Business related posts and articles. Like it or not, being a successful internet marketer will also make of you a small business owner.
Success is never an entitlement. You must work hard for it. If you are to succeed in making money online, your chances will be greatly increased by embracing the following three tips. Note that these tips can help you to accomplish almost any goal, from becoming a singer to being the best parent you can be.
1) Visualize your success.
It is very important to visualize your success every day; right here, right now. What success looks and feels like must be very clear in your mind.
I was recently asked:
“How do you build meaningful relationships with productive affiliates from a vendor’s point of view?”
This is a very good question. It is vital to maximize success in the relationship between the affiliate and the manager of the affiliate program. This is not a one size fits all answer, as helping you sell golf clubs might be different then affiliates helping you sell memberships to a forum; but in general the approach and principals are the same.
With all this talk about making money online you are probably wondering, “How is it done?”
There are dozens of ways to make money online but the way most people, like you, make money online is via a blog.
a) What is a blog?
A blog is a website on which you can post articles about a given topic. Most blogs use a free software called WordPress. If applicable you can also offer a forum, a Facebook page or more if you think user participation would be beneficial.
Outsourcing to India is no walk in the park. The more advanced your project/tasks the more difficult it will be to succeed. In other words, for a basic website design these points will be easier to overcome and maybe some not even an issue. But as your projects get more complex these points will be more difficult to overcome and if you are not extremely careful any of these issues might cost you your projects and maybe even your business. In some extreme cases your perfectly working business model might be ruined as the management overhead associated with avoiding failure with take all your time and you will neglect aspects or other routes you should have explored.
Jon Spoelstra was a keynote speaker at the latest Affiliate Summit West 2012. Most often, I have found that keynote speakers can teach one or two valuable ideas. Keynote speakers are often accomplished individuals who share one or two of their life lessons. I believe most people can share a few very valuable experiences about their lives. If assimilated properly these life tips can save you time and grief. Sometimes even with their knowledge you will still end up making mistakes. But in such cases, you might remember these speakers and knowing that other people handled a situation and survived it to talk of it, might also be a powerful crutch.
During the last Affiliate Summit, the last keynote speaker, Jeremy Shoemaker (aka “Shoemoney”), announced that it would be his last conference gig. No worries; Shoemoney is not dead or dying but simply retiring from such activities. I think his last presentation was a pretty good lesson which many of us should try to assimilate. Basically, through a series of true life examples, Jeremy told us:
1) Be Bold. Be VERY BOLD! Do things that are morally on the edge.
2) Exploit people’s passions, religion being the ultimate marketing product.
Affiliate Summit 2012 just ended. What an event it was! Thanks to Shawn Collins and Missy Ward for putting together another great event. Organizing an event with more then 5000 attendees is no small task. I recommend attending these events as you will meet other great people and find inspiration and knowledge in your quest to becoming a more successful affiliate. Check out some of my Affiliate Summit West 2012 photos. Here are some random remarks following my experience at Affiliate Summit West 2012:
I started outsourcing most of my development work to foreign countries (mainly India) about 3 years ago. I will try to share more about these experiences as time permits. Right now I’m pretty much fighting for the survival of one of my sites due to poor performance of my outsourcing efforts. Hopefully I will find the time to capture these experiences and knowledge so you can benefit from them. I plan on structuring 3 to 4 key articles around the themes:
A web or hosting server is simply a high powered computer connected to the internet which houses websites and all files relating to them. The hardware and software work together to deliver content to web users.
Web Hosting servers do not look like personal computers. They are flat, rectangular boxes and are generally stored in a data center on large racks,
What is the internet? The word ‘internet’ is short for ‘internetwork’ – a compilation of interconnecting computer networks via special gateways and routers that all use the standard Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/PIP) to converse with each other. In simpler words, the internet is made up of millions of varying computers worldwide, able to transmit data
California is about to adopt the irrational “affiliate tax” law. Stores are starting to warn their California affiliates, that they will be terminated once the start date of this potential new law is confirmed. All super affiliates will leave California so they can continue feeding their families. California will loose their typically high income tax, property tax and sales taxes. Out of state stores will continue to sell to California residents without collecting the sales taxes. Biggest looser: California. Following is one of these warning letters:
As you become a successful affiliate you will have the need to build a team to assist you. To effectively work as a team you will want to use online collaboration tools. Here are some of the online tools I use, have used and others I’m evaluating. Please note that these tools are not specific to internet marketing, They could potentially be helpful for any dynamic small or large business looking to improve their collaboration efforts.
