I’ve come across some software that looks good.I’m just unpacking the software now and suggest you do too.
You don’t need a website or a product to sell, so click on the link below:
One of the ways to grow your list is to JV or joint venture with someone who is also in your niche.
There is a right and wrong way of approaching a potential JV partner.
1.Until you have a big list do not approach the big gurus like Frank Kern or Eban Pagan,they will ignore you.
2.Find up and coming marketers in your niche and start posting on their blogs or Facebook Fan Pages.Try and be a bit controversial,as the blog owner may come back to you.Then you get a conversation going and you will build trust.Then offer to promote THEIR product to your list.Once you have helped them they will want to help you.A good way of promoting to your list is to do a joint webinar with your JV.
3.A way of finding such up and coming JVers is to become an affiliate of one of the big boys as they launch a new product.They usually hold a competition to see which affiliates bring in the most sales.Google there people and find their blogs.Then start posting.
4.Still got a small list?Under 500?Build the list first,use Google Ads to drive traffic to your squeeze.
Hope that helps,what strategies do you use to attract JVs?
All the best
Andrew
The business guru Tom Peters once said “if it can be measured it can be managed”.In the context of internet marketing you need to know where your traffic is coming from and how that traffic is finding you.
Now I use three different strategies.One is to create a website using Site Build It.
This is a service that tells you everything about how to build a website from scratch even if you have no HTML knowledge.The best thing I can suggest is that you click this SBI link which tells you the benefits of this business in a box service.
If that’s not for you but you want to track visitor information then you will need to install Google Analytics and/or Woopra both of which will give you immense details on your traffic.With Woopra you can even chat to people as they visit your site which may freak them out!
You will need to install code on your website blog to get traffic stats but if you have a WordPress Blog then there is a plugin for both which makes it all really easy.
Let me know if you need any help.
Best Wishes
Andrew
When starting your own online business you will probably not have your own product so the next best thing to do is sell a product made by others.If you sell you get a commission.This is affiliate marketing.
As you build your list of email subscribers you can then move to Private Lable Rights or PLR products which are information products that someone else has written but which you can change and then sell as if you had written them.
These tend to be ebooks of 20-30 pages in length.You set the price and you get all on the money not 50% as is the case with most affiliate products.
My experience is that you offer one PLR product for sales and then have a pop up lightbox appear on your sales page after 10 seconds, which offers another PLR product for free.You will get many more email subscribers grabbing your free ebook than buying your paid product.BUT you will be growing your list.
This will in time become your most valuable asset.
In the meantime grab Tony Shepperd’s freebie“Quit Your Job in 90 days” ebook.It’s what got me started.
Best Wishes
Andrew Collinson
PS I’ve now sold two PLR ebooks,not many I know but all the greats started here.
Building a list is of course the most important thing if you want to make money online.
For that you will need an autoresponder.Trying to work with Outlook will just not work if you want to track conversions and avoid having your emails going straight into your reader’s junk mail folder.
All autorepsonders have a spam check which will which check your email before they go out and give the email a points score .The higher the number the greater the risk of going to the junk folder.
I have found that the quickest way to build a list is to offer a free product,usually an ebook 20 to 30 pages long.
In exchange for the ebook your reader gives you their email address and thus they get added to your list.
The best way I think to offer the ebook is with a lightbox pop up.This is a pop up which appears 10 seconds or so after your sales page is loaded.When it pops up the rest of the page darkens so the reader is compelled to read the pop up.
Keep your message short and tell them to sign up.That is your most wanted response so tell them where to put their email even though to you it’s blindingly obvious.
I would recommend Aweber as it has great array of webforms which include pop ups that you can customize.
Once you’ve got the form you want,you copy the code and add it to you main sales page.
I would recommend a ten second delay before the pop up appears,this gives your reader time to at least scan your sales page headline before the pop up appears.
Try it and your list will grow quickly.
Best wishes
Andrew
PS which is the best autorepsonder for you? leave your comments below.
Well I have got my first sale on Clickbank so it it time to reveal the training I have been following to build an online business.
It is a great feeling when you get that first sale.All that hard work is finally starting to pay off.
Now that first sale may not seem like very much and certainly won’t be enough to quit the day job,but in many ways it will be the most important sale of your online career.It proves that you can do it.
All that is required now is the repeat the process that got you that sale,so that it increases to a level that matches or beats your current monthly income.Then sack the boss!.
So anyway, the course I have been following is the Kickstart Course by Tony Sheperd.You can get it here
The link actually gives you three other freebies as well as the opportunity to sign up for the Kickstart course on a 14 day trial for $1.For that $1 you get the first for lessons for free.If you like the system after the 14 days you are billed $27 per month.The course last for 12 months,so you get 52 lessons.
Tony’s program is a weekly pdf file delivered to your inbox,each one packed with information on how to build an online business.How to find a niche,how to build a sales page and drive traffic to it.Each lesson gives you real hands on advice of how to perform a task on a click by click basis.Lots of screenshots,which I like.
So many online business building course give only vague instructions on how to do something leaving you scratching your head.Not this course.I have created 4 sales pages and an autorepsonder follow up system that is getting me traffic and now sales.All this from Tony’s training.
So try the Kick Start course now.It works for me.Click here for instant access.
Best Wishes
Andrew Collinson
“The money is in the list”
That being so I have started to build said list.I have bought some PLR products from the guru I am following.Cost was $97 for 12 products.They are well put together and relate to the make money on line niche.
I have used one to sell through Paypal and then added a free ebook via a pop-up webform.
So far no one has bought the main product but quite a few are grabbing the ebook which gets me their email address.
So now the list is starting to build.I have 16 people on the list as I write this.Not many I agree but it is a start.
The important thing to remember is not to use every email you send out as a product pitch.You will get substantial opt outs if you do that.
The process is build a list,build a relationship with that list and then market to that list.
It’s the middle bit most people leave out.They so want to pitch products and make money they forget about building a relationship.The reader will just think “this person does not care about what I want they just want to sell me stuff”.
So give REAL content and give it free.You can introduce affiliate products from time to time but ensure they tie in with what you blog or websites is about.
Have your emails 4 days apart which is the default setting on Aweber the autoresponder I use.
After about 7 emails spread any subsequent emails out to seven days apart.
Follow this strategy and your own list will grow.
Best wishes
Andrew Collinson
All internet marketers will tell you that the way to make money is to build a list.
You offer a free ebook or some other information product in return the reader gives you their email address.Then you start to market products which they have to pay for and you earn money off.
Well I am please to say my list is starting to build.
I now have three information products for sale now and two free ebooks.
So far no sales of the paid products but I have a total of 15 subscribers over three lists.None of them have unsubscribed yet which is good news.
I am now busy writing follow up messages and offering a mix of affiliate products and helpful content.
If you do this,mix up the offers with helpful advice.It will keep the unsubscribe rate down.
Time now to launch the fourth product on SEO.I’ll keep you posted on how it goes.
Best Wishes
Andrew
I now have three sales page sites up.You can see one here http://www.tubetrafficmagic.com.
Just need to get some traffic to them now ,so doing some article marketing.
No matter what kind of website or blog you have,if you are to move up the search engine rankings then you have to have backlinks to your site.Asking other webmasters is one way of doing this,however the more popular ones,the ones with a high PR ,can afford to be more choosy who they link to.
Then tend to stay away from newbie sites so you have to look at other options.One way is to write article related to your niche and post them at various article directories.The one I use is Ezine.com .You should use these articles to give value to your readers not just do a blatant sales pitch.
The is a signature box at the end of the article where you can place a link to your website or blog.This is the backlink to your site and will improve your ranking.
It is a good idea to write some articles that are not related to your niche,Ezine like that.I just did one and I have now achieved expert author status which means my article get greater prominence on the site
So think of some topics you are interested in and write 400-500 word articles.This will improve your profile as someone who wants to help not just sell stuff.Go and do it.
