The
Internet
One Door to Financial Freedom
pick
a door
THE
INTERNET:
The
magic of the internet allows you to promote and
sell information and services to unlimited numbers
of people day & night at very little cost. Basically
there are four ways to make money on the Internet:
a) Sell Services, b)Sell
Product, c)Sell Information
Products, & d)Become an
Affiliate.
Read
through each strategy and see which appeals to you
the most and make a decision to take action.
Again
as stated before, The Key to each of these
strategies is . the Principle of Leverage
- that is how can multiply your efforts, time and
investment many many times over what you can put
into yourself. One of the keys is to find out how
other people have done it. "The road to success
is paved by OPE (other peoples experience)".
The
Internet - a System of Leverage
The beauty about the internet is the fact that it
makes such an incredible use of this principle of
leverage. With the internet the amount of people
you can reach with a minimum of time and expense
is incredible. The little guy can compete with the
big guy - because you do not need a huge advertising
budget.
With
a little know how and very few resources you can
reach an enormous amount of people for mere pennies.
The internet is the ultimate level playing field,
you could be handicapped, you could be bald, you
could be . . . you could be in your underwear and
make this internet business work and still have
the same presence as a multi-national corporation.
Boiling
everything down to the basics all you need is 4
things: a place where you can put your website (a
host), an original name for your website (A domain
name), a system of e-commerces & something to sell.
If
you are befuddled right from the start - relax.
Because you can reach so many people around the
world for mere pennies, you don't have to be terribly
sophisticated or knowledgeable to start an internet
business.
Yes
you can sell your services, you can sell products
and you can sell information. But which one is your
best stategy. Well . . .
a)-Selling
your Services:
At its most basic level the Internet
acts as a huge International directory. You can
be make your presence know locally as well as internationally.
Depending on the nature of your service business
you can establish a niche speciality that you can
market all over the world. If what you do can be
transmitted over the internet you don't even have
to go outside of your own local area to have a blosooming
international business. The definitive bible on
how to sell your service business has been put out
by Ken Envoy. Subscribe to the free Service
Sellers Masters Course. - How to, "Attract
new clients from around the world ... Or from around
the block".
You
can sell your services by developing customer
relationships. Inviting your visitor to subscribe
to newsletters is one way you can promote yourself.
A creative site can offer customer interaction and
way to develop feedback while they are being serviced.
Or the customer can initiate the services himself
- electronic banking is one example. Services companies
like Yahoo.com and Hotmail.com provide internet
mail services for free. Their revenue comes not
from their customers but from their advertisers
who are looking for "eyeballs".
Some service sites entice you to visit their site
by offering things for free so that you have a reason
to visit their site and where they can promote what
they have to offer. It is equilavant to free samples
in a retail store and is offered as an enticement
to visit. For a free nifty program go to . . .
To attract visitors Internet marketers provide useful
information some set up chat areas giving potential
customers reasons to continue to revisit his or
her site. Most service oriented busines ineffectively
use their website as a glorified business card to
simply establish a web presence. But it can be much
more than that ...Service
Sellers Masters e-Course.
b)
Selling products is better than selling services
only because while you can
duplicate products you cannot duplicate your self
or your time unless you hire employees and consultants
and thats expensive. But with products, because
you can reach so many people all over the whole
world - there is no end to what you can sell - just
duplicate product as you need it - that's what machines
are good for - duplication. And whats a better machine
that the internet - particularily if you can automate
everything. This is the principle of leverage in
action.
As
[Michael Gerber in his must have business classic]
you need to work on the business not in the business
- start thinking systems and automation - you want
to have 5 days, not 2 days off in 7 - at least at
the start when things get going. And once you get
one system going you want to move on to the next.
Then you will have the time to do what you want,
contribute your time to worth while affairs be it
an amimal shelter, a junior sports league or your
family.
Selling
a product requires that you have something to sell.
Some people make their site an extension of their
retail business, it requires managing inventory,
packaging and mailing activities.You can make and
sell your own product or you may simply sell other
peoples products and services such as books for
[amazon.com] or link to sites such as [Ebay].
c)
Selling information is better than selling products
you don't need to carry inventory, it can be printed
as needed or sent electronically at no cost. You
can produce your own e- products, buy the rights
to and brand or lable other peoples material. [Check
here for Internet Products you can sell.]
Selling information products is easily managable,
can be easily reproduced on disk or CD for little
cost and can even be sent electronically by email
for immediate delivery. If you set it up right you
don't even have to package and mail your own products.
[Check here for information products you can sell.]
d)
Become an affiliate
What if you can't think of anything to sell or do.
Part of the solution is learning how to recognize
opportunities - but really the easiest thing
one can do is simply resell what other people offer
- you don't need product, you don't need inventory,
and you don't need to track sales or collect - All
you have to do redirect your web visitor to another
business you recommend. In return you can receive
anywhere up to 50% of the amount of the selling
price.
And there are plently of affiliate programs out
there. Ken Envoy has put an excellent free
master affiliate e-course which gives all
the ins and outs on what to do and what not to do
and what to watch out for. Check it out.
Here
is two systems I use to make passive income 1) Stone
Evans has systemized a method whereby anyone can
set up a passive income. He even has hired people
if you join his advertising co-op to do the marketing
for you Check it out: http://www.post-on-line.com
2: This is an affiliate system with a difference
- check it out - listen to the audios on this page
on how you can make money: http://wealthtraining.get-info-here.com
Being
an affiliate is not necessarily the most profitable
route as you can make more off your own products
but it is the easiest to start unless you have already
spent the time to develope your own products. As
you look closely at this site you will recognize
that it is based on the affiliate business model.
If you produce or brand your own information products
and I suggest you also work towards that objective
and get more leverage for your time and efforts.
A good company will give you 40-50% commission on
your sale and track your referred customers for
two years or more.
Incidently
Its important to track your links independantly
to fine tune your copy and ensure the stats your
affiliate company is providing is on the money.
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