Archive for November, 2010

Before you get started in this industry, you have to analyze your own mindset to see if you have what it takes to be an online entrepreneur from conception to fully-functional success operation.  It’s not enough to say you want to make money or be your own boss.

Everyone wants those things, but not everyone can achieve those goals.  It takes a special person.  You don’t have to be a workaholic or be willing to engage in questionable marketing tactics.  You just need to have a few characteristics that are common to most successful Internet marketers.

This industry requires deep commitment.  If you’re the type to change jobs with your moods, then stick to a 9-5 gig.  You’re building a business and it takes time, effort, and tweaking to make it work.

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Whether you’re an affiliate marketer or a product owner, you get to choose how much you get paid to promote something.  As a product owner, obviously you set the price. As an affiliate, you seek out products that have a good commission.

Digital downloads usually have a much better payout than tangible goods.  Of course, if you’re promoting a high-ticket tangible item, you might make more – but it could be harder to sell to the general public, too.

A digital download is a text, audio, or video file that buyers can download instantly onto their hard drive and access immediately.  Instead of waiting until tomorrow afternoon to run to Barnes and Noble, they log in at 3 o’clock in the morning when they can’t sleep and download a book on the topic they want.

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There’s no PhD you can strive for to be in the Internet marketing industry. You have to learn as you go – on your own – soaking up information along the way.  The first thing you need to know is what it means to be an Internet marketer, because it isn’t always clear to everyone.

Let’s start with what Internet marketing is not.  It’s not being a con artist. It’s not being a spam king.  It doesn’t just mean selling on eBay or having your own website and products.

In reality, Internet marketers can pick and choose from a whole host of options available to help them make money.  Your opportunities are virtually endless, and include one or more of the following:

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The word “minisite” can refer to a number of different things.  Some people call small niche article sites minisites, but that isn’t the general use of the word.  In Internet marketing, the word “minisite” is generally used to refer to very small websites that are set up to sell a product – usually an eBook or other digital download.

Most minisites are only 1-5 pages.  Some of them are only a single sales pitch page, plus perhaps a thank you page for after the customer orders.  Others have a contact page, a terms of service page, a frequently asked questions page, or other general pages.

For the purpose of this tutorial, we’ll just work on creating a single page minisite, and we’ll cover only the design – not the sales copy.  Most minisites have several key parts.  They usually have a header and footer, although some have only a header, or may have neither.

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Today I added a ‘Green Living’ plr article pack to my PLR website.  This topic was requested by a customer and is now up and ready.  If you have a topic that you would like to see added to my PLR website, just to to http://qualityplr.net and fill in your topic in the topic request box.

The green living plr pack consists of the following 10 articles:

1. Green Cleaning Using Baking Soda (617 words)

2. Are the Paints You Use in Your Home Harming You and Your Family? (520 words)

3. Are the Plastics in Your Home Releasing Harmful Toxins? (503 words)

4. Do You Drink Water that is Full of Toxic Chemicals? (404 words)

5. Green Living – Tips for An Organic Pantry! (463 words)

6. Why it is Important to Go Green! (654 words)

7. Save the Earth, Save your Health – With These Green Living Ideas (530 words)

8. What is Green Living and How Can You Do Your Part? (496 words)

9. Green Living Choices for the Home (377 words)

10. Live Green and Save Money! (461 words)

You can read more about this pack HERE

Link cloaking is a very important part of affiliate marketing.  In a nutshell, link cloaking is a way to protect your affiliate commissions from being stolen.  It’s not totally foolproof.  Smart individuals who are well-educated about the matter can still figure out how to keep you from getting your commission.

Most people won’t go that far, so cloaking your links will prevent most commission loss. How do people steal affiliate commissions?  Have you ever hovered over a link and noticed that the link was an obvious affiliate link?

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Your keyword choices are critical to your success in nearly any online business model.  Whether you’re pursuing PPC, blogging, VRE and AdSense, or any number of Internet marketing opportunities, the keywords you choose can make or break your success.

Keywords are important for several reasons.  First of all, there’s traffic.  If you choose the wrong keywords to target, you’re probably not going to get nearly as much traffic as you’d like.  Whether you’re using PPC or search engines to get your traffic, your keywords are going to affect your ranking and link performance.

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