Making Some Money NOW!

I've been sitting back working on a new project here – I'll be sharing it with you shortly, but right now lets talk about making some money NOW!

If you are on my lists you know that I've been promoting several systems.

Have you had a chance to download your personal copy yet?

Have you read through the material and watched the videos yet?

Have you implemented your first affiliate presell site yet?

WHY NOT?

Below is a screen capture of the ClickBank account that I am using to capture my commissions as I start building this part of my business. Click on the graphic to open a popup with the full-sized image…

This account shows almost $600.00 paid out for just 2 affiliate promotions that I have setup as described in Google Sniper. I set these up a little over a month ago. Actually there is about $1,000 earned, however ClickBank holds the funds to make sure that there are no cancellations. Can you do this? I'll bet you can – if you JUST DO IT!

BTW - the new system by Michael Jones – The Affiliate Code – will also get you started. Actually, TAC has a bit more detail in the videos and system information that gives you more options. Options are good!

Important Note – I've got one site that I setup in the tattoo niche that seems to be overlooked by Google. Now this isn't unusual, and it is important that you realize that not everything that you put out there WILL be evaluated by the search engines. Actually, I can't get Google to crawl this site for the last 4 weeks! Oh well – I'll keep it going and eventually Google will crawl it – or index the current pages.

One more thing – Commission Junction surprise!

I also setup a simple CPA offer through my Commission Junction account. I logged in today to find that I had $80.00 deposited into my bank account from this offer – I do have a small site (page) tied to this, and it is starting to generate some $$. You can't expect everything to happen at once – but these small positive accomplishments will only lead to more and more of the same. Eventually this too will be generating a good six figures!

Now realize that I'm not here to teach you how all of this works! The sytems/programs that I'm promoting are excellent in the way that they explain what you need to know to get started. It might be too much to expect that they explain everything – really! There is no way that one Internet Marketing program can cover everything! I will continue to purchase these programs as each one gives me some good information – something that I maybe didn't have before.

Keep learning and seeking out information to add to your knowledge base.

To your continued success…

Michael Hobach

A Lot of Little Things Equals Something Big

Here is a concept… Setup a lot of little things that each generate a small amount each on their own!

What do you get?

I read through the Google Sniper (yes I bought it!) and I've set up a couple of new sites. Each are promoting products on Clickbank. I've already generated $500 through one site and $200 through another – in less than one month.

I had to purchase domain names and setup hosting, but I have everything in place to do that easily and quickly.

I did just a little bit of research as George explains – actually I started by researching the HOTEST products on Clcikbank and then researched the niches that they belong to. I was able to come up with a couple of 'OK' domain names – meaning that they weren't absolutely the best, but they would work. It didn't take much and it didn't cost me anything but my time to do the research.

My Question is - Why do so many want a lot of money from just one thing when they can certainly have a little bit of money from a lot of things?

You see, if I take these sites that make even $200/mo and just keep doing the research, and adding more and more… and more… before very long I could have 20 sites doing this…

20 x $200 = $4,000 per month ( $48,000/yr)

50 x $200 = $10,000 per month ( $120,000/yr)

100 x $200 = $20,000 per month ( $240,000/yr)

Note: Most products earn the promoting affiliate $35 – $60 per sale – meaning 4 to 6 sales per month to earn just $200 per month.

From the questions that I'm receiving via Email and through this site, I would believe that maybe this concept isn't acceptable as a business model. I think that it is the perfect business model!

Here's why this is important…

Remember in an earlier post I told you that I had been working in just one niche? And that niche pretty much went away – well at least from the standpoint of buying customers… Don't put all of your eggs in one basket – you will have a lot of broken eggs should that basket be dropped.

To be honest with you this 'program' or 'system' is so simple, and once you've done a couple it's even easier… why wouldn't one give it a try?!?!

There is no Pay Per Click (PPC) or any other advertising expense. What are the real costs? For the most part it's just your time and brain power – sorry you do need to be able to think to make this work.

Remember that it doesn't happen over night!

To your continued success,

Michael Hobach

P.S. – I just lauched another site – Gurus Exposed  (http://GurusExposed.com ) – by the time you get to this there should be the first review posted there.

What Does It Really Take To Make Money Online?

I better get to this sooner rather than later…

I'm going to present the condensed version of what it takes to make money online – there are a lot of options, and you can choose what works best for you. For now lets just keep this simple…

The Product or Service

What you sell is more important than how you sell it.

Understand that the most profitable product or service is one that you have created and you have control over. Until you get to that point – where you can create your own product or service, consider the roll of affiliate. Being an affiliate just means that you market someone else's product or service and get paid for your efforts.

As an affiliate you can choose products from many sites including the best known Clickbank. There are other networks where you can earn your commission from promoting real-world products like Dish Network, Direct TV, and more.

Here are just a few of the places to look… Clickbank, Commission Junction, Link Share, Google, Amazon.com, eBay, and others. In fact, almost every product or service is available someplace online through an affiliate program.

What To Sell

I think the 'What to sell' topic is the place that most people stumble…

The best way to state this is to say that you want to pick something that people are buying! I don't mean that it's something that people just like – I'm talking about something that is so hot that once you put it out there you can't stop the people from hitting your site and buying what you are selling.

Here is an example – it's the beginning of October and within a couple of weeks people (adults – who have money to buy) will be participating in Halloween. So what you say… have you looked at the sexy adult costumes that are out there? Now if you knew how all of this works what do you think would happen if you became an affiliate to the Playboy Sexy Costume site – yes this does exist… and what if you did your research and created a site to showcase these sexy costumes?

Hmmm…

BTW – if you wanted to be an affiliate for the Playboy Sexy Costume site you would need to have a Commission Junction account and apply to be an affiliate… http://cj.com to get to the Commission Junction web site.

How To Sell Whatever You Are Going To Sell

There are a couple of ways to actually present and promote the item(s) that you have chosen to sell. Ignore the fact that you will have to get people to a web site or web page for now…

In the beginning, people who have limited financial means might choose to use a free Blog like http://wordpress.com where you would have a shared environment to create your WordPress Blog. There are limitations, but this is someplace to start.

The beginner could also use Squidoo – http://www.squidoo.com – which is like a Blog in the way that the world sees it, but on Squidoo they call these pages or posts "a Lens". Don't worry – I didn't get it at first either.

So what would you write about?

You might be an expert or appear to be an expert on the subject at hand.

Maybe you are simply reviewing several products/services in a specific niche. Regardless of what you right about, you are not selling on these pages – you are pre-selling or suggesting a product/service – a big difference. The more you write the better your chances of course.

Now I'm not going to go into details here as there are so many programs that do an excellent gob of explaining how this part works.

Now keep in mind that you initially will be doing this for a specific niche or a specific product/service. As you grow your business you will just be replicating this to other products/services.

Initially the free sites will work, but at some point you will want to switch to your own web site(s) and your own hosting account – you will have total control over how this works.

Simple re-direct to the product web site

In some cases it is permitable or desirable to simply redirect a specific URL that you control to the product/service web site through your very own affiliate link – so that you get credit for the sale. Keep in mind that this isn't always possible – in many cases like coming off of Google or Yahoo, you won't be allowed to redirect.

Visit Squidoo and the WordPress site I showed you above – you will see how people are using these FREE services to make affiliate $$$.

Driving Traffic To Your Squidoo Lens or Blog

The only thing left to do is to get people to your pre-sales or review pages. There are several ways to do this…

The FREE method

If you are on a really tight budget you can just wait for your buyers to find you – they will eventually!

Seriously – there are several ways to get buyers to your sales pages. IF you are using Squidoo or a Blog to promote a product or service, you will know that these two generate a lot of traffic on their own… people will find you!

Keep in mind that generating 'Organic' traffic means FREE traffic! This means that your pages are showing up high on the results page when someone searches for what you are selling.

To get your ad or review or whatever you have created high in the search results. This is accomplished through careful writing and using the key word/phrase that you are trying to rank high on creatively in the title and throughout what you write.

Articles - some promote writing articles and submitting them to article sites like ezinarticles.com. Articles work, but may take some time to start generating traffic to your web site.

Forum & Blog Posts – some promote plastering your opinions on other people's Blog sites, or adding your site URL to your signature on Forums. These work too – but again, you will need to do a lot of work to get these to register and actually drive traffic to your site.

Social Networking – you can certainly use MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, and others to promote what you are doing and get traffic to your sites. This is very easy to do and it shouldn't cost you a cent. The time thing comes into play again, and of course it depends on how many people you have following you on these sites.

Other means – there are a whole lot of other options too. You need to be aware that just about anything that comes in contact with other people both online and off can be used to promote your site(s). Don't pass up opportunities…

The Pay method

This is what everyone is trying to avoid – paying to promote their affiliate products and services…

Google PPC – or Pay Per Click text ads – this is where you create campaigns on Google, Yahoo, Bing, and other search engine sites – your ads are displayed as you define in the search results of people looking for things online. While some avoid this as a means to get buyers to your offer, it is one of the most effective ways to accomplish your marketing.

Google banner ads on specific web sites (content network)  – Google has an option that I don't think many beginners use – they should! Create standard banner ads and through Googles network have them appear on specific site. This is usually used to have your ads appear on those sites who are using Google Adsense to monitize their web sites. More about this later!

I've had very good success using simple banner ads on competing web sites and even MySpace – yes MySpace does support Google adsense.

MySpace Ads – This is new and very inexpensive. You have access to the whole MySpace community. You can easily create graphic ads using their tools. Ads will only appear on MySpace pages when you use their advertising.

Advertising Networks and PPV/PPC – There are advertising networks out there that sell advertising space on very popular web sites. Usually these sites have a graphic or link with a lable like "Advertise Here". These networks also provide Pay per view and pay per click billing models. If your ads are sharp and attract a lot of clicks, the pay per view model might be very cost effective. One network to check out is http://etology.com .

There are others – you just need to find them!

How To Pick Something To Promote or Sell

Sometimes picking just one thing to promote is really difficult. So don't just promote or sell one thing! Choose a niche – like health, or relationships, or pets, or ???

I can tell you that what continues to be really hot online are the 3 that I just mentioned….

Health

• Losing weight
• Six-pack Abs
• Improving your health
• Dealing with some specific illness

Relationships

• Picking up women
• Getting your ex back
• Improving your sex life

Pets

• Dog Training
• Getting your dog to stop bitting/barking
• Dog Grooming

Finances

• Setting up a budget
• Making money
• Saving money
• Getting out of debt
• Job loss or Job protection tips

Usually topics where there is a change happening are good choices. We will cover more topics over time, but this is the beginning.

Start with one Niche and one product. Then add more products to that Niche and then expand to multiple Niches!

To Your Continued Success…

Michael Hobach

Free money or the ATM syndrome

I did some searching with Google and Yahoo the other day for methods promising people that they can earn money for Free – no money out of their pocket…

I can't believe how many 'systems' there are!

These programs exist, and yes you can make money – but the money you have the ability to make is just peanuts. Seriously!

If this is what you are looking for – you won't find it here!

The thing about making money is that there is such thing as a free lunch! This really is true… and unless you are prepared to think about earning money as a business, you are doomed to fail – and it will really hurt! How do I know? I've watched dozens of people do it…

Here's the thing – in order to make money anywhere you will need to several things, and if someone is offering you a free lunch, then chances are that they are the ones who will profit and not you!

Think of it this way…

Most of these programs are captive – meaning that the creator of the product and marketing system owns everything. The only thing that they offer to you is a small commission for every sale that you generate. Usually you need to find people to send to their web site and they forbid you from setting up your own sites to market their products. They own the list(s), the product, and the whole system…

Say you send 100 people to this site who sign up to receive more information. You cannot market other products or services to these people because you do not have control of the list!

Actually you will put a lot of work into these programs and if you are successful and you do generate some income, great – you will have to keep active and keep producing to continue to receive an income from that program. Now what happens when you decide to do something else – you can't take any of those people with you – they are owned by the program producers.

As an example – the NM companies I worked for got the benefit of my labor when I left – They got to keep those thousands of people who I recruted, and the sales they are generating are now paying those who were above me!

Now if that were my own company – my list – I could market to them anything that I wanted and continue to make money from their purchases for as long as they stayed in my downline or on my customer list.

I would encourage you to think about this whole thing and maybe adjust your paradym – so many people are set up to fail because they want everything for nothing. They beleive that if they buy a $97course to show them how to make money, all that they have to do is buy the program – and the money will come spitting out like an ATM!

The only way to create real wealth is to have a business plan – it doesn't matter what you are going to sell or do, you need to have a plan.

I will tell you more as we go forward…

To your continued success,

Michael Hobach