I know what I want, Can anyone help me overcome my problems and achieve my goal?

Hey there,

I can give you some valuable advice only about point C.

This is what I have done to earn a bit extra every month.

I have created an account on eBay and Fiverr.

Then I started selling services on ebay, that were available on fiverr for 5 dollar.

I sell them for minimum twice the price on fiverr.

You can try it, it won't cost you anything, except your efforts,

You will be able to earn an extra $100/200 in your first month

Cheers,

Alex

Hi,


Did you read up enough on SEO, etc?

There are tons of free information about niche selection. Maybe you just need to read a bit more. However, taking action is the only way to get things done, so do not read forever, or be scared you do not know it all forever. Take action.

You just need to start taking action, nobody is going to do that for you, keep that in mind. And if you don't have any money to start from, find a job cause it takes some money to get started.

Butters makes a very valid point. In fact, I have put several affiliate niche blogs on hold personally, as I do not want to promote or sell false hopes. The advice given to do extensive research on medical information was discussed recently here, and I do agree... know your facts.

That means time and tons of research... not a good combination for fast profits IMHO.

I would never suggest you give up on promoting medical related affiliate products as there is a huge demand for such. Just sayin'- I too promote some products in the medical arena (*mostly books for now) - but I had recently bought another 10 domains "all excited" to crank up my affiliate motor, and in targeting highly searched keywords in medical niches. Then, I read another post by Butters, and realized to promote medical related products, even something like weight loss... one needs to perform extensive research, and supply factual articles or information, which can be time consuming to compile, let alone difficult to discern facts from fiction at times.

As far as everyone suggesting it takes money... I disagree. Sure, it helps, but outside of a buying few domains, an unlimited hosting account, and an autoresponder... the rest is all labor intensive, and can be done!

Look into FREE traffic methods, article syndication, using Google Trends, Web 2.0 properties, On-Page SEO (*simple header tags, alt tags, meta data, keyword density, etc...), guest blogging, and make sure your "optin" or "squeezepage" is solid, and compels people to see value in what you are offering. *That too can be difficult as you've chosen a niche with no real cure, and I'm sure sufferers see through anything you mention that does NOT coincide with their ailment.

Personally, I'd search "ClickBank" or your favorite affiliate platform, pick an offer that has a solid and lasting history, that offers affiliates email swipes, a free download report, and has a good looking sales page, and try driving traffic that way. Starting off with a tough niche as the one you've chosen, may hinder your time and more importantly reflect on your list building attempts and future profits.

I am looking for a few links that came to mind while writing this... when I find them, I'll post them.

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post7863557

This one is closed... but contains tons of "Golden Nuggets"...

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...mith-myob.html

All the Best,

Art

Oh and thanks for the links Art.

Butters thanks to you also.

I plucked Tinnitus out of thin air to be honest to give you tube marketing a shot. My goal is building and marketing a list.

I'm stuck at the niche selection stage to be totally honest.

I have this thing about getting it right first time, i want to have low competition, and a shot at ranking on page one of google to be successful.

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No, absolutely not. There are tons of niches already in existence, and new that haven't even been created yet, as people are coming to realize that they possess talents and knowledge in all sorts of interests (niches) that others share in, and seek information & products about online. The possibilities are infinite, really.

I can suggest a few things can do, as it's easier than saying; doing it this way or that way is all wrong..

- Start with something you are passionate or knowledgeable about preferrably (i.e. music, skateboarding, horses, basket weaving, building rc cars, video games, creative writing, fishing, surfing, firearms, hunting, etc..) -Don't go buying domains yet, until...

-You do your research: keywords, market research (is there a demand?), product research (is there a demand?)... if there's a demand in 'XYZ' niche, what products can you promote?

-Choose the marketing method(s) or strategy(s) you feel you are most comfortable with or combinations of the following... video marketing, social media, article syndication, guest blogging, PPC-PPV-CPV (paid traffic), and/or create an authority blog/website and compile 'valuable' information (articles/videos) about the subject/niche you've chose, and start driving traffic.

*If writing articles is something you like doing, or intend to do, by all means apply simple SEO strategies in your titles, articles, add alt tags to images, target your keywords and performing basic SEO by keeping your keyword density at 2-4% (or keyword appears 2-4 times every 100 words you write.

- Establish the main components of your sales funnel... Squeeze page for list building, Auto responder to collect subscribers and build email campaigns, find suitable traffic generation for your offers using free and paid methods. A quality salespage is important, one that converts, be it an affiliates product or your own, etc...

- Learn to research trends (top markets) with Google Trends, Ebay Pulse, Yahoo Buzz Log, and even Amazon Best Sellers... these are great for ideas on new products, new niches, or just to add product ideas to an existing niche.

The hard part is knowing your strengths, so experiment. Heck, you can throw a few hundred bucks at a PPV ad network and cash in if you know what your doing, and don't need a website, videos, or really anything other than the knowledge to place compelling ads, and run solid CPA offers. *But, this is an entirely different marketing strategy. Thus, you need to simply choose a niche, a marketing strategy, and run with it, test it, learn what works and what doesn't... nobody can do that part for you... if so, I'd be rich and retired already, lol.


Hey man, old niches are not ruled out here. It's the marketing strategies you employ that determine the success or failure. I'm still learning, and have several great niches, whereby, I am testing several different strategies to see where my strengths and weaknesses are in my campaigns.

When I started, I did reviews after extensively researching quality products, and my first sales derived from internet marketing training courses. The hard part is being new and establishing credibility in the MMO niches is difficult, if you don't know what your promoting.

I simply suggest, you do a quick list on something you would do for FREE if you had the time to be doing it, like water skiing or whatever you are into. Maybe write down 5-10 things and start looking into them, and see what's promotable... and choose the best one, and run with it...you probably won't get bored or feel like you're working so hard if it's something you already love to do or are knowledgeable about.

Hope I didn't overwhelm you, and this helps you out some.

Art

I know you put a lot of time into tinittis but do you have it? Marketing to a niche should be marketing to someone about something you know about and then you can give out your personal opinions, and your personal experiences, advice etc. People will trust you then. I learned this in something I purchased.

What do you understand. What can you sincerely write about with your own knowledge.

Is there anything people have complimented you on?

If you can come from this perspective I don't care what it is you should be able to sell information about it.

I didn't read any threads before I wrote this but I see that my info expands on the previous post a bit so I'll leave it here and hope it helps you.

The word SELL is nowhere to be found in your post. That's why you are having problems. Solve that problem and everything else goes away.

Even if you have to go to Wal Mart, buy 10 $1 items and bang on doors selling them for $5 each...start selling something.

Forget about tools, SEO, keywords, videos and all that other stuff and just sell something.

Marketing is trying to attract attention. Selling is putting money in the back. You are trying to do the first while completely ignoring the second.

I strongly suggest you heed the warriors' advice..
We been through what you went..

Pick an evergreen niche with lots of demands.

You can't go wrong from there.

Good luck.

I had quite a lot of success when eBay first appeared. Create your own information products on CD and sell them there, but make sure you know something about the niche. I also dabbled in the Tinnitus niche for a while and although I was getting traffic, the conversions were not great.