This Experiment Continues
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Just before Christmas last year, I embarked on a new venture where I decided to almost “turn back the clock” and return to where it usually starts when you are new to on line marketing.
Affiliate Marketing.
You know… the one the Guru’s go on about… no product, no website, no customer support etc. etc….
The trap I’ve fallen into is of course that my affiliate marketing efforts are mainly based on internet marketing itself. This has been relatively successful for me. I have made some money promoting Internet Marketing products, after all there is a hungry market out there looking to make money on line (maybe you are one of them?).
But promoting Internet Marketing products is actually quite difficult to succeed at. Again the topic is saturated with conflicting information, is dominated by the “Gurus”, and has a “major launch” every couple of days. It’s nearly impossible to keep up, never mind compete in the marketplace.
So, I, like many have gone down the “reseller” route. Again I’ve had success reselling rather than just promoting – but it comes with it’s own price (customer support for one). My software reseller site does quite well, and my Fantasos system does most of the hard work for me, so it is something I will continue with – but it is pretty “hands on” and does take up a fair bit of my free time.
However, as I said, back in December I started a new effort with affiliate marketing, but this time, completely away from the Internet Marketing niche.
The result was a very simple site that promoted a small portable games console just leading up to Christmas. To my genuine surprise, my site hit page one on Google in a few days, and to my even greater surprise, I was credited with 3 sales of these consoles a couple of days before Christmas.
The actual site took about an hour to put together (using the very clear video instructions provided here) and I used a couple of link submission sites to get the site indexed.
The rest was totally hands-off on my part. The best part was, I was also credited with a number of other product sales on the Amazon site. The customers had obviously continued to shop on Amazon after they’d ordered their console, and I got credited and paid for ALL of those sales with no effort on my part. Amazon are just brilliant at upselling and cross selling once they have a customer 
This experiment has continued and I have created another site (away from Internet Marketing and Christmas toys) which, again took just over an hour to build, I’m now looking for the search engines to find. I have to admit that’s partially why I’ve written this post with a link to it 
I will update this topic again soon with some results I hope I can share with you. In the meantime, if you are looking to get back into affiliate marketing, but away from the IM niche, then you may want to follow the formula I came across here
Do you get frustrated with the Internet Marketing niche?
Have you found a way into a lucrative niche that you have had some success with?
Share your experiences with us by leaving your comments below (don’t be shy!) and remember to include a link to your site so that you can gain some of my traffic
3 Easy Tips To Profit With A Blog
Blogs are one form that can do many different things and that includes making yourself some money with Internet marketing. Their are various ways to do this and were going to look at three of the most popular ways to make a profit with your blog. Affiliate programs are probably the most popular way to make profit on the Internet. An affiliate program is where you sell someone else’s product and in return you can get anywhere from 50-70 percent of the selling price in return. Most of these affiliate programs pay once a month or twice monthly. Some of these products will consist of e-books, software and membership sites. Their are many different ways to promote them with a blog. One of the most popular ways is through a review of the product. As people become familiar with your Internet marketing blog they value your opinion and will be more likely to buy from you than anyone else.
Pay per click advertising is another way to drive traffic to your blog and make sales from it. Pay per click is where you put so much money in an account and bid on keywords associated with your ads. When people click on these keywords of your ads then money is taken from your account. Each click gives you a visitor who is interested in what you have to sell. These are targeted visitors which means they are more likely to buy from you. Another part of pay per click advertising is Adsense. Adsense is where you are paid for visitors who come to your blog and click on ads that our on your blog. Using either option can drive a lot of traffic to your site and make you a good chuck of money.
Now if you want to create long term profit with your blog than search engine optimization is the best way to go about it. This means you will be using search engines and placement of your blogs to get them the best possible position on them. Traffic is the lifeblood of your blog so spending time on search engine optimization will probably be the best investment you will ever make. The more work you put into it the more you will get out of it. Their are many ways to make money with a blog, but if your in for the long run than search engine optimization is something you should study and learn as much as you can. Believe me in the long run it will be worth all the time and money you spend on it.
As you can see blogs can make you money if you go about it properly. The key is to take your time and learn as much as possible. Many blogs make their owners thousands of dollars a month. It doesn’t happen overnight, but it can happen. Follow a proven plan and your Blog could be the next big thing that people are talking about. Blogs are the future so embrace it and make some good money at it.
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