Deal of the Day
Why Most Marketers Don’t Make Any Money Online
There are a number of reasons aspiring internet marketers do not make any money online. Some of the common reasons cited include information overload, lack of focus and the right mindset. There are many more smaller reasons as well, but one other BIG reason is the inability to finish what was started. Many newbies start out reading and devouring everything they can until they decide what route they would like to take. This could be product creation, affiliate marketing or maybe a membership site. So lets say they choose to create a product and they spend the next month creating this product. They finish a first draft and send it out to start getting feedback and testimonials. Meanwhile they begin building the sales page for their product.
This is all great and dandy to create a product and sales page for it, but it is where most new internet marketers for some reason…. just stop. They forget to SELL whatever it is they created, and they move on to creating the next thing. While they create product after product, they wonder why they aren’t making any money. Well that’s easy… they aren’t selling. The most important step internet marketers must take if they want to make any money online is to sell and learn to do it well. Selling involves driving traffic, setting up ppc ads, seeking out joint ventures and any other method you can use to get your product out there. I believe that this is where the most internet marketers fail to make money. So if you have created any products recently, make sure you are selling that product and getting it out to the public. Consider it not only your business duty, but your responsibility to get your information out there to help others that can benefit from it.
You Are An Expert
Yes, it is true, you are an expert, whether you think so or not. This is one of the most interesting things I find about internet marketing. Many things that I don’t ever have a second thought about are actually HARD for other internet marketers. How crazy is that?? I mean, I am just a big dumb marketer, right? Nonetheless, it is true. I find myself helping many marketers with these seemingly mundane skills that I have picked up throughout my internet marketing adventure. They can be things as little as setting up a Wordpress Blog, using an ftp program, using Google Adwords, editing basic html, formatting a pdf, posting on Craigslist and the list goes on. Do you find any of these things hard yourself? Maybe you do, or maybe you find them all to be extremely easy. If that is the case, then consider yourself an expert to those who struggle with the same tasks.
Now think about the things that you may be an expert in, but never really thought so. I would love to hear some of them. What kind of things do you do daily without a second thought? I hope this has got you thinking. Perhaps you could write a very good e-book on your expertise. I may be a big dumb marketer, but I may be an expert as well. You may be as well.
Until next time, The Big Dumb Marketer signing out
Wishing You a Happy Turkey Day
Well, Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and you know what that means. Time to chow down! Well, it is also a good time to give thanks as well, so don’t forget that. I will not be able to post again until after Thanksgiving is over, so I just wanted to wish you a happy Thanksgiving!
Big Dumb Income Streams
Now that introductions are out of the way, I figure I should share a little bit about how I make money online at this very moment in time. I always find it fascinating to see the inner workings of a successful business (although I myself am very mildly successful), so I am sure others feel the exact same way. I will list my main income streams in order of biggest to smallest.
1) My number one income stream comes from a little something called “Mini Money Sites”. Sounds good don’t it? Who doesn’t want a mini money site? Hey, I’ll take a mini money cat and a mini money sandwich while I’m at it. Well I would if I could find such a thing anyways. So what is this mini money site I speak of? It is quite simple and amazingly affective.
A mini money site is a multi-page website targeted towards a specific niche. On each page of a mini money site there are relevant E-bay auctions displayed as well as Adsense ads. These are the main two income sources on a mini money site. If an Adsense ad is clicked, you get paid, but more importantly, if a visitor clicks on the E-bay auctions you are displaying and then buys ANYTHING from E-bay, you get a commission. In addition to this, if you refer a new active registration, you earn a $25 commission, which is very nice. So once you have a mini money site setup, traffic is sent to it, and if you have found a profitable niche, you will often do quite well. Of course, there is quite a bit more to it than this, but this method is not mine to completely divulge. Dennis Becker from 5 Bucks a Day and Earn1KaDay showed me this great model, and it has been great fun putting it to work. I would say that this accounts for 75% of my current income.
2) My second largest income source comes from a niche website that I built over a year ago and had an e-book written for. The site has several top 10 rankings in Google for relevant search terms and as a result makes a consistent Adsense income each month. The site also sells on average approximately 5 guides per month. I have not promoted this site for several months, yet it brings in some consistent income. I would say this accounts for 15% of my current income.
3) The rest of my income comes from a large assortment of small tests and techniques as I search for further ways to increase my income. Article writing, squeeze pages, mailing lists, craigslist, myspace, and many more tests and trials. I am always thinking, and trying new things, which may just be a downfall. But hey, that is why I have decided to blog about such things here. In hopes that it will somehow bring me some focus, and others can benefit from these ideas and experiences.
So those are my main current incomes from internet marketing right now. It is nothing major, but it is something to build upon. This also does not take into account the occasional WSO over at the Warrior Forum, or other sales promotion.
Keep your eye out here in the future, because I have a feeling that there will be more income streams to add to this list before long. I have many big ideas on the back burner right now, that hopefully I will be sharing with you soon. But until next time, I would love to hear where the majority of your internet income comes from.
The Big Dumb Marketer!?
Hey all, it’s the big dumb marketer here. The first thing you may be thinking is what can a big dumb marketer teach me? You don’t typically think of a big dummy as someone you will learn much from. Well, first, honestly I’m really not that dumb. At least I don’t think I am, so I must be calling myself dumb for another reason (I hope). So WHY am I The Big Dumb Marketer?
I am The Big Dumb Marketer because I am going to share every secret, every technique, every experience, every IDEA, every ounce of my marketing knowledge and know how that I can. If I discover a secret to take any webpage to the top of Google’s results, you will be the first to know about it. If I find the magic word that will turn any casual surfer into a hungry customer, this is where I will share it. I am not making thousands of dollars yet, but I am getting there, and I believe that the more I share and reflect on my marketing actions and ideas, the more success I will have, and the more success I can help others to achieve.
So that’s me and my blog in a nutshell. I want to share everything that I can with all of you, and hopefully if you pay attention, you will learn something from this Big Dumb Marketer.
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