Making Money On the Internet isn’t hard – but it is work!
I saw a list the other day that showed 101 ways to make money on-line.
What a great idea, I thought to myself, too bad they didn’t explain what to do with those ideas.
Hmmm…that got me thinking. One thing that frustrated me the most when I was starting out as a marketer was the lack of actual instructions.
You know what I mean…do this…then do that.
Today we are going to take an idea and put it into a set of step-by-step instructions.
*Disclaimer – I can’t guarantee that you will make money or if you do how much it will be. Individual results will vary, but since this advice has no cost and there will be no cost involved with using it, you can try it if you like!
Sell an E-Book
You will need a paypal account or some method of collecting payments, the ability to make a web page and a web host to upload the completed page to.
Step #1: Obtain resale rights to an e-book and upload to your website in .zip format. (Add the URL to a notepad document so you can reference it for step #2)
(You can get a free Bronze membership here: Resale Rights Kingdom )
Step #2: Set up your payment button with your payment processor (set the URL of the book as the payment completed redirect page so that it automatically downloads once payment has been received) and save the html code to a notepad document to use later. When you set your price, take a moment to Google the book title to see how much others are charging for it. Remember not to undersell by too much or you will limit your ability to make a profit. It may be easier to make 10 – $1 sales, but making 3-$5 sales makes you more money.
Step #3: Create your Landing Page. (This is where you will direct visitors when you begin traffic generation in a later step.)
Your Landing page needs at least these elements:
- Solid Colored Background
- White text area (Centered) – write your sales letter telling your visitors what this e-book will do for them here.
- A picture of the e-book cover (People want to see what they are buying.)
- If you have an auto-responder include the HTML for a sign-up box to capture leads! (Start Building your list as soon as possible.)
- Your Payment button.
Step #4: Upload the finished page to your website and test all of the links including your payment button and auto-responder sign-up.
Step #5: Send traffic to your Landing Page. There are dozens of free methods of traffic generation you can use when you are first starting out. Here are a few you can try:
- Traffic Exchanges – You view other people’s ads in exchange for credits that you can use to show your ad. (You can find a list of Traffic Exchanges to sign-up for free here: Traffic List ) Once you are signed up, enter the URL of your Landing page as your page and earn credits to have it shown.
- Write articles related to your topic and submit them to article directories. In the Author’s resource box, include a URL link to your landing page.
- Join a Forum related to the topic of the book and set your signature to include a link to your Landing page. Each time you respond to another forum member’s post, your signature will be an advertisement for your product. **Note, don’t abuse the forum, only post useful information or you risk being banned.
- If you already have a list, no matter how small, send an e-mail with a link to your landing page. This is a valuable offer and you will want to share it with your list members.
- Consider a joint venture with a friend who already has a list – offer them a free copy of the book in return for sending 1 e-mail to all of their members!
- Consider a Safe-list for sending a solo-advertisement. Similar to a traffic exchange, you view other member’s e-mails to earn credits that allow you to e-mail a random members with your own e-mail. (We recommend: List Joe - it is free and you get credits just for signing up so you can send your first message right away! You can also send your message once a week up to 2500 e-mails with the free membership.)
- If you have a blog – make a post with the URL of your Landing Page for your readers.
Step #6: Once you make a sale, follow up with each customer to ensure that they have received their product. If for some reason, they do not, you can provide the URL to download the e-book in your e-mail. (Be proactive. If the payment is being accepted but the customer is not being redirected to the download, you may have to re-create your payment button by re-doing step #3.)
Making Money is a numbers game – the more people who see your ad, the more likely you are to make a sale.
Step #7: Rinse and Repeat. Don’t Stop with Just 1, find your next product and start the process over again and keep the traffic coming.
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