True to the title of this blog, here is truly a way for starting online with little money!
As commented previously, there are many ways to spend your hard-earned money to invest in making money online. Some of these are scams, and sometimes I feel like I have tried them all!
Nonetheless, I do continue to invest in the hopes that it will add to my income or at least add to my knowledge. Sometimes this isn't true, as I have in my trash can right now a software product that was supposed to help to automate something, but it didn't work!!
But I have just found, and tested, a product that not only has pre-built sites all set up to make you money, but you can try it for a week for just $1. And that isn't even the best part.
The best part is that there are really good, easy to understand training videos that really do teach you something. With this knowledge, and the pre-built site, you will have a quick-start, jump-start kit. Put it to use and start making money!
Click Here! to try it for yourself. But go NOW, it is a holiday special, and who knows how long you have a full week for $1 to try it out!!
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Little money or free - does it deliver?
I just tried yet another "make money online" software program. As every one of these products does, it promised to be different, unlike anything else every seen before, unique, and of course, with guaranteed profits.
It turned out to have zero unique factor, and was focussed on the upsell of the other products afterwards, which, funnily enough, promised the same thing that it promised. Why would anyone need a second product to deliver what the first one had promised? Boggles the mind.
Also, the bonuses promised along with it were not delivered. It turns out that these "free" bonuses were the opportunity for you to watch videos selling other products, which weren't free. As far as I am concerned, worse than not free, because it was purchased with time.
What this particular "traffic generation" software did was automate the submission of articles - but only to 7 web 2.0 sites! How hard is it to submit an article (that you still have to write) to 7 sites? How much automation is required for that?
So, bottom line is what you have heard before: write articles on your niche/subject and submit to web 2.0 sites and article directories. Make sure to include a link to your site in the resource box, and make sure that your site is set up to make money from advertising (e.g. Google), selling products (Clickbank, Commission Junction, Amazon), or selling your own products. From this, you improve your pagerank by building backlinks to your site, and hopefully also traffic from the direct link.
For a free video that does deliver some value and helpful information for your article marketing, go to Article Mastery.
Even though these other new "auto traffic" software products promise more, the latest one I checked out did not deliver. And if you are starting with little money, my advice is to do the steps yourself until you are ready to automate.
It turned out to have zero unique factor, and was focussed on the upsell of the other products afterwards, which, funnily enough, promised the same thing that it promised. Why would anyone need a second product to deliver what the first one had promised? Boggles the mind.
Also, the bonuses promised along with it were not delivered. It turns out that these "free" bonuses were the opportunity for you to watch videos selling other products, which weren't free. As far as I am concerned, worse than not free, because it was purchased with time.
What this particular "traffic generation" software did was automate the submission of articles - but only to 7 web 2.0 sites! How hard is it to submit an article (that you still have to write) to 7 sites? How much automation is required for that?
So, bottom line is what you have heard before: write articles on your niche/subject and submit to web 2.0 sites and article directories. Make sure to include a link to your site in the resource box, and make sure that your site is set up to make money from advertising (e.g. Google), selling products (Clickbank, Commission Junction, Amazon), or selling your own products. From this, you improve your pagerank by building backlinks to your site, and hopefully also traffic from the direct link.
For a free video that does deliver some value and helpful information for your article marketing, go to Article Mastery.
Even though these other new "auto traffic" software products promise more, the latest one I checked out did not deliver. And if you are starting with little money, my advice is to do the steps yourself until you are ready to automate.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Getting Traffic
You want people to come to your site, but how do you get them to come? Starting with little money means either getting free help, or doing it yourself.
Hopefully you are excited about your new site and want to let everyone know. Just as with everything else, you do this by talking about it. Online, "talking about it" means writing - articles, guest posts on other blogs, forum entries, social media such as facebook, twitter, myspace. If you think about it in this way, all of the writing and posting that you do doesn't feel like work, it feels like fun!
However, it certainly can be time consuming. So if you want to spend a little money, there are products that can help you automate some of the processes. Or also for a little bit of money, though it can add up, you can outsource the work. You just have to decide what your time is worth.
Here is a list of ways to do free promotion online:
1. Write articles and submit them to the article directories. You can even submit them to publications that pay, both online and offline. Just because you are doing this for free promotion doesn't mean you can't try and get paid! (To automate, you can try SENuke software which saves an incredible amount of time in doing the submission process and also saves time in researching the directories and various sites.)
2. Forum posting - google: ""your topic" forums"
3. Writing on other blogs - again, sometimes you can get paid to do this. Google to find other blogs
4. Press releases
5. Email to your own contact list
6. Create an ezine which is a digital newsletter and send it to your contact list
An advantage of having an ezine is that you can possibly sell advertising, depending on how large your list is. And of course, you can also guest write for other people's ezines. Google for "your topic" ezines. Also go to Directory of Ezines to get ideas of how to maximize this, and get other useful information.
7. Social media - facebook, myspace, linkedin, twitter. I find that Twitter can be very time consuming. If you want to save that time, there are a couple of products that can help automate it. One is Tweetomatic. The best part is that the task of finding and keeping track of followers is made easy and your tweets can be programmed for a certain time while it runs in the background. Also for twitter, read Joel Comm's book Twitter Power 2.0: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time
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Future posts will have more details on these methods of getting traffic - each one could take a book!
Hopefully you are excited about your new site and want to let everyone know. Just as with everything else, you do this by talking about it. Online, "talking about it" means writing - articles, guest posts on other blogs, forum entries, social media such as facebook, twitter, myspace. If you think about it in this way, all of the writing and posting that you do doesn't feel like work, it feels like fun!
However, it certainly can be time consuming. So if you want to spend a little money, there are products that can help you automate some of the processes. Or also for a little bit of money, though it can add up, you can outsource the work. You just have to decide what your time is worth.
Here is a list of ways to do free promotion online:
1. Write articles and submit them to the article directories. You can even submit them to publications that pay, both online and offline. Just because you are doing this for free promotion doesn't mean you can't try and get paid! (To automate, you can try SENuke software which saves an incredible amount of time in doing the submission process and also saves time in researching the directories and various sites.)
2. Forum posting - google: ""your topic" forums"
3. Writing on other blogs - again, sometimes you can get paid to do this. Google to find other blogs
4. Press releases
5. Email to your own contact list
6. Create an ezine which is a digital newsletter and send it to your contact list
An advantage of having an ezine is that you can possibly sell advertising, depending on how large your list is. And of course, you can also guest write for other people's ezines. Google for "your topic" ezines. Also go to Directory of Ezines to get ideas of how to maximize this, and get other useful information.
7. Social media - facebook, myspace, linkedin, twitter. I find that Twitter can be very time consuming. If you want to save that time, there are a couple of products that can help automate it. One is Tweetomatic. The best part is that the task of finding and keeping track of followers is made easy and your tweets can be programmed for a certain time while it runs in the background. Also for twitter, read Joel Comm's book Twitter Power 2.0: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time
. Future posts will have more details on these methods of getting traffic - each one could take a book!
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Starting Online with Little Money
When you start online, you find that there are too many software products and books to count that offer almost instant success and almost immediate wealth online. A big problem with a lot of these products is that you are never really sure what they do until you buy them, because the sales pages don't actually tell you!
As the saying goes, experience is the best teacher. Through trail and error, I figured out which products are good and necessary and can contribute value and which really are just buying a wish.
I decided to share what I learned with other people who may be starting out online with little money and could benefit from it. Hopefully this information will save you both a lot of time and a lot of money!
I have put together 10 easy steps with the resources and tools that worked for me.
You can start without actually purchasing anything (although I do recommend purchasing a domain name.) And you can immediately put pieces in place so that you can make money from your site (although I can't guarantee how much or how fast!) To get traffic, people, to come to your site, you can spend the time instead of the dollars and do everything yourself for free. Or there are a couple of tools listed (with free trials) that can help to automate some of the processes when you are ready.
I recommend these products and vendors because I have had good success with them and their customer service support is good. Another factor is that they are clear and direct in saying what their product does and how it does it – BEFORE I purchase it (unlike a lot of other products out there!) I also prefer the ones that offer a free trial in advance. If a product is not providing you with value, return it and ask for a refund!
The important thing is to just get started. Then you will learn more and may need more, or different, resources. I have deliberately kept this very simple, a place to start. Start simple and then grow.
And good luck, I hope this helps you!
STEPS and RESOURCES
1. Define your idea i.e. your niche. What do you want your business to do or be about?
2. Do your research for keywords. If you were to search on the internet for this business, what words would you use? Check them on the keyword tool, and try different variations.
Google Keyword External Tool (free) Click here.
3. Decide on the name of your site or blog, using one of those keywords that has traffic but not much competition.
4. Check to make sure it is available and purchase it! Buy a .com domain.
To check first if the name is available for free and then to purchase:
Click here for GoDaddy -right now there is a .com Domain Sale $7.49!
5. Create your blog at a blogging site or your pick a host for your website
http://www.blogger.com/ (free blog)
Click here for hostgator (website host.)
6. Write something! Start with 300-500 words about what you want to do, then add a new post every day, if you can. Just write what you want to say. If you get stuck, check out forums for your niche and see what questions people have, and then answer them in your own post.
Resource: YOU!
Cost: Priceless!
7. If you want to make money in any way other than selling your own product or service, create accounts (known as affiliate accounts) at these sites:
http://www.google.com/adsense (ads)
http://www.clickbank.com/ (digital products)
http://www.cj.com/ (for physical products)
http://amazon.com (physical products)
Or search google to find other products to sell directly from other companies.
8. If you want to build your own list of customers, with whom you can keep in touch by email, you can have additional pages and services.
Click Here for Aweber (will collect and auto-respond, sign up for a free trial - wait to sign up until you are ready to use it.)
9. Get free traffic by writing articles and press releases, posting to forums, answering questions, and direct mail to your contacts or a list.
To help with article traffic generation, try SENuke for a one week free trial.
Be sure you have time to devote to watching the videos and reading the manual.
It is very powerful, and there is a lot of great stuff to absorb.
10. If you want to spend money, you can pay to drive more traffic:
pay per click with google adwords https://adwords.google.com
pay per view with LeadImpact www.leadimpact.com
other paid advertising
NOTE: Unless you don't need to worry about starting online with little money, please, before doing any paid advertising,know a lot about keyword research and which keywords are driving traffic to your site. If not, you can spend a lot of money without any return. Learn about and do tracking of keywords and results from your other efforts.
Also note: I recommend these products based on my good experience with them. For some of these, I have become an affiliate (and may receive compensation if you purchase) because I believe they offer me and you good value. I donate 10% of what I make from this site to my favorite cause, Global Fund for Women. Hopefully, the information and products will help you be successful at whatever you choose to do with your website or blog.
As the saying goes, experience is the best teacher. Through trail and error, I figured out which products are good and necessary and can contribute value and which really are just buying a wish.
I decided to share what I learned with other people who may be starting out online with little money and could benefit from it. Hopefully this information will save you both a lot of time and a lot of money!
I have put together 10 easy steps with the resources and tools that worked for me.
You can start without actually purchasing anything (although I do recommend purchasing a domain name.) And you can immediately put pieces in place so that you can make money from your site (although I can't guarantee how much or how fast!) To get traffic, people, to come to your site, you can spend the time instead of the dollars and do everything yourself for free. Or there are a couple of tools listed (with free trials) that can help to automate some of the processes when you are ready.
I recommend these products and vendors because I have had good success with them and their customer service support is good. Another factor is that they are clear and direct in saying what their product does and how it does it – BEFORE I purchase it (unlike a lot of other products out there!) I also prefer the ones that offer a free trial in advance. If a product is not providing you with value, return it and ask for a refund!
The important thing is to just get started. Then you will learn more and may need more, or different, resources. I have deliberately kept this very simple, a place to start. Start simple and then grow.
And good luck, I hope this helps you!
STEPS and RESOURCES
1. Define your idea i.e. your niche. What do you want your business to do or be about?
2. Do your research for keywords. If you were to search on the internet for this business, what words would you use? Check them on the keyword tool, and try different variations.
Google Keyword External Tool (free) Click here.
3. Decide on the name of your site or blog, using one of those keywords that has traffic but not much competition.
4. Check to make sure it is available and purchase it! Buy a .com domain.
To check first if the name is available for free and then to purchase:
Click here for GoDaddy -right now there is a .com Domain Sale $7.49!
5. Create your blog at a blogging site or your pick a host for your website
http://www.blogger.com/ (free blog)
Click here for hostgator (website host.)
6. Write something! Start with 300-500 words about what you want to do, then add a new post every day, if you can. Just write what you want to say. If you get stuck, check out forums for your niche and see what questions people have, and then answer them in your own post.
Resource: YOU!
Cost: Priceless!
7. If you want to make money in any way other than selling your own product or service, create accounts (known as affiliate accounts) at these sites:
http://www.google.com/adsense (ads)
http://www.clickbank.com/ (digital products)
http://www.cj.com/ (for physical products)
http://amazon.com (physical products)
Or search google to find other products to sell directly from other companies.
8. If you want to build your own list of customers, with whom you can keep in touch by email, you can have additional pages and services.
Click Here for Aweber (will collect and auto-respond, sign up for a free trial - wait to sign up until you are ready to use it.)
9. Get free traffic by writing articles and press releases, posting to forums, answering questions, and direct mail to your contacts or a list.
To help with article traffic generation, try SENuke for a one week free trial.
Be sure you have time to devote to watching the videos and reading the manual.
It is very powerful, and there is a lot of great stuff to absorb.
10. If you want to spend money, you can pay to drive more traffic:
pay per click with google adwords https://adwords.google.com
pay per view with LeadImpact www.leadimpact.com
other paid advertising
NOTE: Unless you don't need to worry about starting online with little money, please, before doing any paid advertising,know a lot about keyword research and which keywords are driving traffic to your site. If not, you can spend a lot of money without any return. Learn about and do tracking of keywords and results from your other efforts.
Also note: I recommend these products based on my good experience with them. For some of these, I have become an affiliate (and may receive compensation if you purchase) because I believe they offer me and you good value. I donate 10% of what I make from this site to my favorite cause, Global Fund for Women. Hopefully, the information and products will help you be successful at whatever you choose to do with your website or blog.
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