Archive for December, 2006
If you are one of my subscribers then you will be aware that the last two weeks have been something of a challenge! This all resulted from a major outage by one of our hosting companies which lasted for some time and saw lots of data lost by them. It impacted about 50% of my business with some of our most significant sites going offline and the domain names being inaccessible to amend the DNS for!
So as you can imagine the last few weeks have seen quite a few long days getting things back up and running and I am pleased to say that of this morning almost every major site is now back on line and fully functional. It has also seen the creation of a number of new sites and the redeployment of other sites.
What have I learnt from the last few weeks? Well in summary here’s my top pieces of advice. Always make sure that you have your hosting spread around a number of major hosts so that you can always shift things around in the event of a problem; ensure that you back up your sites and any databases on a regular basis; ensure that your hosts also back up data on a regular basis. If you are serious about hosting then you need to look at getting a Reseller Account and one of the best that I hav come across is Hostgator who I have found to be excellent.
Finally in terms of my recommendations and this is a big one! Never ever, under any circumstances buy your domain names from your hosts! That way lies complete disaster if your host goes down and you then cannot access your account. If you cannot access your account with your host then you cannot amend the DNS an point your sites to an alternative host.
Now before all that happened I had been well on with my planning for 2007 and thought that I knew what we were going to do! However, the coincidence of the problems with one of our hosts and also reading an excellent report from Niche Mania’s BigMike called “Google Hiccup” set me thinking! If you haven’t taken a look at Niche Mania then you really want to - it’s one of the very few memberhips that I ever recommend for anyone interested in making money online.
The areas we will focus on in terms of our primary niches will remain as originally planned. However, our approach to those niches and the value we will be adding is going to be much mroe focussed.
One of the things that we are currently very focussed on is evolving the highly successful GenMates community and you can read more about that at GenMates Changes - this is a set of changes which is in response to the fedback from our members. I think this is going to be really exciting!
The other two major developments which have suffered a bit of a set back are my Internet Marketing Coaching Site and my Self Improvement Coaching Site - however with a few more days work on these they will be ready to go early in the new year! You can sign up for the heavy discount on the Internet Marketing one by going to Internet Business Creators!
Have a good week and if you are one of my subscribers watch out for a very useful Christmas Gift!
December 17th, 2006
It is a little over 12 months ago that I started to work with the Google Adsense Programme. In that period I have managed to go from zero to earning a regular four figure monthly income which supplements the other monies that we earn. It has enabled us to enjoy an improved lifestyle and to participate in things that we perhaps wouldn’t have been able to 12 months ago.
To download our Free Guide to Creating a Regular Monthly Income you need to go to Your Adsense Success!
December 2nd, 2006
When someone first hears about Internet marketing, the first question is invariably, “But how do I make money online?” It’s a concept that is hard to grasp for many people – not just the process of how money is made in Internet marketing – but the amount of money to be made with the right niche.
First, it’s important that there are no guaranteed paychecks in Internet marketing, but there’s also no glass ceiling, either. Your profit potential is only limited to the amount of effort you put in.
So how do you create multiple streams of income? There are many ways, but let’s talk about the most prevalent methods. Some forms you can use to generate passive profits without a huge budget required for start-up.
For instance, you might set up a content site that doesn’t cost anything but the domain registration and hosting. Once you create your own keyword-filled content and get indexed by the search engines, you can capitalize on the traffic you receive by getting them to click on AdSense ads, where you get paid for each click.
Another cost-effective way to make money on the ‘net is to become an affiliate where you promote other people’s products. Your job isn’t to sell, but to simply drive targeted traffic to the product owner’s site using your unique affiliate ID. For that process, you get a hefty commission – usually 50-75% of the sale.
If you have a way with words, then you might consider launching your own information product in the form of an eBook. It’s not expensive to launch a minisite, and you can set it up through ClickBank for under $50 and start marketing to the public and allowing affiliates to promote it for you as well.
There is also the option of creating a membership site where people pay you for access to your member’s only domain. To do this, you must be providing something of value. The worth of your information will determine how much you charge.
There are membership sites that are under $5.00 a month, and those up to $1,500 in niches that help people develop massive amounts of revenue – like the stock market, for instance.
The most important thing to remember when considering how to make money on the Internet is to follow through with whatever option you choose. Before moving on to set up a second, or third stream of profits, make sure your original endeavor is fully functional and profitable so your efforts won’t have been wasted.
Read much more at Internet Marketing Essentials
December 2nd, 2006
One of the very best ways to make money from any Website or Blog is by using Google’s very own advertising program called Google ADSense. What basically happens is you sign up with Google and then they will give you a code to copy and paste onto your Website and then Ads will appear on your site. Every single time that someone clicks on one of your Ads you will receive a payment from Google which go directly into your ADSense account. Cheques will then be paid out to you every three months. If you are making absolutely no money from a site at the moment then this is one of the easiest and most mindless ways to create some extra income.
There are many questions asked about the ADSense programme and one of the most common questions is, “ Will the Ads that appear on my site actually be relevant to my content?” The answer is yes. The geniuses at Google have devised a system that will display Ads based on the keywords that are regularly repeated on the page. This means that if you have a Website about gardening then ADSense will displays Ads all about this topic. So after inserting the code you will probably see Ads for Gardening manuals and lawnmowers, etc. This is great because it means that the Ads will not look spammy as they fit in perfectly with your content. Therefore it is far more likely that people will click your Ads and earn you some cash. Also, the fact that the Ads are provided by one of the best known companies in the world adds credibility to the programme and makes surfers more likely to click on the Ads because they know it is unlikely to be a scam or a fraud.
Another prevalent question is, “ How much can I earn through ADSense?” Well, there are several factors that need to be looked at. These are the volume of traffic that comes to your site, the percentage of people who actually click on your Ads once at your site and how much do I get paid per click. If you have very low traffic it is extremely unlikely that you can earn much from the programme or any other programme for that matter. However, once you have got a regular flow of traffic coming to your site what you want to do is use effective techniques to increase the number of people who click your Ads. These are things like blending your Ads in effectively with the background and using pictures. If you can increase your CTR from 1% to 15% then you will automatically increase your earnings by 1500% without having to increase your traffic. Finally, the amount earned per click depends on how much the advertisers are bidding for that particular keyword. It all depends on the niche. Some well-paying niches pay out upwards of $20 per click whereas others will only be $0.05. In order to really maximise earnings and get a better understanding of how the whole system works it could be a good idea to get Michael Cheney’s ADSense Videos as they have helped thousands of people significantly increase their earnings.
One last important point to make is don’t click on your own Ads and don’t tell your friends to click on your Ads. Remember Google are extremely clever! If you get caught( and many have been) your account will be suspended and a lifetime ban will be issued.
You can read more at Your Adsense Success where you can also download a Free Guide to Making a Regular Monthly Income
December 2nd, 2006
This is an interesting question ! If you are a beginner it is also undoubtedly one that you are asking yourself right now. Well, here are several great reasons as to why you should become an Internet Marketer that may convince you to keep going in this pursuit.
1. Internet Marketing allows you to target a massive audience. In a traditional shop set-up all of your customers would probably all live in the local area. If you are operating in a niche this would mean that your potential for very high profits was somewhat limited. On the Internet none of this is a problem. The whole of the world that has access to a computer and an internet connection is your target audience. Think about that. There are over 6 billion people in the world. Admittedly not every single one of them has access to an internet connection. However, in comparison to a traditional business your potential number of customers is enormous. This therefore means that getting into a niche is far more viable and can be extremely profitable. Only the internet can offer such possibilities.
2. The start up costs are extremely low. In comparison to a traditional business the cost of setting yourself up in business online is miniscule. With many traditional businesses it can cost an absolute fortune to enter into them. For example you would need a shop, staff, equipment, etc. This means taking out loans which adds a lot of risk if failure occurs. However, in the online world you can spend next to nothing and have yourself ready to go. All you really need is a Website and use one of the many successful ways to make money already established. You can even make money without a website just via the promotion of affiliate programs. The great thing about online business ventures is that if they go wrong they are not going to be anywhere near as financially crippling as traditional businesses could be. Therefore, this gives anyone the freedom to jump in and get started in the great world of online money making!
3. There are an incredible amount of different ways to make money online. There are so many options that you can not fail to find an area where you can put in a bit of work and turn over a really good profit. Just to name a few there are affiliate programmes, EBooks, ADSense, freelance article writing, paid for leads programmes, Website design, advertising programmes, survey participation, advice services, etc. You name it and the internet has got it. What does this mean? It means that without any doubt there is some area on the internet that you can take your talents and your passions and apply them to make yourself some serious cash.
As the facts above illustrate there is tremendous potential in the internet for everyone. However, the learning curve is pretty steep and newbies must have a willingness to learn and an appreciation for the need to provide high quality service in whatever area they decide to target.
You can read more at Internet Marketing Essentials
December 2nd, 2006
