After spending a few months on trying to figure out how to successfully sell something on line I have came to a rather disturbing conclusion. Before I tell you what my thoughts are on selling on-line, let me tell you what it's all about.
Do a search on google on how to make money online. You will see an endless amount of sales pitches telling you to buy this e-book or buy that e-book. After making several purchases I found out that they all have one thing in common.
They tell you to do the exact same thing!
They all tell you do to the exact same thing. So do yourself a favor and save some money by reading what I have to say. Before you buy another dead end e-book I am going to tell you what is in all the e-book s you have bought in the past, and what is in all the e-books you will probably buy in the future.
1. Sign up to be an affiliate at Clickbank, Commision Junction or some other affiliate.
2. Sign up for google adwords.
3. Do a little market research and find out what's 'hot' and whats selling like crazy.
4. Go to clickbank, generate an affiliate link, and start promoting that product
5. Watch the money roll in.
Now, some books will go as far to tell you that you need your own website to help better promote the e-book. And few of them will even give you "secrets of success" for making more sales. Here and there an e-book will come out claiming to have all the answers to your prayers and let you in on all the secrets that will make your ad pitches actually sell a product.
It's all craps, and frankly I am tired of reading about it and hearing about it.
The above process is just an elaborate scheme by some sick and twisted individuals! Seriously, if you think about it you will start seeing what I am talking about.
Hundreds, if not thousands of people are buying up these 'online money making secrets' books telling you that you can make money to if you just do what they do. Either by re-selling their e-book or promoting and selling someone elses e-book. Please, if you happen to make money doing this, get in contact with me! I am just dying to figure out how you do it (No sales pitches please, I am already broke and probably own the e-book you will try to sell me).
They tell you to do research. While this is a good tip, it's common sense. Basically when you buy a marketing e-book, you're just spending $20-$100 for someone else to tell you to do research and sell someone else's product.
It's crap, it doesn't work for me and I don't know anybody it has worked for. And I am FED UP with all of it.
So I am going to try something different. Instead of promoting other peoples product, I am going to make my own! I figured if people are actually buying all these books and I am not the one selling to them then what the hell am I trying to sell the product for?!? The competition is just to great. Unless you have the money to bid $5 on all of the keywords relevant to your product, you're screwed.
The sick thing is that I think other internet marketers understand this and exploit the hell out of it. They simply make an e-book that teaches others how to make money. When actually, the only thing they are doing, is teaching others how to effectively sell their product! I seriously think that all the top internet marketers get together and and come up with an idea on how to teach others to effectively sell their products and fill 80% of their e-books with bullshit about how much money you can make doing it.
The truth of the matter is that, when it comes to digital media (like e-books), sales are finite. There is only going to be X amount of people that are going to rush out and buy the e-book. Do you know who these people are??
Other internet marketers that are looking for new products to promote and sell on-line.
The cold hard truth about how internet marketers make money is that they do their research and are the FIRST ONES TO SELL NEW PRODUCTS. I know, it's crap! If you sign up to be an affiliate with clickbank and choose a product to start promoting, I garuantee you that the product you try to sell is at least 2 months old.
90% of all internet marketing books will tell you to do what I listed above. Why do they do this? Why are there so many e-books out there on the exact same topic? It's simple....
They want you to believe that there is a lot of money to be made doing it!
Is it possible to make money doing it? Yes! Is it probable? NO!
The only people making the BIG $ are those who create their own products that are to be re-sold by affiliates, and those who are the first to start re-selling the new products.
That is the answer to the question of why there are so many e-books out there about the exact same topic. It's easy to sell a book about this appealing way to make money. It's sounds to good to be true...and it IS. All the tips they give you and all the insider information they give is only doing 1 thing for sure, which is ensuring that the gurus keep making money.
In a sense, you end up running their business for them by making the 1% of random sales that they base their entire income on (which is a huge lie!). They don't make money from the 'average joe' that just stumbles onto their ad page and decides to give marketing a try. They make money by the little guys (other internet marketers) that are trying to earn a living by re-selling the new product. With the amount of information that is out there, they know that at least 50% of them are trained and will be successful. Let me break this down for you a little better.
Gurus:
Gurus make up roughly 2% of the entire population of internet marketers. These are the guys that set the trends, create the products and make the 6-7 figure incomes. Right now, the top selling trends, all they do is teach you how to make them money.
Top Internet Marketers:
This makes up roughly 15% of the entire population of internet marketers. These are the guys that jump on the new products that the Gurus come out with and are the first ones to purchase the new products made by the gurus (This is where the bulk of the money that the gurus makes come from (in order for the top internet marketers to make appealing ad's and successfully sell the product, they have to buy into it and see what it's all about)). They are also the first ones to do it! Because they are the first ones to do it, they will end up making a little pocket change by selling to the 'bottom feeders'. These are probably what makes up the majority of the success stories you have read. If it wasn't for these guys, the Gurus would be out of a job.
Bottom Feeders:
Guess what, if your not making a 4 (or even 3) figure income a month with affiliate sales, this is you! Bottom feeders are what makes up the remaining 83% of internet marketers. These are the guys that just randomly decide to start becoming an internet marketer one day. Ironically, without these guys, the top internet gurus would be out of a job. These are the guys that will literally spend 100's of thousands of dollars on any piece of information that will earn them more money. Generally, it takes about $5000 worth of e-books and several months for a bottom feeder to graduate to a top internet marketer status.
So there you have it, internet marketing in a nutshell :)
Do a search on google on how to make money online. You will see an endless amount of sales pitches telling you to buy this e-book or buy that e-book. After making several purchases I found out that they all have one thing in common.
They tell you to do the exact same thing!
They all tell you do to the exact same thing. So do yourself a favor and save some money by reading what I have to say. Before you buy another dead end e-book I am going to tell you what is in all the e-book s you have bought in the past, and what is in all the e-books you will probably buy in the future.
1. Sign up to be an affiliate at Clickbank, Commision Junction or some other affiliate.
2. Sign up for google adwords.
3. Do a little market research and find out what's 'hot' and whats selling like crazy.
4. Go to clickbank, generate an affiliate link, and start promoting that product
5. Watch the money roll in.
Now, some books will go as far to tell you that you need your own website to help better promote the e-book. And few of them will even give you "secrets of success" for making more sales. Here and there an e-book will come out claiming to have all the answers to your prayers and let you in on all the secrets that will make your ad pitches actually sell a product.
It's all craps, and frankly I am tired of reading about it and hearing about it.
The above process is just an elaborate scheme by some sick and twisted individuals! Seriously, if you think about it you will start seeing what I am talking about.
Hundreds, if not thousands of people are buying up these 'online money making secrets' books telling you that you can make money to if you just do what they do. Either by re-selling their e-book or promoting and selling someone elses e-book. Please, if you happen to make money doing this, get in contact with me! I am just dying to figure out how you do it (No sales pitches please, I am already broke and probably own the e-book you will try to sell me).
They tell you to do research. While this is a good tip, it's common sense. Basically when you buy a marketing e-book, you're just spending $20-$100 for someone else to tell you to do research and sell someone else's product.
It's crap, it doesn't work for me and I don't know anybody it has worked for. And I am FED UP with all of it.
So I am going to try something different. Instead of promoting other peoples product, I am going to make my own! I figured if people are actually buying all these books and I am not the one selling to them then what the hell am I trying to sell the product for?!? The competition is just to great. Unless you have the money to bid $5 on all of the keywords relevant to your product, you're screwed.
The sick thing is that I think other internet marketers understand this and exploit the hell out of it. They simply make an e-book that teaches others how to make money. When actually, the only thing they are doing, is teaching others how to effectively sell their product! I seriously think that all the top internet marketers get together and and come up with an idea on how to teach others to effectively sell their products and fill 80% of their e-books with bullshit about how much money you can make doing it.
The truth of the matter is that, when it comes to digital media (like e-books), sales are finite. There is only going to be X amount of people that are going to rush out and buy the e-book. Do you know who these people are??
Other internet marketers that are looking for new products to promote and sell on-line.
The cold hard truth about how internet marketers make money is that they do their research and are the FIRST ONES TO SELL NEW PRODUCTS. I know, it's crap! If you sign up to be an affiliate with clickbank and choose a product to start promoting, I garuantee you that the product you try to sell is at least 2 months old.
90% of all internet marketing books will tell you to do what I listed above. Why do they do this? Why are there so many e-books out there on the exact same topic? It's simple....
They want you to believe that there is a lot of money to be made doing it!
Is it possible to make money doing it? Yes! Is it probable? NO!
The only people making the BIG $ are those who create their own products that are to be re-sold by affiliates, and those who are the first to start re-selling the new products.
That is the answer to the question of why there are so many e-books out there about the exact same topic. It's easy to sell a book about this appealing way to make money. It's sounds to good to be true...and it IS. All the tips they give you and all the insider information they give is only doing 1 thing for sure, which is ensuring that the gurus keep making money.
In a sense, you end up running their business for them by making the 1% of random sales that they base their entire income on (which is a huge lie!). They don't make money from the 'average joe' that just stumbles onto their ad page and decides to give marketing a try. They make money by the little guys (other internet marketers) that are trying to earn a living by re-selling the new product. With the amount of information that is out there, they know that at least 50% of them are trained and will be successful. Let me break this down for you a little better.
Gurus:
Gurus make up roughly 2% of the entire population of internet marketers. These are the guys that set the trends, create the products and make the 6-7 figure incomes. Right now, the top selling trends, all they do is teach you how to make them money.
Top Internet Marketers:
This makes up roughly 15% of the entire population of internet marketers. These are the guys that jump on the new products that the Gurus come out with and are the first ones to purchase the new products made by the gurus (This is where the bulk of the money that the gurus makes come from (in order for the top internet marketers to make appealing ad's and successfully sell the product, they have to buy into it and see what it's all about)). They are also the first ones to do it! Because they are the first ones to do it, they will end up making a little pocket change by selling to the 'bottom feeders'. These are probably what makes up the majority of the success stories you have read. If it wasn't for these guys, the Gurus would be out of a job.
Bottom Feeders:
Guess what, if your not making a 4 (or even 3) figure income a month with affiliate sales, this is you! Bottom feeders are what makes up the remaining 83% of internet marketers. These are the guys that just randomly decide to start becoming an internet marketer one day. Ironically, without these guys, the top internet gurus would be out of a job. These are the guys that will literally spend 100's of thousands of dollars on any piece of information that will earn them more money. Generally, it takes about $5000 worth of e-books and several months for a bottom feeder to graduate to a top internet marketer status.
So there you have it, internet marketing in a nutshell :)
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