[toprahman]

I have been studying and researching different strategies. I recently just purchased a ebook to get further details into one of them. They all seem to promise nice sums of money for little amounts of investment if followed properly. With all the promise it makes me wonder are they all similar, which one is the best, should I outsource, can I trust somebody to outsource to? etc..etc..etc... I want to learn the ins and outs and all the ropes but dont want to get distracted and lured down too many paths. Thanks to all that replies!!!

[Allen Lundy]

Toprahman,

Almost every program you are going to see "almost promises" great income with minimal investment. There will be similarities and differences in each program. You need to identify what type of program YOU are interested in.

There really is NO PROGRAM that will provide you a good monthly residual income without investment. What these programs will do is provide you training for their specific program and their specific niche. The program that is the best is - the one you are comfortable learning and putting in time and YES - Money!

If you plan on getting into Internet Marketing at any level, you are going to have to invest (upgrade) to get the optimum amount of income you want. NOTHING is Free!

Regardless of which program you choose, once you choose the program, stick to it. Don't go hopping from one program to another as you will be wasting your time and money. Always try to start out with FREE programs. Once you have learned about and APPLIED the free methods and you begin to see more traffic, more optins etc... move into the next phase which is going to cost you some money - upgrading your existing programs to paid memberships.

Since you are studying "strategies", you may want to consider the FREE strategies. Blogging, Article Marketing, Forum Marketing, and other ways to get backlinks to your websites and blogs. Your only investment is TIME.

Take a few months to get your sites in Google and the other search engines. Check you traffic in Alexa.com. Monitor your site within your cPanel to see where your traffic is coming from. Focus on the areas that are bringing you in traffic.

OUTSOURCING?

Well, this is a good idea IF you already know what you want.

Finding a coder or programmer is easy now adays. What isn't easy is telling them what it is you want to accomplish and how you want them to get there. Hiring someone without a plan of action can be frustrating and VERY costly. You must explain in detail what you want them to do and in what timeframe. They will say I am going to charge you X amount. What you will get is EXACTLY what you asked for, nothing more and hopefully nothing less.

Then, after they deliver your product, you find it doesn't do x, y or z or a combination of those areas you want (but failed to identify at the beginning because you assumed the programmer would know you wanted that function or ability...) Guess what, the price just went up to add what you THOUGHT you were going to get.

Now, you have paid $$$.$$ and for all intents and purposes got nothing viable from your hard earned dollars. Bottom line, I wouldn't begin outsourcing until you are really comfortable in your marketing knowledge.

Bottom line: Find what you are interested in, stick with it, don't drift form program to program, do as much as you can for free until you have a good understanding, learn html, php and css if at all possible. Learn to install scripts and programs. LEARN LEARN LEARN...

Until you really understand what Internet and Affiliate Marketing is all about, NO PROGRAM is going to make you rich or even make you a comfortable monthly income.

Good luck

Allen Lundy

[toprahman]

thank you for the advice.. I am becoming a student in IM and have been doing as much free research as possible. It seems everybody has a Golden Secret to wealth, but as you said its just one person selling a dream to the next person.. and that person doing the same to somebody else. But I have came across some systems that seem to make sense, and I have a website Im working on now.. so we will see.. thanks again

[Nancy Fleck]

Some of the best programs come with a low price tag. Pick something you want to do and buy ebooks on how to do what you need to get done. Learn each step, practice each step and before you know it, you will be able to put all the steps together and be successful.

Nancy Fleck

[Patrician]

No program will work unless we do.

[shaunchu]

I totally agree with Patrician. I have seen many people keep attending trainings and seminars on internet marketing, but no action taken. My advice to you is to choose one strategy and focus on it. Sometimes it is good to stop learning for a while, and start doing. Check out on this article to have an overview of what internet marketing is all about, and the correct expectation that you should have.

[revsunshine]

Originally Posted by toprahman

I have been studying and researching different strategies. I recently just purchased a ebook to get further details into one of them. They all seem to promise nice sums of money for little amounts of investment if followed properly. With all the promise it makes me wonder are they all similar, which one is the best, should I outsource, can I trust somebody to outsource to? etc..etc..etc... I want to learn the ins and outs and all the ropes but dont want to get distracted and lured down too many paths. Thanks to all that replies!!!

In my quest to learn and figure out this whole thing trying traffic exchanges and ptc and the like, I think my time would abe better spent in forums. Responding and asking questions. Traffic ex's get me side tracked however there are one or two that have actually sent people to my site Iam how ever getting frusterated because I have seen traffic with no conversion Im not asking for 10,000/mo even 500/mo right now would be gravy. What programs are you using and are you seein any money even enough to self-sustain atleast itself?