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The Realistic Way
to Start an Internet Business
We all are in search of the silver bullet that
will put our business on autopilot and the only thing we have to do
is to cash the checks. Aren’t you looking for this as well? Isn’t
this the reason why you’re actually reading all these articles,
including this one? You’re hoping to find the one tool, the surefire
method, the hidden trick or the magic system that will make your
dreams come true.
Once again I have to disappoint you. There is no
such thing as a silver bullet that will magically run your business
while you sit back and relax. If there would be one, why is
everybody trying to sell you the next big thing or the breakthrough
that will make you rich and you won’t need to chase the magic system
anymore?
Are you as confused as I am? You bet. Without clear
definition of exactly what you are trying to do, there will be no
answers. What does rich mean to you? What exactly will the next big
thing solve for you? It sure means something different to you than
it does to me. The only thing we all have in common is that we all
strive to achieve our personal financial freedom.
Sorry for getting off topic here. You still want to
know how to make real money with an Internet business, don’t you?
Instead of repeating marketing material over and over again I will
tell you how I make real money with my Internet
business.
First, you need a product and a website to sell
your product. I’m a member of several clubs that offer new tools and
books with master resale rights every month. This means that I can
sell these products and keep 100% of the profit. I also have full
control over the sales letter. This is very important. You set the
price and you can add any bonus material you want to. You also need
somebody to process the credit card payments. My choices are PayPal
and 2Checkout.
Ok, now you have a killer sales web site and you’re
ready for business. Unfortunately nobody knows that you’re open for
business and the spider nets are starting to grow on your front
door. What you need is traffic. Lot’s of it. After experimenting
with all kind of traffic exchange programs I can honestly say, they
don’t work. You need something more powerful.
This is exactly what I do every time I create a new
web site for e new product I’m promoting. I put an ad on the major
pay-per-click engines like Google, Overture, 7search and FindWhat.
This gives my business a jump start.
Next I create doorway pages for the new web site
and promote them to the search engines through a blog. Search
engines will index your pages much faster when you have a link to
them from a blog. Never submit your sales web site directly to any
search engines. You will get much higher rankings if they find
you.
I
also make sure that I place an unblockable popup window on every
doorway page to sign up for my newsletter. This way I capture at
least the email addresses of my visitors. Also several Google
AdSense windows will give me a little kick back.
To
make it even more profitable, on the thank you page for the
newsletter subscription I give away free stuff with lots of
references to other web sites of mine and I make the subscriber
aware that the real good stuff to download is hidden in an email. If
they gave me a fake email just to download the free software it
won’t work. But at least they download the free promo material. My
stats showing me that this is working. I always make sure that the
free stuff I’m giving away has viral marketing built in. It needs to
reproduce itself without any intervention from my
part.
This doesn’t look like a lot, but after setting up
over 10 sales web sites the system is gaining momentum. After a
while I will drop the pay-per-click advertising and the system
supports itself with enough visitors to make a
profit.
Ok, you’re absolutely right. This is a lot of work.
However, do the math. Let’s say you create a new sales web site
every month. After 6 months you break even with the initial setup
cost and the startup pay-per-click costs. After that you’re making
net profits. Let’s also say you’re making $200 a month in profits.
Not much, but realistic. After just one year you have 12 sales web
sites up and running and they produce $2400 a month in profits.
Would you walk away from a business like this? Hell
no.
Bottom line if you want to get rich quick you need
to go to Vegas. If you want to start a serious Internet business you
might want to follow my strategy. This works for me, chances are
that it will work for you too. If you really want to push this
system to the limits simply create an affiliate program on top of it
and your profits will go through the roof.
Peter Dobler is a 20+ year veteran in the IT
business. He is an active Real Estate Investor and a successful
Internet business owner. Collect more free software and bonus
content for your own web site at http://www.online-business-idea.com
or send a blank email to mailto:pdobler@getresponse.com
and my newsletter will arrive in your inbox.
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