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HOME BUSINESS & MARKETING OPTIONS
Bryan Thorby
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http://www.home-business-and-marketing.com
Date: November 21, 2006
Welcome to This Edition
In This Issue:
Thoughts of the Day
Article 1: The Basics Of Online Marketing
Article 2: Earning Opportunities Online
Article 3: Learn The Power Of Establishing Your Own Affiliate Network
Resources
Disclaimer & Privacy Statement
I trust all is well with you and your business.
Over the last couple of weeks I've been getting my head around
the new marketing strategy of "click flipping". I think my
main problem is that I'm interested in very competitive
markets so I need to change my thinking and start looking for
markets with less competition and cheaper bid keywords to get
better rankings. I definitely haven't struck gold yet although
I know some people are starting to see positive results.
One interesting development over the last couple of days -
ClickBank have made some changes, one being the option of ID
tracking. The site now provides a different look and better
reporting info.
To your Home Business success,
Bryan
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Search Marketing Lab
If you want to maximize your profits by driving an endless
stream of eager shoppers to your website -- without spending a
PENNY to get them -- then nothing beats the free search engines,
like Google, Yahoo, and MSN.
But here's the kicker...
... According to a recent AOL study, a whopping 89.7% of people
searching the Internet NEVER look past the first page of search
results!
Now in the past, it seemed that getting to that coveted top spot
in the search engines was half rocket science, half voodoo
magic. And it could take months -- even years -- to see any real
results.
But all that has changed!
To find out how, just go to:
www.marketingtips.com/searchmarketinglab
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"When you become detached mentally from yourself and
concentrate on helping other people with their
difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more
effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal
power-releasing factor."
-- Norman Vincent Peale
"No lions are ever caught in mousetraps. To catch lions you
must think in terms of lions, not in terms of mice.
Your mind is always creating traps of one kind or another, and
what you catch depends on the thinking you do.
It is your thinking that attracts to you what you receive."
-- Gil Bailie
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The Basics Of Online Marketing
There are many advantages to starting your own online business. The prospect of working from the comforts of your own home alone is enough for many people to seriously consider this amazing alternative. Additionally – and more importantly for some – the earning potentials of an online business are unsurpassed. You can earn thousands, if not millions, of dollars, with the right products, the right setup, the right techniques and the right attitude.
But a good number of people are still hesitant to try out this lucrative field. One of the reasons is fear. Long has the internet been known as a place that breeds scams and other fraudulent activities. One look at your bulk folder and you’ll see countless offers for penis enlargement (which is medically impossible), get rich quick schemes (which is logically improbable) and requests for donations (which is morally improper).
But the main reason why people don’t want to engage in an online business is because of education, or lack thereof. A great number of people simply do not know how to start their own online business. “I don’t know HTML” or “I cannot create a website” are the usual excuses given by persons who’d otherwise hop aboard this very profitable opportunity.
Unfounded Fears
Though it is true that the internet is a place filled with scams and the likes, what with the anonymity prevalent in the World Wide Web, such fears are not really proper. Firstly, because you will not scam anyone. Yours will be an enterprise that will be founded on credible and reputable undertakings. Secondly, because you can easily avoid people who have devious intents against your business if you know how to spot them.
And even if you don’t know jack about the skills and knowledge required in operating your own online business, you can always learn about them. Such is the beauty of this industry. The learning curve isn’t the steep. And it is easily accessible to just about anyone.
First Thing You Need To Learn
Before you can start earning money online, you must first realize the basic rule of business – any business for that matter, whether offline or online.
To earn something, you must give something first.
If you want to earn through sales, you must first offer something to sell. If you want to earn through your skills, you must be good at something so that someone will be willing to hire you.
An online business is not a gambit. You cannot win something with nothing. You must first give something to earn a profit in return. This is something you must always remember. You will be running a business, not a charity institution. You cannot expect people to donate money to you out of the goodness of their hearts.
The Right Attitude
Approaching your online business with pessimism will lead to nowhere. If you start believing it can’t be done, you’ll never be able to do it.
But hear these facts: a number greater than the majority make it big in the online world. These people are by no means pioneers. They have studied and adopted certain online business models. They improved on them every chance they got.
As such, they have received phenomenal results that have made online marketing their bread and butter for their daily sustenance.
Yes, it can be done. You can earn a living online, just like how thousands of people are currently accomplishing each and every day!
We’ll show you what you need to know. We’ll tell you the right tools to use. We’ll teach you the correct strategies to implement.
But you need to do something with the things you will learn. The success of your online enterprise will be solely dependent on you.
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Earning Opportunities Online
There are countless earning opportunities online that it will take an encyclopedic work to name and discuss all of them. All of these earning opportunities are proven to be potent. Here are 6 of the top earning opportunities in the World Wide Web:
1. Selling your own digital products. You can opt to create your own products and sell the same for a price. The benefit of this approach is that you can potentially have multiple sales per item. Your earning potential is not limited by how much you can produce, rather, it will depend on how many copies of a single product you can sell. There are two types of digital products you can sell online. These are information products (eBooks, special reports, articles) and solutions (software programs, scripts, websites, graphics).
2. Selling the resale rights and private label rights of your own digital products. By default and operation of law, the rights to the products you will create shall belong only to you. This means that no one can sell or otherwise use your products without your consent. As such, you can sell the rights to your products for an added amount. There is a big market for products being sold with their resale rights (rights to sell), master resale rights (rights to sell with resale rights) and private label rights (rights to alter). Products like these come with earning opportunities, and their higher selling prices are justified.
3. Selling tangible goods. Digital products aren’t the only things you can sell online. You can also use the internet as an advertising venue for your physical goods. Study popular auction sites such as www.ebay.com and you’ll discover thousands of people earning big money selling products which they ship to the purchasers.
4. Signing up as an affiliate. Many claim that the quickest and most cost-efficient way to earn profit online is by being an affiliate. There are many affiliate programs out there which will pay you a generous commission – from 20% to 80% of the selling price – for every customer you will manage to refer. You won’t have to worry about actually selling the products. You just have to pre-sell the same so that your prospects will click on your affiliate links and visit the affiliate merchant’s sales pages.
5. Operating websites enrolled with Pay Per Click (PPC) programs. An increasing number of webmasters are discovering the untold wealth promised by PPC programs. PPC programs like Google AdSense pay webmasters for every click of the ads that are displayed on their web pages. Imagine a click costing a mere $0.05. Imagine further that a website garners 1,000 visitors per day with a click through rate of 10%, that is 100 people manage to click on the ads they see on the web pages. That’s $5 per day, just like that. Imagine further if the webmaster has 20, 50 or even 100 websites enrolled with a PPC program and capable of the same statistics. That is how lucrative this online earning opportunity can be!
6. Freelancing. You’re not limited to selling products, of course. You can sell your services as well. You can become a freelancer and provide help for many people. Are you good at writing? Then you can become a ghostwriter or a content provider. Are you good with programming? There are jobs waiting for you as well. Are you good with graphics? You’d be amazed at the demand for your services in the digital world.
Have you determined the earning opportunity that’s best suited for you? Regardless of your choice, you’re sure to discover that the internet can be as profitable – if not more profitable – than the real world. The World Wide Web allows you to reach a global audience, after all. There will always be a need for what you can offer, no matter how obscure it may seem to be.
The key is in knowing how to find the particular audience you are looking for.
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Learn The Power Of Establishing Your Own Affiliate Network
If you’re an online merchant and you’re not using affiliate
networking to promote your goods, then you’re missing out on
a windfall of profit. The fact is, having your own affiliate
program is most probably the best promotional strategy you can
ever come up with.
Let’s put it this way. With your own affiliate program, you
can have hundreds, if not thousands, of affiliates promoting
your products. This is like having a battalion of digital
salesmen who will increase awareness about your goods. The
result will truly astound. Having a lot of people promoting
what you have to offer will bring in a lot of prospects, and
such will bring in a lot of sales.
The way it goes is that affiliates will sign up under the
program. Thereafter, they will promote your products through
some generated affiliate links. These links will lead people
to your sales page. Affiliates will get paid a stated
commission for every sale they manage to refer.
What’s In It For Them
Don’t worry about the number of affiliates who’ll join your
cause, because there’s sure to be a lot. The World Wide Web
has millions of potential affiliates. Thousands of them earn
big amounts per year on affiliate marketing alone.
What’s in it for them, you might ask?
Well, affiliate programs are very lucrative opportunities.
Affiliates get paid handsome commissions, ranging from 20% to
80% of the selling price of the products they are promoting.
You are expected to provide a commission scheme that should
be no less.
This isn’t really a big investment on your part. It’s not
even an investment at all. Affiliates will only get paid once
they manage to refer a successful sale. You are not obligated
to pay them if they fail to provide the sales you need.
Hence, any payment that will be due to them would have a sure
sale behind it, so you won’t have to lay down some initial
funds.
The Easiest Affiliate Program Model To Set Up
You don’t even have to build an affiliate networking setup
from scratch. One of the best ways to establish the same is
by availing of existing programs.
I’m talking about www.clickbank.com . With this service, you
can opt to pay a onetime fee and submit your products for
review. Once approved, your products will be included in
their website, where any of their thousands of affiliates can
promote the same.
A lot of internet marketers have encountered amazing success
with ClickBank. This is a service that has proven itself to
be an efficient vehicle for online businessmen who wish to
avail of affiliates without setting up their own affiliate
program. Given the low fees involved, it can easily be
enjoyed by anyone, regardless of the size of their businesses.
Even if you’re just starting out, ClickBank will make things
very easy for you.
Your OWN Affiliate Program
Many will argue that having your own affiliate program is the
best option. After all, with your own affiliate program,
you’d be able to control everything. You’ll be the one who’ll
get to set the rules, the commission scheme, the process that
will be followed and the likes. You won’t be beholden to any
guidelines which may prove to be restrictive to the point of
cramping your own style.
There are many tools out there that will help you create your
own affiliate program. It’ll just be a matter of selecting
the most appropriate, the most powerful and the most
comprehensive tool that is best suited for your needs. Just
consider that your online business is one that will surely
expand, so you have to invest on the affiliate marketing tool
that will help it reach the level of success you will
eventually aim for.
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