Thousands of people have quit their JOBS and started making money exclusively online. There are many ways to do it on the Internet… such as creating your own products, offering a service, licensing products, etc.
Many people have done it without having ANY products of their own. This is done through affiliate income or by selling other people’s products for a commission.
This is how it can be done.
1. Do not sell anything that is not yours.
This rule appears in the first place for a good reason. You should never sell anything that is not yours. If you don’t have enough faith in the results to buy it yourself, then you have no reason to sell it to others.
Think about this for a moment: if you don’t own it and aren’t willing to buy it, how can you stand behind the product? How can you honestly answer questions about the product? The answer is that you can’t.
Too often, people are willing to jump on the bandwagon and promote whatever the hyped product of the week is… without stopping to think about the value of the product itself. No matter how many people recommend it, you shouldn’t if you haven’t bought it yourself.
2. Offer only complementary products and services.
If your website is about sports products, you definitely shouldn’t be offering cigarettes on another show. It doesn’t make any sense at all, and these products definitely don’t complement each other. It is unlikely that you will sell both products to the same customer.
A good example of selling ancillary products would be, if you sell golf products, you could sell golf vacations, golf clubs, golf subscriptions, golf training products, etc. All these products would attract the same consumer. Which means that once you get the person interested in golf to visit your site, you increase your chances of selling them more than one item. This would not be the case if you were selling golf clubs and gardening books.
Make sure everything you offer goes hand in hand. You must earn multiple streams of income, but they must all be related to the same topic.
3. Create an optional email list.
I can’t stress enough how vital this is to your online success.
Ask any important business person what their most valuable asset is. They are not your products. It’s not your location. They’re not even your employees.
The most valuable asset for any business is its customer list. The most valuable asset for any Internet business is the optional email list. Your email list IS your Internet business.
If you don’t have an email list, you don’t have an internet business.
Offer an affiliate product… and earn money once. Offer a subscription to your optional email list and earn money forever (from hundreds of offers you can make to that list).
4. Focus on your brand.
Use your optional email list to build a relationship with your subscribers. When they first sign up, they may not recognize you from Peter. So tell them about yourself. Express your opinions.
In your first 2-3 contacts do not sell them anything. Tell them about yourself, your experiences, show them around and tell them what you think. Let your customers get to know you. You have to give people a reason to know, like and trust you.
You don’t have to be the best writer on the planet. You don’t have to be like your favorite guru. He just writes some things that are uniquely yours in your emails.
Sure, some of them will be angry. Some will ask to be removed. Some will insult you. deal with it. The way I see these people is by removing themselves from my list, I don’t have to waste my time trying to sell to them. I just pass people who are interested and I have more chances to make money.
If you’re like everyone else, why should anyone choose to buy from you?
5. Write your own endorsements and reviews.
Each affiliate program has solo ads, sponsorship ads, and classified ads available. You can use them sometimes, but they should never become your only marketing pieces.
But in addition to each ad, you must have your OWN opinion about the product. You need to tell your customers in their own words why they should buy this or that. Then use the ad copy you were given UNDER your own statements.
The same goes for online newsletters. You can use other people’s content and articles, but every email you send should have something written by you…in your own words…at the top, if not anywhere else. It could just be a short “what’s going on” section or an editorial.
You don’t have to be a professional writer. You just have to have opinions and be willing to risk your neck giving them.
6. Offer additional offers.
You don’t have to do this every time, but you should make special offers for your list. Why should they buy a product from you instead of one of the 1,000 other affiliates who offer it?
Give them something extra that they can’t get from other affiliates!
You can tell them that if they buy affiliate product A from you… you’ll give them this special report.
All they have to do is buy the product and then email you the receipt. You will send them your additional bonus report right away.
It could also be an e-book, an email inquiry, a phone inquiry, an ad in your newsletter, a link on your special links page, etc. Give them something extra special with a few of your offers and watch their checks skyrocket. Make sure the items you give away for free are related to your product.
7. Ask for the sale.
You have to ask for the sale. If you don’t ask you will never get. The worst they can say is “no” and all that means is that you are no worse off than you are right now. But if you ask and they say yes, you’re in a much better place.
You can’t be cowardly or timid. You can’t give away a huge amount of content in the hope that someone will click on your little link somewhere and magically decide to buy your product. You have to tell your prospects and customers why they want and need your product. You have to tell them what they get when they buy.
If some subscribers get upset when you send them an offer, help them remove themselves from your list. It’s funny, but the most profitable promotions have also received the most complaints and removals.
Some people have emailed me saying, “If you’re just trying to sell something online, then I don’t even want your newsletter.” Guess what? take them off That is the ultimate purpose of your newsletter, any content you provide, or anything you do online.
Remember why you started in online business: to make money, not to give away freebies and content.