Hey guys, today is my one year anniversary as an Internet Marketer. That’s right. Just one year ago, I didn’t even know what internet marketing was and now, I know so darn much. As a little present, I’ve put together the top 15 frequently asked questions of newbies. These are burning questions that I had just starting off and I know want to share my knowledge with you. So, read it through and let me know what you think.
- How can I get people to click on my resource page after reading my articles? That one is easy. You bribe them. No seriously, you have to make people want to visit your site by providing them with enough quality content to make them interested in learning more. You can’t give them all your secrets in the article. Instead, you have to encourage them to read more by clicking on your resource link and visiting your site.
- Do I have to spend money to make money? Yes, but not a lot of money. Although you can find most of the tools you need for free, you’ll likely need to invest in a few products to teach you the fast track secrets.
- Do I have to work 50+ hours a week to be successful? It depends on what you call successful. Some people are successful making $100 a month whereas others want to make $10,000. One thing is certain; you will need to work hard to make your financial dreams a reality. You can’t just take the easy road if you really want to be successful.
- How can I trust so-called internet marketing experts? You have to do your research. You can’t just trust every self-proclaimed guru professing to have the best magic money making system. Instead, you have to be selective and do your research and remember that there are lots of “gurus” who make their money misleading people, promising amazing results for techniques that may or may not work. Take it all with a grain of salt and season as you see fit.
- Is content really important to an Internet Marketer’s success? Yes. You can’t just throw up junk content and hope that it will stick. Instead, you have to provide quality content that is useful and helpful to your visitors. This will entice them to visit your site over and over again because they will come to trust you for delivering quality content and not junk.
- Do you have to have thousands of hits a day to be successful? No, you don’t need thousands of hits a day to be successful. The quality of the hits is more important. After all, you can make more money off small targeted traffic than large amounts of untargeted traffic. The key is to put the right offer in front of the right audience so that they can act and make you money.
- How can you build your list? With a lot of hard work and effort. There are no easy ways to build a list. You have to try a lot of different things including giving out free products, article marketing, offline marketing, joint ventures, etc.
- Do you really need affiliates? Yes you do. Affiliates will help you create the viral buzz that your product needs to be successful. Although you’ll give up a portion of your commission, you’ll make it up because you’ll make more money. So, by getting partners now, you can grow your list faster and skyrocket your profits.
- How can I get my affiliates to promote my products? By having good products and then making the offer too good to be true. If you set your commissions high at 55% or higher and have well converting offers, affiliates will happy to promote your product or service offering. Also, make it easier for them by providing them with marketing tools like articles and other material as well.
- How come nothing that I’ve bought has worked? Because you have been pussy footing around that’s why. There are numerous ways to make money online and just about every one of them will work if you put forth the necessary work and effort. The problem is that most people are looking for an easy way out and don’t stick around long enough to make something work. If you stay focused and committed to one project at a time, you can make it work.
- Should I become an affiliate marketer or sell my own products? It depends. Selling your own products will allow you to earn the most money but this route can be riskier as you’ll be responsible for conducting market research, producing a killer product, hard hitting sales letter and website as well as handling marketing and customer service inquiries. For most newbies, this can be too much so it may be better to sell other people’s products for a commission. This way, you will only have to worry about choosing the right product and then marketing it.
- Why haven’t I succeeded yet? You haven’t succeeded yet because you have to keep on trying. You can’t focus on your past failures. Instead you have to use any past failure as feedback and then do more of what works and less of what doesn’t. For instance, let’s say that you love creating products but hate marketing them. In this case, you might want to find a JV partner that will market the products that you create. This way, you can concentrate on what works instead of what doesn’t.
- How can I make $10,000 a month or more? You can make $10,000 or more by leveraging your talents with others, working smarter, never giving up, and being open to learning and applying your knowledge. Although it wont’ happen overnight, if you stick to it, it can happen.
- How can I find JVs? You can find joint ventures by being open and receptive. Just remember that you don’t have to choose JVs with only well named gurus to be successful. Instead, you can partner up with other non popular marketers and still make big bucks. The key is to be on the lookout for these types of partners, add them to your list, and then approach them for partnership opportunities. Once you do that you can succeed.
- I’m overloaded with information, what do I do now? You create a business plan and then focus on one project at a time. You work hard to make that project a success and then you move on to the next project. Once that one is successful, you move on to the next one. You absolutely must stop switching around too much and simply focus, focus, focus. Simply use what you have and make it work for you and then move on.
Well, that’s it. Hope you guys enjoyed reading these 15 top FAQs. Now, all you have to do is apply the above advice and you too will be well on your way to becoming a successful Internet Marketer too.
