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Enjoy this brand new guest post article by Jimmy Brown..
How to Start a Successful Internet Business in 7 Steps
By Jimmy D. Brown
It’s exciting to think about how much money you can make online. But if you’re new to online marketing, it can also be overwhelming to try to figure out which business model is right for you.
The solution? Keep it simple.
Just follow these seven surefire steps to online profits…
Step 1:Choose a Market
But don’t just choose any market – instead, choose a HUNGRY market. That means you’re looking for a market that is actively seeking paid solutions to their problems.
Here’s how:
? Search marketplaces like Amazon.com and Clickbank.com to see what types of niches attract eager, proven buyers.
? Use a keyword tool like WordTracker.com or the free Google Keyword Tool to find out what people are searching for. You can enter your proposed niche keywords (like “dog training”) to see if there is a demand, or enter a broad keyword (like “secrets” or “how to”) to uncover new niches.
? Go to EzineArticles.com and browse the top articles to see which niches are popular.
Step 2:Get Your Tools In Place
Once you find a niche that spends money, your next step is to gather your tools. These include:
• A domain name, which you can get at NameCheap.com.
• Hosting, which you can secure at HostGator.com.
• An autoresponder, which you can purchase through Aweber.com.
Step 3: Select an Offer to Promote
Next, you need to find an affiliate offer that you can promote to your hungry niche. The best way to do that is to find out what they’re already buying… and choose a similar offer.
Simply go to Clickbank.com and browse the relevant niche category. Those products appearing at the top of the catalog are your best sellers – you should choose a product near the top of the list.
Just be sure to buy, read and use the product to ensure that it is, indeed, a good product. Step 4:Write and Upload a Mini eCourse
Your next step is to create an autoresponder series around the topic of your product so that you can promote your offer. Your autoresponder series should be at least 7-12 messages long.
For example:
• You’re selling a copywriting product. You can create a seven-part ecourse on how to write a sales letter. Then promote the copywriting product in every message.
• You’re selling a diet recipe book. You can create a 10-part weight loss course that pitches the recipe book in every message.
• You’re selling a dog training video. You can create a seven part course that teaches the basic obedience lessons such as sit, down and stay. In every message you refer your prospects to the paid video for more information.
Here’s the key: Do NOT solve your prospect’s problems 100%. You want to provide useful but incomplete information, so that your prospects need to purchase your affiliate offer in order to fully solve their problems.
Step 5:Create a Squeeze page
Next, you need to persuade your prospects to subscribe to your ecourse. You do this by creating a mini sales page (AKA squeeze page). This page should include:
• A headline that touts your course’s major benefit (e.g., “FREE: How to housetrain your puppy in just three easy steps!”).
• A list of the other benefits of your course (e.g., “You’ll discover the secrets of turning an unruly, rambunctious puppy into a perfect houseguest!”).
• And a call to action (e.g., “Just enter your name and email address in the form below now, click join and you’ll get instant access to this eye-opening report!”).
You may also provide proof of your claims, such as testimonials, videos, screenshots, pictures and similar evidence.
Step 6:Drive Traffic to the Squeeze Page
Next, you need to drive targeted traffic to your squeeze page so that you can quickly build your list. You can do this by:
• Starting a blog and posting articles that are optimized for the search engines.
• Trading links with other high traffic sites in your niche.
• Being a guest blogger on other peoples’ blogs.
• Co-promoting with other marketers in your niche (e.g., endorsing each other in your newsletters).
• Submitting articles to EzineArticles.com and other article directories.
• Using social media sites like Squidoo.com, Yahoo! Answers, and Facebook.com.
• Participating on niche forums on in niche blog discussions.
Step 7:Add Messages to Your Autoresponder Series
Once you’re getting traffic, building your list and making a profit, you can start adding even more messages to your autoresponder – anywhere from a couple month’s worth of messages to a year or more.
That way you’ll make money virtually on autopilot – all you have to do is build your list and let your autoresponder do all the work!
Summary
Making money online doesn’t have to be complicated, not when you follow these seven easy steps!
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If you’re not doing this, you’re losing money unnecessarily. And you won’t believe how simple this is!
When you receive a refund request for a downloadable product, contact the buyer and tell them that you’re sorry it didn’t work out and you can process their refund right away or.. let them know you would be happy to offer an exchange instead of the refund
Give them a list of products that they can choose from that may be related to their purchase at a price equal to, or greater than, the price they’ve already spent.
I generally offer a product that is priced slightly greater than their original purchase. 99% of the time, this saves the sale, makes the customer happy and gives me an instant payraise (that adds up at the end of the year) that I wouldn’t have had otherwise!
It’s easy. It’s simple. It costs you nothing but a few minutes of your time to reply, respond, and send the download link(s) to the customer for the exchange.
Note that I use this primarily with products sold via PayPal. It’s risky using this with Clickbank where people can rip you off and not hold up their end of the deal. But you don’t have much to lose either way when selling digital products. If you want to use this in your business, here’s a sample email you can steal from me to use right away..
Hi [NAME]
I’m sorry the product didn’t work out for you. I can process your refund right away per my guarantee. But before I do, I would like to say that I appreciate your business and want to keep you as a happy customer.
So I would like to ask if you would entertain an exchange instead of the refund? If you agree, I would be happy to offer an exchange for either of these quality products related to your purchase:
URLHERE.com (Sells for $___)
URLHERE.com (Sells for $___)
URLHERE.com (Sells for $___)
Please take a look at these options and let me know if the exchange is agreeable, and if so, which product you would like to access and I’ll rush over the download details. Otherwise, confirm your wish for a refund and I’ll take care of that promptly.
Thank you for your business,
[YOUR NAME]
Give this a try right away and let me know if this helps.
I’ve seen this time and again. Graphic designers are creating images and calling them banners. These so-called “banners” have ZERO marketing power. They’re dead, wasted space.. meaning they serve absolutely NO purpose or lead-generating power.
Here’s an example of a bad banner:
I’m not knocking the product, just the banner. Is it the designer’s fault? Is it the product owner’s fault? It’s both! If the designer doesn’t know better, and most of them don’t (they’re designers, not marketers), it’s the product owner’s responsibility to define the purpose and marketing message of the banner to the designer.
Here’s the #1 mistake with this type of banner..
Where’s the Call To Action?!
Isn’t the purpose of a banner ad to generate Attention, Desire, Interest, and Action? Where’s the “what’s in it for me” message in this banner?
It’s not there! Your prospective customer doesn’t care what the name of your product is. They just want to know how it’s going to solve their problem (aka, “what’s in it for me?”, “what can it do for me?”)
Create a banner that has a real solution as the message and a call to action
A more effective version of that banner would have the text “I Make $45,000 Per Month Online. Want To Clone My Business? Click Here!” or “Make More Money Online in 30 Days Than Most People Make All Year! Click Here To Discover How”
Now those are just off the top of my head and can be tweaked and improved. But you get the idea.
Want to know what kind of banner gets the HIGHEST click-through conversions?
It’s not animated banners and it’s not the “typical” image banner shown above. It’s text banners!
Here’s a perfect example..
Notice the “what’s in it for me” message? It’s Free. It entices the reader with mystery by eluding to a secret for helping them “make money fast”. Notice the call to action? Click “here”!
This is simply text saved as an image in a traditional 468×60 horizontal banner size. Which of the two banners on this post would you be more inclined to click on?
I think the winner is clear!
When adding banners to your marketing toolbox, avoid these critical mistakes. Start using “smart” banners and you’ll begin to see greater results for your marketing efforts.
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