Even as a Teacher.. I got lost between everything here! Suggestions please.

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Hey there.

I've been hanging around here for the last years.. some years without even logging, some years spending nights and day wandering about..

Now a days I just quit my job as a stock and forex trading teacher in a big college in my state. I did so for a little more than 1 year.. but the IM was always my real passion..
I started my way in it when I was as young as 14! (23 YO now..) can't forget the first 50$!!
but never got it too serious.. The old folks maybe can remember all the "trends" of the industry years ago like "get paid to read, get paid to click, autosurfs, manual-surfs, HYIP's", and all that kind of stuff. I know that those were strictly bulls** but I got myself to get sites like these built and managed by me and I made some cash.

Now that we know better let's get to the point.
I now have the time and the motivation to go serious.
I read any post in this forum from 1st January, 2014. Well I skipped a few that were just like a broken record. Serious. It took me the whole month. And, Lol, I still can't make my final decision and path.

I mean there are so many, and I can really enjoy every single one:

1.Sell your own product
2.Sell others product
3.Sell ad spots
4.Sell a service

and you can do each one by so many different methods like doing CPA marketing, Email solo-ads, sell amazon stuff, make your own website giving others way to earn money, build an app, video marketing, SEO, Create ebooks and etc..

Iv'e seen in many threads that many are succeeding in many variations. And Thats Really good!! Because we all have or will have other places to evolve in..

But where to start?

I got myself starting to promote cpa offers such as "Get paid for taking surveys" and all that and I can take it to the next level by creating a whole site about it and all that but it don't fell to me like a business you know..

I thought maybe to look at the whole thing with poker eyes: Play with your hand, not with the cards on table,

And maybe focus on the Trading niche? as I can consider myself as an expert with 4 years of Trading and 1 of teaching others? and maybe start using every method above to sell some service or product?
but then it get me confused.. are there enough costumers around? "Make money online" is the niche that i got stuck on for years so why don't do that?.. maybe insurance ?

Sorry for the long read but I hope you can suggest what do you think will be the best to go with, as I feel that I'm just in front of the junction.. just pick the road and hit it.
#lost #suggestions #teacher
  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by chensab3 View Post

    I thought maybe to look at the whole thing with poker eyes: Play with your hand, not with the cards on table
    I think this is quite a good principle, as long as your hand is a marketable one (always a plus). You have to know when to fold 'em, as well.

    Originally Posted by chensab3 View Post

    And maybe focus on the Trading niche? as I can consider myself as an expert with 4 years of Trading and 1 of teaching others? and maybe start using every method above to sell some service or product?
    but then it get me confused.. are there enough costumers around?
    There are indeed.

    And plenty of customers, too.

    This is a market I know reasonably well (as one of those costumers, myself - I'm a forex trader, to some extent) but it isn't one of my niches for marketing, because whenever I've looked at it in some detail, I've had great difficulty finding high-quality products/services I'd be happy to promote without any legal, ethical or moral reservations. There may be some (and you'd be well placed to know), but I haven't found enough to interest me.

    Originally Posted by chensab3 View Post

    "Make money online" is the niche that i got stuck on for years so why don't do that?
    Again, it's one to which I give a very wide berth, myself. Partly for the reasons above and partly because the one near-certainty, in those MMO-related niches, is that one's going to be competing for the same traffic with some of the world's most experienced, most successful and best-funded marketers; and I'm not sure I like those odds.

    "Big markets", in addition to being the markets with the most money in them, are also the ones in which the highest proportions of aspiring internet marketers fail. Not intended disparagingly - just a "sobering thought": http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post8561081

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  • Profile picture of the author hardworker2013
    You have a wealth of knowledge, i think you should create a blog about forex trading for example
    and put some quality content on there and sign up with some Forex affiliate websites and place these banners on your blog. You can also release your own product on platforms like Clickbank
    teaching persons about forex trading.
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    • Profile picture of the author Robert X
      As hardworker2013 said,

      Build a blog or a website and keep adding whatever it is you decide on to it. That is THE #1 thing that I wish I had done from my beginning 10 years ago. Not only would I have had a massive authority blog/website by now, but I'm POSITIVE that I would be massive amounts of AUTOMATIC money as well in many different niches in my chosen niche theme. (A theme meaning that all my niches relate.)

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  • Profile picture of the author Graham Maddison
    With your experience within Forex, I would have thought that would be the way to go..... making money from forex without trading, by becoming an affiliate promoting forex brokers and the like.
    Huge sums to be made as I am sure you know.

    As for the ethics as Alexa pointed out, I feel the same way pretty much about All internet marketing and because I have chosen to participate as an affiliate marketer, it makes sense to me to choose one niche where people will buy- regardless of whether or not it is me doing the selling/ promoting.

    Whatever niche you decide, you need to build a list as soon as possible within that niche.
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  • Profile picture of the author nicholasb
    Those are all good ways to make money yes.

    In your case since you already have knowledge on a topic the fastest way to replace your income and far exceed it is with your own product.

    This way you make more money with less effort, and can also leverage affiliates and joint venture partners to do all the hard work for you. Creating your own product is a lot simpler than it seems, and if you are already knowledgable on a certain topic you can create an income stream fairly quickly.
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  • Profile picture of the author writeaway
    Whatever you do, please don't get SUCKERED into getting a MENTOR or COACH before you have a CLEAR IDEA of what you're getting into. Start with baby steps and READ all the free IM stuff you can get your hands on. The war room is worth the price. Start there.
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  • Profile picture of the author Robert Puddy
    that's the trouble with a forum as busy as this one, there are a 1000 ways to do this but you can only concentrate on one at a time.

    pick one way and get really good at it, that's your banker. then when its creating an income for you take the time to dabble in a few of the other ways.

    but never forgetting your banker,
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  • Profile picture of the author Tom Addams
    I second the idea for using your existing knowledge to profit in this industry. You'll find it to be in high-demand right now. I'd suggest either a blog, list-building, and later an info-product.
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  • Profile picture of the author JessUBotNinja
    If you have any passion for trading, I would say that is the best place to start. With a background, including be able to teach, you have established yourself with some credible knowledge and can probably create some great new content. You can start with a blog offering up information, maybe create a free tips sheet or something to use as an opt-in to an email list. From there you can build a relationship with the list to sell them other things related to trading.

    For extra money you can put some ads on your blog. Once you have created a large enough list with positive relationship, if you wanted to try out the affiliate marketing option that would be a good time since you have a receptive list -- just be sure to choose carefully and selectively what you market to your list.

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