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4 Key Internet Marketing Business Model

October 16th, 2010
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You may have heard of the Internet Marketing business model from well known guru. If you are a newbie, you may find this business model doesn't make any sense at all. But hold on… find out more below.
 
Here are the option of Internet Marketing business model…
 
Model A – Market your own product
Leveraging on Thousands of Affiliate to grow your business. Imagine having a product of your own, with Thousands of Affiliate promoting for you… Does this looks like a best of the best business plan.  
 
First of all, you need to have a killer products that sell. Market Research is the key in this business model. 
I have taught this to members who subscribe to eEntrepreneurs Club…
 
Do your research on what type of products or What solutions to Problems commonly faced by most People in any Niche Market. 
Some of the problem faced in different niche market includes:-
  • problem to train and grooming Dog
  • problem of not getting the golf swing right
  • Problem of spending too much on electrical bills
  • problem of losing your lover
  • Problem of Gaining too much weight
  • Problem of not getting enough leads in Network Matketing

What is the solutions to each problem… Creating a Product that sell is your Key Master Plan to Win.

Ways to create your own product:

  1. Outsource to expert
  2. Develop Your own – Create a Audio/Video, conduct an interview with an expert or Write your own ebooks on the solutions to a problem
  3. Market Private Label right products
  4. Create a short report or consolidate massive sites which help Solve a problem.
There are many more ways to create a solution in any niche market. Go develop a plan for this business model.
 
Model B – Market product Not own by you
What if you do not have Your Own Product?
What business model will you adopt?  Go for affiliate Marketing. 
 
The problem with affiliate marketing is competing affiliate promoting the same product, here is where you need to create value to target market. Getting traffic is another major problem.
 
One of the best traffic generator is PPC, it's too costly. Other good traffic methods are Article distribution and SEO. I am not going to reveal detail of SEO here.
 
How to find a Product that sell? 
Popular places to visit – Amazon, Clickbank, Online Wholesalers, Online Companies that offer affiliate program.
 
Steps to Affiliate Marketing:
  1. Create a Website and A Blog – This is a MUST Have, If you want to Succeed.
  2. Post product review, Blogs and create value from Free Giveaway.
  3. Drive traffic by using Article, Video and social media marketing
  4. Leveraging on Social Media to grow your Traffic and credibility
  5. Joint Venture with other marketer in your niche
Affiliate Marketing is about creating a brand by offering services and refering affiliate products.
 
Model C – Market Your Service
If you have special SKill, example software programming, Writing or HTML web programming… Offer Your Services Online. This is one of the most adopted business model online.  I will not going into details here. These 2 sites offer this service.
1. Guru.com
2. elance.com
 
Model D – CPA Network
How about Making money without selling anything. Join CPA network.This model is part of affiliate marketing and is one of the most competitive and challenging market in terms of keyword and offering.
 
CPA marketing is a way to get customer contact details without having to sell anything. The merchant will get the contact or leads and make a follow up call or promotion campaign themselves.  Here is a list of CPA network which you can join.
1. Clickbooth
2. Neverblue
3. AzoogleAds
4. Hydra Network
5. DirectLeads
 
With this Internet marketing business model, which one is more suitable for you…. In each of this Business model, there will be more details and process to follow, which i will cover later in eEntrepreneurs Club.
 
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Things To Know About Affiliate Marketing

October 14th, 2010
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The truth behind affiliate marketing is the fact that  90% of affiliates will actually make less than $100 a month. Therefore, you shouldn't count on making full time income unless you can get very good at the following:
 
 
  1. Building a good web site that converts. Good content contributes to Good website.
  2. Search engine optimization.  You'll need a lot of traffic, as maybe 1 out of 200 visitors will buy your products. SEO can help you get your site in the search engines so more people will be able to find you.
  3. The trial and error of picking the right merchants and learning the correct ways to promote them. 

Too many people out there assume that affiliate marketing is actually a get rich quick type of program.  These types of people will throw up a couple of banners, then wonder why they never make a single sale or any money at all. How long you'll need to do it depends on how much money you are wanting to make.  If you are a quick learner and really good at affiliate marketing, you may high 2,000 in 2 years.  This is based on the fact that you are starting at 0 and the fact that you have another full time job, not being able to devote a lot of time working with your affiliate  marketing program.

If you decide to give it a try, the hardest challenge will be the first few months.  If you check your stats and see that you are only making a couple of bucks, you'll find yourself wondering if all the hard work was worth it.  If you get some sales going and stay committed with your hard work, the commissions should start growing. 
 
One of the biggest factors with affiliate marketing is the traffic that goes through your site.  Even though you'll get a lot of traffic passing through your website, only a fraction of the traffic will be buyers. The key here is knowing your visitors and then  being able to determine which affiliate programs  you can offer to meet their needs.  There is also the concept of pre sale, which is the ability to put your visitors in the required open and mind set that's required for them to actually click on what you are selling.  
 
The Secrets of Affiliate Marketing Success is really to own your website and your own products offering. Another way is to provide pre-sell or review of a product. Be yourself in creating the product review, and add comments and create free advise to prospect on the products which you have to offer. 

By sticking with affiliate marketing, you'll learn more and more over the years.  You can't expect to be the best when you first start, it'll take a lot of hard work and dedication.  By putting the time and effort into your programs, you'll be well on  your way to making it in the very profitable and exciting world of affiliate marketing.
 
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Allen Tan
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How To Pick Hot Affiliate Program That Sell

August 1st, 2010
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There are many affiliate or network programs online, but some are not worthy in engaging as some may be illegal programs and you may not want to be associated with these type of programs. It is obvious you want to be with a program that offers high quality product that are readily endorsed. The growing number of those who have joined already and are succeeding immensely and proven enough that they are reliable. 
 
Why Join an affiliate program? 
Affiliate program is one of the best business model online. It has been proven again and again that this program works and many online marketers has make success with it in any niche market. The best part is you do not keep inventory and customer services. Another reason it allows you to work part-time. It gives you the opportunity to build a generous residual income and it makes you an owner of a small business. Affiliate programs have already created lots of millionaires. They are the living testimony of how hard work; continuous prospecting, motivating and training others pay off. If ever you are deciding to join one, you must take note that you are getting into something that is patterned to what you are capable of. This will be an assurance that you are capable of doing anything to come out successful. 
 
An example of affiliate program that deliver information in a form of ebook or software.  Clickbank offers affiliate program which you could join for free. To evaluate which are the best seller and hot program, you could use a program call CBEngine. Here are some of the Tips which you could follow… 
 
1. Pick a program Which you have passion
Pick a program that you like and have interest in. One of the best ways of knowing if that is the kind of program you wish to promote is if you are interested in purchasing the product yourself. If that is the case, chances are, there are many others who are also interested in the same program and products. Go into CBEngine, navigate into right bar to select the market or categories which you have passion in, Select sub-categories and Ranking to show Top products in your niche. 
 
2. Programs Which are Endorsed by Experts
Look for a program that is of high quality. For instance, look for one that is associated with many experts in that particular industry. This way, you are assured that of the standard of the program you will be joining into. Normally this can be endorse by testimontial on the product salespage.
 
3. Program that sell and meet the needs of the market
Join in the ones that offer real and viable products. How do you know this? In Clickbank, you could see the "Gravity" of the product. High Gravity means that high percentage of affiliates are making sales on this product. Do some initial research. If possible, track down some of the members and customers to give you testimonial on the credibility of the program. Google the program online to see reviews of the program before signing up. Join forum to get feedback if these program works.
 
4. Compensation Plan
A program with a compensation plan that pays out a residual income and a payout of 30% or more would be a great choice. Clickbank offers affiliate program as high as 75% and most of those are really good. Do not waste your time with programs that do not reward substantially for your efforts. 
 
5. Product Sell price
If the selling price of the product is too high, it may not get good sales conversion. Look for products which gives reasonable price based on the value which people can get. Look at the sales page to determine what value and products are included in the package to judge if the price is reasonable if you will to buy it.
 
6. Marketing Tools and Resources
Select one that has plenty of tools and resources that can help you grow the business in the shortest possible time. Not all affiliate programs have these capacities. Make sure you decide on one with lots of helpful tools you can use.
 
7. Tracking of sales
Check out if the program has a tracking system that can allow you to check your networks and compensation. Also check if they have it available online for you to check anytime and anywhere. Clickbank allows you to check sales anytime anywhere and there are many other affiliate networks allow you to do so.
 
8. Upgrading and Support
The program that is offering strong incentives for members to renew their membership each time. The affiliate program that provides continuous help and upgrades for its products have the tendency to retain its members. These things can assure the growth of your networks. 
 
9. Sales Page
Look at the sales page of the affiliate program. Look, feel and evaluate if the salepage can grab the attention of the visitors eyeball, this is important as it will help to determine your sales conversion later. 
 
Once you have identified 3-5 program, get your affiliate URL Link. For clickbank, it will look like this http://YOURID.hop.clickbank.net. Other affiliate network may use different links to differential your affiliate ID. You could start to market using this affiliate ID immediately or you could cloak it so that visitors will not see the ugly affiliate link. My recommendation is to cloak it using this program and you could start marketing using this shorten link and start making income online.  
 
To succeed in affiliate marketing, there are secrets formula that will help affiliate marketers to drive traffic and sales conversions 24/7 even while you sleep…. To discover how to rake in sales and make money in any niche market, check out "ClickBank Wealth Formula" – a step-by-step affiliate success formula.
 
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How To Turn Your Passion Into A Profitable Online Business

June 14th, 2010
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Many people have their own passion, interests and hobbies which they really enjoy in life. Some people enjoy their interest so much that they turn them into a business which they run it for a lifetime. It's one of the most effective ways to build your own business out from your own interest, since you could do it well.
 
If you have passion for pets, fishing, sports, web programming or anything, you could easily turn these passion and interest into a profitable online business if you know how to.
 
If you really want to learn how you could do that, below are some powerful steps which enable you to build a profitable Online Business… You could do extremely well in this business, simply because you have passion for it.
 
Here is the process which you could follow:-
 
#1 – List Down Your Passion
List down things that you like most, your passion, interests and hobbies. It's could be yours or your family interest and hobbies. Brainstorm how much you know about those interests that you have listed. Can you turn this list into a long term business?
 
#2 – Research Your Niche Market
After you have list down your passion and interest. You need to do your market research to explore what you could do in the area of your interest. You are going to find a niche market. For example, if you have passion for Dogs. Research Dogs market to evaluate possible Dog niche  markets. It could be Dog's Training, Dog grooming courses, Dog's Food or Dog's kennel. Research your niche from these sites like amazon.com, ebay.com, magazines.com, google groups, yahoo answers, clickbank.com or commission junction. You are going to evaluate what is the Hot products in your niche markets and if this market really profitable.
 
#3 – Keyword research
Once you have identified a niche market, it time to research on keywords which will results in getting visitors to your business. Take Dog Training as a niche market for example. You need to research keywords that online visitors will use to look for this products. Go to Google Keyword tools (https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal) or any online keyword research tools for your keyword research. You could use paid keyword research tools like Spyfu.com, market samurai, keyword elite or keyword spy tool. Discover top 20 root keywords, in Dog training niche for instance "basic dog training", "how to train a dog". will be your root keywords.  The keyword research is to identify how many searches people are using that keywords to find these products online. Identify keywords which has less competitions but have more than 500 searches per month. Write down these keywords, as later you will need it to build your online store.
 
#4 – Identify Products That Generate Income
Research products in your niche that could generate highest among of income for you. Go into places like Clickbank.com or commission junction to research products in your niche. Also visit amazon or ebay to find products in your niche. Sign up as affiliate in your choosen products for promotion. One of the key success strategy is to develop your own products, but if you do not have your own, don't worry, you could purchase a PLR (Private Label Rights) product and sell it under your own brand. There are plenty out there to choose from.
 
#5 – Build Your Online Store 
Use the keywords which you have selected in Step#3 and build your store with contents that includes those keywords. Choose a domain name which is also close to one of the keywords and build your online store under your choosen domain name.
 
Follow this process to brainstorm and to identify your niche market based on your interests. You should be able to identify a profitable niche market which can create a steady stream of income for you.  
 
Your initial steps is to list down your passion, niche market and interest. Share your interest and hobbies with me in the below comment box. I may be able to provide some advise…
 
That's it. Hope you like this post and please continue to share with your friends in Facebook or Twitter. 
 
 
 
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Allen Tan
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6 Steps Strategy To Build Multiple Stream of Passive Income

May 13th, 2010

6 Steps strategy to Build Multiple Stream of Passive Income

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Here is the fact, Many people still do not know what passive income means…and even they know it, there is no plan or action to go about building their journey to financial freedom.

What is Passive Income?
Passive income is an income received on a regular basis which required very little effort on your part to maintain it and Your time involvement is minimum or zero.

When i started to review the implication of passive income to our life, apparently, Our full-time job will never give us passive income, if we stop working, Income Stops automatically. We used our time to exchange for an income and this is called Earned Income.

To really achieve financial success and freedom, we need to evaluate our goals and evaluate what we really want to acheive in life… Everyone wants to spend more time with families and be financially free, but honestly, most people do not know how to really acheive that..

Here, i am going to reveal some options which will stir your strategic thinking on how you can built up multiple stream of passive income after knowing what passive incomes really is all about.

  • Rent from property
  • Dividend and Interest income from owning a Stocks, Bonds and Shares.
  • Royalties from Books or software or any Intellectual Property or patent that you developed
  • Residual income – repeated income from the payment of any program, products or services that must be renew on a regular basis to continue receiving the benefits and bonus from the program
  • Pension received on regular basis.

The key is which passive income generator is really suitable for you. It depends on our current stat and investment which we can afford. Investing in property is something which might need a huge amount of fund.

6 key steps to gear up yourself into creating multiple stream of passive income:

  1. Understand Your skill, passion, strength and financial status
  2. Build Your residual income Based on Your Passion – Network Marketing/MLM business/Affiliate Marketing business opportunity
  3. Develop a solid marketing plan and system to support this opportunity growth and success
  4. Repeat and duplicate the process with other programs and businesses online
  5. Develop your passive income funnel with Portfolio and Property investment
  6. Diversify your investment

These steps will helps to build a steady stream of passive income sources.
One key point to note, it’s not overnight success, its time, effort, persistent and determination to pull yourself throught to realise financial freedom in future…

Hope this really helps to build your Journey to financial success…

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