Five Quick Tips For How To Make Money Online for Beginners

April 8th, 2010 by RetiredSoon 2 comments »

I was a beginner in this journey called affiliate marketing exactly one year and one month ago.

I truly wish I knew then what I know now.

Discover the Easiest and Fastest Wasy to Make Money Online – I did, and it really is easy. Plus no money for websites or pay-per-click.

That’s why I am writing this post called “How to Make Money Online for Beginners”. I am hoping to help someone else who is just getting started to avoid some of the potholes in the road of affiliate marketing.

I hope you take this first bit of advice, even if you don’t follow anything else in this post. It is somewhat negative, but before I give you my take on how to make money online for beginners, I need to tell you what not to do in the beginning.


Tip #1: Don’t get caught in the glitz of “shiny things”.

Shiny things are those promotions that promise to deliver $$$thousands in the first 25 minutes, or 25 days. Don’t buy! I have had my share of shiny things over the past 13 months. I have been on dozens of lists (still am, in fact). Someone is going to make a killing on that launch day, but it ain’t gonna be you.

OK, that’s out of the way.

Now here is my first suggestion for how to make money online for beginners.

Tip #2: Be prepared for a learning experience. I’m sure this online marketing thing comes easy for a few, but those few are an exception rather than a normal. Learning is just part of the process. It takes time to get the ball rolling on its own. Even if you think it all makes sense, keep on researching and reading about the process.

This brings us to tip number two for how to make money online for beginners.

Tip #3: Practice “situational learning.” This is learning at the point of need. The very first money I spent to learn how to make money online was to join the Wealthy Affiliate Online learning community. Now, don’t get me wrong, there are many very helpful folks at that website, and you can learn a ton. But therein lies the rub.

Wealthy Affiliates has SO much information, you can drown in the sea of knowledge. Once you start poking around in there, you feel overwhelmed by the plethora (always wanted to use that word somewhere) of information. So much so, you don’t know which process to try next. If you are a true beginner, I would not go there to find out how to make money online. Maybe later.

Right, so back to “situational learning”. You need to learn one thing at a time, and this is important – learn it when you need it. Don’t try to learn everything at once. Just take a small bite, chew, and digest before you take the next bite.

The next suggestion for how to make money online for beginners is one that you may have heard many times already, even if just starting out. However, I want you to get it, because I did not. I knew it, but I didn’t get it.

Tip#4: Here’s the tip: Concentrate on only ONE keyword.

This one is so important, it probably should be #1. But if you are really are looking for good suggestions for How to Make Money Online for Beginners, then Avoid Shiny things is really the primary tip.

Anyway, in the beginning, I thought I was so smart that I loaded my writing with multiple keywords, hoping to catch more searchers with more keywords. It didn’t work for me. It won’t work for you either.

By the way, if you are new enough to not know what a keyword phrase is, it is the phrase that you might type into a search box when looking for information. For instance, the keyword phrase for this post is “how to make money online for beginners.”

OK, so  after months of hardly any success with the hundreds of articles and websites I had written, I wrote an article that had only one keyword phrase in it. Because the subject was quite limited, I could think of only one keyword phrase for that article.

Now, what I do with my articles is that I have been using the same article and rewriting it (or spinning it) and posting it on 8-10 article sites. So I checked the keyword phrase about two days after the articles went live, and I literally almost wet my britches. I had 6 out of the top 10 results on the first page of Google! No joke. This happened within the first two days of article posting.

Can I tell you that I am not too bright? Don’t do what I did. Write about only ONE keyword phrase at a time.

Need a great Keyword Tool? Keyword Snatcher will generate some fantastic keywords that you will be able to get onto the first page of the Search Engines fairly easily. Take a look at the Keyword Snatcher Demo Video and see what I mean.

Tip #5: A final how to make money online for beginners tip: Treat your new chosen career of affiliate marketing as if it was a real job. Because it really is. Set goals for yourself as far as what you want to get done. Set deadlines for finishing work, such as writing articles or setting up blogs or websites.

By the way, if you are not a self starter, you will need someone to keep you accountable. You need an encourager or “boss” to help keep you moving. Remember, Rome was not built in a day, and neither will your online business be successful in a day.

To recap the tips that will help you discover how to make money online for beginners:

  1. Don’t go after the shiny things.
  2. Be prepared to learn.
  3. Practice “situational learning”.
  4. Concentrate on a single Keyword Phrase.
  5. Treat your affiliate marketing business as a real job.

And now, a bonus. You can use Wordpress blogging platform for SEO optimization. A great theme for SEO is Socrates. Use that link to see it in action.

That’s it.


But let me steer you toward a really simple step-by-step video series. It is done by an extremely capable fella who does keep it simple. He does not give you too much information.

And best of all, he does not charge so much that you need to mortgage the farm. He did not title his product “How to make money online for beginners,” but he really could have. Instead, it is titled 4 Day Money-Making Blue Print.

It is a complete plan to help you get your first sales online in a very simple easy to understand “situational learning” set of videos. You listen, then do, each step.

Testimonials from people like me are numerous. They sound something like this, ” I tried so many other programs, but none of them make sense until I found David’s ‘4 Day Money Making Blue Print’.

If you try it, you will like it. No hype, just plain, down to earth teaching.
I am including a little 2 minute testimonial here just to support what I said about the 4-Day Money Making BluePrint

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Offline Marketing – Affiliate Marketers Have A Huge Advantage

August 20th, 2011 by RetiredSoon No comments »

Hi Friends, Wayne here…

So many of the marketers I respect and follow are getting into the offline marketing arena, and for good reason.

There is a very real need for your skills in the offline marketing community.

It seems that affiliate marketing, while still going strong, is taking a back seat to this offline marketing trend.

How does this work?

It’s simple really.

If you have any skill at all in SEO (search engine optimization), you have something that all businesses want and need in today’s marketplace.

The idea is that you find clients who know they need to get their business up in the search engine (Google, Bing, Yahoo) rankings. They know, for instance, that if they can get to page one of Google, they will get more customers.

The problem is that they just don’t know how to do that.

That’s where we come in.

We have the skills they need.. Don’t sell yourself short here. If you have even an inkling of how to do this, you are so far ahead of the game. You can help them.

With that in mind, here is an email I got yesterday. It explains the whole concept much better than I can.

Hey Wayne,

Have you ever thought to take your Internet marketing skills offline, where the real *big* money is?

Let me tell you a little secret. Business owners don’t know jack about search engines…

Or pay per click…

Or social media…

They do know one thing, though. That the future of their business is online!

They see it every day. CNN. ABC. At board meetings…

People bustin’ out their cell phones to check they’re email.

Or their workers doing a Google search for an answer to a question that they need to actually call someone for.

These business owners go into their offices, shut their doors, and wonder just how they’ll be able to get online…

Well, my buddy, Jason Drohn, has this download that you can grab called, “Your 1st Client.”

It’s all about how to pick up your first marketing client so you can tap into those offline business owners who *have* money and are willing to spend it.

Click the link below and grab it:

Get Your First Client

Think about it. These offline marketing clients are happy to spend $X,XXX’s every month to get their site in the search engines.

Do you think they should spend that will you?

Or the next guy?

Jason’s training will show you how to pick these clients up at will…

Best yet, it’s totally introvert friendly.

So if you’re worried about cold calling or belly-to-belly sales techniques, don’t be! You don’t need ‘em.

Make sure you grab it before it goes offline…

Find Out How.. Right Here!

PS. I don’t know how long this course is going to be around. I’m a member and it seems to be filling up pretty quick.

If you missed the link, here it is again:
Get Going – Easy Formula For Offline Marketing

Here’s to your success!

Easy Paycheck Formula – Review

August 1st, 2011 by RetiredSoon No comments »

Easy Paycheck Formula is exactly that, a formula that you can use to get started with affiliate marketing.

Don’t have any experience with affiliate marketing? No problem, Sara’s method is so easy that even first-time affiliate marketers can understand and implement the process.

Intimidated by the computer? Again, this is not a problem, because the Easy Paycheck Formula is extremely easy for newcomers who do not know how to set up websites or use HTML code.

CLICK HERE to Discover the Easiest and Fastest Wasy to Make Money Online

About Sara Young, the author and developer of Easy Paycheck Formula:

  • Sara Young is a stay-at-home mom of 6 kids.
  • She has been making money online since 1994
  • For the past few years she’s been earning a full-time income working very few hours – all thanks to her Easy Paycheck Formula.
  • She’s taught many others how to make money online as well.
  • She believes that if she could do very well online with almost no time on her hands, then anyone can.
  • Sara is an excellent teacher. Everything she teaches is shown step-by-step with over-the-shoulder videos. (There is also a text format – for those who prefer it.) She has helped complete newbies to make money online.
  • Sara walks the walk. She’s not like some other .gurus. who make their money by selling products to other marketers. She personally does everything she teaches and makes good money from it.

About Easy Paycheck Formula.

With Easy Paycheck Formula everyone can succeed. All you need to do is just follow the steps. It works every time even if you have no experience, no money to invest, or little time to work.

  • You can create an entire campaign in less than an hour, so that you can make money even if you have a job, a family, or anything else that takes up a lot of your time.
  • You make money using only free resources. You don’t need to pay for a domain, hosting, or advertising. Nothing. That way you can make money – even if you have no money to invest.
  • You see results very fast. That way you get cash coming in right away. Once you have proof that you can do this and it makes you money – you will be very motivated to create more and more campaigns and earn more and more money.
  • It is very simple and easy to do. The formula is so simply you will be amazed. Just follow a few steps and the cash will start rolling in.
  • There is no experience required. You will not need a list, JV partners, or a product of your own. You will not need any prior technical knowledge and you do not need to have any internet marketing experience.
  • Everything is super-organized and very step-by-step: you will never be left guessing about what to do next. There are no gaps left anywhere. Everything is explained in detail, and all the steps are shown to you as Sara creates her own money-making campaign while teaching the course.
  • Customer support is excellent. Your questions will usually be answered right away – within a few hours. That way if you get stuck, Sara will be there to help you move forward.
  • There is a troublehsooting guide. If your campaign doesn’t make you money in a few days, Sara recommends you go through the guide to see what is going wrong. The guide will explain how to fix your campaign so that the next time – it works.
  • Sara’s students LOVE the course. She has excellent feedback and testimonials. Many people have used it to make their first sale online. Others are finally getting a steady income stream from their online efforts.
  • There is no selling required. Sara shows you how to attract people who are ready to buy, so they don’t need any convincing. When your visitors read your content they’re already sitting in front of their computers with their credit card in hand, so you don’t need to know how to sell in order to get them to buy.
  • It is a complete system. You won’t need to get any other courses or tools. Everything you need is right there in the training.

CLICK HERE to Discover the Easiest and Fastest Wasy to Make Money Online

Affiliate Marketing On A Budget – Easy Paycheck Formula

February 13th, 2011 by RetiredSoon No comments »

I invested in Easy Paycheck Formula because I needed a way to focus my attention on doing just one thing. I did not want to be distracted. I don’t have enough time to implement every online sales tactic that comes down the pike.

There is a tendency to get sidetracked from your intended path, even when you know you are getting sidetracked. That may sound dumb, but you know it’s true. My selected method of marketing is setting up small web sites that promote affiliate products (Affiliate Marketing) and then trying to get traffic to those sites using article writing.

I have gotten sidetracked way too many times over the past year, trying to capture the carrot that some new guru is dangling in front of me. So far, it has not worked for me. That is why I am writing about Sarah Young’s “Easy Paycheck Formula” here. It is about as simple as it gets.

  1. Decide on a product you want to promote
  2. Set up a free blog about that product that points folks to a place where you will earn a commission
  3. Write articles about the product and send folks from those articles to your blog
  4. Collect your Paycheck

The steps are so easy, even an old dude can do it. Sarah keeps it very simple. There is no way to not understand the method and the simplicity of it.

Try Easy Paycheck Formula. You can click on THIS LINK to see a glimpse of her teaching style before you buy.

Affiliate Marketing Tips – 3 Places To Find Valuable Market Research

January 28th, 2011 by RetiredSoon No comments »

Affiliate marketing is fun. At least for me it is. I like it because I deal with products and information I really like.

Take photography, for instance. I love cameras and all things related. So I have a relationship with camera sellers. I write about cameras and camera equipment, and in doing so, I learn more about my passion.

My relationship with Amazon brings me income each time someone buys a camera or a lens from my website. It is very easy to create this relationship with Amazon, just go to Amazon.com and sign up for an account. Then start promoting their products. They sell everything from Books to Tanks. So, if you have a passion, they have a product.

First Place For Valuable Market Research

kindleAmazon

Can you see that this product has OVER 14.000 reviews?

Here is where the Marketing Research comes in. Go to Amazon.com and find a product you want to promote. Click on the Customer Reviews of that product. You will usually find tons of valuable information you can use in your articles and web pages about the product. Look for the things that show up lots of times… these can become your keywords when you write articles or buy Google Ads.

Second Place For Affiliate Product Market Research

Ever heard of YouTube? Of course you have.

Try this. Type your product name into the search box at YouTube.com. Usually, unless you are looking at some really obscure product, you will find lots of “Review Videos”. Watching the videos can give you some things to write or post about, but the important stuff is BELOW the video. Those who watch the videos will post their opinion of the product and ask questions about it. “Does anyone know if the Kindle will allow me to play video games?” If the questions come up many times, you have something to write about!

Notice under the video (you have to view on YouTube) that there are 7 or more pages of comments. These are the Mother Load!

Third Place for Affiliate Market Research

This one will take just a bit more digging, but the information you gather is again like gold. The strategy goes like this.. do a search in Google.com for your keyword followed by “inurl:forum”. This search will result in a list of forum posts about your product. Folks who are interested enough to visit and post on forums are the ones who will know the most about the product of their passion. They will divulge loads of information in the form of questions and solutions to those questions. Look closely, because you will discover the “real” secrets to getting inside their thinking process. What you think people want is not always true. Read between the lines on these forums to get the inside skinny on the needs and wants of buyers of your product.

The search for Amazon Kindle would like like the picture below.

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Affiliate marketing success is not all that elusive. It does take a little work and knowledge, but when you have strategies that work, you can succeed. Even though I have been using these strategies for awhile, I got the idea for this post from Matt Carter. Make sure you visit Matt’s Marketing blog for a nifty little video on this same subject.

Internet Marketing Success – 5 False Statements About Internet Marketing

December 27th, 2010 by RetiredSoon No comments »
Successful Internet Marketer

Successful Internet Marketer

A very high percentage of the people who try Internet Marketing don’t make it. In fact, the percentage of all business failures, whether online or offline, is extremely high. But while the success rate for new businesses offline is only about 40%, online businesses is even lower. And Internet Marketing is less than 10%.

Why is that? Does Internet Marketing even work?

The truth is that it does work. There are plenty of people who are making a living online. We always hear about the ones who are making a gazillion bucks every week, and we tend to want to be like them. So we try buying into their system, making them their gazillions, and we fall by the wayside.

Many people fail because of lack of quick results. Many others don’t make it because they fall victim to believing lies.

Here is a list of some of the beliefs that cause good folks to quit.

  1. Making money as an Internet Marketer is easy
    This is not true of any legitimate business, and it is not true of Internet Marketing. Yes, there are plenty of people who are advertising easy online money. But even they are working hard to get your attention and to sell their product. Oh, and they had to create the product before they could market it to you. So they are working hard.
    But even if you are not planning to train others in the ways of Internet Marketing, success is available. It takes work and diligence to follow the principles that others have used to climb the ladder of success. Find the right solution for you and follow it. Don’t get distracted by all the promises of instant wealth. It doesn’t work with Amway and it doesn’t work with online marketing. There is always effort and patience involved.
    Even those who appear to have overnight success have been working the system for much longer than you would imagine.
  2. You have to know how to set up a website in order to be a success
    This simply is not true. In fact, there are plenty of people who are successful marketers who are challenged when it comes to HTML and CSS. It will definitely save you some money up front if you can do your own web design, but it is not a necessity. The idea people of any business are the ones who make the money. If you have an idea and know how to present it, you will be successful in this business. There are tons and tons of people out in cyber space who will work for very little money to get your website up and running. Do not let your knowledge of programming or graphic design hold you back.
  3. Running an Internet Marketing business is expensive
    Again, this is not true. In fact, there are free resources that will host your Internet content, and there are free ways for you to promote your business. Of course, if you are willing to invest a little money, it will help you to get up and running quicker because you won’t have to share the income with those who are hosting your content, but it is not necessary. Also, as an Internet Marketer, you have products available that you can promote (again for free) and earn a commission for each sale.
  4. As an Internet Marketer, you do not need to know how to sell
    This could not be further from the truth. All right, you don’t have to go face to face with a customer, but the art of selling is what Internet Marketing is all about. Those who are successful at this business are the ones who have the ability to get into the heads of their customers and present their pitch as if they could read the customer’s mind. And it works even better if the customer does not know they are a customer. It’s an art, but the good news is that it can be learned. If you are not the best at selling tactics, you will advance a little slower, but you can achieve success.
  5. A mailing list is not necessary
    Well, this one is not absolutely essential. You truly can make money online without a mailing list. However, if you want to make business easier on yourself, ask folks for the email address so you can build a relationship with them. Don’t make it your priority to sell them something every day. If you give them what they want, they will appreciate it and show their appreciation by staying on your list and buying something that they deem valuable (from you).

These five statements contain important concepts for Internet Marketing. If you can understand the truth about this information, the truth will set you free.

Above all else, success in this business takes time and it takes commitment. If you tell yourself, “I’m gonna try this Internet Marketing thing,” you may as well go get a 9 to 5 job working for “the man,” because you will not succeed.