Stop Reading This And Start Taking Action!
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I know, a blog post titled “Stop Reading This…”, am I crazy or just in love with irony?
The truth is I just try to share the most truthful, candid and sincere thoughts I can about making money online here and there’s nothing more simple or honest than this, “stop reading about how to do it, and start doing it”. Period.
For example, you can spend forever learning about picking the right niche, keywords, article marketing, exposed secrets and special reports from every silly guy with a blog (like me) and so-called (or self proclaimed) guru out there, but until you get off your butt and take action you’ll never earn a dime.
And it isn’t complicated. There’s no real secret information or special skills required. I’ve said this here on the blog before and I’ll say it over and over again. Put popular products in-front of buying visitors and you’ll make money.
Say this out loud to yourself right now: Put popular products in-front of buying visitors and I’ll make money.
Everything else beyond that, all of the nuanced tactics and information is good to learn along the way and much of it will help you to improve what you’re doing… but the catch-22 is you have to already be doing something to improve on.
Here’s the most basic, sure-fire formula for making money online that I can imagine:
- Ask yourself what types of things people are buying right now? This gives you a market.
- Ask yourself what specific product/service in that market is popular? This gives you a product.
- Create a web site around that product, use your affiliate links and banners and drive traffic to the site via SEO (search engine optimization), Social Marketing, PPC (pay per click advertising) and etc.
- Collect your commissions.
That’s what works!
Finding those hidden niches, mastering the art of pre-selling in your copy, learning those secret methods for scoring with article marketing… this stuff will build upon your success and improve your conversions–but the core component has to be in place first for any of it to work. And that’s simply understanding–and acting on–the basic principal of putting popular products in-front of buying traffic.
Don’t be afraid of competition. As I’ve written here before, it’s a good thing that keeps us on our toes and makes us be better at what we’re doing.
Here’s a secret about me that I’ve never revealed here on my blog or anywhere else online before: the bulk of my affiliate marketing profits come from the web hosting industry.
Talk about a competitive market. Yet month after month I make good money from it, and have been for years.
And I personally think this is the most cut-throat of all markets because I know first hand that not only do I compete with other marketers, but some of the hosting companies themselves are known for watching the affiliates who consistently do well and then copying their methods for their in-house marketing campaigns.
Still, I’m making money every month from this market for one simple reason, it’s in demand (has buying visitors) and I promote companies that are well known (popular products).
See, I’m just putting popular products in-front of buying traffic.
Think of that rule as the gown or dress, and everything else you ever learn or discover as accessories. They matter, but without the actual gown you’re still naked.
Now, get off your butt and start taking action!
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One Response to “Stop Reading This And Start Taking Action!”
By George Manlangit on Mar 6, 2008 | Reply
This is probably the best barebone internet marketing strategy anyone could basically adopt.
I like your approach to #1 & #2.