Monday 7 May 2012
New Blog
Hi to all my blog members. Just to let you all know I have re-designed a new blog and the address is http://www.passiveincome2u.com. Please go and have a look and tell me what you think. Thanks.
Tuesday 24 April 2012
Self Belief
If you've recently entered the realm of internet marketing (or are thinking about entering) this article is for you. There is absolutely nothing more important to your success as an internet marketer than self-belief. You have to have a vision of what you want to achieve, and you have to believe that you will achieve that vision no matter what, and no matter how long it takes.
Any internet marketer or online guru worth mentioning has struggled to get to the level of success they're now at. Most in fact actually have some pretty incredible success stories to tell. Probably the most well-known of them all, Mike Dillard, struggled for literally years trying to make it in the business. He didn't give up when he didn't make it in a month, or two months, or three months... or even a full year. Why? Because he saw others creating incredible success online and saw no reason why he couldn't do the same.
If anything should lead you to believe in yourself and achieve your goal of financial freedom, it should be this fact. Many people today are creating absolutely massive wealth online, and the fact is, most of them are doing it with relative ease. No there is no one "secret" or special tool which will help you achieve your goals... and if you come across some "get rich quick" scheme promising you such, close the page and move on.
What has led these gurus to success online is an accumulation of knowledge... a knowledge of how to attract people to want to work with and buy from them. Thankfully for those of you just starting, or looking to get into the industry, this knowledge is quite readily available. The fact is however, that most newbie internet marketers still don't get it... they try their hand at something, don't see quick results, then give up and call the whole system a scam.
What many of you have to realize is that you probably WILL struggle before you achieve success... regardless of what information you're provided with. You will have to refine your skills... you will have to find your niche. Maybe you've tried your hand at one form of marketing and gotten nowhere... well no problem... move on to the next until you've found what you ARE good at.
There is no doubt in my mind that anyone out there can make it as an internet marketer... the key is persistence. You don't have to be a genius... you don't have to be a rocket scientist... you simply need to want it bad enough to take control and make it happen.
People with all sorts of backgrounds have made it in the industry... waiters (Mike Dillard)... salespeople (Jay Kubassek)... landscapers (David Schwind)... marines (Michal Force)... and so on. The difference between these incredible successes, and the 97% who fail, is that they wanted it more. They wanted it and they didn't give up until it happened for them. If they can do it, you can do it... and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. So don't lose faith if you struggle a little bit... persist, push forward, and don't give up until you're a success too!
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Tuesday 17 April 2012
5 Ways To Promote Your Website
The days of "if you build it, they will come" are well and truly over on the web. You need to promote your website to help people to find it. Here are some ways you can do that:
1. Put a video on YouTube
After Google itself, YouTube is one of the most used sites on the internet. You need to have a video on there!
This doesn't have to be a full-blown Hollywood budget video. You can film yourself using your mobile phone - the quality is plenty good enough - or you can do a simple screen capture and voiceover video using a program like Jing or Cam Studio. These work fine and you can embed the video on other web pages if you want to give it extra exposure.
2. Tweet about your site
Like it or loathe it, Twitter can be a good way to promote your website. Keeping your Tweets within the 140 character limit is good practice if you're used to waffling on forever. You can get a surprising amount of detail in a Tweet and it can draw attention to you. It's generally better if you don't use Twitter solely for self promotion. Use the medium to build up a loyal base of followers who actually read your Tweets and you'll find that the medium begins to work for you.
3. Create a Facebook page
If you're in an industry that deals with consumers (B2C in business speak) then Facebook is another great way to promote your website.
They keep changing the design and what you can do with your pages but the massive base of people using the site makes it worthwhile to do this. Facebook works especially well for repeat business. You can offer coupons to your fans, promote one off events and much more. They can interact with you which gives you the chance to be more personal than you'd previously have been.
4. Update your LinkedIn profile
LinkedIn is mainly a business-to-business site. Your circle of contacts (connections in LinkedIn speak) gradually builds up and you can use the site to keep in touch with them via various groups. It's also quite usual for your LinkedIn profile to come up high in the search results when people search for your name.
You can include links to your company website as well as other details about yourself.
5. Article marketing
Old fashioned, boring, all sorts of other accusations. But article marketing still works to promote your website.
Aim for a good quality article that satisfies the "hook" in the headline but leaves your reader thirsty for more information. Then provide that information in your own website - you can link to this from the resource box at the end of the article and include a call to action to encourage your readers to click through to your website. The search engines will also notice that link and, over time, will take account of it when they decide where to place your site in the search results.
Check out Website Action Plan for lots of ways to promote your website.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Trevor_Dumbleton
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1. Put a video on YouTube
After Google itself, YouTube is one of the most used sites on the internet. You need to have a video on there!
This doesn't have to be a full-blown Hollywood budget video. You can film yourself using your mobile phone - the quality is plenty good enough - or you can do a simple screen capture and voiceover video using a program like Jing or Cam Studio. These work fine and you can embed the video on other web pages if you want to give it extra exposure.
2. Tweet about your site
Like it or loathe it, Twitter can be a good way to promote your website. Keeping your Tweets within the 140 character limit is good practice if you're used to waffling on forever. You can get a surprising amount of detail in a Tweet and it can draw attention to you. It's generally better if you don't use Twitter solely for self promotion. Use the medium to build up a loyal base of followers who actually read your Tweets and you'll find that the medium begins to work for you.
3. Create a Facebook page
If you're in an industry that deals with consumers (B2C in business speak) then Facebook is another great way to promote your website.
They keep changing the design and what you can do with your pages but the massive base of people using the site makes it worthwhile to do this. Facebook works especially well for repeat business. You can offer coupons to your fans, promote one off events and much more. They can interact with you which gives you the chance to be more personal than you'd previously have been.
4. Update your LinkedIn profile
LinkedIn is mainly a business-to-business site. Your circle of contacts (connections in LinkedIn speak) gradually builds up and you can use the site to keep in touch with them via various groups. It's also quite usual for your LinkedIn profile to come up high in the search results when people search for your name.
You can include links to your company website as well as other details about yourself.
5. Article marketing
Old fashioned, boring, all sorts of other accusations. But article marketing still works to promote your website.
Aim for a good quality article that satisfies the "hook" in the headline but leaves your reader thirsty for more information. Then provide that information in your own website - you can link to this from the resource box at the end of the article and include a call to action to encourage your readers to click through to your website. The search engines will also notice that link and, over time, will take account of it when they decide where to place your site in the search results.
Check out Website Action Plan for lots of ways to promote your website.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Trevor_Dumbleton
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/7002624
Friday 13 April 2012
What Steps Are Needed to Setup My Website to Sell Ebooks?
More than once you have sat down to try to write your first ebook, but this small, nagging voice kept asking, "What steps am I going to have to take to sell this book and make money?" This is a common question that many people ask, and we will answer it in this article.
Step 1 - Get a domain name
A domain name is the doorway that people type in the address bar that takes them to your website. You could use a free domain name if you wanted to, but you shouldn't. Using a free domain name just shows that you are so unsure of your own business that you won't spend a few dollars to get your own address. If you don't care about your business, then don't expect others to care.
Step 2 - Get a credit card processor
You don't want people sending you a check in the mail, so you must have a way for people to pay for your ebook with credit cards. PayPal is probably your best option here because they accept all major credit cards. You won't have to pay a penny to use PayPal, but they will deduct a small transaction fee from the profits of each sale.
Step 3 - Create a sales page
The primary message of your sales page should explain the benefits of your ebook. Keep your sales page simple because you don't want to detract from your actual sales message. If you want to know what a good sales page looks like, look online and find a sales page that persuades you to buy and then imitate it.
Step 4 - Get targeted traffic
Getting traffic to your website is simple, but it is not easy. Not being able to get focused traffic to your website will absolutely kill your business. Getting focused traffic take a lot of work, energy, and discipline. That is why most people don't do it. Article marketing is one of the most effective methods of getting targeted traffic. That is why I use it so much. However, article marketing is not the only effective marketing method. There are many more. Choose the option that works best for you and stick with it.
Step 5 - Collect email addresses
Getting targeted traffic takes way too much time and effort to let them turn around and leave. That is why, if you want to succeed in this business, you must get your visitor's email address. Your ebook business's success will be based on your ability to get visitors to sign-up to your subscription list.
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Step 1 - Get a domain name
A domain name is the doorway that people type in the address bar that takes them to your website. You could use a free domain name if you wanted to, but you shouldn't. Using a free domain name just shows that you are so unsure of your own business that you won't spend a few dollars to get your own address. If you don't care about your business, then don't expect others to care.
Step 2 - Get a credit card processor
You don't want people sending you a check in the mail, so you must have a way for people to pay for your ebook with credit cards. PayPal is probably your best option here because they accept all major credit cards. You won't have to pay a penny to use PayPal, but they will deduct a small transaction fee from the profits of each sale.
Step 3 - Create a sales page
The primary message of your sales page should explain the benefits of your ebook. Keep your sales page simple because you don't want to detract from your actual sales message. If you want to know what a good sales page looks like, look online and find a sales page that persuades you to buy and then imitate it.
Step 4 - Get targeted traffic
Getting traffic to your website is simple, but it is not easy. Not being able to get focused traffic to your website will absolutely kill your business. Getting focused traffic take a lot of work, energy, and discipline. That is why most people don't do it. Article marketing is one of the most effective methods of getting targeted traffic. That is why I use it so much. However, article marketing is not the only effective marketing method. There are many more. Choose the option that works best for you and stick with it.
Step 5 - Collect email addresses
Getting targeted traffic takes way too much time and effort to let them turn around and leave. That is why, if you want to succeed in this business, you must get your visitor's email address. Your ebook business's success will be based on your ability to get visitors to sign-up to your subscription list.
Christopher loves to write articles on all types of subjects. Feel free to visit his newest website which helps people find the perfect Shermag glider rocker [http://www.gliderrockercushionsreview.com/shermag-glider-rocker.html] and glider rocker cushions
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You Can't Make Money Online
You Can’t Make Money Online
By Kovich On April 17, 2010 Under Personal Development
Statistics show that you will never earn a notable amount of money online. In fact, recent studies indicate that less than 3% of people actually succeed. Now, we can draw conclusions and try to figure out why that number is so low, but I think I have a pretty good idea already: Laziness.
People want instant gratification with zero effort and absolutely no blood, tears or sweat involved. (If there’s any bloodshed while trying to earn money online, you’re probably not doing it right.) Obviously, such methods will never be successful. You will not become a multi-millionaire by sitting down and staring at your PayPal account. The money won’t simply materialize in your possession.
How do you actually make money online? This question is so simple that I can’t believe people even need to ask it! The answer? Dedication, Effort, and Motivation. Dedication, Motiviation and Effort In fact, I’ve even utilized my vast experience with Microsoft Paint to design a graphic that conveys the point I’m trying to make. I call it the Triangle of Success. Let’s start with some definitions:
Dedication is sheer commitment. When you are dedicated to something, you have made a pledge to stick with it until the end.
Motivation supports your ability to invest effort into a project and to remain dedicated. It is what keeps you going and focused. It pushes you towards your desired goal.
Effort is actually doing the work and investing the proper time and resources into moving toward what you want.
You’ve probably seen the recent hype about ‘The Secret’ and how the key to finding success is something well protected and unheard of by the masses. Their marketing campaigns make it out to sound quite mystical – much like something passed down through generations of sages. So, I’m going to refer to this post not as ‘The Secret’ but as ‘The Truth’. The three fundamentals I described above are the exact keys to success… there is no secret, no mysticism and no divine outside force involved.
“When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.” – Patañjali
Success often begins with a lot of hard work – late nights, tons of crumpled up sheets of paper with discarded ideas, and a high budget in place for coffee. Over time, you’ll learn to develop ways that you can work smarter instead of harder. In other words, you figure out easier ways to do things. For example, you can copy text on a computer by highlighting it, clicking edit, and then clicking copy, or you can simply use CTRL + C. See what I mean?
I’d like to warn you, however, about taking shortcuts. I wrote about an experience (click here to read it) I had with a guy who wanted to take a shortcut by driving significantly over the speed limit. He figured he would be saving time and would arrive at his destination faster… the only problem is that he was pulled over by a Pennsylvania State Trooper. Certain shortcuts may seem tempting in business and it is often the most tempting that lead us down the wrong path.
Motivation is probably the most critical component of the Triangle of Success. If you have great ideas and methods, but never have the motivation to execute them, what’s the point? Zig Ziglar once said that motivation is much like taking a shower – it doesn’t last and that is why it’s recommended daily.
When I’m working toward a goal, I like to have a visual reminder to keep me on track. Let’s say that you want to earn a significant amount of money… don’t just print out a picture of a pile of cash. Instead, look at what you can do with the product. Maybe you want a new sports car or a fancy sailing ship. Maybe you just want to pay off your debt. Figure out what works for you!
As a promotional item for this blog, I designed a motivational wallpaper that features a beautiful mountain scene with an inspirational quote by Shakespeare. Feel free to download it and see if it helps give you that daily boost.
“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”
- Thomas Jefferson
So, let’s do a summary here and analyze what I’ve covered in this post: There is no secret to success. Everyone has the potential to become successful online and offline. You must invest effort, dedication and motivation in order to achieve your goals. There are valid shortcuts and there are unethical shortcuts that could get you into a lot of trouble – be sure to take everything with a grain of sand (or is the phrase grain of salt? I’m not sure.) and do thorough research on something before you try it.
Whenever you develop a final goal, divide it up into smaller goals to help motivate you and keep you going. If you want a million dollars, you might first want to start with: Make $200 a week. Then, you can progress to: Make $400 a week. You get the idea. Breaking things down into smaller pieces is very important and you’ll see how it pays off once you’re doing it.
I’d also like to recommend that you don’t make profit your primary focus in the beginning. When I started this blog, I didn’t care about profiting. I wanted to produce something high-quality that I could be proud to attach my name to. I kept working, developing new content, finding new promotional methods, etc. Eventually, when people realized how hard I was working, they were much more interested in advertising on my blog rather than any other. It goes to show that when you put your heart into something, people will notice.
The biggest mistake that people make is when they see a profit start to materialize, they assume they have done enough and they stop working. Never, ever do this! You must keep a consistent effort to improve the quality of your business and to keep it moving in the right direction. If you sit down and expect it to run on auto-pilot, you’ll find that it has crashed into a mountain somewhere.
Well, what are you waiting for? Get out there and put this information to good use! Feel free to comment below and share your thoughts.
P.S. If you want more ideas and some regular motivation, subscribe to my mailing list.
By Kovich On April 17, 2010 Under Personal Development
Statistics show that you will never earn a notable amount of money online. In fact, recent studies indicate that less than 3% of people actually succeed. Now, we can draw conclusions and try to figure out why that number is so low, but I think I have a pretty good idea already: Laziness.
People want instant gratification with zero effort and absolutely no blood, tears or sweat involved. (If there’s any bloodshed while trying to earn money online, you’re probably not doing it right.) Obviously, such methods will never be successful. You will not become a multi-millionaire by sitting down and staring at your PayPal account. The money won’t simply materialize in your possession.
How do you actually make money online? This question is so simple that I can’t believe people even need to ask it! The answer? Dedication, Effort, and Motivation. Dedication, Motiviation and Effort In fact, I’ve even utilized my vast experience with Microsoft Paint to design a graphic that conveys the point I’m trying to make. I call it the Triangle of Success. Let’s start with some definitions:
Dedication is sheer commitment. When you are dedicated to something, you have made a pledge to stick with it until the end.
Motivation supports your ability to invest effort into a project and to remain dedicated. It is what keeps you going and focused. It pushes you towards your desired goal.
Effort is actually doing the work and investing the proper time and resources into moving toward what you want.
You’ve probably seen the recent hype about ‘The Secret’ and how the key to finding success is something well protected and unheard of by the masses. Their marketing campaigns make it out to sound quite mystical – much like something passed down through generations of sages. So, I’m going to refer to this post not as ‘The Secret’ but as ‘The Truth’. The three fundamentals I described above are the exact keys to success… there is no secret, no mysticism and no divine outside force involved.
“When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.” – Patañjali
Success often begins with a lot of hard work – late nights, tons of crumpled up sheets of paper with discarded ideas, and a high budget in place for coffee. Over time, you’ll learn to develop ways that you can work smarter instead of harder. In other words, you figure out easier ways to do things. For example, you can copy text on a computer by highlighting it, clicking edit, and then clicking copy, or you can simply use CTRL + C. See what I mean?
I’d like to warn you, however, about taking shortcuts. I wrote about an experience (click here to read it) I had with a guy who wanted to take a shortcut by driving significantly over the speed limit. He figured he would be saving time and would arrive at his destination faster… the only problem is that he was pulled over by a Pennsylvania State Trooper. Certain shortcuts may seem tempting in business and it is often the most tempting that lead us down the wrong path.
Motivation is probably the most critical component of the Triangle of Success. If you have great ideas and methods, but never have the motivation to execute them, what’s the point? Zig Ziglar once said that motivation is much like taking a shower – it doesn’t last and that is why it’s recommended daily.
When I’m working toward a goal, I like to have a visual reminder to keep me on track. Let’s say that you want to earn a significant amount of money… don’t just print out a picture of a pile of cash. Instead, look at what you can do with the product. Maybe you want a new sports car or a fancy sailing ship. Maybe you just want to pay off your debt. Figure out what works for you!
As a promotional item for this blog, I designed a motivational wallpaper that features a beautiful mountain scene with an inspirational quote by Shakespeare. Feel free to download it and see if it helps give you that daily boost.
“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”
- Thomas Jefferson
So, let’s do a summary here and analyze what I’ve covered in this post: There is no secret to success. Everyone has the potential to become successful online and offline. You must invest effort, dedication and motivation in order to achieve your goals. There are valid shortcuts and there are unethical shortcuts that could get you into a lot of trouble – be sure to take everything with a grain of sand (or is the phrase grain of salt? I’m not sure.) and do thorough research on something before you try it.
Whenever you develop a final goal, divide it up into smaller goals to help motivate you and keep you going. If you want a million dollars, you might first want to start with: Make $200 a week. Then, you can progress to: Make $400 a week. You get the idea. Breaking things down into smaller pieces is very important and you’ll see how it pays off once you’re doing it.
I’d also like to recommend that you don’t make profit your primary focus in the beginning. When I started this blog, I didn’t care about profiting. I wanted to produce something high-quality that I could be proud to attach my name to. I kept working, developing new content, finding new promotional methods, etc. Eventually, when people realized how hard I was working, they were much more interested in advertising on my blog rather than any other. It goes to show that when you put your heart into something, people will notice.
The biggest mistake that people make is when they see a profit start to materialize, they assume they have done enough and they stop working. Never, ever do this! You must keep a consistent effort to improve the quality of your business and to keep it moving in the right direction. If you sit down and expect it to run on auto-pilot, you’ll find that it has crashed into a mountain somewhere.
Well, what are you waiting for? Get out there and put this information to good use! Feel free to comment below and share your thoughts.
P.S. If you want more ideas and some regular motivation, subscribe to my mailing list.
Tuesday 3 April 2012
Successful Internet marketer’s Interview-John Lagoudakis
John Lagoudakis has been a full-time internet marketer since 2008. Since then he has become one of Clickbank’s top 100 affiliates. He lives in Brisbane, Australia with his wife and three children.
Tell us a little background info about yourself. Where are you from? How old are you? How long have you been working in this industry?
I’m 36 years old, was born in Sydney, Australia and have been living in Brisbane for past 9 years. In 2008 I became a full-time internet marketer.
What accomplishments so far are you the most proud of?
When I first came across affiliate marketing, it made sense to me so I gave it a go and within a couple of days made my first sale. The profit was only about $1 but I was ecstatic… it really worked!
I was sick of my job so I made a goal to build up my affiliate marketing business to a point that I could quit my job by my next birthday (which was about 5 months away). After working hard for 8 months I was finally able to realize my goal and quit my job forever! What a beautiful day that was. It was my most satisfying accomplishment. Every day after that has been great.
Another significant accomplishment was becoming one of the top 100 Clickbank affiliates. I was quite surprised when that happened.
How did you come to learn about this industry? Why did you choose this career?
By accident I learned about affiliate marketing. It was while I was trying to build up my network marketing business online and using traffic exchanges that I kept on coming across affiliate marketing guides. Eventually I bought one called “Two Minute Profits” by Alok Jain.
The reason why I’ve stuck with internet marketing, despite all the challenges I’ve had along the way (it hasn’t been smooth sailing!) is that I love the idea of being able to work anywhere in the world and at whatever times and whatever pace I choose.
Some days I’m motivated and work really hard. Other days I just couldn’t be bothered so I do something else. I spend a lot more time with my family. It’s great!
What do you think it takes to be successful as an affiliate?
To be a successful affiliate, you need to know and do the following things:
- Never give up. So many times I see people try something once, or maybe even a few times, and when it doesn’t work out they just give up. Nothing worthwhile is easy. My advice is to find someone that is having the success you want to have and follow their strategy completely until you have the same success
- Stay focused. Many budding affiliates make the mistake of buying every single new affiliate strategy that’s released. You’ll never have success this way. There are a kazillion different ways to make money online but if you spread yourself thin you won’t make a cent.
- Provide quality information. Whatever type of affiliate strategy you use, if you want to be successful, you need to give people what they want. Like Zig Ziglar says, “you can have everything in life that you want if you help enough people get what they want”.
What is the single toughest problem you’ve had to face, and how did you get through it?
The internet marketing world is constantly changing. When I first started out, Google Adwords was the big thing, i.e. setting up profitable PPC campaigns. That’s how I made my big break and a lot of money.
2 years later my Adwords account was permanently suspended (along with thousands of other affiliate marketer’s accounts). My income dropped by more than 50% overnight (literally).
Fortunately, I saw the change coming and had other strategies in place.
What have been your biggest failures and frustrations?
One of the strategies I already had in place before my Google Adwords account was suspended was building a list in the internet marketing niche. A big part of that list building strategy was to do adswaps with other list owners.
My biggest frustration has been the amount of scammers that are out there, that will not reciprocate a mailout or send you junk traffic. It happens too much and other list owners need to be aware. If you’re going to do an adswap (and I highly recommend that you do) make sure you get references first.
Is there anything that you don’t like to do, that you just hate working on?
Writing articles about things that I’m not passionate about. If you’re going to get into a niche, make sure you either really enjoy it, or outsource the content creation. If you don’t, you’ll go crazy or just give up on it.
What is the future of marketing?
I really don’t know. I won’t pretend to be a marketing expert. :) At the moment, social media and video are super popular (e.g. Facebook and Youtube).
If it’s possible for you to share, are there any particular niches that you currently favor? Or that you aren’t necessarily in right now but that you would recommend?
I like the internet marketing/make money online niche and that’s where I’m focusing most of my attention at this stage. I also like to go into any hot niche that has recurring billing products. I love the idea of making a sale once and being paid over and over again.
Which methods of promotion do you favor?
I used to specialize in PPC but now email marketing is my main promotion method. Other methods I use are video and article marketing, Facebook and Twitter.
What have you been up to recently? What projects are you working on?
Right now I’m working on creating more online content to get more subscribers. I offer a quality free video ecourse that teaches others the methods that I currently use to make money online. This free video ecourse is available at http://makemoneyonlinewithjohn.com.
I want to get as much publicity as I can for my free video ecourse so I’m working on writing more articles for my blog and more videos to share online at Youtube, etc.
What motivates you?
My main motivation is my wife and three children. Internet marketing allows me to spend more time with them and a means to give them the things they need and want in life.
What is the best advice you’ve been given and try to apply to your life?
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
What are some of your long-term goals? How much is enough? If money was no object, what would you be doing?
My long-term goal is to have my internet marketing business set up in such a way that I can easily outsource the tasks. Eventually I do not want to be doing any of the ‘grunt’ work myself. I’d like to be simply overseeing the work and enjoying the financial rewards. :)
Internet marketing is ideal for this. It’s very easy to outsource. My main challenge is to get a system into place that I can easily hand off to others.
Where do you want to be ten years from now?
Traveling the world with my family. :)
If you could go back to being 18, what different career choices would you make?
I wouldn’t change anything. I like where I am right now in my life and believe that everything I’ve been through has led me here, good and bad.
What is your greatest achievement outside of work? What are some of your unfulfilled dreams?
I strongly believe that no other success can compensate for failure in the home. I hope that my greatest accomplishment will be the heritage I leave to my family.
Tell us a little background info about yourself. Where are you from? How old are you? How long have you been working in this industry?
I’m 36 years old, was born in Sydney, Australia and have been living in Brisbane for past 9 years. In 2008 I became a full-time internet marketer.
What accomplishments so far are you the most proud of?
When I first came across affiliate marketing, it made sense to me so I gave it a go and within a couple of days made my first sale. The profit was only about $1 but I was ecstatic… it really worked!
I was sick of my job so I made a goal to build up my affiliate marketing business to a point that I could quit my job by my next birthday (which was about 5 months away). After working hard for 8 months I was finally able to realize my goal and quit my job forever! What a beautiful day that was. It was my most satisfying accomplishment. Every day after that has been great.
Another significant accomplishment was becoming one of the top 100 Clickbank affiliates. I was quite surprised when that happened.
How did you come to learn about this industry? Why did you choose this career?
By accident I learned about affiliate marketing. It was while I was trying to build up my network marketing business online and using traffic exchanges that I kept on coming across affiliate marketing guides. Eventually I bought one called “Two Minute Profits” by Alok Jain.
The reason why I’ve stuck with internet marketing, despite all the challenges I’ve had along the way (it hasn’t been smooth sailing!) is that I love the idea of being able to work anywhere in the world and at whatever times and whatever pace I choose.
Some days I’m motivated and work really hard. Other days I just couldn’t be bothered so I do something else. I spend a lot more time with my family. It’s great!
What do you think it takes to be successful as an affiliate?
To be a successful affiliate, you need to know and do the following things:
- Never give up. So many times I see people try something once, or maybe even a few times, and when it doesn’t work out they just give up. Nothing worthwhile is easy. My advice is to find someone that is having the success you want to have and follow their strategy completely until you have the same success
- Stay focused. Many budding affiliates make the mistake of buying every single new affiliate strategy that’s released. You’ll never have success this way. There are a kazillion different ways to make money online but if you spread yourself thin you won’t make a cent.
- Provide quality information. Whatever type of affiliate strategy you use, if you want to be successful, you need to give people what they want. Like Zig Ziglar says, “you can have everything in life that you want if you help enough people get what they want”.
What is the single toughest problem you’ve had to face, and how did you get through it?
The internet marketing world is constantly changing. When I first started out, Google Adwords was the big thing, i.e. setting up profitable PPC campaigns. That’s how I made my big break and a lot of money.
2 years later my Adwords account was permanently suspended (along with thousands of other affiliate marketer’s accounts). My income dropped by more than 50% overnight (literally).
Fortunately, I saw the change coming and had other strategies in place.
What have been your biggest failures and frustrations?
One of the strategies I already had in place before my Google Adwords account was suspended was building a list in the internet marketing niche. A big part of that list building strategy was to do adswaps with other list owners.
My biggest frustration has been the amount of scammers that are out there, that will not reciprocate a mailout or send you junk traffic. It happens too much and other list owners need to be aware. If you’re going to do an adswap (and I highly recommend that you do) make sure you get references first.
Is there anything that you don’t like to do, that you just hate working on?
Writing articles about things that I’m not passionate about. If you’re going to get into a niche, make sure you either really enjoy it, or outsource the content creation. If you don’t, you’ll go crazy or just give up on it.
What is the future of marketing?
I really don’t know. I won’t pretend to be a marketing expert. :) At the moment, social media and video are super popular (e.g. Facebook and Youtube).
If it’s possible for you to share, are there any particular niches that you currently favor? Or that you aren’t necessarily in right now but that you would recommend?
I like the internet marketing/make money online niche and that’s where I’m focusing most of my attention at this stage. I also like to go into any hot niche that has recurring billing products. I love the idea of making a sale once and being paid over and over again.
Which methods of promotion do you favor?
I used to specialize in PPC but now email marketing is my main promotion method. Other methods I use are video and article marketing, Facebook and Twitter.
What have you been up to recently? What projects are you working on?
Right now I’m working on creating more online content to get more subscribers. I offer a quality free video ecourse that teaches others the methods that I currently use to make money online. This free video ecourse is available at http://makemoneyonlinewithjohn.com.
I want to get as much publicity as I can for my free video ecourse so I’m working on writing more articles for my blog and more videos to share online at Youtube, etc.
What motivates you?
My main motivation is my wife and three children. Internet marketing allows me to spend more time with them and a means to give them the things they need and want in life.
What is the best advice you’ve been given and try to apply to your life?
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
What are some of your long-term goals? How much is enough? If money was no object, what would you be doing?
My long-term goal is to have my internet marketing business set up in such a way that I can easily outsource the tasks. Eventually I do not want to be doing any of the ‘grunt’ work myself. I’d like to be simply overseeing the work and enjoying the financial rewards. :)
Internet marketing is ideal for this. It’s very easy to outsource. My main challenge is to get a system into place that I can easily hand off to others.
Where do you want to be ten years from now?
Traveling the world with my family. :)
If you could go back to being 18, what different career choices would you make?
I wouldn’t change anything. I like where I am right now in my life and believe that everything I’ve been through has led me here, good and bad.
What is your greatest achievement outside of work? What are some of your unfulfilled dreams?
I strongly believe that no other success can compensate for failure in the home. I hope that my greatest accomplishment will be the heritage I leave to my family.
Friday 30 March 2012
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