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Saturday, January 2, 2010

The Main Reason Why Affiliates Fail: Your Guru Is A Terrible Teacher

Guest post by Gina Jennings

Mr. Miyagi used to tell Daniel Laruso in the movie, The Karate Kid, “No such thing as bad student, only bad teacher. Teacher say; student do.” I happen to agree. I don’t believe that all newbie affiliate marketers are lazy. There are some who won’t go the extra mile to succeed, but I believe there are many more who are simply just stuck and have no one to guide them to progress further.

Just because an internet marketer legitimately makes millions of dollars online, it doesn’t necessarily mean he’s great at teaching his skill, and teaching is definitely a valuable skill. This is namely the reason why eBooks can only do so much because they often just teach ONE strategy out of many.

A newbie must have the full picture of making money with affiliate marketing and learn the fundamental skills first. Then he can apply the strategies. A good teacher has no problem breaking all of that down and telling it to you in the right order.

So what are the signs of a good internet marketing teacher?

(1) Consistency. A good teacher has no problem giving you a demo of his teaching skills before you sign up. He is consistent both outside and inside the sale page. I’ve actually joined a coaching course where the two did not match. It turned out to be a cleverly disguised scam.

(2) The Big Picture. You must understand the big picture, the process of how you’re to go about. Experts often tell you that you need a business plan, but it’s funny that never show you what one looks like. You must know the direction you’re supposed to go in order to gauge if you’re staying on track.

(3) Detailed Legitimate Methods. A good teacher teaches you to comply with internet rules. He explains who, what, where, when, why, why not, how, of the technique he’s teaching you. You must know this so to prevent you from breaking rules inadvertently. If he demos them with video tutorials, even better.

(4) Available For questions. Your teacher should be available to answer our questions in reasonable time frame, preferably a day. It’s understandable that he’s busy, but he should always attempt to answer every question.

(5) He has a forum. Good coaching programs have forums. You need the interaction with the other members who’ve been there before to gauge how well you’re doing. Sometimes they can give you that extra bit of insight at your level that just makes a lesson click with you that much faster. Watch the tone of the forum. If it’s hostile, it’s probably a sign to leave the program. Remember, the coach always sets the tone.

(6) Membership Price is Reasonable. Most online courses range from $300 -$500 per year. However, there’s usually no requirement for you to stay a full year. You may depart when you feel ready. I’ve been in corporate-run programs that cost $8000/year or more than taught 1/3 the information in an online course. You’re paying for admin, business managers, computer people, etc. Then you have to schedule one-on-one phone time with the coach the same time every day. What if you can’t make a lesson? There’s no need for all that hubbub. Online courses with videos are ideal for you to do at your own pace and are much cheaper with just as good, if not better, quality.

(7) Teacher Makes Money With The Skills He Teaches You. Your teacher should practice what he preaches. Otherwise, he needs to point you in the direction to another teacher who does. There’s no point in wasting money on a hypocrite.

(8) Teacher Instills Confidence In You. Making money online is not the easiest thing to do, but it can be done. A good teacher will encourage you and instill confidence in you that you can perform the skills to be successful. He’s not going to tell you it’s easy peasy. It does take time, and you are responsible for doing the work. He changes your mindset to focus on building your business in the correct way. You want to be left feeling confident without anything unclear in your mind.

(9) Good Partnership. Not every teacher is an expert in all strategies. Therefore, he has no problems inviting experts who are. You may be participating in a webinar where your coach invites a niche specialist, a traffic specialist or an any other type of specialist to provide you extra skills that you could benefit from. This is a good indication of your coach’s networking capabilities. In the future you may end up networking yourself. Learn from example.

It’s understandable that one coach’s teaching style may work better for you than another. This is fine. As long as that coach meets the above criteria, you should be in good hands. Take the time to find a good coach. It is your business and your future. The focus should be on your benefit. Good luck with your web business.

Author Bio:
Gina Jennings left her old job to lead a more creative life. She enjoys internet marketing with a passion. Feel free to visit her website anytime at http://www.MakeExtraMoneySite.com. She has also invited you to enjoy a free video tutorial called a Web Business Explained.

Friday, January 1, 2010

Top 3 Essential Items Needed to Make Money Online

Guest Post by Chad Timms

#1-The Right Mindset
So many people think that making money online is as easy as signing up for a program, completing a few steps and then sitting back while the money rolls in. They believe or have an image in their mind that the internet is a get rich quick fantasy land. I believe many people get this impression from all the hyped programs that promise these riches so easily. Not to mention the zillions of spam emails that flood our inbox’s on a daily basis promising the same thing. If your expectation is to make money online without learning how to make money online then you are in for a big fat letdown. Get your mindset in the right place. Making money online is a lot of work but can be extremely rewarding and fun too.

#2- A Willingness To Learn
A willingness to learn how to market online is a must. If you have your own website or blog and you want people to find it then you need to learn how the online world works. Let’s take for example this blog where you are reading this article on. If you go to google and type in the phrase “make money online” then you will notice this blog ran by Alan Liew is listed on the first page of google. Now this has not come by accident. Alan has targeted these keywords and built his website around this niche. He also works very hard by adding original content daily and building backlinks to this site. There is a learning curve to on how to market online but there are also some great resources that teach you how to do it the right way.

#3- The Right Business Model
If you are looking to make money online then you need to find the right business for you. You really need to think in terms of supply and demand. Billions are spent online but they are spent on all sorts of different items. You need to find the niche you are interested in and find out if there is a demand. Then you need to feed that demand with a product where you can make money. Affiliate marketing is a great way to do this. Becoming an affiliate marketer for companies is free. They also in most cases will supply you with a replicated website that is embedded with your own affiliate Id to ensure you get credit for the sale. There are 100’s if not 1000’s of different affiliate programs in all types of niches. I have been online with the same affiliate program since April of 2008. This online business has been a great blessing to me and I am very happy to affiliated with it.

Aurhor Bio:
Chad Timms has been marketing online since April of 2008. He has not had to join dozens of different make money online opportunities. Join Tissa Godavitarne’s acme people search affiliate program so you can make money online now.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Learn What the Expert is Doing to Earn Money on the Web

Marlon Sanders, an Internet marketing expert has just put together a new e-book that I think you might be interested to read. The content of the e-book actually is the combination of 20 best ezine articles revealing the methods and techniques that Marlon uses to make money online. Here's the quick link to download a copy of Marlon Sanders e-book:

http://www.bestofmarlonsanders.com

Marlon spends the time to write ezine articles in every saturday over the year. He tried his best to pull what he know about making money online, getting traffic, how to find product, generating sales and so on into the ezine articles. Marlon was therefore written loads of ezines articles in the year and recently he asked his team to go through and pick out the best of 20 of his ezine articles. All these 20 articles were then put together into an e-book called 'Best of Marlon Sanders'.

The e-book is free and you can download it here. Inside is the best information of Marlon showing you how to make money with Internet marketing.

Monday, December 28, 2009

Ways To Succeed in Facebook Marketing

Facebook is said to be a very efficient avenue in online marketing. It is easy to start up with a social networking site like Facebook. After you are aware of the Facebook basics, you can set up your profile on Facebook, you can begin with Facebook marketing. You will need to get your page listed in search results. Further, you can try and improve the traffic into your pages by appropriate techniques.

To improve the traffic into your Facebook page, you will certainly need to promote your pages. You will need to reach your potential customers with things that interest them. If you are selling a product or service, you can use Facebook to promote it better among your customers. You can even provide good offers or discounts to people who claim to be your fans. You can also try and collect their feedbacks on the products or services you are trying to propagate. But, you should be prepared to take in both positive and negative feedback from your customers. Further, these comments can help to find popularize your product or service.

When your customers provide you with feedback, their friends will also be able to view the comments you were provided, and if the comments are positive, they will certainly help to boost your sales. This instance will show how powerful Facebook marketing can be.

Many online marketers will try and gain more fans. But, it is not completely true that more fans can gain you a stronger campaign. Instead, you should be able to engage your fans. You will need to regularly try and converse with them. If you are not able to keep up this communication, your fan page may lack any movement and you may have to part with the fans you have already gained in this website.

You are required to spend a good amount of time on your Facebook site. You will have to have time to read the comments that your fans or customers have provided you with and also visit their pages to comment on them. If you need more fans into your page, you will need to spend enough time on them.

You can find several features in Facebook to interact with your customers. You can poke or send messages to your customers. You can put up videos and images to keep your profile complete to the fullest extend possible.

Further, you can keep your audience in several segments, based on specific characteristics like their age, place of residence, nationality or gender. So, you should be able to communicate with the right segment of people in the right way. You can plan your strategies according to the kind of audience group. So, learn who your audience is and cater to their tastes accordingly.

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Writing Guest Content - What, How and Why?

Guest Post by Andy Walton

Last week, I wrote a guest post for this blog Money Maker Info about my site www.wikinut.com and the guest post was published to this blog audience. Writing content for other people has obvious benefits for them, but what are the upsides for you? So just one week on, I thought it would be interesting to assess what I gained from the exercise.

What to write?
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This is perhaps the easy bit, so I'll just offer 3 suggestions here:

1) Be original. By this I don't mean some new work of genius, I simply mean don't just cut and paste from another author. It shows little respect for site owners if you try to pass some obviously copied work off as your own.

2) Target your writing. Spend a little time browsing the site to which you are submitting. Get a flavour for the type of content they publish, the topics and styles. Try to tailor your copy to suit the site.

3) Write what you know. Stick to subjects about which you feel knowledgeable and comfortable. This will make the piece easier and quicker to write, and should make your post more readable.

How to submit your post?
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Find a contact address on the site, and if possible try to write a personal email to the owner or editor.

Explain the background to your post, what you are offering (free use to publish and modify) and what you expect in return (an author credit, a bio, a link to you site, etc).

Why should you bother?
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OK, this is the interesting bit. There are quite a few motives for offering content - ego, self-promotion - but mine was to raise the profile of my new site. Therefore, I wrote a page about how Money Maker Info blog readers could earn money writing content for Wikinut.

Primarily I was looking for exposure. So 7 days later, did I get any? Here are the stats:

1) A search on Google for the (unique) first sentence of my post returns 173 results.

2) This results are spread across dozens of different sites.

3) A Twitter search returns over 20 tweets directly referencing my article - never mind related tweets

4) And without giving away too much, the Make Money Online blog directly sent hundreds of motivated visitors - many of who signed up.

This demonstrates the power of the web - a single post can rapidly spread across the internet via a variety of methods and mediums. Remember, these results are just 7 days old. So why not think about guest writing yourself?

Author Bio:
Andy Walton, co-founder of Wikinut, has over a 10 years experience working for some of the UK's biggest ecommerce businesses. He's now inviting you to join www.wikinut.com, a new publishing platform that pays lifetime royalties for your writing on a massive range of topics."

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