How would you invest $2,500

Step 1
I will find a buying niche, and related micro niches. Get a product to produce or promote in that niche that has good information that will be valuable to people in that Niche

Step 2
I will design a free value filled ebook or video that solves a problem in the niche

Step 3
I will hire someone to create a stunning squeeze page, install my autoresponder. Hire a copy writer to write my follow -up messages.

Step4
I send traffic to my page (solo ads traffic, social media traffic, Video site traffic etc). Track and tweak till am satisfy with the result and profit.

Step 5
I will reinvest my profit to earn more.

Well, looking at your signature, it looks like you have either $300 or $300,000 to invest from the last 3 years right?

Seriously, if you are trying to say three hundred thousand, you should use a comma, not a decimel, ha ha.

As for investing, I'd use it to create a digital product (software or coaching product) and pay the money to a proven launch manager/JV broker.

Spend $500 dollars creating a landing page for a lead generation niche product such as solar panels, or laser eye surgery.

Get on the phone to merchants telling them you have premium leads to sell them and you want to set up a trial for 50-100 leads.

Spend a little bit more setting up your landing page so that leads are emailed to both them and you.

Put the rest ($1,500 - $2,000) into an Adwords/Bing campaign generating traffic to your landing page, which generates highly-converting leads for the merchant.

I would set your initial bids at roughly 10% of your cost per lead, so if you've negotiated $30 then don't pay more than $3/click. Test to see what converts. Target the medium to long tail, generic keywords will be too expensive and impact your CTR, which impacts your quality score.

You should be able to make a profit doing this. Then re-invest into PPC. Re-negotiate the CPL if you have to. Ask for payment upfront or within 7 days.

Hope this helps.

All sectors of IM can generate profit so choose one that you are passionate about.
Offline Marketing, Selling services, Selling e-Books, Affilliate Marketing, CPA etc.

My suggestion would be not to start a short-term cash generating sales funnel. But start a real business and build it around a long-term and sustainable business model.

People will often tell you to pay for a good (and expensive) mentor online. I disagree.
Find somebody in real life who has had success in their business ventures and tell them they inspire you and you'd like to shout them lunch. Buy yourselves a nice lunch then learn and ask as much as you can. Cost = $40.

Go on odesk and find a marketing strategist who has experience in your chosen business area and stellar reviews. Talk to them on Skype for an hour and you will learn alot. Cost = $50-$150.

I obviously don't know what business you will choose but I want to tell you to outsource as much as you can and any tasks you don't enjoy. There may be some bits and pieces you can't afford to outsource if you only have $2,500.

Keep at least $500 to drive traffic to your website or sales funnel once your website is completed.

You are a car. You need a force that is greater then just money that will drive you to success.

Have fun man... and just so you know - the most important piece of advice here is:
All sectors of IM can generate profit so choose one that you are passionate about.

If you are not passionate about it you will lose motivation quick.

Good luck brother,
Adam.

I would hire a team of expert writers. Nothing better then great content.

I'd probably use some of it to continue with paid traffic and maybe get a couple of websites built.

Niche online stores. The real money being made online has always been with eCommerce, not affiliate stuff. It's the difference between a quick hit product and a sustainable, long-term business.

Buy an auctioned domain on Godaddy.

Make a website surrounding this domain name.

Advertise a product or service that hones in on a talent you possess. It's better to try and do something virtually, as you won't have to suffer overhead costs. Examples: ghostwriting, marketing promotion, giving advice, etc.

You can also sell a physical product if you have skills in cooking, woodworking, etc. But again, make sure the overhead costs are low AND that there is an interest in what you're trying to sell.

Websites that promote the purchase of gifts, especially during Christmas will work, but you will only get sales on a seasonal basis. So, consider trying birthdays, anniversaries, etc.

The $2,500 can be used to attract traffic to a landing page with opt-in for list building. e.g: PPC and FB ads. You need to have enough leads or clients or customers for making a sustainable business. So why the list building is important for any online business.

Facebook ads and maybe Bing to funnel.

Start with very small daily caps, get data and tweak until profitable.

Be sure to have the funnel in place first.

Facebook is my first pick when I have a FB page as part of the niche because I get the like and optin. However, I'm also in a niche with no FB page and instead use Bing ads for traffic to a squeeze page.

I would get into network marketing and drive traffic to my funnel and make 100% commissions.

It's numbers game just like IM. List + 100% commissions + bigger profits though.

Make an amazing product (your own) in any niche.

Spend months working on it, make sure its the best product in your niche. (Seriously)

Then use the money to market it, and it will multiply your money easily.

Change your sig otherwise people like me won't offer you any advice before you are far more successful than we do. $300,000 in 3yrs, sure because i can't imagine you saying $300 in 3yrs.

Rinse and repeat your strategy..............

You've set the bar pretty low for a guy making 6 figures a year?

The big key is to treat it like any other business and treat it like a business. Most people fail on the internet because they never quite get the fact that it is a business especially if you are looking to make a living online.

You can not half ass everything and just hope to make money.

Money will always be in a good list. I would design my business around building a strong list of responsive customers.

I guess my point is tat it doesn't matter what you do just treat it like a business and worry more about getting your customers on your list.

If you have knowledge in a specific area I recommend building your own product and spend your money having great sales copy written.

You must however have a ton of connections specifically affiliates to help sell your product.

Its a waste of time and money if you don't have a bunch of help it is the biggest key to a successful launch and once again comes down to the mail list.

Your affiliates will send out to their lists and you are looking to grab their and get them on your list.

Good Luck...

I would purchase a established forum , then reinvest the proceeds into the forum and grow it really big, eventually sell it.

Do your research and a find a mentor buddy. Why? They already have a proven track record. You can take the shortcut by learning from their mistakes! That's what smart people do!

I would:

1. Find a ripe niche -- little to now competition, decent CPA offers
2. Buy a domain at auction in that niche. Domain should be CF/TF 20+, DA/PA 30+, PR3+. Spend anywhere between 250-450.
3. Buy quality articles targeting keywords in the niche, add 40 or 50 articles.
4. Apply for CPA offers.
5. Apply for Adsense

Enjoy your new revenue stream (with $1500+ to spare).

I don't necessarily agree with this for myself (as I'm intermediate with Internet marketing), but I like the way you think.

If you establish complete independence, you won't have to worry about if there are takeovers or hackers trying to take you down.

I would spend the whole lot on exclusive traffic offered by my primary because it converts at stupid rates! That would buy me at minimum 25 new monthly sales which would pay itself back the first month, but the way this system has been converting (22%), it's still modest to say I could get 100 new sales monthly recurring at 100 a piece. Not too shabby!

Not much but I will advertise .

I would have gone for PPV traffic. It is really cheap and converts well but you need a high initial deposit. You will spend less than $100 learning and master PPV and the returns will be huge if you have an email campaign and landing page. All the best.

I wouldn't spend it right away.

I'd develop a product funnel and then slowly test my conversions: squeeze page, sales page, upsell, etc.

Start small... scale up.

If you had $2500 who not invest in yourself and learn on how to run a success Internet home business in the Personal Development field. Get in touch with me if your interested.