Bribes Aren’t Always Bad…Use A Bribe, Build A List
I talk alot about the need to build a list if you want a huge and virtually autopilot online business. Build your list once and it’s like having your own ATM. But, you may be wondering, how do I build a list. How do I get people to sign up for my newsletter? That’s easy, you bribe them!
Now I’m only talking about bribing them in a ethical way. You offer them something that will be of value to them in exchange for them signing up to your list (which will also offer ongoing value to them).
One of the best bribes you can give is a e-book or e-course related to your niche. Fill it with enormously useful and accurate information, truly take the time to make your bribe something that offers real value.
If you’re not quite sure where to start go to a forum related to your niche. Find out what people are asking about, what types of information they need.
Then just put that information together in an e- book or a 5 – 7 lesson e-course. Offer that to them when they sign up for your list. Than you can send out regular follow up emails that expand on what you covered in your e-course or e-book.
Make sure you sign up with a reputable auto- responder services such as Aweber. This way when they sign up they agree to receive emails from you which is called opting-in and you won’t be spamming anyone.
Write your e-course or e-book, upload it to your auto-responder service so that it goes out automatically when someone signs up and add other emails along the way. Don’t worry if this sounds hard, it’s not, as a matter of fact Aweber has plenty of trained representatives that can help you out.
So to build a truly large and profitable online business don’t skip this very easy yet very important step. Build your list of opt-in subscribers by bribing them with something that can truly help them. If you help them achieve their goals they will help you achieve yours. Truly a win/win!
Don’t Do This If You Want To Make Money On The Internet…
If you want to make money on the Internet there are 3 basic things you have to look out for. If you follow these simple guidelines you can be making money online quickly. How quickly? I don’t know, that depends on you: on how consistent you are with your business, and how closely you follow these rules.
1) Don’t skip on your education. The Internet is not all that different from the offline world in one major way: you won’t make money if you don’t know how. You wouldn’t expect to be hired on as the president of some company if you have no knowledge or experience in that field would you?
So why is it that so many people don’t bother to educate themselves on Internet marketing techniques? So many people just jump in without gaining any knowledge first and they wonder why they don’t succeed. Educate yourself first. It won’t take long and you can earn while you learn, but if you skip this step you will never earn anything but headaches.
2) Don’t jump from one ’sure thing’ to another. This relates to the point above. If you don’t educate yourself, you won’t know what to do, you won’t make any money, you will get discouraged and be very susceptible to all the scammers out there who say you can get something for nothing.
When you get frustrated and desperate you have just become scammer bait. They thrive on taking advantage of people who are desperate and frustrated. A lot of that can be avoided if you educate yourself, pick one business to run, and stick with it. I can’t guarantee how long it will take to make money if you follow these rules, but I can guarantee you won’t make any money if you don’t!
3) Don’t treat your business like a hobby. If you really want to make money online the name of the game is consistency. It doesn’t require you to invest a ton of hours every week, although that will speed things up if you can, but you have to invest the time consistently every day or every week.
Even if it’s only 3 hours a week if you do it every week you will see results. It will take longer than if you were investing 3 hours a day, but you can still get there. Just do it consistently.
Follow these guidelines about education, consistency and avoiding jumping ship at the first sign of rough seas, and you can make money online from home. You really can make more online in a shorter time than in any other way I know of as long as you do it the right way and don’t expect something for nothing. Good luck!
Learn How To Make Money Online…
Lots of people, more everyday, dream of quitting their job, starting an online business and make money online. It is very possible to do and most people will be able to make more online than they are making at their job.
But if it’s so easy, why isn’t everyone doing it? The reason there aren’t more Internet millionaires (and there are more new millionaires every year from an online business than with any other segment of the population) is because people have an unrealistic idea of what it means to make money online.
There are too many programs out there that promise almost instant wealth with virtually no work. That is the number 1 lie told on the Internet.
Building a massive online business is much easier and quicker than a traditional brick and mortar business, but that doesn’t mean it’ll happen overnight with no effort.
Even very intelligent people can get caught up in the hype. Once they don’t make a lot of money overnight they either quit or get lured into the next great program. It goes on like that until one of 3 things happens:
1) They get discouraged and give up on their dreams of an online business altogether or,
2) They don’t have any more money to invest in the next ’sure thing’ and give up or,
3) They wise up, realize that success can be achieved and start investing in some education and not the next ’sure thing’. Then they take their new found Internet marketing knowledge and put it to work on a consistent basis. And guess what? They learn how to make money online!
So there is no time like the present to pick option #3. Especially if you are just starting out. Invest in educating yourself and consistently put into use your constantly growing knowledge of Internet marketing.
Run away screaming from any program that ‘guarantees’ you’ll make money practically overnight with no work. The only guarantee they are really making is that if you want a refund you’ll get one. They don’t guarantee your success. They can’t. They have no idea if you will even work at the business.
Do don’t let yourself end up in option 1 or 2. Be a 3! You’ll be glad you did!
Let Your Personality Shine If You Want To Earn Money Online…
We all know that the Internet can be kind of cold. We also know that to be successful in business you need to have people trust you. One of the best ways to do that is to let them get to know you.
For the most part your internet business isn’t real personal. You don’t usually have any real one on one contact with the people on your list. It’s not like you call them all on the phone once a week. So how do you let people know who you are and show them that they can trust you?
Well the most common way you communicate with them is through your copy. Whether it’s emails, a sales page, a blog post, etc. It is your copy that is letting people get to know you.
The problem is that so many people online seem to want to keep themselves ‘hidden’. It’s like they’re afraid to let too much of their personality show. But that’s a mistake.
To build rapport you have to open up a little and let people get to know you. You don’t want them to think of you only as some obscure sales person. You want them to know you.
So the next time you sit down to write an article, an email or some sales page, don’t forget to let your personality show through. Not only will that make whatever you’re writing more interesting, it will also allow people to get to know, and hopefully like, the real you.
