When your...
...wife
...husband
...mother
...father
...neighbor
...friend
tells you that you
CANNOT
WILL NOT
SHALL NOT
ever make your living online, what do you do?
When they say that your idea is
dumb
stupid
and idiotic...
When they say that everything that costs money on the
Internet is a SCAM, if it wasn't, it would be free...
...What do you say?
And when they tell you that the free stuff on the net isn't
worth anything, or else they would CHARGE for it...
...What do you say?
More to the point...
...When they're trying DESPERATELY to DRAG YOU down into the same
muck and mire of failed dreams and lost hope that they're in...
...What do you do??
Here's what I do...
I smile politely and back away.
Because both they and their words are POISON to my success.
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How To Create Your Own Product Quickly
Ok, so you've probably heard many times before that you need to have your own products in order to make serious money in internet marketing.
And in a lot of cases this is true, but the problem is that many people simply don't have a great deal of time to invest in creating their own product.
The good news however is that creating a product doesn't have to take an age or be prohibitively difficult.
Below we're going to run through some of the best ways of creating your own product quickly and with minimal effort...
Create an Audio Product:
This is probably the quickest way of creating a product because it only takes the amount of time to create that it took you to record!
Ok, so that's probably not strictlytrue because it's likely you'll have to re-record certain parts,
but it really can be very quick.
I know plenty of internet marketers who have created an audio product in less than a day and it has gone on to make them some serious money.
Following on from this, you could do your audio product as an interview.
The beauty of this is that you can enter a completely new niche that you know nothing about and end up with a quality product just by interviewing someone who is knowledgeable about the subject.
Make a transcript of the audio recording and you've got TWO products!
And in a lot of cases this is true, but the problem is that many people simply don't have a great deal of time to invest in creating their own product.
The good news however is that creating a product doesn't have to take an age or be prohibitively difficult.
Below we're going to run through some of the best ways of creating your own product quickly and with minimal effort...
Create an Audio Product:
This is probably the quickest way of creating a product because it only takes the amount of time to create that it took you to record!
Ok, so that's probably not strictlytrue because it's likely you'll have to re-record certain parts,
but it really can be very quick.
I know plenty of internet marketers who have created an audio product in less than a day and it has gone on to make them some serious money.
Following on from this, you could do your audio product as an interview.
The beauty of this is that you can enter a completely new niche that you know nothing about and end up with a quality product just by interviewing someone who is knowledgeable about the subject.
Make a transcript of the audio recording and you've got TWO products!
Hold a webinar or teleseminar:
This is another good option for creating a product quickly.
Again make sure you record it and you've got another product made in double quick time.
Create a Short Report From PLR Articles:
Many PLR articles allow you to package them together as a product.
Find 10 good articles on a particular subject and put them together in a single document to sell
or give away as a short report.
If you want to make your report really unique then simply add some of your own information in there too.
These are just some ideas, but as you can see creating your own product doesn't have to be difficult or time consuming.
Get more strategies here,
TurboProductCreation.com
This is another good option for creating a product quickly.
Again make sure you record it and you've got another product made in double quick time.
Create a Short Report From PLR Articles:
Many PLR articles allow you to package them together as a product.
Find 10 good articles on a particular subject and put them together in a single document to sell
or give away as a short report.
If you want to make your report really unique then simply add some of your own information in there too.
These are just some ideas, but as you can see creating your own product doesn't have to be difficult or time consuming.
Get more strategies here,
TurboProductCreation.
Strategies For Generating Traffic Using Traffic Exchanges
The most effective way for you to grow your business using Traffic Exchanges will depend on what products and services you’re offering. Some webmasters find that they get great results by offering an inexpensive introductory product – while others use Traffic Exchanges simply to build their mailing list.
Whichever option you choose be sure that your continuously testing and tracking. That’s the only true way to know whether you’ve chosen the right strategy for your business.
Whichever option you choose be sure that your continuously testing and tracking. That’s the only true way to know whether you’ve chosen the right strategy for your business.
Developing Your Downline
To make Traffic Exchanges work in the beginning, it’s important that you surf on a regular basis. A good strategy is to set aside a couple of hours each day. Although it may seem like a lot of work at first, you will soon see reap the rewards of increased traffic to your site.
Since keeping up a schedule of surfing every day can be time consuming, the best long-term strategy for benefiting from Traffic Exchanges is to build your own downline. This is a group of people that you recruit to join a Traffic Exchange under you.
As the members you’ve referred surf – and recruit others – you will receive credits. The larger your downline becomes, the more you’ll be able to cut back on the amount of time you personally surf. Ideally you’ll eventually have a large enough downline that you won’t have to surf at all and you’ll still be getting lots of targeted traffic.
Since they are so important to your overall strategy, it’s critical that you create a relationship with each member of your downline. Start by sending all new recruits a personalized welcome email. Thank them for joining and encourage them to contact you if they have any questions. This is also a good time to share with them any tips that have helped you make the most of Traffic Exchanges.
Don’t forget to encourage them to recruit new members. Since Traffic Exchanges typically offer you credits and/or cash for referrals that your downline make, it’s in your best interest to have them recruit as many people as possible.
10 Tips For Using Traffic Exchanges
1. Track Everything - As with all online marketing efforts, it’s critical that you track all traffic generated by Traffic Exchanges.
Tracking can be done using a tracking service which you pay for monthly, or using tracking software which you purchase and install on your server. Whichever option you choose, be sure to look for a solution that will give you as much information as possible. Many will tell you how many clicks you get, how many are unique visitors versus return visitors and where they were referred from. Some even give you conversion information by telling you which visits resulted in sales.
2. Know Your Audience - It is important to remember that everyone using Traffic Exchanges is first and foremost interested in having their own pages seen. Just like you, they all want to drive traffic to their sites. This means that you have to develop creative, eye-catching pages to entice them to take action. Simply using the same affiliate materials everyone else is will not be effective.
3. Make Sure Your Page Loads Quickly - Your website design and the time it takes for the website to load are very critical when using Traffic Exchanges. Your page will never be seen if your site takes 15 seconds to load and the exchange rotates the websites every 15 seconds. You want to have at least a 10-second viewing window to give the surfing exchange member time to respond to your offer.
4. Use Simple Splash Pages – Rather than sending surfers to your home page, which provides too much information, use a splash page. This is a page that does not require any scrolling. It’s purpose is to be short, sweet and to the point. Typically it consists of a killer headline, a clear list of benefits and a simple call to action. You want your visitor to be able to make a quick decision whether to ask for more information or pass on your offering.
5. Include a Persuasive Call to Action - Make sure the page has a clear “call to action”. That is, that it clearly tells the customer whay they should do next. Whether that’s join your newsletter, request your free ebook or take some other action, it should be obvious to the surfer what they are to do.
6. Capture Their Contact Information – Offer surfers something in exchange for their email address. This gives you permission to contact them later and introduce them to your products and services.
7. Learn From Others - As you’re surfing, be sure to take note of the pages that catch your attention. Chances are that if they are enticing to you, they are enticing to others. What is it about the page that appeals to you? What made you want to take action? This is very valuable information that you can use to improve your own pages.
8. Make Your Offer Stand Out – If you have your own niche website, then you already differentiated yourself from the pack. If you are an affiliate marketer, then you need to find products/services that everyone else isn't already promoting, especially within your particular Traffic Exchange.
Your individual promotion is everything. If you're trying to promote something everyone else is your sales conversions are going to be very low, or nothing at all.
9. Only Choose Traffic Exchanges that Offer Manual Surfing - Most people do not even watch the window when an autosurf is running. If it is a manual surf exchange they have to physically watch the pages in order to go to the next site. This gives you the best opportunity for them to actually see your site and be drawn in by your offer.
10. Test. Test. Test. – If you’ve put in place a good tracking system you’ll be able to run tests to find out what effect they have on your results. Try different headlines, graphics and offers to see which ones get the best response.
The most effective way to test is using Split Run Testing. This involves creating two pages that are similar but have one thing different (for example different headlines). You show the two pages equally to your visitors and see which one converts best. There are several scripts available to help you do Split Run Testing very easily.
Since keeping up a schedule of surfing every day can be time consuming, the best long-term strategy for benefiting from Traffic Exchanges is to build your own downline. This is a group of people that you recruit to join a Traffic Exchange under you.
As the members you’ve referred surf – and recruit others – you will receive credits. The larger your downline becomes, the more you’ll be able to cut back on the amount of time you personally surf. Ideally you’ll eventually have a large enough downline that you won’t have to surf at all and you’ll still be getting lots of targeted traffic.
Since they are so important to your overall strategy, it’s critical that you create a relationship with each member of your downline. Start by sending all new recruits a personalized welcome email. Thank them for joining and encourage them to contact you if they have any questions. This is also a good time to share with them any tips that have helped you make the most of Traffic Exchanges.
Don’t forget to encourage them to recruit new members. Since Traffic Exchanges typically offer you credits and/or cash for referrals that your downline make, it’s in your best interest to have them recruit as many people as possible.
10 Tips For Using Traffic Exchanges
1. Track Everything - As with all online marketing efforts, it’s critical that you track all traffic generated by Traffic Exchanges.
Tracking can be done using a tracking service which you pay for monthly, or using tracking software which you purchase and install on your server. Whichever option you choose, be sure to look for a solution that will give you as much information as possible. Many will tell you how many clicks you get, how many are unique visitors versus return visitors and where they were referred from. Some even give you conversion information by telling you which visits resulted in sales.
2. Know Your Audience - It is important to remember that everyone using Traffic Exchanges is first and foremost interested in having their own pages seen. Just like you, they all want to drive traffic to their sites. This means that you have to develop creative, eye-catching pages to entice them to take action. Simply using the same affiliate materials everyone else is will not be effective.
3. Make Sure Your Page Loads Quickly - Your website design and the time it takes for the website to load are very critical when using Traffic Exchanges. Your page will never be seen if your site takes 15 seconds to load and the exchange rotates the websites every 15 seconds. You want to have at least a 10-second viewing window to give the surfing exchange member time to respond to your offer.
4. Use Simple Splash Pages – Rather than sending surfers to your home page, which provides too much information, use a splash page. This is a page that does not require any scrolling. It’s purpose is to be short, sweet and to the point. Typically it consists of a killer headline, a clear list of benefits and a simple call to action. You want your visitor to be able to make a quick decision whether to ask for more information or pass on your offering.
5. Include a Persuasive Call to Action - Make sure the page has a clear “call to action”. That is, that it clearly tells the customer whay they should do next. Whether that’s join your newsletter, request your free ebook or take some other action, it should be obvious to the surfer what they are to do.
6. Capture Their Contact Information – Offer surfers something in exchange for their email address. This gives you permission to contact them later and introduce them to your products and services.
7. Learn From Others - As you’re surfing, be sure to take note of the pages that catch your attention. Chances are that if they are enticing to you, they are enticing to others. What is it about the page that appeals to you? What made you want to take action? This is very valuable information that you can use to improve your own pages.
8. Make Your Offer Stand Out – If you have your own niche website, then you already differentiated yourself from the pack. If you are an affiliate marketer, then you need to find products/services that everyone else isn't already promoting, especially within your particular Traffic Exchange.
Your individual promotion is everything. If you're trying to promote something everyone else is your sales conversions are going to be very low, or nothing at all.
9. Only Choose Traffic Exchanges that Offer Manual Surfing - Most people do not even watch the window when an autosurf is running. If it is a manual surf exchange they have to physically watch the pages in order to go to the next site. This gives you the best opportunity for them to actually see your site and be drawn in by your offer.
10. Test. Test. Test. – If you’ve put in place a good tracking system you’ll be able to run tests to find out what effect they have on your results. Try different headlines, graphics and offers to see which ones get the best response.
The most effective way to test is using Split Run Testing. This involves creating two pages that are similar but have one thing different (for example different headlines). You show the two pages equally to your visitors and see which one converts best. There are several scripts available to help you do Split Run Testing very easily.
How Traffic Exchanges Work
Different Traffic Exchanges work in different ways. In general though they all offer a free or paid version. Depending on which option you choose you will be eligible to receive a certain number of credits when you surf other member’s sites and when you refer people who join.
Almost all of them also allow you to build a downline of members you’ve referred. Often your downline can extend several levels deep so that as people you refer in turn refer others, you continue to gain more and more credits.
Some Traffic Exchanges also pay out cash incentives when the people in your downline upgrade their membership or purchase other forms of advertising that the Traffic Exchange offers such as banner ads. This gives you several ways to benefit from participating in the Traffic Exchange.
When deciding which Traffic Exchange program to join, there are several features to consider:
1. Credit Ratio – All Traffic Exchanges allow you to earn credits in exchange for viewing other member’s web pages. Look for one that provides a good return on the number of credits you receive for each page you view.
2. Time Limits – When surfing for credits, most traffic exchanges require you to view a site for a minimum amount of time before you earn a credit. This is normally somewhere between 10 and 30 seconds. The longer you have to view a page means the slower you can surf, but it also means longer that potential customers view your pages.
3. Anti Cheat Mechanisms – To ensure that a real person is viewing your web site most Traffic Exchanges use anti cheating mechanisms. This usually means that instead of clicking a “Next Site" button you have to click on a specific graphic such as a number, letter, picture or coloured icon from a selection of a few, to proceed to the next site. Repeated failure to do this correctly means account suspension or termination. Look for a Traffic Exchange with a system like this to ensure that your credits are not wasted on cheaters who never view your page.
4. Referrals – This is the fastest way to build up your credits. Most Traffic Exchanges provide you with referral pages and banners. You can use these materials to recruit your downline. When someone signs up from your promotional web page or banner they are placed in your downline.
5. Paid/Pro Memberships – Most Traffic Exchanges offer paid memberships as well as free memberships. Normally a paid membership earns you privileges such as an allocation of credits per month plus an increased number of credits for your own surfing and the surfing of your downline. Most exchanges also allow you to purchase extra credits.
6. Bonuses – Many Traffic Exchanges will give you bonus credits for signing up, for surfing a certain number of pages, or for winning competitions or sweepstakes. Look for ones that provide added bonuses and accumulate credits even faster!
Almost all of them also allow you to build a downline of members you’ve referred. Often your downline can extend several levels deep so that as people you refer in turn refer others, you continue to gain more and more credits.
Some Traffic Exchanges also pay out cash incentives when the people in your downline upgrade their membership or purchase other forms of advertising that the Traffic Exchange offers such as banner ads. This gives you several ways to benefit from participating in the Traffic Exchange.
When deciding which Traffic Exchange program to join, there are several features to consider:
1. Credit Ratio – All Traffic Exchanges allow you to earn credits in exchange for viewing other member’s web pages. Look for one that provides a good return on the number of credits you receive for each page you view.
2. Time Limits – When surfing for credits, most traffic exchanges require you to view a site for a minimum amount of time before you earn a credit. This is normally somewhere between 10 and 30 seconds. The longer you have to view a page means the slower you can surf, but it also means longer that potential customers view your pages.
3. Anti Cheat Mechanisms – To ensure that a real person is viewing your web site most Traffic Exchanges use anti cheating mechanisms. This usually means that instead of clicking a “Next Site" button you have to click on a specific graphic such as a number, letter, picture or coloured icon from a selection of a few, to proceed to the next site. Repeated failure to do this correctly means account suspension or termination. Look for a Traffic Exchange with a system like this to ensure that your credits are not wasted on cheaters who never view your page.
4. Referrals – This is the fastest way to build up your credits. Most Traffic Exchanges provide you with referral pages and banners. You can use these materials to recruit your downline. When someone signs up from your promotional web page or banner they are placed in your downline.
5. Paid/Pro Memberships – Most Traffic Exchanges offer paid memberships as well as free memberships. Normally a paid membership earns you privileges such as an allocation of credits per month plus an increased number of credits for your own surfing and the surfing of your downline. Most exchanges also allow you to purchase extra credits.
6. Bonuses – Many Traffic Exchanges will give you bonus credits for signing up, for surfing a certain number of pages, or for winning competitions or sweepstakes. Look for ones that provide added bonuses and accumulate credits even faster!
The Benefits Of Traffic Exchanges
There are many benefits to participating in Traffic Exchanges:
1. They’re an inexpensive - often free - method of generating targeted traffic to your website.
2. You will start seeing an increase in traffic almost immediately. No waiting for weeks or months to see results, as is often the case with other forms of advertising.
3. They can be a great way to test ad copy for use with other, more expensive forms of advertising such as Pay Per Click campaigns.
4. You can build a “downline” by referring others, which allows you to more quickly earn credits. Over time your traffic can be almost entirely generated by the efforts of others.
5. You’ll gain exposure to your competitor’s products and services, which will give you some good ideas for promoting your site.
1. They’re an inexpensive - often free - method of generating targeted traffic to your website.
2. You will start seeing an increase in traffic almost immediately. No waiting for weeks or months to see results, as is often the case with other forms of advertising.
3. They can be a great way to test ad copy for use with other, more expensive forms of advertising such as Pay Per Click campaigns.
4. You can build a “downline” by referring others, which allows you to more quickly earn credits. Over time your traffic can be almost entirely generated by the efforts of others.
5. You’ll gain exposure to your competitor’s products and services, which will give you some good ideas for promoting your site.
What Exactly Are Traffic Exchanges?
In simple terms, a Traffic Exchange is a service you can join to generate free traffic to your site. How it works is you view other members web pages in exchange for having your own web page viewed. Every time you view another member’s web page for a period of time (for example 20 seconds) your balance of credits increases. Every time a member views your web page for the same period of time your credit balance decreases.
There are two main types of traffic exchanges – manual exchanges and auto exchanges. A manual exchange requires a real human being to view the web page and click on a link to proceed to the next web page. An auto exchange can be left running in your web browser and will automatically refresh to a new web page.
Although both of these methods will bring hits to your website, the use of a manual exchange is far more likely to bring a visitor who will actually read what is on your web page. The auto exchange user who leaves their computer on all night, surfing web pages while they sleep is unlikely to buy your product.
There are two main types of traffic exchanges – manual exchanges and auto exchanges. A manual exchange requires a real human being to view the web page and click on a link to proceed to the next web page. An auto exchange can be left running in your web browser and will automatically refresh to a new web page.
Although both of these methods will bring hits to your website, the use of a manual exchange is far more likely to bring a visitor who will actually read what is on your web page. The auto exchange user who leaves their computer on all night, surfing web pages while they sleep is unlikely to buy your product.
Traffic Exchanges Secrets
The ability to generate targeted yet low cost traffic is crucial for the success of every Internet business. In fact a lack of traffic is the number one complaint of webmasters. But all traffic is not equal. The key to success lies in being able to generate targeted traffic. That is, traffic that is interested in what you offer and is ready, willing and able to take action.
A good Traffic Exchange will provide you with this targeted traffic. And although Traffic Exchanges will most likely not be able to send you all of the traffic you need. If used properly along with other forms of promotion, they can help you grow your business at a phenomenal rate.
In this ebook we’ll look at several tips for effectively using Traffic Exchanges. If you put these ideas to work for you, we’re confident you’ll see a significant return on the time spent.
A good Traffic Exchange will provide you with this targeted traffic. And although Traffic Exchanges will most likely not be able to send you all of the traffic you need. If used properly along with other forms of promotion, they can help you grow your business at a phenomenal rate.
In this ebook we’ll look at several tips for effectively using Traffic Exchanges. If you put these ideas to work for you, we’re confident you’ll see a significant return on the time spent.
Marketing Secrets - Table Of Contents
- About : A Step - By - Step
- Introduction to Article Marketing
- Basic Theory of Article Marketing
- Using Keywords to Position Your Articles
- Keyword Research
- Keyword Enriched Articles
- Grabbing Attention with Headlines
- Content of the Article
- Further Promotion
- Where to Start Submitting Articles
- Simple yet Sublime: Article Marketing
- Final Action Plan For Success
Final Action Plan For Success - Step 5
Step 5 - Double up on your keywords
By now you should have written 150 articles and submitted them to the relevant article directories. Now it’s time to track your results.
It’s really important to track your results so you know which keywords or articles are working well for you so you can increase your efforts on those.
You can login to your Clickbank account to check your tracking stats based on the different links you’ve set up in Step 3.
If after a few weeks, you find a certain product is doing really well, double up.
Like we explained before, create a second Ezinearticles.com account and write the same articles again under this different person’s account.
Also go and look for other keywords you can write articles on.
Milk it for all it's worth.
Do all of this for 4 weeks straight and if you are not seeing $100 or more a day in your Clickbank account, we will be surprised. This system WILL work if you try it. It is not another “tactic”, it is THE magic key you have been looking for, a way to be lazy and make money. Who doesn’t want to live life like that?
All the best!
By now you should have written 150 articles and submitted them to the relevant article directories. Now it’s time to track your results.
It’s really important to track your results so you know which keywords or articles are working well for you so you can increase your efforts on those.
You can login to your Clickbank account to check your tracking stats based on the different links you’ve set up in Step 3.
If after a few weeks, you find a certain product is doing really well, double up.
Like we explained before, create a second Ezinearticles.com account and write the same articles again under this different person’s account.
Also go and look for other keywords you can write articles on.
Milk it for all it's worth.
Do all of this for 4 weeks straight and if you are not seeing $100 or more a day in your Clickbank account, we will be surprised. This system WILL work if you try it. It is not another “tactic”, it is THE magic key you have been looking for, a way to be lazy and make money. Who doesn’t want to live life like that?
All the best!
Final Action Plan For Success - Step 4
Step 4 - Create your landing pages and submit your articles
Ezinearticles.com will no doubt in the future change the rules for what is acceptable as the landing page people click on in your article byline.
In the future Ezinearticles.com will probably not allow you to redirect their readers straight to a signup form for an opt-in email list. They probably won't even let you send readers straight to a sales letter or affiliate page via redirect.
So, you will have to let the reader get directed to a page on your website.
But instead of just having one page site, visitors can click on and either sign up to your free opt-in list or click straight over to the affiliate website. And on the side of the page in the navigation area, you would put links to other articles you've written.
This is likely where you will make your most money, but getting people to opt-in to a list is equally important, because you can always market your product to them later through your own email promotions.
To build a mailing list, you need an autoresponder account. And the only one we recommend is Aweber. It is the most reliable autoresponder service and ensures your emails gets delivered to your subscribers. You can check out their 30 days trial here.
When a reader can see that there is more content to read on the topic, they will read those articles as well and get even more excited about the product you are promoting.
If you do a good job of writing articles, they will believe you have quality content to offer, and they are more likely to trust whatever products you have to recommend to them.
This is pre-selling at its best. Many people really hate giving away their email address straight away just to get more information, so give it to them free repeatedly, and they will eventually WANT to give you their email address.
There is already too much junk mail out there, so more and more people want something tangible immediately. They do not want you to bombard them with crap, so just don’t do it. Do as I say and make money the right way.
Once you have created your landing page, submit your articles MANUALLY to Ezinearticles.com and Goarticles.com. Those are the only article directories we use.
Ezinearticles.com will no doubt in the future change the rules for what is acceptable as the landing page people click on in your article byline.
In the future Ezinearticles.com will probably not allow you to redirect their readers straight to a signup form for an opt-in email list. They probably won't even let you send readers straight to a sales letter or affiliate page via redirect.
So, you will have to let the reader get directed to a page on your website.
But instead of just having one page site, visitors can click on and either sign up to your free opt-in list or click straight over to the affiliate website. And on the side of the page in the navigation area, you would put links to other articles you've written.
This is likely where you will make your most money, but getting people to opt-in to a list is equally important, because you can always market your product to them later through your own email promotions.
To build a mailing list, you need an autoresponder account. And the only one we recommend is Aweber. It is the most reliable autoresponder service and ensures your emails gets delivered to your subscribers. You can check out their 30 days trial here.
When a reader can see that there is more content to read on the topic, they will read those articles as well and get even more excited about the product you are promoting.
If you do a good job of writing articles, they will believe you have quality content to offer, and they are more likely to trust whatever products you have to recommend to them.
This is pre-selling at its best. Many people really hate giving away their email address straight away just to get more information, so give it to them free repeatedly, and they will eventually WANT to give you their email address.
There is already too much junk mail out there, so more and more people want something tangible immediately. They do not want you to bombard them with crap, so just don’t do it. Do as I say and make money the right way.
Once you have created your landing page, submit your articles MANUALLY to Ezinearticles.com and Goarticles.com. Those are the only article directories we use.
Final Action Plan For Success - Step 3
Step 3 - Write the articles for your keywords
Now is the time to write your articles. You know you have a great product; you know it will convert, so there is nothing stopping you from making great money except your willingness to write a LOT of articles - Great articles.
We've given you many tips above to make this easier and more profitable for you.
If you wanted to outsource the article writing you could do that as well.
There are places that write articles for as little as $5 or even lower.
If you go to http://forums.digitalpoint.com and sign up to that forum, and go to the services for sale section, you will find many, many people offering article writing services for as little as 2 or 3 dollars a pop.
If you do decide to hire people to write articles for you, here is a tip.
Never pay upfront. Pay after the articles are completed.
Now is the time to write your articles. You know you have a great product; you know it will convert, so there is nothing stopping you from making great money except your willingness to write a LOT of articles - Great articles.
We've given you many tips above to make this easier and more profitable for you.
If you wanted to outsource the article writing you could do that as well.
There are places that write articles for as little as $5 or even lower.
If you go to http://forums.digitalpoint.com and sign up to that forum, and go to the services for sale section, you will find many, many people offering article writing services for as little as 2 or 3 dollars a pop.
If you do decide to hire people to write articles for you, here is a tip.
Never pay upfront. Pay after the articles are completed.
Final Action Plan For Success - Step 2
Step 2 - Find at least 30 keywords for each product
This is, without a doubt, the most critical phase you’ll go through in your article marketing journey. So pay close attention to this step. Your success depends greatly on how well you perform this step.
The real goldmine is in your keyword list. So take time to correctly select the right keywords. Once you master this step, you’ll be way ahead other bum marketers.
If you wish to invest in a solid keyword research software, we recommend using Keyword Elite. It might seem a little pricey but it can really help you ALOT in your keyword research efforts.
If you want to find more keywords, even better, but start with 30 first to see if the product will be worth it. There is nothing worse then writing 50 to 100 articles to promote a product and then realize the product doesn't covert to sales.
Sometimes, this is going to happen. It is not a big deal if you have not invested a lot of time or effort in your article writing.
This is very frustrating and it is going to happen on occasion, that's life. Some products will convert better then others.
But the very minimum articles we write for a specific product is 30.
If we write 30 articles and we make very little sales, then we know not to keep going.
The great thing about article marketing is it's a perfect way to test if products are winners for free while making money. If a product is a winner, there is nothing stopping you from advertising with Google Adwords and Ezine advertising.
This is, without a doubt, the most critical phase you’ll go through in your article marketing journey. So pay close attention to this step. Your success depends greatly on how well you perform this step.
The real goldmine is in your keyword list. So take time to correctly select the right keywords. Once you master this step, you’ll be way ahead other bum marketers.
If you wish to invest in a solid keyword research software, we recommend using Keyword Elite. It might seem a little pricey but it can really help you ALOT in your keyword research efforts.
If you want to find more keywords, even better, but start with 30 first to see if the product will be worth it. There is nothing worse then writing 50 to 100 articles to promote a product and then realize the product doesn't covert to sales.
Sometimes, this is going to happen. It is not a big deal if you have not invested a lot of time or effort in your article writing.
This is very frustrating and it is going to happen on occasion, that's life. Some products will convert better then others.
But the very minimum articles we write for a specific product is 30.
If we write 30 articles and we make very little sales, then we know not to keep going.
The great thing about article marketing is it's a perfect way to test if products are winners for free while making money. If a product is a winner, there is nothing stopping you from advertising with Google Adwords and Ezine advertising.
Final Action Plan For Success - Step 1
Step 1 - Find 5 products to promote
You will need to find 5 decent products to promote that fit the criteria we talked about in the above sections. Clickbank.com is a good start to find products to promote. There are new products being added daily.
Make sure they pay you enough for your time. Don't promote a product that pays you peanuts
Another great idea for the bum marketing method, one not many bums are taking advantage of (apart from Travis) is promoting residual income affiliate programs.
In short, affiliate programs that pay you every month, like web hosting. We love residual income affiliate programs. Here is how they work. You promote a product one time. A customer buys the product. Every time they come back to buy another, you make more money. Promote a product once and are paid for as long as that customer stays a customer.
For example: If you promote an autoresponder company such as Aweber and make a sale, you will make that same amount of money every month for as long as that customer stays with that autoresponder service.
Residual income affiliate programs are the wave of the future.
If you want a list of some good affiliate programs that pay this way go to....
http://www.lifetimecommissions.com
This is a website directory full of residual income affiliate programs.
You will need to find 5 decent products to promote that fit the criteria we talked about in the above sections. Clickbank.com is a good start to find products to promote. There are new products being added daily.
Make sure they pay you enough for your time. Don't promote a product that pays you peanuts
Another great idea for the bum marketing method, one not many bums are taking advantage of (apart from Travis) is promoting residual income affiliate programs.
In short, affiliate programs that pay you every month, like web hosting. We love residual income affiliate programs. Here is how they work. You promote a product one time. A customer buys the product. Every time they come back to buy another, you make more money. Promote a product once and are paid for as long as that customer stays a customer.
For example: If you promote an autoresponder company such as Aweber and make a sale, you will make that same amount of money every month for as long as that customer stays with that autoresponder service.
Residual income affiliate programs are the wave of the future.
If you want a list of some good affiliate programs that pay this way go to....
http://www.lifetimecommissions.com
This is a website directory full of residual income affiliate programs.
Final Action Plan For Success
This is what you should be doing every week. If you want to succeed, if you want to be the top article marketer you deserve to be, the kind of person we’ve been talking about all along…
Simple yet Sublime: Article Marketing
Really, there are few techniques as effective as a well conducted article marketing campaign. Furthermore, there are also few techniques that are as easy to execute, provided you know the logic behind it – which you now do.
Put it to good use, and you’ll no doubt find that you get more and more traffic with each passing day.
Put it to good use, and you’ll no doubt find that you get more and more traffic with each passing day.
Where to Start Submitting Articles
Choosing the right place to submit your article depends on a number of factors, and there really is no substitute for actual trial and error.
To start off with though, the most popular article directory to date is still, without a doubt, EzineArticles.com. Tests have consistently shown that articles published there have a tendency to outperform those published elsewhere.
Partly, this is due to the high Page Ranking of EzineArticles.com, but it is also due to the internal links that could really help your article out once it reaches the ‘most viewed’ link bar for a given niche.
So, if you’re thinking about starting up, it would probably be best to try out EzineArticles.com first. Should that not work for you, then there are always other simple options that are.
To start off with though, the most popular article directory to date is still, without a doubt, EzineArticles.com. Tests have consistently shown that articles published there have a tendency to outperform those published elsewhere.
Partly, this is due to the high Page Ranking of EzineArticles.com, but it is also due to the internal links that could really help your article out once it reaches the ‘most viewed’ link bar for a given niche.
So, if you’re thinking about starting up, it would probably be best to try out EzineArticles.com first. Should that not work for you, then there are always other simple options that are.
Further Promotion
Once an article is written, submitted, and published, the journey is still not completely over. Assuming that you targeted some keywords as per your research, then it should be showing up somewhere on the search engine listings, but in order to get more traffic, you’re going to want to be higher up those listings.
To accomplish this, the best way is to do it in much the same fashion as you would for any webpage: Build backlinks.
Of course, you don’t want to spend too much time building backlinks to a third party website that is not your own, so it is probably a good idea to start off with the easiest method of all: Social bookmarking.
Just bookmarking your article on a couple of dozen social bookmarks alone could dramatically alter their search engine list position.
As you get higher up, the traffic to your article will no doubt increase, and in tandem with that, so will the amount of visitors that you’ll be getting through your backlink. Simple and quick, yet it could be one of the most defining parts of your article marketing campaign.
Another, lesser used technique, to build backlinks is to resubmit your published article to other article directories, with the backlink changed to point to your original article. Even on its own, this could be great, especially if you want to get even higher after you run out of websites on which to social bookmark your article.
With a built-up supply of backlinks linking to your article, you should have no problem appearing even in the top couple of results for a low-competition keyword on Google.
To accomplish this, the best way is to do it in much the same fashion as you would for any webpage: Build backlinks.
Of course, you don’t want to spend too much time building backlinks to a third party website that is not your own, so it is probably a good idea to start off with the easiest method of all: Social bookmarking.
Just bookmarking your article on a couple of dozen social bookmarks alone could dramatically alter their search engine list position.
As you get higher up, the traffic to your article will no doubt increase, and in tandem with that, so will the amount of visitors that you’ll be getting through your backlink. Simple and quick, yet it could be one of the most defining parts of your article marketing campaign.
Another, lesser used technique, to build backlinks is to resubmit your published article to other article directories, with the backlink changed to point to your original article. Even on its own, this could be great, especially if you want to get even higher after you run out of websites on which to social bookmark your article.
With a built-up supply of backlinks linking to your article, you should have no problem appearing even in the top couple of results for a low-competition keyword on Google.
Content of the Article
Primarily, there are two parts of content in an article. These are both the article body, and the resource box, and each has their own set of rules. Knowing how to craft an article properly could let you get audiences interested in the article body, and then spur them on to action in the resource box.
Article Body
Seeing as the primary point of article marketing is to steer the reader through the article so that they get to the backlink, there are a number of things that the article body must accomplish.
First and foremost, of course, it must create and maintain interest throughout, so that the reader doesn’t stop reading. Apart from that, a good article body can also act as a ‘pre-sell’ of the backlink. In other words, it could make the reader more open to the suggestions that you might make.
Bearing all that in mind, here are a few points that you should consider:
1. Relevancy
Seeing as your target traffic is mostly coming from search engines, when they type in a keyword, they probably have something specific in mind.
For long keywords, it is simple to know what they want, such as someone searching for ‘Perfomance of Honda Civic Type R’ is probably looking for just that.
On the other hand, someone typing in ‘Honda Type R’ could be looking for information about the Honda Civic Type R, or… well, anything at all. If your niche is something motoring industry, then of course, you’re going to want your article to be about the former.
While it is tough to get your article to be relevant for all the individual keywords that you’re targeting, you should definitely try to give your potential audience exactly what they want.
2. Creating Interest
Of course, if your article is exactly what someone was searching for, then your problem is solved. However, if it isn’t, then it is going to have to create the sort of interest that is going to keep a reader reading from start to finish.
Truth is, there are no hard and fast rules about creating interest, but basically, if you give a reader content that is appealing to them, they’re probably going to stick around.
In short, the article body should provide something of value, whether in terms of advice, general information, or even ‘secrets’. Otherwise, it should at least hint at any other benefits that will be obtained by reading the article.
Taking care of both these aspects as far as the article body is concerned will put you off to a great start. Still, there is one very important rule to the article body…
Important Note: Never conclude the article in its body. The article proper is only actually done after the resource box, so do not attempt to put in any type of conclusion before that.
Resource Box
As was mentioned just above, the resource box is the conclusion of the article. More importantly, it is also the place where the backlink is contained, and for this reason, some people often describe it as the most important part of the article.
Since the focal point of the resource box is getting people to actually click the backlink, it is essentially a call to action. After the reader has been guided through the bulk of the article, and presold to as much an extent as is possible regarding what your backlink has to offer, he should find a clear course of action in the resource box.
Commonly, a resource box might contain something like: “If you want more information, just visit http://www.tyresandwheels.blogspot.com.”
Although that is a call to action, it isn’t a very good one. Imagine how much better it would be if it was more like: “Get Your New Car!”
At the end of the day, the important part is that the reader be given some reason, any reason, to want to click your backlink. That should be the conclusion to your article; the logical next step of continuing through the backlink.
Following these few pointers should get you both and article body and resource box that is much more effective than the regular variety.
Article Body
Seeing as the primary point of article marketing is to steer the reader through the article so that they get to the backlink, there are a number of things that the article body must accomplish.
First and foremost, of course, it must create and maintain interest throughout, so that the reader doesn’t stop reading. Apart from that, a good article body can also act as a ‘pre-sell’ of the backlink. In other words, it could make the reader more open to the suggestions that you might make.
Bearing all that in mind, here are a few points that you should consider:
1. Relevancy
Seeing as your target traffic is mostly coming from search engines, when they type in a keyword, they probably have something specific in mind.
For long keywords, it is simple to know what they want, such as someone searching for ‘Perfomance of Honda Civic Type R’ is probably looking for just that.
On the other hand, someone typing in ‘Honda Type R’ could be looking for information about the Honda Civic Type R, or… well, anything at all. If your niche is something motoring industry, then of course, you’re going to want your article to be about the former.
While it is tough to get your article to be relevant for all the individual keywords that you’re targeting, you should definitely try to give your potential audience exactly what they want.
2. Creating Interest
Of course, if your article is exactly what someone was searching for, then your problem is solved. However, if it isn’t, then it is going to have to create the sort of interest that is going to keep a reader reading from start to finish.
Truth is, there are no hard and fast rules about creating interest, but basically, if you give a reader content that is appealing to them, they’re probably going to stick around.
In short, the article body should provide something of value, whether in terms of advice, general information, or even ‘secrets’. Otherwise, it should at least hint at any other benefits that will be obtained by reading the article.
Taking care of both these aspects as far as the article body is concerned will put you off to a great start. Still, there is one very important rule to the article body…
Important Note: Never conclude the article in its body. The article proper is only actually done after the resource box, so do not attempt to put in any type of conclusion before that.
Resource Box
As was mentioned just above, the resource box is the conclusion of the article. More importantly, it is also the place where the backlink is contained, and for this reason, some people often describe it as the most important part of the article.
Since the focal point of the resource box is getting people to actually click the backlink, it is essentially a call to action. After the reader has been guided through the bulk of the article, and presold to as much an extent as is possible regarding what your backlink has to offer, he should find a clear course of action in the resource box.
Commonly, a resource box might contain something like: “If you want more information, just visit http://www.tyresandwheels.blogspot.com.”
Although that is a call to action, it isn’t a very good one. Imagine how much better it would be if it was more like: “Get Your New Car!”
At the end of the day, the important part is that the reader be given some reason, any reason, to want to click your backlink. That should be the conclusion to your article; the logical next step of continuing through the backlink.
Following these few pointers should get you both and article body and resource box that is much more effective than the regular variety.