just trying to figure out how to make decent money online ( may be couple of 100 dollars to start with)

    thanks for your input.
    Based on the nature of your question and what you wrote here, I felt compelled to respond because a lot of people are in your shoes. Your post is also the symptom of a much bigger problem and that is this: people don't know where to get started so what they often do is "try" a bunch of different things, but they never really dive deep into it where they can really learn the fundamentals and they quit before they see any real success at it.

    Here are some red flags that I see:

    You "launched" a fat loss website 4 months ago and "tried" to add articles to it. But there was no mention of what kind of market research you did and if you had formulated a promotion plan. Writing that you "tried" adding articles really tells us nothing. Articles in and of themselves won't do anything for you unless you know how to distribute and syndicate them. Yes, you can use them for SEO purposes too, but that topic could easily be it's own thread(s).

    You "signed up" for the Amazon program, and you mentioned you had no "luck" there. That also doesn't tell me anything. What did you try? How did you try and promote Amazon products?

    You also "tried" Adsense. Need I write more?

    See a pattern here?

    You're all over the place, with no coherent plan to keep you focused on what needs to be done. So I understand why you're coming here asking what you're asking.

    In a nutshell, there is no "best way" to make money online. Here's why (I call this marketer's bias):

    A marketer who invests in 30,000 per month on PPC who makes 50,000 gross sending traffic to CPA and affiliate offers is going to tell you that PPC and affiliate / CPA marketing is the way to go.

    A marketer who creates apps for smart phones and makes money that way is going to advise you that that's where it's at now.

    The affiliate marketer who sends traffic to his own website, builds a bunch of lists, and promotes over 85 affiliate products is going to tell you that's the way to go.

    The serial entrepreneur who starts one new business every 6 month with a new infoproduct is going to tell you that's the way to go.

    The marketer who has created 3 membership websites for 3 different niches and gets new members by buying traffic is going to advise you that you should do that.

    I don't know anything about you, other than what you wrote here. I don't know what your skills are, I don't know how motivated you are, and I don't know what interests you have. So it's impossible to say what's the best way for you.

    There are two basic paths you can take at this point: find a system that works and then stick to it for 3 to 6 months (again, dependent on the feedback you are getting from your results).

    Now how do you go about doing that?

    Well, you've already "tried" several things. There are people out there making a lot of money via Clickbank, Adsense, on Amazon, etc. so clearly, they are doing something that you are NOT doing. What you need to do is find out what that "something" is.

    One of the fastest way to do that is to find someone who will coach you, someone who has a track record and experience. There are several coaching offers in the WSO forum. As with anything you buy anywhere, do your research first, use common sense, and don't be afraid to ask questions.

    I do extremely well online doing 3 things:

    * Creating software and licensing it to companies.
    * Creating infoproducts and selling them via a wide variety of distribution channels
    * Marketing other people's products and services (affiliate and CPA marketing).

    Yet, I would never tell you that these would be the best ways for you to make money online.

    I can't stand Adsense or Chikitia or anything along those lines because to me it's a waste of traffic. After a lot of testing and tracking I've made way more money sending traffic to my own offers and affiliate / CPA offers. I think Adsense is right for certain business models, but it's definitely not for me.

    If you read this post of about the list I wish I had when I first got started, it should give you some clarity:

    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...t-started.html

    Good luck, stay focused, and remember, you only make money when you sell something and always treat your customers like family.

    RoD
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    • Profile picture of the author Santr123
      Originally Posted by Rod Cortez View Post

      Based on the nature of your question and what you wrote here, I felt compelled to respond because a lot of people are in your shoes. Your post is also the symptom of a much bigger problem and that is this: people don't know where to get started so what they often do is "try" a bunch of different things, but they never really dive deep into it where they can really learn the fundamentals and they quit before they see any real success at it.

      Here are some red flags that I see:

      You "launched" a fat loss website 4 months ago and "tried" to add articles to it. But there was no mention of what kind of market research you did and if you had formulated a promotion plan. Writing that you "tried" adding articles really tells us nothing. Articles in and of themselves won't do anything for you unless you know how to distribute and syndicate them. Yes, you can use them for SEO purposes too, but that topic could easily be it's own thread(s).

      You "signed up" for the Amazon program, and you mentioned you had no "luck" there. That also doesn't tell me anything. What did you try? How did you try and promote Amazon products?

      You also "tried" Adsense. Need I write more?

      See a pattern here?

      You're all over the place, with no coherent plan to keep you focused on what needs to be done. So I understand why you're coming here asking what you're asking.

      In a nutshell, there is no "best way" to make money online. Here's why (I call this marketer's bias):

      A marketer who invests in 30,000 per month on PPC who makes 50,000 gross sending traffic to CPA and affiliate offers is going to tell you that PPC and affiliate / CPA marketing is the way to go.

      A marketer who creates apps for smart phones and makes money that way is going to advise you that that's where it's at now.

      The affiliate marketer who sends traffic to his own website, builds a bunch of lists, and promotes over 85 affiliate products is going to tell you that's the way to go.

      The serial entrepreneur who starts one new business every 6 month with a new infoproduct is going to tell you that's the way to go.

      The marketer who has created 3 membership websites for 3 different niches and gets new members by buying traffic is going to advise you that you should do that.

      I don't know anything about you, other than what you wrote here. I don't know what your skills are, I don't know how motivated you are, and I don't know what interests you have. So it's impossible to say what's the best way for you.

      There are two basic paths you can take at this point: find a system that works and then stick to it for 3 to 6 months (again, dependent on the feedback you are getting from your results).

      Now how do you go about doing that?

      Well, you've already "tried" several things. There are people out there making a lot of money via Clickbank, Adsense, on Amazon, etc. so clearly, they are doing something that you are NOT doing. What you need to do is find out what that "something" is.

      One of the fastest way to do that is to find someone who will coach you, someone who has a track record and experience. There are several coaching offers in the WSO forum. As with anything you buy anywhere, do your research first, use common sense, and don't be afraid to ask questions.

      I do extremely well online doing 3 things:

      * Creating software and licensing it to companies.
      * Creating infoproducts and selling them via a wide variety of distribution channels
      * Marketing other people's products and services (affiliate and CPA marketing).

      I can't stand Adsense or Chikitia or anything along those lines because to me it's a waste of traffic. After a lot of testing and tracking I've made way more money sending traffic to my own offers and affiliate / CPA offers. I think Adsense is right for certain business models, but it's definitely not for me.

      If you read this post of about the list I wish I had when I first got started, it should give you some clarity:

      http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...t-started.html

      Good luck, stay focused, and remember, you only make money when you sell something and always treat your customers like family.

      RoD
      << Thanks for your comments Rod. Okay I added a bunch of articles to my blog ( delete "tried"). I initially started blogging because I found my passion (fat loss) after personally being successful in losing 35 lbs of fat in 8 months. So I decided to launch a blog to learn about wordpress, web design, css, html etc. It has been a fun ride so far. I have learnt a lot and still learning.>>

      << What I did was put a amazon carousal widget towards the end of my blog posts as a way to promote some amazon products. Thats about it. But reason I am not getting conversions could be not enough traffic>>

      << adsense was the first thing I did. I put up adsense ads on my posts. First month I make like $2+ , second month $7 and this month its <$1. So not happy with it. I continue to add articles, but I only add like 1 article every week or so. Maybe I need to increase my writing frequency>>>

      <<Yes, I have no coherent plan right now. Internet Marketing can be overwhelming. I am working at it and need some pointers>>

      thanks again
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    • Profile picture of the author gil12
      Originally Posted by Rod Cortez View Post

      Based on the nature of your question and what you wrote here, I felt compelled to respond because a lot of people are in your shoes. Your post is also the symptom of a much bigger problem and that is this: people don't know where to get started so what they often do is "try" a bunch of different things, but they never really dive deep into it where they can really learn the fundamentals and they quit before they see any real success at it.

      Here are some red flags that I see:

      You "launched" a fat loss website 4 months ago and "tried" to add articles to it. But there was no mention of what kind of market research you did and if you had formulated a promotion plan. Writing that you "tried" adding articles really tells us nothing. Articles in and of themselves won't do anything for you unless you know how to distribute and syndicate them. Yes, you can use them for SEO purposes too, but that topic could easily be it's own thread(s).

      You "signed up" for the Amazon program, and you mentioned you had no "luck" there. That also doesn't tell me anything. What did you try? How did you try and promote Amazon products?

      You also "tried" Adsense. Need I write more?

      See a pattern here?

      You're all over the place, with no coherent plan to keep you focused on what needs to be done. So I understand why you're coming here asking what you're asking.

      In a nutshell, there is no "best way" to make money online. Here's why (I call this marketer's bias):

      A marketer who invests in 30,000 per month on PPC who makes 50,000 gross sending traffic to CPA and affiliate offers is going to tell you that PPC and affiliate / CPA marketing is the way to go.

      A marketer who creates apps for smart phones and makes money that way is going to advise you that that's where it's at now.

      The affiliate marketer who sends traffic to his own website, builds a bunch of lists, and promotes over 85 affiliate products is going to tell you that's the way to go.

      The serial entrepreneur who starts one new business every 6 month with a new infoproduct is going to tell you that's the way to go.

      The marketer who has created 3 membership websites for 3 different niches and gets new members by buying traffic is going to advise you that you should do that.

      I don't know anything about you, other than what you wrote here. I don't know what your skills are, I don't know how motivated you are, and I don't know what interests you have. So it's impossible to say what's the best way for you.

      There are two basic paths you can take at this point: find a system that works and then stick to it for 3 to 6 months (again, dependent on the feedback you are getting from your results).

      Now how do you go about doing that?

      Well, you've already "tried" several things. There are people out there making a lot of money via Clickbank, Adsense, on Amazon, etc. so clearly, they are doing something that you are NOT doing. What you need to do is find out what that "something" is.

      One of the fastest way to do that is to find someone who will coach you, someone who has a track record and experience. There are several coaching offers in the WSO forum. As with anything you buy anywhere, do your research first, use common sense, and don't be afraid to ask questions.

      I do extremely well online doing 3 things:

      * Creating software and licensing it to companies.
      * Creating infoproducts and selling them via a wide variety of distribution channels
      * Marketing other people's products and services (affiliate and CPA marketing).

      Yet, I would never tell you that these would be the best ways for you to make money online.

      I can't stand Adsense or Chikitia or anything along those lines because to me it's a waste of traffic. After a lot of testing and tracking I've made way more money sending traffic to my own offers and affiliate / CPA offers. I think Adsense is right for certain business models, but it's definitely not for me.

      If you read this post of about the list I wish I had when I first got started, it should give you some clarity:

      http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...t-started.html

      Good luck, stay focused, and remember, you only make money when you sell something and always treat your customers like family.

      RoD
      What a comment! people like you make me happy! you deserve for something!
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  • Profile picture of the author Victor Edson
    Build your list and sell your own info products.

    You can offer services and work different methods,
    but the best long-term results will come from list
    building. Also, take a look at pinterest for traffic
    to your site... it's a good fit.
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  • Profile picture of the author fpdeziner
    Learning SEO and providing its services is another great idea.. 2nd is solo ad selling. For this you need a big size responsive list.. PM me if you need more details about any of them.. I am not offering any coaching so don't worry i will not charge you anything. Just don't know that pasting links of some articles from some blog is allowed here or not :S
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  • Profile picture of the author Raydal
    Originally Posted by Santr123 View Post

    I launched a fat loss website almost 4 months ago and tried to add articles to it. I am doing onpage SEO and promoting my site using social media.

    First thing I tried was sign up for adsense. I made couple of dollars for first 2 months, but this month I have made less than a dollar.:confused:
    Then the answer to your question is multiplication. If you made
    made $2 per month from one site then how many sites do you
    need in order to make your target income?

    Or, how can you improve your site so you make more money
    from that one site?

    The answer is not 'sexy' but it works for those who implement
    it.

    -Ray Edwards
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    • Profile picture of the author greenowl123
      Originally Posted by Raydal View Post

      Then the answer to your question is multiplication. If you made
      made $2 per month from one site then how many sites do you
      need in order to make your target income?

      Or, how can you improve your site so you make more money
      from that one site?

      The answer is not 'sexy' but it works for those who implement
      it.

      -Ray Edwards
      Yes, this.

      Find out what works, even on a very small scale, like earning 2 bucks a month, and rinse and repeat, repeat, repeat.

      When I was still doing Adsense, I had about 70 blogs (and at least 2 dozen of them on 1st page of SERP for high CPC adsense keywords).

      I was still earning only about $600 a month with Adsense though.

      Then Panda and Penguin hit and the adsense party ended just like that....

      Go with Amazon or CPA offers, and better yet, build your list of subscribers, build trust with them, and you will have a long term asset that nobody can take away.

      Offer a video or video course instead of an eBook for your squeeze page offer and you will get more opt-ins.

      To get more traffic... there are lots and lots of threads here on the WF on that topic. I recommend staying away from SEO since it is not a stable or reliable source of traffic and is constantly changing. Heck, I would rather post ads on CL and Backpage all day than invest time or money into SEO. Better yet, outsource ad posting to somebody on Fiverr....

      Good luck and realize that Rome was not built in a day !
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  • Profile picture of the author troy23
    Create your own ebook product and sell it from your own site, commission junction, Amazon or use smashwords to distribute it to other sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author himanuzo
    You can make money with affiliate programs - by using SEO at Google. Choose low competition keywords because they are easy to rank at Google.

    Affiliate marketers still make money with affiliate programs.

    To research keywords - using free tool - https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
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  • Profile picture of the author Malcolm Thomas
    I would focus on building a list in a niche you are highly passionate about from day one. Doing so will afford you the opportunity to market to the same people over and over again.
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  • Profile picture of the author ColeWriting
    Okay, I feel like I am reading something I would have written about myself a few years ago. I did all the things you just described. I hate to say it, but Adsense never made me that much money. I had (still have) about 30 websites, and even with a lot of work they never earned that much.

    What I have found is that (for me) you need to sell something that people need or want. That can be a product through an online store (drop-shipping) or a service (I am a copywriter and press release and article writer).

    You can also create and sell eBooks or courses, but as a new online person that probably isn't where to start. Frankly, the best place to begin would be to offer a service or a product on places like Fiverr or SEOClerks or another microjob site. If you look around one of the sites I just mentioned and see what people want, then figure out what you can provide, and then market your "thing", you can easily get to $100-$200 a month.

    Again, you won't get rich on a microjob site like Fiverr, but it can be a start. Also, if you are selling something there that you just send out, like an eBook or advice, or a graphic or something, it does not take that much time or effort. You mainly do fulfillment.

    Hope this helps.

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  • Profile picture of the author nitesh
    Google Adsense, Adbrite etc are some of the best resource to earn money online from your blog or site.
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  • Profile picture of the author chasnsx
    To the OP: Weight loss is what one marketer described as an "evergreen" market (meaning it is always there) but it is also an extremely competitive market, and one where you will not succeed unless you have something new to offer, and a way to hook people into the necessary purchase action.

    Breaking your problem into components, first there is a matter of getting enough eyes on your webpage. 50 visits a day is about average for an SEO do it yourselfer after a few months work. If you want more than that in a field that competitive, you are not only going to have to think about paying for your traffic, but you are going to have to be very savvy in terms of how you go about it.

    Pretty enough bikini girls in the ad will get a guy to click every time, but women are a little harder to reach. Women respond better to social proof, and this will require some before and after photos, and some pretty good copy to convince them that the testimonial is from a real person, and that your methods will work for them.

    So consider running some tests using paid traffic from Adwords or Facebook, and see how it converts. You cannot use Adsense if you are running paid traffic to a blog, but Adsense is small money if you only have one website and one niche. Amazon converts at very low rates -- you need a lot of organic traffic for that. Consider putting your experiences into an ebook and selling it on your site, maybe with a few related affiliate offers.

    And that leads us to the last component -- the product. What you have not only needs to work enough times to establish social proof, but needs to be a little new, different, and interesting enough to get people to buy it.

    And that's really all there is to it, so get to work.

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  • Profile picture of the author emini_guy
    Here is my short answer: your own!
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  • Profile picture of the author Innovationteam
    Start By Building a List and Earning the Trust of the Potential Buyers and then Offer them a Service or Gather information and make an eBook about a specific Niche .. Host a Website .. Make a landing Page / Squeeze Page / Sales Page .. and Start Promoting your Product
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  • Profile picture of the author gil12
    I dont understand... you already own a site\blog? if yes make a popup that ask for opt-in.
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    • Profile picture of the author Santr123
      Originally Posted by gil12 View Post

      I dont understand... you already own a siteblog? if yes make a popup that ask for opt-in.
      I read pop ups are ugly and annoying...If that true?
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    • Profile picture of the author Santr123
      Originally Posted by gil12 View Post

      I dont understand... you already own a site\blog? if yes make a popup that ask for opt-in.
      I read pop ups are ugly and annoying...If that true?
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  • Profile picture of the author ScottCofer
    If you're getting 50 visitors per day from the search engines, I would guess they are fairly well targeted toward fat loss/weight loss. I wouldn't bother with adsense or Amazon ... payouts are far too low with that amount of traffic.

    Your best bet in my opinion would be re-directing your traffic via banners or article links to an affiliate weight loss product that has a proven sales history on clickbank. "Fat Loss 4 Idiots" and/or "Truth About Abs" would be a good place to start.

    Hope this helps ...
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  • Profile picture of the author Robert Montgomery
    Build your list with targeted subscribers and create a relationship with them, this has already been said in this thread but its true just do a search on list building and you will see.
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  • Profile picture of the author LexiB
    First of all you can't 'try' anything. Either you do it or you don't. Try and stand up and see what happens. Either you'll stand or you'll stay seated.

    Originally Posted by Santr123 View Post

    My question -
    What is the BEST way to generate online income.
    Sell something of your own.

    Originally Posted by Santr123 View Post

    Having traffic is KEY and I am working on that.
    No it isn't. Having the right traffic is key.

    Originally Posted by Santr123 View Post

    But once I have traffic, what should be my gameplan.
    You should start here before getting any traffic at all. Learn how to manage your list before building it or you are wasting your time.


    Originally Posted by Santr123 View Post

    Does creating your own products work.
    Yes. This is why Apple doesn't sell Dell computers and take a commission. Because product CREATION is a business. Being an 'affiliate' is a job.

    Originally Posted by Santr123 View Post

    I could work on writing my own ebooks and launching them. Any other idea.
    Don't work on it. DO IT! You can have an ebook created and ready to go in 2 days. Better yet, shoot an hour long video and have it done in an hour and 10 minutes. Actually, create the ebook, give it away for free, sell the video as your front end offer, then do group for the upsell, and one on one for the back end offer.

    There is no other idea.

    Originally Posted by Santr123 View Post

    I am just trying to figure out how to make decent money online ( may be couple of 100 dollars to start with)

    thanks for your input.
    From my experience, $100 per month is extremely difficult to maintain. What will happen (exactly what happened to me) is you'll get to $100 per month, then maybe $150, then back to $100 and you'll stick there. There will come a point where you'll say this isn't worth it OR I'm going all in. I went all in, spent all the money my parents saved for me for college on GOOD training and about a year later I was a full time internet marketer. Now (full time for almost 7 months) I've about doubled my 'job' income.

    Either you do very well or you don't really do anything. I don't know many (or any) IMers that make $30,000 per year.
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    Originally Posted by Santr123 View Post

    My question -
    What is the BEST way to generate online income. Having traffic is KEY and I am working on that. But once I have traffic, what should be my gameplan. Adsense does not seem very promising. Does creating your own products work. I could work on writing my own ebooks and launching them. Any other idea.

    I am just trying to figure out how to make decent money online ( may be couple of 100 dollars to start with)

    thanks for your input.
    1) Sell a $25 ebook and get 4 sales a month, that'll give you your $100 to start with.

    2) Once you have the traffic, get sales, and put people into your backend marketing funnel

    3) Yes, create new products, and offer them to your customers. They're ability to consume is far greater than your ability to produce. Give them what they're looking for, and you will be good to go.
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  • Profile picture of the author a1pena
    Santr123,

    I am in the same niche! It may be best for you to gather a list first and foremost. Make a simple free gift and send traffic to that free offer page ASAP.

    You should be building that list day after day. Make sure you babysit that list and build a relationship so they will trust you and respond very well.

    They will buy from you much more if they trust you and believe in you!

    You may also want to develope a weight loss coaching program!
    Make a opt-in page or send this offer to the new high end program! price from 197-397 a month. Then what you wanna do is get on the phone with everyone that is interested and sell them.

    its easier to make more money with this method. Trust me!
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  • Profile picture of the author Curtis2011
    You already have some traffic. 50 visitors/day is not terrible. You should try becoming a Clickbank affiliate and selling a product related to your niche. It would probably be the fastest way to start making an income off of the traffic you are already getting.
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    • Profile picture of the author LexiB
      Originally Posted by Curtis2011 View Post

      You already have some traffic. 50 visitors/day is not terrible. You should try becoming a Clickbank affiliate and selling a product related to your niche. It would probably be the fastest way to start making an income off of the traffic you are already getting.
      And this is the reason why the IM success rate is like .05%. This is exactly NOT what to do. Unfortunately this is the common answer when someone is asked a question like the op asked.

      And I'm not picking on you at all. I'm just telling you from my own experience and every single person who is successful online that I know. They all followed the same path.

      Buy a $47 ebook they'll tell you to do this and the reason is because they are creating social proof for themselves. Brilliant move by the product creator. Horrible deal for the customer.

      They understand that 90% of the sales will come from 5 or 6 people. But 5 or 6 people can't be the only people in the world that say the stuff is great. The SERPS have to be filled. So they create the 'lets pick a niche on clickbank' crowd to become the social proof.

      OP - If you can afford it I highly suggest you get real training from someone who has proven themselves over a few years if not a decade or more. It will be expensive but it will change your outlook on this business forever. I'm not saying that all low priced products aren't good. I'm saying that in order to really understand how the business works, these guys are not going to give that up for $47.
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  • Profile picture of the author AndrewCavanagh
    I'll be honest with you.

    I was in the weight loss niche and I knew a pile about marketing,
    could already sell my services as a professional copywriter, had
    exposure on 40 radio stations across Australia and eventually
    I gave up marketing to the niche because the return on effort
    is just too low.

    I admire the people who make it in that niche.


    The highest return on effort I know of is take the skills you have
    already and use them to help brick and mortar businesses make
    more sales and profits.

    If you really do want to make it in a particular niche without killing
    yourself your best chance is to find some joint venture partners
    with great lists of past buyers and to create a unique highly niched product
    that will appeal to those buyers.


    Finally be aware that the easy money ideas usually aren't easy.

    In other words "just a few clicks...anyone can do it...etc etc". If it really
    is that simple then a whole pile of people will soon be doing it and you'll
    be making less than minimum wage as your return.

    If you want a real business it needs to built around real relationships with
    real people...providing value to others.

    Kindest regards,
    Andrew Cavanagh
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  • Profile picture of the author Stephenbolt
    You can create your own eBook and sell it on your own website. For making money online you can start selling the products and take up the commission of the products by tie up with the companies. This can be quite effective and the best way from my point of view to make money online.
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