We are in a digital world where almost everything is integrated into a single system of the world wide web. We are in an era where we don't have to have a shop to sell our products, an era where we don't have to meet to communicate, an era where we don't necessarily need to follow the traditional door to door method to advertise our products but rather an era where everything is done in a simple and faster way.
With the high rising level of graduate unemployment in Nigeria, I began to think of the way out as I will soon be graduating from the University. Then I recalled listening to speaker at the World leadership forum emphasizing the statement "You don't need capital, what you need is an idea". I began to brainstorm about the statement for the fact that I am scared to be an unemployed graduate like the millions who are yet to secured a job.
However with time, I began to understand that the leading world entrepreneurs never started with a capital but rather an idea. Bill gate the richest man in the world never did start the Microsoft with an a huge capital but rather his idea, Mark Zuckerberg the Facebook CEO who is also the fifth richest man never start the Facebook with capital but rather an idea, Steve Jobs who is also a Co-founder of Apple start the company to revolutionalize the smartphone industry with just an idea, Jobberman was created out of an idea, Linda Ikejis blog was created out of an idea and in fact every good business that developed into a multimillion dollars was created out of an idea.
To look further into it, I discovered that capital is easier to get but no matter how huge a capital is, without a good idea the capital is a waste or can be lost whereas a good idea is difficult to find and never can it be lost. so the question remains how do you discover a multimillion dollars idea. How do you break from the chain of unemployment in Nigeria. Below is a five tips to discover that business idea that will change your life forever.
5 TIPS TO DISCOVER A GOOD BUSINESS IDEA
1. OBSERVATION: To discover a good business idea, one has to observe things and circumstances around him. As you wander in the land of observations you need to be able to identify what people do often, what challenges they face on a daily basis, what they need, how they want their needs to be met, when and where. As you observe an ask yourself all this questions you must be able to identify the way out.
Steve Jobs will often go to the park to observe how people listen to music, Mark Zuckerberg possibly observed what if he and his friends don't necessarily have to meet on a daily basis but rather connect online to gist and share pictures, JOBBERMAN knew people submit their CV and application letter directly but what if they can do it on their behalf.
So the most important aspect in discovering an idea is to observe the market you are interested in, how do they go about doing their businesses, is they anything that needs to be readjusted and many more things. 2. IDENTIFY A PROBLEM
Your observations will be futile and unnecessary if you are yet to identify a problem in the way people conduct their business. Idea can only be realised out of the desire to offer solution and better services to people. JUMIA and KONGA discovered a problem in marketing, so they create an online market where you make purchases and get it delivered to your door steps, if you are yet to discover any problem that needed o be resolved then you are far from identifying a multimillion dollars idea. 3. OFFER A SOLUTION
Now that you have discovered the problem in the way people conduct their business as an entrepreneur, you must offer a solution that fills that gap or void of unsatisfaction in the customers of such market. This can come by reading books and materials related to that niche of business. 4. MAKE A FEASIBILITY STUDY
Have you discovered that idea you think might fetch you millions, you shouldn't just ventured fully into it but rather make a feasibility study to ascertain if that solution you are to offer is viable. This entails possibly preparing a survey or a questionnaire to hear the views of your potential customers about the service you are about to offer and how they feel about it. You must however delink your emotions from the answers you received. 5. IMPLEMENT YOUR IDEAS
This aspect has to do with the financial aspect to your idea. Don't panic, they are a lot of people who will be willing to sponsor your idea if they found it fantastic and viable. You can obtain loan from the financial institutions here (Guaranty trust bank, Access bank, Diamond Bank etc) here in Nigeria at a minimal interest rate, but all you need is a good business plan.
In conclusion, do you have a superb idea that will fetch you money, you don't have to wait, the time is now. Forget the fact that you need to school and come out with a good class of degree, what is important is the fact that you move out of your financial bondage and experience a world of financial freedom and independence. Remember Bill gate, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and many more business tycoons were dropouts at a point in time but today the world has written their names in gold, you can also achieve same. Good luck.
For decades since internet marketing started, membership sites are perceived as goldmines of profiting massively in the quickest time possible. And the reason why is because you do the work once as an owner and get paid over and over again by people who are interested and want to continue learning from you. Or they like to use the resources and tools continuously since they needed them to run their own online business.
The question is despite knowing that membership sites are the best and fastest ways to earn, why do so many people procrastinate on having their own? The most common reasons I discovered are from their feedback in surveys are they are not technical. They have no idea how to build a website let alone membership. And moreover it involves a lot of work and time which is true since you have to provide value in the form of content, tools and resources continuously to those who wish to stay on as members. Even if there are free ones like Mark Ling's AffiloBlueprint, the same principles apply since most marketers not only want to make more sales but getting more leads as well. Because to them and myself as well, every subscriber is worth a dollar and every paying customer is worth two dollars and more depending on what they buy.
The way I see it, building memberships do not have to be that hard. You just have to signed up for courses on those, learn and implement and then you are good to go.Over the past 9 years since I began my internet marketing journey, I have invested into numerous membership courses. Besides AffiloBlueprint, I have access to Omar Martin's My Unfair Advantage, Adam Short's Niche Classroom and AmaSuite by Dave Guindon and Chris Guthrie. They all consisted of a set of 20-40 video tutorials, PDF manuals and software applications and other resources.
Although there are many themes on building membership courses, the one I have and been using for the past 5 years is Optimize Press. Designed and founded by James Dyson from UK, it is designed for building blogs, landing pages, salespages and membership sites. It is also the costliest but in terms of quality and customer support, they are among the best. Having learn and implemented what they teach in their video tutorials, I have build many landing pages, salesletters and membership sites in multiple niches. Besides internet marketing, I have other topics like health, personal development and technology.
So with that said, how do you build a membership site?
It might surprise you if I tell you the answer.
Which is -
You don't start out building a membership site.
Instead you began by finding a profitable niche.
As in forums and Facebook groups which you can search on related to what you are interested in or having problems but managed to overcome them.
Then what you need is to get connected to those groups of people as in introducing yourself and getting to know, build rapport and understand them as how you normally make friends. Find out their interests, challenges, strengths and weaknesses before compiling them into your notepad. And then from those, more or less you know what they are looking for.
I hear many people talking about finding, knowing and targeting your market first before starting any business. Which is true. And in internet business, those I mentioned above are those markets.
Then use those points you compiled them and write a series of articles on those. Then put them together into Microsoft Word or Open Office before saving them as PDF e-book.
Once I have done that, the next thing I will proceed is copying and pasting the content from those articles into power point slides. At the same time, I will sign up for the 30 day trial of Camtasia Studio to do and produce video recordings simply by reading from and adding more stuff to those slides.
When it comes to videos, there are two ways you can go about. The first is a straight 10-20 video series which will be best for low to middle-priced online courses. But if you are looking into high priced coaching programs, I will recommend 10-20 modules with each module covering a series of another 10-20 videos. The first module can be about niche and keyword research while the second and third touches on finding profitable affiliate programs and creating engaging content etc.
Once I got the PDF guide and videos done, I will add in other bonuses as resources. It can be interviews with other experts in the same niche, software tools and additional PDF and video series.
When it comes to building the site itself, I will touch on building optin pages, sales offers and membership sites from Optimize Press. Instead of using posts, I will focus more on pages and do certain settings and add plugins to enhance the look and use of the membership site.
I will also add menu on top to allow customers to find what they want quickly and easily.It will comprise of Home, Guides, Videos, Resources, Affiliates and Contact Us Page. Under Videos, there will be more pages with each dedicated to one video on one particular topic.
Finally I will buy Wishlist Members to allow certain customers in with their username and password which they will receive via email and redirection after signing up from the registration page they will be directed to after securing their copy.
In terms of pricing, members can choose to pay monthly and yearly. They can also cancel anytime if they do not wish to continue as members.
Finally I I will invite them to join my Facebook community group in which they can interact with one another and even do Joint Venture business deals.
Amuro Wesley has been marketing online for close to 9 years since starting in 2008 part-time and doing this full-time in 2010.
By promoting other people's products as well as his own.
For more tips and strategies, feel free to check out his blog at http://www.amurowesley.com and latest course at http://www.amurowesley.com/membership-authority-builder
The importance of List Building for online businesses can never be overemphasized!
List building defined:
List building is a marketing process that involves strategic gathering of limitless volume of followers for the sole reason to deliver vital news, messages, products info or events, etc. This ever-growing mailing list is created and developed by end-users who freely opt-in via subscription into an online business marketer's autoresponder facility. Whatever business you do online, you can compel your audience, prospects and clients to be part of your list for several reasons, such as: receiving newsletters, updates, discounts, etc. When you consider list building for your online business, it can be very lucrative and highly effective.
Below are some benefits of building and using a mailing list to help promote your online business:
For Pitching New Products/Services
When you choose to build a list for your business, it is actually people who trust in your products or services that will opt-in. A mailing list offers you the opportunity to market new products or services to potential customers. Whatever it is that you sell online, whether it is new software or some popular electronics, sales are almost guaranteed with your subscribers since they actually willingly opted into your mailing list. Once you are able to deliver effective sales pitch to your subscribers, making good profit becomes forthcoming and certain.
For Offering Exclusive Deals/Offers
When you are in the process of launching special offers, your mailing list will be most convenient to reach out to prospects that will quickly engage with the business. For example, if you sell a service or product at a list-price of $200 on your website you can sell the same service/product at $100 (providing special discount deal purchase link) to people who are subscribed to your mailing list. This can help you make loads of profit - especially if you have a large mailing list of subscribers.
For General Business Updates
When you need to inform your customers of very important product/service update your list will come in handy. Let's assume that your business social networking channel experiences a sudden technical disruption. You can quickly forward an email to your list informing them about the problem at hand.
Also, if you plan on having a live webinar or any event, subscribers on your mailing list would usually be among the first people to find out. With your list, you will be able to send emails at intervals inviting people to attend your live webinar or event.
With so many advantages of building a mailing list for your online business as mentioned above, it is clear that the Key to a successful online business is in the list. Start building your list today!
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Introduction
The internet is an elephant, so to speak. So how do you eat an elephant? One would say one piece at a time. Every internet guru has his own views about how to succeed in the internet or online, but like any other thing in life, there is no one perfect way, or one size fits all. Some say content is king. Some say begin with a list. Some say begin with 100% automation. Content, list, and automation all matter, but what about the person that is just beginning and doesn't know his left from his right? I believe a beginner should start with a product to prove his credibility and from there move on to building a list while at the same time gradually working towards automating his website to work on autopilot. A Caveat about Starting With a Product
Having said that it's better to start with a product, I believe it's appropriate to throw in this qualification by saying that at the highest levels, you can actually sell a product you have not yet developed to your list or followers, but as a beginner, you may not be able to employ that strategy. At its most basic, it involves telling your followers that you have a product that is coming out in say 90 days or 180 days time and any one among them that buys in advance would get it at 30 or 20 percent discount. Some may decide to buy and you can then use the cash to develop the product. This strategy is for already well known "brands" like Peter Diamandis, Brendon Burchard, Tim Ferriss and Tony Robbins to mention just four.
How to Develop Your First Product
This presentation focuses on how you can develop your first product. The truth is, in internet business, you don't have to wait until you have a perfect product. Just begin and continue improving along the way. If you compare cars or any product for that matter made in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s and 2000s, you notice that they keep getting better in terms of design, sleekness, and performance, to mention just three aspects. That should be your aim. Start, and keep improving day in and day out.
In this presentation, the focus is entirely on electronic products (eProducts), not the selling of physical products online, which is referred to as e-commerce. I'm assuming that you're already an expert operating in six dimensions as an author, trainer, speaker, coach, consultant, seminar leader and now gunning for the seventh dimension, information marketing. If you don't consider yourself an expert, don't worry too much, we'll come back to that and the scales will fall off from your eyes. Even if you're not operating in any of the dimensions yet, say you're just an employee, don't worry, this presentation will open your eyes to the possibilities ahead. The author of the book Instant Income, Janet Switzer, listed over 52 eProducts one can develop in her Maverick Program but we'll limit ourselves to just the simplest products as this is a beginner's program.
Understanding or knowing which products to develop, the demand for those products and how to position your products are beyond the scope of this presentation. Also marketing, selling and launching your product are outside the scope of this presentation. Having covered those preliminaries, let's dive in on your product development journey.
Products Suitable For E-Copies
The main products that you can easily convert to e-format are:
• Books
• Music
• Courses (seminars) - these are generally referred to as "How to Products."
• Speeches
• Research findings
The Top 7 Most Lucrative "How to Products" Areas In the Expert Industry
According to Brendon Burchard, in his book The Expert Messenger, the seven most lucrative how to product areas are:
E-Product Formats
The main formats are:
• PDF
• E-pub
• Mobi
• Audio (MP3)
• Videos (MP4)
Sites For Uploading Your E-Products
Having made or created your product, the next thing to do is to launch. You can launch your products through a combination of channels, including:
• Your website
• Third-party websites
• YouTube
• Vimeo
• Stitcher
• iTunes
• SoundCloud
• CD Baby
• To your List through an e-marketing platform, example, Mailchimp.
The Various Product Formats In Detail
Let us now take the product formats one at a time in slightly more detail.
PDF (Portable Document Format)
One of the easiest ways to join the online business as an expert is to start with training course, workshop, seminar or a book. Your book in particular can and will open doors especially if you can write a New York Times best seller. For a beginner, that might be far-fetched so let's just begin with a good book or a well thought out course. Having done your book or course (this applies too to seminars and workshops), you save in word or PowerPoint and convert it to PDF. PDF (portable document format) is a special format developed by Adobe and can be bought online or better still buy the CD and install in your laptop. Once converted to PDF, no one can amend or tinker with your product and you can upload it to your website and start selling. Sounds so simple? Yes! Technology simplifies things. Anybody with a laptop or smart-phone can buy your product and start enjoying it right away. Most new generation laptops and smart-phones have PDF reader pre-installed or you can simply download an app that enables you read the PDF document.
E-Pub
E-Pub (ePub) is short for electronic publication and is an eBook file format that the majority of devices, including iPad, android smartphones, tablets, computers, or e-readers can read. To convert your book to e-Pub requires a special software, which an average business centre can help you achieve. If you cannot get a business centre near you to convert your book to epub, you can do it online through a company by the name Allzone.
Mobi
Mobi is especially peculiar to Amazon Kindle as that is the only format that Kindle uses. Starting in 2011, some analysts projected that within five years there would be over 53million Kindles worldwide so if you want one of the Kindle users to buy your book, you have no choice but to have it in Mobi format. But there is good news. Amazon does not even require you to convert your book into Mobi before uploading to Amazon. You can upload to Amazon in Word format and Amazon KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) will automatically convert it to Mobi for you.
MP4 and MP3
Just a few years ago we were using what was then known as CD (compact disc) before the mp3 format, which is an audio coding format for digital audio, was introduced. The mp3 (or MP3) format can store enormous amounts of sound so you don't need hundreds of CDs as before. Your finished work can be converted to mp3 very easily to be listened to using digital devices including smartphones, iPads and laptops. Don't worry about how to do this as an average sound or video editor would handle the technical aspects and help you uploaded your product to Stitcher, SoundCloud or CD Baby. Editing is not very expensive and goes for as low as $5 for a one hour episode depending on the editor and the fee keeps coming down as more and more people master the art of video editing.
Videos
Videos are what make the internet tick. Video engages more than any other medium so it's a must you learn how to do video. And the good news is that it's not as complex as you may imagine. You don't even need any technical skills. Direct-to-camera video is the one you make with an ordinary camera or camcorder. Camera comes highly recommended compared to camcorder not only because cameras are generally smaller in size and cheaper, but because they develop less heat compared to camcorders. Initially, you may have to rent the camera but with time, you may decide to acquire your own. The most popular camera type is Canon, but you can also make videos with your smart phone however there is a slight drawback as you may not be able to edit or get audio or MP3 out of a smart phone so having a camera has advantages.
The other type of video is the one you make with a software. For Windows computer, you use a software called Camtasia and for Apple computers, you use what is called screenflow. You have to pre-install camtasia (or screenflow if you're using Mac) in your computer to begin with. Let's focus on Windows computers since that is the one I use. Having installed camtasia in your computer, the other processes are pretty straight forward. You first prepare your presentation in PowerPoint. When your slides are ready, you put on the earphone and plug in the voice converter or adapter and switch on camtasia. Once camtasia is on, you start speaking and as you finish with one slide, you move to the next one until your presentation is over. Once your presentation is done, you save what you have done for editing and viola your video is ready and you can upload it to your website, YouTube or Vimeo. Editing is not very expensive and it's not something to worry about as an average business centre can handle it for you.
There is yet a third way of producing videos. This is different from camtasia video we just described above. In this case, there are actually companies that specialize in helping you make videos by providing you with prepared templates. One of them, which I use, is a company called Animoto. What you do is you sign on to Animoto and they give you the architecture to do a video complete with background music. You simply register with the company and once you log-in you just follow the straightforward instructions for preparing a video.
Animoto has free and paid versions of the service. The paid version starts at about $96 per annum. You don't need any skills to do a video. The website provides all the needed headings, such as description of video, which you fill in and upload the pictures and provide a description of your video and viola, your video is ready. In the free and lower end paid versions, the company's logo, Animoto, will appear on your video, but in the premium versions, nothing appears so no one would know you used Animoto. For the very high end versions, you can even customize by putting your name or company's name and logo on the video. For the free version, you'll be provided with a maximum of 6 place holders for just 1 minute video and no more. If you want longer videos then you have to go for the paid versions.
Conclusion
A journey of a thousand miles as the saying goes begins with one step. Internet or online expert business sounds and appears hard when you have no one to guide and show you the way. The fastest way to cut your learning curve is to get a coach and you'll be up and running in no time. In our Expert Empire Program we guide you through how to develop e-Products.
Paul Uduk is the author of five books, including Bridges to the Customer's Heart, Wealth Beyond Your Imagination and The Celebrity Speaker, all available at his website, http://www.pauluduk.com and on Amazon. He is the CEO of Vision & Talent, one of Nigeria's most respected service excellence and process excellence training consultancies, which can be reached via http://www.visionandtalent.com. In addition to training for some of the most respected brands, including Nestoil, Heineken, Inlaks, Dangote and Berger, to name a few, he coaches executives on book writing and the list of his clients read like who is who. Paul recently launched The Expert Empire Program that helps beginners stake a claim in the expert industry on Vimeo. Paul can be reached by email via paul@pauluduk.com or pauluduk@gmail.com and by phone +2348033075133.
Content curation is a quick way to produce helpful content for your target audience. It's a shortcut to adding valuable content to your blog or website because you're not producing it from scratch. But you are offering value by writing comments on why it's useful, beneficial or relevant to your audience.
It's the process of locating, arranging, placing comments on and spreading online the best and most relevant content about the niche you are working in.
Determine a Strategy
How much curated content do you want on your blog? A good blend could be 70% original content, 30% curated.
Where Will You Get The Content?
Make a checklist of the most important websites and blogs you visit on a regular basis. Read the headlines to find the content you find helpful and think your target audience will appreciate.
Your Tone of Voice
Some people really like to report the facts. Others enjoy stirring up controversy and be as contentious as possible.
Give An Opinion on the Curated Content
Many entrepreneurs who curate content just put up the subject material without saying why it's important or what the context is. Talk about the issues, why the content shows a development about the specific issue, and so on. Make connections for the reader so they can see the value of the content and the value of the thought and work you are putting into your curation.
What Are Your Target Audience's Pain Points
What are the most widespread problems that your audience have and what can help them fix those problems? Yes, you want to sell your own products, but don't avoid referring to your competitors entirely or it will seem unnatural and spammy.
Answer Their Common Questions
Frequently asked questions need an answer. If you don't have time to answer them all, use curated content to assist you. Remark on the content, such as why the strategy is good, bad, or could be better in some way. This will carry on demonstrating your knowledge and that you are worth paying attention to.
Pick Out the Best Content from the Best Sources
Think of yourself as the professional editor of a popular magazine. Only let the top content reach your pages.
Know How To Curate Content Legally
Make sure that you credit all your resources so you're not accused of robbing content. Give the Website URL of the original work and the name of the author or publication, the date, and any other relevant information. If you're uncertain about using the content material, get in touch with the website owner and ask. Generally, they'll be happy to give approval, provided you're not slating their work as a load of garbage.
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Affiliate marketing is a type of performance-based marketing in which a business rewards its affiliates for each customer brought by the affiliate's own marketing efforts. It is not overly cost-intensive because affiliates do not need to acquire their own products. Some affiliatesmarketers opt to pursue cost intensive promotional campaigns to earn commissions, while others go through the organic route. Both strategies could be effective but for people starting out in this business, the organic route is the sustainable sensible option. This option involves the following five fundamental steps:
• Finding a gap in the market within a niche of interest
• Choosing a communication platform
• Creating valuable content
• Monetizing traffic
• Scaling up and sustaining your business
Finding A Gap In The Market Within A Niche Of Interest
There are two parts to this process. The first task is to find a gap in the marketplace that you want to fill. This is the research phase of the process and getting this right would set you on a solid ground. The second part of the process is finding this gap within a niche of interest to you.
The reason behind this is simple but very important. When you love what you do, it is no longer a chore. You will be required to create content around this subject for a long time, so it would be easier if you found the niche interesting. Choosing a niche requires a balancing act. While a niche of interest is key. Your chosen niche should be profitable. There are several ways to determine a profitable niche. You should explore the products and services within the niche and its content potential.
Choosing A Communication Platform
The second step is having a medium to communicate and share your insights with your audience. This would involve creating a website and creating content. Your website and publications would be your vehicle for communication. You do not need to be an internet whiz to create a website. All that is required is domain provider, web host and knowledge of WordPress. If you prefer building on the front end using drag and drop tools. You would find platforms such as Wix.com, Web.com or Weebly.com etc. very helpful. If you have the proper guidance, setting up a website or blog can be done quickly enabling you to create content over time. There are platforms out there where you could learn how to set up a website for free. Read on for my top recommendation. Creating Valuable Content
Content is king is a phrase to remember. To achieve success, you need traffic and that comes through creating valuable content. Delivering value to your target audience is very crucial to achieve success. Think about the gap you identified within the first step and how you are going to bridge it.
What is the solution to the problem? Are there several solutions available? What are the options? What information is required for your audience, to make an informed decision? If you offer value to your audience, they will stick around. There are several techniques and resources that will help you achieve traffic, but this will dissipate if your content is not considered to be valuable. There are several resources eg keyword tools such that will enable you to target specific keywords, although most will be paid resource. If you are just starting out, there are free platforms that you could leverage the same resources. Read on for my top recommendation.
Monetizing Traffic
Monetizing your traffic is what affiliate marketing is all about. You drive commissions through affiliate promotions and advertising. For instance, if you are recommending a product or service. Your audience will reward you for the value provided by following your recommendation. It is important to understand that your earnings grow as your following grows. Google AdSense is also a way to monetize your traffic. This is a program run by Google that allows publishers in the Google Network of content sites to serve automatic text, image, video, or interactive media advertisements, that are targeted to site content and audience.
Scaling Up and Sustaining Your Business
After establishing traffic and monetizing it. It is now time to scale up your operation. Naturally, If you took care of steps 3 and 4 correctly, you should be able to generate repeat business. Scaling up your operations sometimes requires doing things such as outsourcing or bringing in more resources. This would enable you to grow your business. To sustain your business when scaling up. You must ensure that those values that have brought you success in the first place are not compromised. If you maintain that and evolve correctly, you will be able to sustain and grow successfully. Scaling up your business with sustainability in mind ensures that you are on solid ground.
Conclusion
Mastering these fundamental costs effective steps would set you on the right path towards success within any online business. You will be able to grow your business organically and be sustainable in the long run. Mastering them requires proper guidance and training. To be a doctor you would have to attend medical school and to practice law, you would have to go to law school. It is not rocket science to figure out that the same applies to become successful online. Do your due diligence and choose a training resource platform to help guide your path.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Goethe wrote that, and let’s face it...that makes a lot of sense.
The problem is, it’s pretty hard to trust yourself when you are trying to do something new (like internet marketing) and you don’t even know where to start.
What makes it worse is that there are endless amounts of information written on the topic and every day more is being added to the stack...pretty much all of it conflicts with each other in one way or another.
So what is a person to do with a situation like that?
Well personally I say start with this:
Step 1. Do your best. Acknowledge that it won’t be perfect or maybe even good but your best is good enough and recognize that your best will get better every day.
Step 2. Commit yourself to the craft. Making a living online is a science and an artform. It takes practice to get good at it. Practice and experience. So make it a priority and dedicate a little bit of time to getting better at it every day.
Step 3. Understand that to make money online you need a steady stream of targeted traffic. By targeted I mean traffic that cares about what you are selling.
Step 4. Understand that the single most reliable and cheapest source for targeted traffic that converts highly into dollars is email.
Step 5. Commit to becoming great at effective list building and email marketing.
Step 6. Understand that there are many ways to be great online. Many ways to make money and many ways to do almost everything. However you only need to master one. Commit to your one path and let everything else fall away until you get your project to money.
That’s it. For now.
In my messages, I'm going to give you a valuable education on the world of digital marketing.
If you're looking to create MLM success, which I know you are... then there's one thing that you better make sure of.
That one thing is that you're putting out great content.
Now what do I mean when I say great content? You see there's only one secret to great content and that's that the content is valuable. When content is valuable it simply means that your readers will be able to use that content and make some sort of use of it.
If your MLM success is dependent on you having valuable content, what are some of the ways that you can ensure that your content is usable by your readers.
Here are 3 Ways to Create MLM Success by Making Your Content Valuable and Usable
First... Give Tips That Are Immediately Useful - If you give your readers a tip that they can use today, to see some success, then they're going to look at you as someone that they want to know more about and work with.
Of course, this assumes that you're marketing to people who are already in the home business arena. This is a huge way to bring some heavy hitters into your downline, simply by showing them that you too are serious and know what you're talking about.
This also brings the people who are looking for mentorship into your downline. These are the people who have put their faith in another sponsor with another business with high hopes, only to find out that this sponsor knew little more than they did about creating MLM success for themselves.
So, putting out great content that people can use pronto will grab these people and have then knocking down your door to join you and your business opportunity.
Second... Be Inspiring - Creating inspiration will go a long way in creating raving fans that want to work with you. This is because we're all dying to be inspired. We read books that inspire us, we buy posters with inspiring quotes, we watch inspiring movies over and over again, basically we'll walk over hot coals for inspiration.
If you're the one providing that inspiration then you're going to win a lot of friends and well... influence a lot of people to steal the title of the great book.
Inspiring people means giving them a kick in the pants to get them to act. Helping them see the reasons and the ways to reach their goals, and achieve their dreams. When they're inspired they'll be looking for your mentorship to get them closer and closer... and in the situation of MLM success, or home business success this means very likely joining your MLM business opportunity.
Third... Be Entertaining - Sure, people want inspiration and they want great tips, but what they also really want is to be entertained. The proof is simply looking at movie sales, music sales, sports stadium seating, concert halls, Broadway, and television. People want to be entertained, and so if you can provide that entertainment along with the two points above, then you've got yourself a heck of a captivated audience.
This means an audience captivated by your voice.
So, as you can see, creating MLM success isn't that difficult as long as you're creating valuable content that people flock to... and now you know exactly how to do that.
About The Author
David L. Feinstein, noted business coach and home business entrepreneur, is the author of various articles and books that help to empower individuals. To get the real innovative marketing knowledge and training, so you can be at the cutting edge of using technology to build your internet network marketing business correctly, visit; http://www.DavidLFeinstein.com
You can become the MLM business master, by providing key essential skills that your prospects black in their life. One key skill that you need to survive in this business is a flexible mind. A closed mind will bring you more problems than you could face. What this means is that you won't be able to be more flexible or acceptable to new ideas. An open mind is vital to improve your business line. Later on, in this article we will talk more about having an open mind and other key skills in order to master the business.
Master the MLM Business Mindset
To master the MLM business mindset, you will need to understand the importance of having an open mind. Your mind should be like clay, where it is moldable as you go from day to day. This means dropping fears and other irrational states of mind and becoming one with the business. This also means accepting your flaws and faults. To improve yourself beyond measure through continuous education and focus on the benefit of your prospects. Some education is free and while others can cause a little bit but it is worth it in the long run.
Don't fear failure in your MLM business. Mistakes will happen but you can survive if you are prepared to do with your own faults and flaws. Responsibility is another key issue to respond to when you're first in the business. This will help create a state of peace and determination As you move forward with your marketing plan. Your business ethics should be clear as you expect others to be clear and transparent as you shop at your favorite places.
Taking a leap of faith in your MLM business
Have faith in yourself and in your MLM business. The lack of faith in your business can cause it to crash hard and you may feel like you failed in life but that's not the case. The faith you need will grow as you see success but unfortunately you have to start out with some face time before you can see that success. Don't give up as time shows you problems and issues within your marketing. Adjust your plan and adjust your action and move forward because you never know what will work and what will fail. Life is like a bouncy ball, it goes up and it goes down but you're the one that controls that, not me not anybody else. Only you can get up in the morning make that cup of coffee have that donut or toast and get started in your business. This is why having the master mindset is important in life and that's just your MLM business. You can have success in everything you do if you're positive and focused in the right way.
About The Author
David L. Feinstein, noted business coach and home business entrepreneur, is the author of various articles and books that help to empower individuals. To get the real innovative marketing knowledge and training, so you can be at the cutting edge of using technology to build your internet network marketing business correctly, visit; http://www.DavidLFeinstein.com
If you want to make your business more successful than it is now, you may want to look into personalization techniques. You will find such techniques from places like McDonald's, Burger King, IHOP and Starbucks. Learning personality to add your business is not a bad thing because most people nowadays will not pay attention to generic brands. This doesn't mean you have to be edgy and bold but it can mean you could be gentle and passionate through the words and placement of your content. Read on to learn more about personalization techniques and tactics for your business.
when you are building your network marketing business you can do it the easy way or the hard way. The hard way is figuring out who you are and why you do what you do. This can take decades or longer if you choose to focus on the cash flow instead of focusing on attraction and Authority. If you ever went to the store and bought chips or cookies or even a health food item, there's always a catchy slogan somewhere on there. The best examples are Nikes old motto "just do it." This is only icing on the cake though. You have to dig down and show your personality through your specific actions and words in everything you produce.
This could be called branding for your network marketing business. It is preferred to think of it as personalization. This includes color choices, graphic choices, targeting and many other factors. If you choose to leave a signature or motto that also will help brand or personify your business. You may have seen a lot of cartoons and videos online from certain businesses to help reinforce this personal branding by sharing a particular cartoon character. This will also help as well because it sticks in the in the viewers mind. And viewers will remember and relate to this character later on as they surf your website.
The do's and don'ts of personalization for network marketing
Brought up quickly and efficiently, there are only a couple of do's and don'ts for network marketing personalization. Don't make it forced, be natural and allow your personality to show through. Be creative in all areas of it and work with it until you're happy with the results from your marketing effort. Keep your text font readable and large enough for all types of audiences. Do a test run with your project before going completely with it. Run it with a small test group and get feedback and make changes from it. Don't overly spend on advertising cost for it you will lose more than you will gain. Be original and don't steal ideas and have fun with it.
About The Author
David L. Feinstein, noted business coach and home business entrepreneur, is the author of various articles and books that help to empower individuals. To get the real innovative marketing knowledge and training, so you can be at the cutting edge of using technology to build your internet network marketing business correctly, visit; http://www.DavidLFeinstein.com
When the word funnel is mentioned I usually visualize a car with the hood opened and an oil funnel in the picture. I'm not the only one, I know because a number of people have asked me to explain what a marketing funnel is. The subject gets many confused and a bit discouraged but it need not be so.
A marketing funnel is really very simple and some make it more complicated than it needs to be. Actually, the best and most successful funnels have only 3 steps and are very simple. The more steps that are added leave a better chance that the viewer will not finish the process designed to get them to a certain end result.
The end result, or goal, of the funnel, can be a number of things including a sale, an opt-in, a phone call, a sign-up, or lead. These are called conversions and are the end result of the funnel.
A website is a funnel even if someone doesn't understand just what a marketing funnel is. Someone sets up their site with the intentions of drawing traffic to their site for a specific purpose, let's say to purchase a product. They might see an advertisement ad on another site and click on it to get to the someone's site. The visitor reads some of the website content and clicks to go to the next step or to make a purchase.
That's typical of a sales funnel and sounds really simple, right? There are said to be over 2 billion viewers online and any website owner would love to get as much of that traffic coming to their site as possible.
Through various outreach campaigns on social media sites and forums, articles written, podcast, videos made, or a webinar, the site owner draws traffic into the funnel that travels through the website page and a percentage will click to proceed and the rest will move onto something else.
That is how simple a funnel is and as mentioned, the end result or goal can be to get an email address, get the visitor to click something, or to make a purchase, each is considered a conversion.
There are funnels that have more steps depending on what the design of the funnel is for the visitor but the fewer steps get better results.
Think of yourself as a tour guide leading visitors onto and through your website and leading them where you would like them to go and to do what you would like them to do. The site owner tries to direct them to click here or go there and see a great product that will enrich their lives in one way or another.
So website owners are like tour guides on their own websites and it's best that they understand drawing viewers into a funnel, their website, and being a tour guide leading them to the goal, or point of conversion with every page.
The Components and Tools Needed for a Funnel
The very first thing needed for a funnel is an idea. An idea could be for a video, a blog post, podcast, audiobook, a presentation, a free offer, or a webinar.
Another thing that's needed is a desired goal or end result, whether it be a sign-up, a sale or something else. Then figure out how to get the desired end results starting from the idea.
Figure out what you want your site visitors to do. What's the purpose of the site? Determine what your funnels end result is and then you can design the pathway toward the end result.
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You can make a fortune by affiliating with brands and business to build their brand awareness and patronage for pay of various magnitudes. Affiliate marketing usually entails signing up for an affiliate program, and then disseminating your special affiliate code in order to get people to act on the message contained in the affiliate code. And anytime a sale is generated from a visitor who visits the link contained in the code, you get a commission on the sale. There are a plethora of effective techniques for engaging affiliate marketing, ranging from running a website or blog to social media marketing. Another effective strategy for Affiliate marketing is liaising with other affiliate marketers to exchange ideas and to go into joint ventures with.
2. Google AdSense:
Google AdSense has been around for ages, and is still helping a lot of average folks to make insane amounts of money today. Nearly every ad you come across when browsing websites is effectuated by the auspices of Google AdSense. The program becomes even more lucrative for a site owner the higher the amount of traffic converging on the site where Google AdSense ads are displayed.
The hook here is that even though the program has the potential of generating thousands of dollars per month for a blog or website owner, you can sign up for and set up a Google AdSense account completely for free, and you can monetize your blog or website through the program without investing a red cent on anything, as long as you're able to channel a substantial amount of traffic to your site. Google generates a code for you to paste in your site with which Google monitors your site's matrices, including page views and number of visitors, with respect to the program.
3. Lead Sales:
By setting up a website, driving traffic to the site and collecting personal information of visitors which can be sold to lead buyers, you can generate a steady stream of income through the internet. You can collect such leads and then sell them to people or business who have something to offer the leads similar to the idea or product that got the leads to give out their personal information on your site. There are virtually a ton of businesses and services that can make use of leads generated with this strategy in various legitimate ways. You also get to set the amount you charge for every lead.
4. Forex Trading:
Forex trade is another highly lucrative online business. Although it is associated with a lot of risks, it can generate tremendous amounts of money for you once you're able to gain mastery over it.
One decisive factor in Forex trade is the trading tools. The good news is that it's not challenging to find the right tools and guides for Forex trade. Simply look for those with great reviews from people who've already used them. You can visit Forex trading forums to garner good suggestions concerning online tutorials that you can use to hone your analytical skills.
You also need to choose the right trading platform and tap into the potentials of that platform using the right host. You also need a VPS in order to cater to the high-speed requirements for Forex transactions.
5. Selling Books:
As the use of digital files and documents in the workplace and at homes continue to rise, there's a greater opening now to make money from publishing and selling books online. These days, you can create and publish a book from scratch to finish using free online resources. There's also the Kindle Direct Publishing program (KDP), run by Amazon, that allows you to self-publish your books on Amazon's Kindle platform. All you need is a strategy for coming up with great ideas for books in order to make the most of this free self-publishing scheme. There are also many websites like Create Space which allows you to bypass publishing houses to get printed copies of your eBook up the stands and bookshelves of on-ground bookshops.
6. Online consultations:
You can share your expert knowledge online for worthwhile compensations. You need not underestimate your potentials when it comes to offering your expert knowledge to people and businesses online. With the right tools and right guidance, you get yourself right up the alley of people and businesses looking to make consultations pertaining to your field.
You can start out by signing up for consultation sites such as Clarity.fm. Such sites allow you to set up appealing profiles which people soliciting for expert advice can easily turn to.
7. Podcasting:
An online podcast is another no-brainer avenue for generating a stable income stream online. Sponsors and advertisers looking for a well-run podcast will pay up handsome rewards to book for ad slots in the podcast. You simply need to find a profitable niche to run a podcast in, and then grow your audience base progressively, and then you'll find it easy to connect with sponsors in order to monetize your podcast. 8. Serving Up Expert Knowledge Through Subscription:
You may have come across wildly successful subscription box services like Birchbox, and may have had the impression that it's untenable for small businesses or an average Joe to run a successful subscription box service. However, there are a number of websites that have been created to actually make subscription box services more tenable and worthwhile for anyone looking to offer expert knowledge for pay. Sites like SubHub allow you to set up a worthwhile subscription service with monthly membership for just about any form of knowledge distribution ranging from academic courses to workout plans.
9. Remote ESL Tutorship:
There are uncounted numbers of people from various nationalities looking to learn English via the internet. You can earn a decent income teaching English to these people on a very flexible schedule, even if you don't have any form of certification for teaching English. You can sign up for sites like SayABC to set up a profile and schedule English lessons for decent pay. 10. Transcription Services:
The demand for online transcription services has been on the rise for years now. Today, there are ways of crowdsourcing sites that allow businesses to get transcription services from a pool of fast and efficient transcribers at alluring rates. Without any experience with transcription, you can sign up for these sites and get in line for transcription tasks that are worthwhile. And you stand a good chance of increasing your rates once you're able to gain a significant breadth of experience in transcribing.
Conclusion:
With persistence and due diligence, you can convert any of these money making schemes into source of tremendous income streams. You need to find what works best for you, and once you begin to gain a profitable momentum in the business, you can then venture to scale it and make it even more profitable.
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Many of the money-making systems are outdated when purchased, they made money for someone and are now sold even though the system has been replaced with an up to date system which you won't get a chance to see until someone has used it all up and it's outdated and on the selling block once again.
Let me tell you, making money online is no simple task and don't let anyone fool you into thinking that they have some get-rich-quick system. However, once you learn how everything works and can make nice websites, you can generate a great income as an affiliate marketer, in a niche that you love.
With about 3 billion potential internet viewers, you can do quite well in your own online business with very little financial investment, and $0 to start!
When I was searching for a career change and needed to exchange a very active job for something that didn't require so much physical labor. I wanted to choose an encore career that would be challenging and something that I could do from home even well into my retirement years.
Learn Something New
Well, I learned how to build a solid online business, expand it and take it to the next level. You can do this too, through part-time work online in the evenings and weekends and when you have time until you get things built up. Then you can choose if you want to go full-time or keep the day job and enjoy the additional income from your part-time efforts.
Your online business should not feel like a day job. Earning money online should be fun, and it is fun. Once the learning curve is complete you will start following a well laid out plan for success. After all of your online efforts start paying off, even with a low-income, you'll want to spend more time with it. You can be a witness of and take part in the growth process of your own successful online business.
Making Money Online
There are many ways to make money, even with part-time work online... 1000's of different ways in fact! The problem is that people often get distracted by the "latest and greatest" product or service and they aren't able to stick with one method and build a successful, and revenue generating online business.
There are 3 things that you will need, a nice website, education or knowledge, and some expert help. Choose a Niche
A niche is a distinct segment of a market, in other words, an "audience". So when choosing a niche that fits you, you should be choosing something that is ideally an interest, a passion, a hobby, a problem, a need or a want.
Almost everything you can think of is a niche and that is why we are going to get you to choose your niche based on things that you are interested in.
You can earn money online from absolutely every single niche because there are billions of people out there searching every day.
This all starts with choosing a niche that you are interested in and will enjoy working with. The more that you enjoy something the less it feels like a job and the more productive you're going to be.
Building Your Own Website
Now that you have chosen your niche you are going to create your very own website.
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