September 29, 2008
- Playing the lottery or starting online business?
When you think about starting online business, more than 3/4 of people start by marketing other people's products through an affiliate program according to my own experience and surveys. (…)
September 4, 2008
- Affiliate Marketing Business Success Formula
There are many ways to make money online, you can create your own products, sell your consulting services, create content and sell advertising AND sell other people's products - also known as an affiliate marketing business. (…)
June 13, 2008
- What Can I Do That Will Matter?
It's interesting when we reach the point in life where we actually stop thinking about ourselves, the situation we're in, our careers, our good times or our own bad times and find ourselves thinking — what can I do that will matter? (…)
May 28, 2008
- Testing Markets With Surveys
When you enter into a new market for your info product or affiliate marketing business - or even when you want to get a better handle on a market you are already involved with there are two major ways we teach as part of the 45-Day Info Product Profits System to get fast, accurate feedback from your market. (…)
May 14, 2008
- Create Your System - Then Your InfoProduct
When you are learning the powerful business of creating and selling information online there are many distractions and aspects that can bog you down. The result, you can never seem to get rolling with any kind of momentum on your online business.
If I had to put my finger on the #1 reason most new online entreprenuers fail to build their business to the next level based on packaging information products for profit it would have to be getting sidetracked by the least important aspects and NEVER making progress on the primary function of getting your product defined, outlined and launched.
Over at InfoMarketer'sZone we have helped hundreds of highly motivated internet marketers, writers, speakers and professionals re-focus their enthusiasm, desire and effort on the most important tasks helping them get their infoproducts out much faster.
Instead of wondering how many pages your ebook should be, whether you should have a cover page, or how to take payment or distribute your ebook, we first focus on the MOST important part of create a top selling information proudct - the very basis of building a strong and vibrant online business.
IT'S THE SYSTEM THAT SELLS
Think about it - when you buy a "how to" or informational product you are starting with an objective in mind and will buy if you are convinced that a given product or product creator has the system, process, or experience that will help you achieve your objective in less time, with less pain with more effectiveness. (…)
May 8, 2008
- Should You Develop Continuity Information Products?
One of the decision you need to make when growing your information product business is whether to include a continuity offering into your product portfolio.
What is a continuity offering? (…)
April 18, 2008
- The Scientific Formula For Making Money Online…
Ok, so maybe it's not ENTIRELY scientific, but it is the process that every long-term, successful, consistently growing online business I know about follows…
I'm talking about all KINDS of online businesses in every niche imagineable, they all follow this system for continually growing their business and profits while adding tremendous value to their respective marketplaces. (…)
April 17, 2008
- Don't You DARE Add Those Crappy Bonuses!
Your reaching the end of your product development, putting the final touches on your website ready to hit the market with your own killer product when…DAMN…I need some bonuses. (…)
April 14, 2008
- The Big, Untold Key To Internet Marketing
It's so tempting to drive into a niche market with your own internet marketing business based on what you believe to be a desire or demand for information. (…)
April 10, 2008
- Get Serious - Go Beyond eBooks!
It's natural, the first thing we tend to think about when entering the information publishing and marketing business online is writing an ebook and putting it up for sale.
First comes the decision on how to price it - everything from offering it free to generate leads, build a list and offer back-end products to charging $37 or more to begin generating immediate income and begin to build your reputation, credibility and bank account within your niche market. (…)
April 8, 2008
- Deciding On Your InfoProduct Business Idea
Nothing happens in your business until you are able to convince yourself and your marketplace that you are firmly headed in a direction to solve a BIG problem, fulfill a LARGE desire, become a leader in your marketplace and THEN…they will buy from you. (…)
March 11, 2008
- Why Will People Pay For Content?
One of the big ah..ha moments in a non-fiction writer or information product entrepreneur's business life is believing and knowing why people are willing to pay for content that might otherwise be available for free either online or in other places such as courses, books, etc…
When someone joins us over at InfoMarketerszone, they are often in a state of confusion over why someone would pay for content they may be able to find by searching the web.
Yet, any of us who generate a full-time income with ebooks, books, courses and infoproducts know that they certainly do…they have in the past and will continue to in the future.
If you don't believe this simple concept, or understand WHY people are willing to pay for information, you will always doubt your ability to make a living online with your own infoproducts.
Alright, here are 3 characteristics that make content more attractive for people to buy - focus in on these criteria when building your information product business and you will see more sales and growth:
1. Target URGENT questions and desires. When you combine something you want very badly with someone who appears to have the answer you have a strong selling proposition. This means being able to identify highly emotional desires and demand online…something that is a bit of an artform but can be done fairly simply easily online. (…)
February 21, 2008
- Internet Marketing is NOT A Business
If you follow the entrepreneur, internet business and internet marketing discussions and ecosystem online you would be forgiven to believe that internet marketing is a business model or niche target market in itself. (…)
February 20, 2008
- Want An Online Business - Where Do I Start?
Everyone who now makes a living or part-time income from their online business started with nothing - no list, no website, no customer list, no partnerships, no reputation and just a few ideas floating around their head. (…)
January 23, 2008
- Internet Marketing Conference With Mickey Mouse
Really, it's not as strange as it sounds, but you have to admit partying with Micky Mouse and meeting some of the most exciting, creative and successful people on this planet seems like a really fun time. (…)
January 21, 2008
- Selling An e-Book To Monetize Your Site
Often I have subscribers, customers or even first-time visitors to my sites ask questions about writing and selling an e-book before they even consider a market or having their own website and blog.
In other words, they are looking to develop their product before having become active in their marketplace.
On the other hand, there are many existing content developers, website owners, forum publishers, article writers, and blog publishers that have achieved a certain level of traffic and readership and are now faced with the prospect of monetizing their traffic. (…) - Want To Write Top Selling e-Books or Books?
It's very hard to ignore the fact that any bookstore or online book retailer is made up largely of non-fiction books that communicate information to their readers. (…)
January 17, 2008
- How To Make Your e-Books and InfoProducts Stand Out From The Crowd?
To really dominate your marketplace, generate a mass flurry of buying behavior, generate word-of-mouth marketing, attract a wild pack of hungry affiliates and gain publicity for your e-book or information products you need to stand out from the crowd. (…)
January 11, 2008
- How To Find The Latest News and Info On Your Niche
In previous blog postings I've written about how important it is to be "involved" or "plugged-in" to your chosen niche target market.
In "Putting a Fair Price on Your knowledge", we highlighted how many information publishers, authors, self-publishers and indeed, professionals undervalue their knowledge. If they know something, they figure everyone must know it too. (…)
January 10, 2008
- Internet Business - Where Does Affiliate Marketing Fit?
Should you begin your internet business life with affiliate marketing, a content developer who sells advertising, someone who sells their own products such as training courses, e-books or infoproducts? (…)
