Hi to everyone...what should i do next ?

Paul, yes it is possible to earn money online. However, it's not going to happen overnight nor is it going to be very easy. It will take time, effort, real dedication and even a bit of cash. My advice to you would be to get a "real job" and come to the warrior forum every chance you get and learn as much as you can before diving into anything. There is some real good information readily available 24/7 right here on the forum. There are some real good people here to learn from. Best of luck!

This.

You will probably hear different from others, just be carefully and keep your CC in your pocket until you know what you need. If you are hasty or in dire straights you are almost assured of failure.

It is possible to make money online. But It doesn't happen overnight. You should have some skills to make money. There are thousands of blogs available to learn how to make money online. Read few of them and find what is the suitable way for you. Good luck.

Hi, Paul...
sorry to hear the sad news :< but i'm sure you will get over the bad time...

replying your question...
yes it's very possible to make online income..

as for starter, you can try to offer your service to this forum...
it doesn't matter what your skill, as long as it helps people...
as for me, i offer design skill for the first to WF, and it did couple hundred dollar in the first month :> enough for me to stay alive lol

the other thing that you might want to try is fiverr...
try to be creative creating a gig that might interest people... even IF (the worst posibblility ... lol) you don't have any skill that can be offered, your unique/creative idea might just make dollars there :>

in this kind of situation, even a $5 dollar can mean something, right? :>

hope this help, and i hope you get out of your urgent situation as soon as possible :>

Warm regards,
hendy AUgust

Clarity is a HUGE part of IM success. I hope this post brings some clarity. It's so simple when you know it -- and darn difficult when you don't! I owe my mentors a world of thanks for bringing this clarity.

IM is actually pretty simple: you can sell only one of two things:

1. Products
2. Services

That's it!

And selling products or services online happens in the same basic way for everyone, no matter what they're selling:

Traffic > Opt-in page > Autoresponder series (or e-zine) > Sales page

That's it! It's just that simple. (We IMers tend to overcomplicate things.)

But no matter what your niche is, or whether you're selling a product or a service, do you know what your business model is?

A business model is the framework or skeleton of your business. Essentially there are three types of online business models:

1. Membership-based model

A membership-based business model allows you to build a community of people (your members) who are as passionate about your subject as you are. Your membership fees can be monthly or annual, but either way, you're building recurring, passive income.

There are a lot of resources and information out there to help you build a membership-based business if you're interested in doing this.

2. Product-based model

Selling products allows you to maximize your time and effort by selling items over and over again. This can be hard goods or it can be information products. Information marketing is it's own business model under the product-based model. Information marketing allows you to take your brain to the bank by creating a product ONCE based on what you know and selling it over and over again.

Affiliate marketing falls under both models. You can choose to market either products or services as an affiliate.

3. Service-based model

Selling services can be great for 1) generating quick cash (as in the case of article writing or video producing) and 2) establishing your expertise and getting testimonials.

However, in the long run, your goal should be to offer services at a PREMIUM. The biggest advantage of IM is LEVERAGE. You're able to leverage your time, money and expertise exponentially online. We all have just 24 hours each day. Time to get ruthless about what you expect for those hours you spend in IM each day. Expect more of yourself and more from your business friends, clients, partners, etc.

What results are you getting for those hours you spend online each day? Ultimately, your services should be at the bottom of your funnel and cost the most since they involve your time and personal attention. (We all have a limited amount of time each day.)

The fun (and confusion) comes in with all of the endless mix-and-match possibilities of the above models. If you're just starting or still struggling to make money, keep it simple:

Pick just ONE!

1. Pick ONE niche. (Something you're interested in and know something about.)

2. Pick ONE target market for your product or service. (Who will buy what you're offering? The more specific you are, the more you narrow it down, the more successful you'll be.)

3. Pick ONE business model.

Now that you're clear about what business you're in, FOCUS! (And stop buying any info not related to your niche and target market, period!)

F -- Follow
O -- One
C -- Course
U -- Until
S -- Successful

And remember: build a list, Build a List, BUILD A LIST!

In IM, it's easy to put the cart before the horse. Take a deep breath, step back and consider what type of business you REALLY want. Don't worry about getting traffic or buying that expensive traffic product until you know 1) what your business model is, 2) what niche you're in and 3) WHO your target market is!

Successful business people will tell you that MARKETING is more than half the effort that's needed for success anyway. So pick a niche, target market and business model. Then spend most of your time and effort marketing it.

If you DON'T have a solid plan or system, THAT'S when it's hard. A good system will shave YEARS (and save you big $$$) off of your learning curve

That's why I recommend investing in at least one good, comprehensive IM course (or mentor who will give you such a system) instead of jumping from one $37 e-book to the next. A lot of people here complain about not being able to make any money. But neither are they willing to invest in their business. (Buying a random bunch of $37 e-books doesn't count.)

The best thing I ever did was invest in a comprehensive IM course aimed at REAL business owners, not just other IM wannabes. Yes it was $1500. (It's no longer available.) But it was truly some of the best A-Z IM info I ever bought. Everything else I've learned (from the $37 e-books) since has simply been plugged into this system.

Get a solid plan or system and then work the plan!

Hope this helps!

Michelle

Great post, Michelle

But you don't need to fork out $1,500 in order to succeed though. There are cheaper, and I dare say, better, alternatives if you sniff around.

I really hate those > $1,000 guru courses

Ok, maybe hate is too strong a work, I truly dislike them, LOL

Sorry that you lost your job. You should start out on Ebay and sell things there. Once you master that and learn how to actually "run" an online business... create your own site (if you want to) and sell items at higher prices and things. But Ebay will get you some cash fast. I'm confident that you have valuable items in your house that you don't use. List them on ebay.

Take some time looking at ways to make money then stick to it. Also take time to look in the forums there's plenty of useful information. If I personally were in your shoes, i'd get courses, that would boost your skills, knowlege, and confidence. Just rember there's no such thing as a big green button that you puch that will give you money it all comes after hard work. Good Luck!

Unequivocally start your internet marketing journey by getting a job, anyone who tells you otherwise is speaking more from theory than wisdom. By far arguably the #1 mistake people make when getting into business for themselves is giving up their primary stable source of income too early, the second is not committing themselves to and deeply pursuing mastery of business (making profit and building shareholder value, which is at the heart of sustainability of the venture).

Pursuing making money through an online business (or any sort of business) is a great path that long term can buy incredible freedom, but do NOT do it when you need money. The most expensive thing you'll ever do is learn and you need to be able to pay for the learning curve, which isn't an option when you're struggling just to eat.

Hi Paul... Sorry to hear about your job... Well it's a pretty long discussion but I will try to make that short and cover in this one reply...

Is it possible to earn money online and how long will it take me roughly ?

It is possible to make money online... The thing that matters is your approach and consistency to learn and take action... People who hate to learn but earn money also face losses and people who read alot and take no action have the same story...

Though there is much hype around but as far as I have found is that there is no get rich quick scheme in this field... It's like the real business but it's online... Though you don't have to invest much like you do in physical business... When you will start you will begin from earning low and then gradually scale up to higher earnings... This is what I have found with my experience...

What is the best thing i can do next to make this happen ? What are the best ways to enjoy a long term income online ? best ways/techniques...

The best thing is all what you can do the best or how better and how fast you are prepared to learn it... However there are many things to start with, let me give you few options here...

eBay Selling
Affiliate Marketing (It's a Deep Sea which means that around every good company has affiliate option so you can look around what best suits you and your skills, you can go with amazon, web hosting providers and alot of other direct sellers)
Drop Shipping
Freelancing (There are many platforms with which you can make this happen like oDesk, Freelancer, Elance etc..)
Adsense (Adsense provides a referral program with which you make traffic sucking websites and they pay you cost per click or cost per impression)
Fiverr Seller (If you are creative then try giving it a shot, fiverr selling sometimes turns into $xxxx per month)

I have no real skills apart from a background in sales and a bit of money to invest to set me up if needed.

I don't know that you have an experience in direct sales (phone sales) or what but if you got experience in (phone sales) you can try cold calling and generate leads... That can be a good business... You will find many projects to do on freelancing websites like oDesk, Freelancer etc... And you can find the projects to generate leads by searching on Google...

I tried my best to give you the explained answer however if you feel something is left you can always reply this thread, send me a pm or can add me on skype...

I wish you Good Luck and a huge success in your career....

Best Regards
Hassan

Hey Paul...I'm a newbie too. I've lost my job a couple of times over the last 6 years or so and now I just want extra income and perhaps a means to retire one day or work for myself. This internet marketing stuff can be very overwhelming. I don't think it's impossible but like everything else it will take work....probably a lot of work.

Not having a lot of capital to put out, I started using this guy named Steve Weber to mentor me. I don't work for the guy or anything like that but it's more like something that I could afford that I hoped to learn the basics from. He was also up front in his free videos about this being somewhat difficult. I appreciated the honesty.

He only charges $37 a month and we communicate through e-mail. He has a bunch of videos that go over the basic stuff that you will need to know and he will critique your efforts through the e-mails. I've learned quite a bit of stuff that I never would have known otherwise so for me it was worth it. He'll take you through web hosting, wordpress, SEO stuff, internal linking, internal optimization, external optimization, etc., etc. Anything he tells me that I'm unsure about I go to the forums and see what others are saying. So far he's been pretty much spot on.

The only complaint that I have is that sometimes he's a little slow to get back to you with the e-mail. I get a million e-mails myself so I know that sometimes they get lost in the shuffle but I usually just send a reminder and he will respond. Other than that I think it's been worth the $37 a month.

Anyway...I saw your post and I thought I would give my experience so far given that we both just started this thing.

Good luck,
Tony

Oh....and I have to add that I agree with Michelle. You have to get a job and get money coming in. This will definitely not happen overnight. Get the money coming in first and work on this in your off hours and weekends.

As i see, you said that your skill is in "Sales". The best you can do is start creating some videos of you explaining different sales tips or real case studies of how you were able to sell.

Host all these videos on youtube and monetize it with adsense for videos.

Create a minimum of 50 videos if you want to see some real results.

You would have to do some onpage optimization correctly and share it with all your friends. If it is valuable, you can see viral traffic coming in. Spread it on youtube, facebook and twitter.

If you need any advanced methods, contact me once you have done this

I would suggest you start with something you enjoy and go from there. You need to have passion in what you're doing. If you stick with it, then there's no reason why you can't be successful.

Hope you have found your ways by now..

Man I know what that feels like....to all of a sudden lose a source of income.

However I actually think that you have a bit of an advantage believe it or not.

Here's something interesting about those who are in a desperate situation...they tend to go ALL OUT to get out of that situation much more so than someone who has a semi steady job.

There are many stories on the internet of people in a crappy situation who turned it around by just producing and producing and taking an insane amount of action.

If you have a background in sales, you are in good shape....because you know what makes you money in this industry?

Selling stuff!

Literally....the only way that you make money is through people buying stuff, either directly from you or through your affiliate link.

Most aspiring internet marketers get so completely hung up in the technical stuff....when in reality that is not what makes you money.

Communication is. Influence is. SALES is.

You can absolutely 100% do this....because many others have and are.

And once you get through this situation.....you have an incredible story you can really build your business on!

So get out there and get started!

The absolute easiest way to start making that first online internet dollar that I found was to ghost write for others. You can find these opportunities in the classified section.

In the mean time, find a new job and keep learning.

Good luck!

Hey Paul,

First of all, I'm really sorry to hear that. Real sorry.

Second of all, there's no 'time limit' you can place on full-time income. I'm not even close to a full-time yet (I'm just at $20-30 per day) but from my limited experience I can tell you that you have to do 3 things:

1. Pick something to do: affiliate marketing, your own products, domain flipping, freelancing, whatever.
2. Get really, really, really, really, really, really good at it.
3. Monetize.

If you ever need help, there are tons of people here on WF just waiting for your Qs.

Cheers & All the best,
JR John

P.S. I'm no expert. Don't listen to me. Listen to all the other people who actually make full-time incomes online .

There's really no good estimate on how long it takes to make a full time income. It depends massively on what your method of making money is. Also don't forget that not everyone is successful.

The online world is nothing different from the real world. When you choose IM (Internet Marketing) you are essentially altering your career path. To take on a new career, you have to spend some time doing the learning. This is why there is no real way to make instant cash, unless you can provide services that are actually useful in the online world.

Similarly, what do you do when you lose your job?

You start looking for other jobs, because let's face it nobody can do anything worth sh*t when the bills are unpaid, the debt is piling and the fridge is empty.

The best advice I can give you is, sit down and develop two separate plans; the short term plan and the long term plan. Make a plan you to get food on your table and develop a strategy on how to keep doing for the long term. Think long and hard about IM. Is it something that you see yourself doing instead of your real job? Or is it just your "rebound" career path?

Best of luck!!

It's not impossible to make money online, even from day one, but it is not really worth it, I'm talking about PTC sites like Neobux, and sites where you can do some activities for cash like fill out surveys, read emails, typing etc... I assume you don't have a lot of money to invest, so I would suggest you buy a good guide which use a system requiring no investment, and stick to it. You can check out the WSO section and read the reviews.

Cheers!

Sad to hear you lost your job. I hope everything works out in your favor. I would suggest starting a blog or website offering a service, then promoting it via forums or paying for article marketing and press releases.

All the best

The first question is impossible to answer without knowing a lot more about what you bring to the table for potential customers along with your ability and knowledge to learn the ropes online.

Yes, there are literally thousands of threads just like this one. You might benefit by doing a search.

I'd strongly suggest you get back into the job marketplace and find work because the learning and earning curve is very steep and can take months, and more often years for some people to earning enough to live on.

Start by working on Internet marketing in your spare time and scale it up as you learn. Good luck.

Thanks for this good infos

Sorry you lost your job but the fact that you are from a sales background is great news for you.

If you can sell then you should have no trouble making money online eventually.

Don't spend anything more than hosting and a few domains until you have a successful method. You'll learn much better from free advice in this forum than by paying for IM courses (although a few of them are good), and you'll probably have to test things, ask questions, and learn a bunch of stuff before you have a reliable method working.

When you've found a method which reliably makes you money, THEN carefully invest in outsourcing and up-scaling, testing all your assumptions as you do so!

The most reliable IM method I know is Amazon affiliate work. It won't be the quickest income and might not be the most money you can make per hour, but if you just do honest product-reports based on what buyers experience, and save them time by doing the in-depth research and comparison for them, you will make money. So that's a good one to start with (although you can always combine it with some of the other great affiliate programs out there).

You can even do the whole thing for free, although if you're willing to spend a little on hosting and a domain, you'll get more income for the same content.

Chris

From my point of view, do not give up on looking for a new job. Meanwhile, you can start doing some online work. You have experience in sales field, so you should know better how to sell you services. Yes, at first it may seem difficult, but you cannot win a lot of money over night, unless you win the lottery or win a poker game. But something is always better than nothing, even if that does not mean much.