This is the all-in-one place where you'll find everything you need to set up and run successfully an online business. If you want to build a one-page (ugly) site, a personal or business blog or even a really responsive top ranking full website then you're at the right place.
It's really hard to be a beginner at something, I know. When you first do something that previously didn't do at all you are uncertain and feel fear. Fortunately, there are still people who can help you, from whom you can learn from almost any field in which you are a beginner.
A few years ago when I started my business I would have given anything for a good coach or even for good step-by-step lessons. Back then the internet wasn't this rich. There weren't so many information available (nor so many crooks who promise to make you a millionaire in a month by selling you crap) so it was really hard to find the steps and succeed. It was quite a challenge and hard work but it was worth it.
Now I decided to help those who need a little push... and also those who aren't beginners anymore but still struggling with the mysteries of internet marketing and making money online.
How to find good business ideas?
Simple: look for them. Read business-themes blogs, marketing books. Walk in the world with open eyes and soon you'll be full of ideas.
Starting from scratch quickly! How is it possible?
How to eat an elephant? One bite at a time. Keep it simple!
Start by writing ideas on a paper in a quiet room or outside place where you feel comfortable and creative. Find out what will your product be, what will you write about, who will your targeted audience be. Just think about what are you good at, what would you write about with pleasure and willing to learn more and more about. If you intend to set up a simple affiliate site with product reviews then that's another story. Don't worry, we'll talk about that too.
Set Goals, Have Deadlines
These are very important. Keep focusing on them. Lack of clarity is one of the reasons why many online businesses fail to make an impression. When you are clear on your goals, achieving them on time falls into place.
Target a Good Market
It's impossible to sell everything to everybody. Before you can begin to build your business, you need to figure out who makes up your target market
Build Long Term Relationships: if you want your business to be profitable you need to be able to create a bonded and good relationship between yourself and your customers.
Your primary goal has to be to keep your relationship with your customers in good standing even after they've finished purchasing from you. This is how you will reduce your costs of getting customers because it is a lot easier to sell to existing clients than it is to find new ones.
Showing posts with label Marketing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marketing. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Affiliate Marketing Simply Explained
Affiliate marketing is when you promote (advertise) your partners product and send traffic to his site.
In most cases you earn commission when visitors buy that product but there are other programs too over which you make a commission.
When you simply drive traffic to your partners page (Pay Per Click) or to a squeeze page and visitors opt-in for his newsletter (Pay Per Lead) you will be paid after the number of visitors who signed up.
The advantage of affiliate marketing is that it's practically easy to register to an affiliate program and right after that you can put instantly your partners ad on your page.
After registration you'll receive a link (hoplink), different sized banners, email swipes, sales page content, and sometimes product descriptions too to put on your page.
If your visitor clicks on one of the ads and buys the product on the other side then you'll receive a commission which can be between 10% to a whopping 75% or maybe more. About the commissions you can read on your partners affiliate page before you even sign up.
From most websites and partners you'll receive the payment when you reached a certain amount and that's about $50 or $100 program and partner dependent.
A few big Affiliate Marketing Programs are: ClickBank.com, CJ.com, JVzoo.com. Here you'll find a bunch of products that you could promote. Just choose a category and read carefully the product reviews.
But before you advertise a product I recommend to research about it a little on forums, blogs, etc. See what people who tried that product are saying to find out if it's really a quality product or not. This will reflect back on your page.
You don't want to promote a bad product because you'll lose clients. I know, you'll say that it's the sellers problem if a product is bad and the customer is not satisfied, but how did that visitor end up at the sales page? From your ad, from your website! That is why it is important to know what are you selling. Yes, everybody wants to make sales, earn big commissions but for the long-term it's more important to have satisfied customers who will probably be back for more.
One other thing that you might consider is not to promote products from too many programs on your site. It would be best to choose a program that has a bigger variety of products because you can reach faster the $50 or $100 limit after which you'll be paid. If you choose one product from each program you'll reach that limit maybe much later and won't enjoy the fruits of your work that soon.
In most cases you earn commission when visitors buy that product but there are other programs too over which you make a commission.
When you simply drive traffic to your partners page (Pay Per Click) or to a squeeze page and visitors opt-in for his newsletter (Pay Per Lead) you will be paid after the number of visitors who signed up.
The advantage of affiliate marketing is that it's practically easy to register to an affiliate program and right after that you can put instantly your partners ad on your page.
After registration you'll receive a link (hoplink), different sized banners, email swipes, sales page content, and sometimes product descriptions too to put on your page.
If your visitor clicks on one of the ads and buys the product on the other side then you'll receive a commission which can be between 10% to a whopping 75% or maybe more. About the commissions you can read on your partners affiliate page before you even sign up.
From most websites and partners you'll receive the payment when you reached a certain amount and that's about $50 or $100 program and partner dependent.
A few big Affiliate Marketing Programs are: ClickBank.com, CJ.com, JVzoo.com. Here you'll find a bunch of products that you could promote. Just choose a category and read carefully the product reviews.
But before you advertise a product I recommend to research about it a little on forums, blogs, etc. See what people who tried that product are saying to find out if it's really a quality product or not. This will reflect back on your page.
You don't want to promote a bad product because you'll lose clients. I know, you'll say that it's the sellers problem if a product is bad and the customer is not satisfied, but how did that visitor end up at the sales page? From your ad, from your website! That is why it is important to know what are you selling. Yes, everybody wants to make sales, earn big commissions but for the long-term it's more important to have satisfied customers who will probably be back for more.
One other thing that you might consider is not to promote products from too many programs on your site. It would be best to choose a program that has a bigger variety of products because you can reach faster the $50 or $100 limit after which you'll be paid. If you choose one product from each program you'll reach that limit maybe much later and won't enjoy the fruits of your work that soon.
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