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I'm really interested in your guys' thoughts on product creation. Many internet marketers online mention that creating your own high-priced product is the best way to earn money on
Unfortunately not really my area of expertise.....thats a thing I ha really yet to wrap my head around. "intangible goods" I want to start a business selling intangible goods I can see my bank managers face now :-)
Yes. I'm talking about creating e-products, not tangible goods. Although, I've seen people in my niche actually make magazine subscriptions, but that is not anywhere in my near future.
I want to possibly stick with e-products right now that are reasonably priced, as I've heard that high products are what make you the best money in Internet marketing, not smaller products with affiliate links.
I'm interested in everyone thoughts on that.
Product creation is a good venue, but are you prepared for everything that comes with it?
First, do you know your topic VERY well? If you don't then you are putting your reputation at stake there.
Second, are you prepared to provide support? All products have questions and people will expect you to answer those questions.
Third, do you plan to market it, or use affiliates? If you are using affiliates you need to be able to provide them with tools and resources. Things such as keyword lists, crash courses in article marketing, images, banners, email messages, and over things like that.
The main thing to remember is that while product creation is wonderful, you better be able to back it up or you may find yourself blacklisted in the future when you are more familiar with the process.
Tony,
I was thinking about trying to market an e-book or a series of them.
I know my topic really really well, but I would obviously do a lot of research and interview others who know it better than me.
I was thinking of marketing it myself. I plan on providing all of the support and putting forth all of the work it takes. I've been in this for almost a month straight now, and I'm not looking to give up anytime soon! :)
Thanks for the feedback,
Matt
With that type of dedication you should be successful with it. Don't give up on your dreams as that's the only way to "fail" with internet marketing. Good luck!
I imagine that if you've got the time, capitol and energy to invest in it, one could probably do pretty well. Having worked eBay for several years, I'd say that the key really is higher priced products... no doubt!
Hey DoubleTap. Please tell me what you mean when you say " Having worked eBay for several years, Id say that the key really is higher priced products" Are you referring to its better to have higher priced products on eBay?
Hey there Tom... I simply meant that I've sold things on eBay for probably 6 years now, that's all! Yup, it's much better to go with higher priced items for various reasons. Just a few are, larger margin, fewer items to sell to meet the financial goal that you might have and usually a little more built in bargaining power when you purchase from your supplier to resale. Just my take on things!!!
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I'm really interested in your guys' thoughts on product creation. Many internet marketers online mention that creating your own high-priced product is the best way to earn money on
Is there anyone who has experience with this? I would love to get in-touch with you for some guidance on how you went about creating a product. PLEASE get a hold of me if you were successful online creating your own product(s).
Unfortunately not really my area of expertise.....thats a thing I ha really yet to wrap my head around. "intangible goods" I want to start a business selling intangible goods I can see my bank managers face now :-)
Yes. I'm talking about creating e-products, not tangible goods. Although, I've seen people in my niche actually make magazine subscriptions, but that is not anywhere in my near future.
I want to possibly stick with e-products right now that are reasonably priced, as I've heard that high products are what make you the best money in Internet marketing, not smaller products with affiliate links.
I'm interested in everyone thoughts on that.
Product creation is a good venue, but are you prepared for everything that comes with it?
First, do you know your topic VERY well? If you don't then you are putting your reputation at stake there.
Second, are you prepared to provide support? All products have questions and people will expect you to answer those questions.
Third, do you plan to market it, or use affiliates? If you are using affiliates you need to be able to provide them with tools and resources. Things such as keyword lists, crash courses in article marketing, images, banners, email messages, and over things like that.
The main thing to remember is that while product creation is wonderful, you better be able to back it up or you may find yourself blacklisted in the future when you are more familiar with the process.
Tony,
I was thinking about trying to market an e-book or a series of them.
I know my topic really really well, but I would obviously do a lot of research and interview others who know it better than me.
I was thinking of marketing it myself. I plan on providing all of the support and putting forth all of the work it takes. I've been in this for almost a month straight now, and I'm not looking to give up anytime soon! :)
Thanks for the feedback,
Matt
With that type of dedication you should be successful with it. Don't give up on your dreams as that's the only way to "fail" with internet marketing. Good luck!
I imagine that if you've got the time, capitol and energy to invest in it, one could probably do pretty well. Having worked eBay for several years, I'd say that the key really is higher priced products... no doubt!
Hey DoubleTap. Please tell me what you mean when you say " Having worked eBay for several years, Id say that the key really is higher priced products" Are you referring to its better to have higher priced products on eBay?
Hey there Tom... I simply meant that I've sold things on eBay for probably 6 years now, that's all! Yup, it's much better to go with higher priced items for various reasons. Just a few are, larger margin, fewer items to sell to meet the financial goal that you might have and usually a little more built in bargaining power when you purchase from your supplier to resale. Just my take on things!!!
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Hey what are your thought on me driving traffic by writing for other websites related to my niche in exchange for backlinks? Myblogguest.com is a directory listed with other websit
Well, this site that is going to allow me gets 500,000+ visitors a month. If just 1% clicks my backlink, I have an instant 5,000 visitors.
I just feel like I'm not doing something I should be. I write content on my site and SA once a day, post on a related forum a couple times a week and share all of my content on social media. I feel like I'm missing something, but I just don't know what it is...
Like Alanroy said, I'm not sure why people write for article directories to build their content. However, if you guest post on someone else's blog who happens to be in the same niche as you, but they get tons more traffic, some say that can be beneficial to your blog. Personally, I would try to steer clear of writing on any other site than your own.
Hey what are your thought on me driving traffic by writing for other websites related to my niche in exchange for backlinks? Myblogguest.com is a directory listed with other websit
Well, this site that is going to allow me gets 500,000+ visitors a month. If just 1% clicks my backlink, I have an instant 5,000 visitors.
I just feel like I'm not doing something I should be. I write content on my site and SA once a day, post on a related forum a couple times a week and share all of my content on social media. I feel like I'm missing something, but I just don't know what it is...
Like Alanroy said, I'm not sure why people write for article directories to build their content. However, if you guest post on someone else's blog who happens to be in the same niche as you, but they get tons more traffic, some say that can be beneficial to your blog. Personally, I would try to steer clear of writing on any other site than your own.
Hey guys, So at this point, I've been going over a little over two weeks now. I have a daily traffic of anywhere from 50 - 200. It fluctuates a lot, and most were coming from Redd
You can find out where your different pages rank in the serps from Jaxxy...it is great for doing lots of research..
In Jaaxy you will see a row of tabs that start with "keyword Data"...the next tab to the right is "Site Rank" click that and then enter your main url and your keyword and if you are rank in the top 20 pages it will show the exact page and your position on that page...
I Have had every KW tool that is around and Jaaxy does everything I need or want...Give it a try...I think there is a free trial...
To add to what Ronny mentioned you can also use Chrome in the Incognito mode to check your rank for key words and you can also use this https://us2.startpage.com/ - it does not record your IP address or track your searches so again you can see where you are ranking.
Cheers
Leo
Thanks so much guys!
I am also looking forward to getting the traffic boost program at the end of my "30 in 30" challenge from Street Articles.
I'll check to see how I rank. So far though, only little traffic (roughly 5-10%) is coming from search engines in general.
Is your content getting ranked in Google. Are you throwing "affiliate links" in all of the articles? If so, you don't want to do this or Google is going to view your website as one big bridge page.
I recommend that you focus on your website and you try to move away from Amazon. Amazon's affiliate program doesn't pay all that well on lower ticket items and there are many affiliate programs that you can promote within any niche that pay much more than this.
Also, reddit is not a reliable source of quality traffic, you want search engine traffic so right now I would make your focus on creating quality content within your website. It is not as much about quantity as it is quality.
Kyle,
How do I check if my content is getting ranked on Google? Also, many in the chat are saying I shouldn't worry about Google, as they say "Google doesn't buy from you, customers do". I'm getting conflicting suggestions since many are successful without even bothering about keywords.
I'll also write up some content without affiliate links, so Google doesn't think I'm just throwing them out there every article.
I'll also look in to other affiliate programs beside Amazon.
Thanks Kyle!
Matt
Sorry to jump in - but you should always focus on writing (creating content) for people first - your goal is to create engagement, provide great useful and valuable content.
Doing this will build your relationship with your readers and your visitors to your site.
People will buy from you because they Know, Like and Trust you.
Cheers
Leo
Exactly, people don't buy from you because you are selling something to them. They buy once you have helped them, informed them and engaged them. That is the trust building I am talking about and if every page comes across as a promotion, then not only will your visitors dislike your content, so will Google.
That is what I am getting at. You are right, you don't write for Google, you write quality content for your reader and this does not boil down to selling to them at every opportunity.
This sounds like a great start. Keep going and see where you will be in about a month or two. I think you will be making more money.
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Hey guys, So at this point, I've been going over a little over two weeks now. I have a daily traffic of anywhere from 50 - 200. It fluctuates a lot, and most were coming from Redd
You can find out where your different pages rank in the serps from Jaxxy...it is great for doing lots of research..
In Jaaxy you will see a row of tabs that start with "keyword Data"...the next tab to the right is "Site Rank" click that and then enter your main url and your keyword and if you are rank in the top 20 pages it will show the exact page and your position on that page...
I Have had every KW tool that is around and Jaaxy does everything I need or want...Give it a try...I think there is a free trial...
To add to what Ronny mentioned you can also use Chrome in the Incognito mode to check your rank for key words and you can also use this https://us2.startpage.com/ - it does not record your IP address or track your searches so again you can see where you are ranking.
Cheers
Leo
Thanks so much guys!
I am also looking forward to getting the traffic boost program at the end of my "30 in 30" challenge from Street Articles.
I'll check to see how I rank. So far though, only little traffic (roughly 5-10%) is coming from search engines in general.
Is your content getting ranked in Google. Are you throwing "affiliate links" in all of the articles? If so, you don't want to do this or Google is going to view your website as one big bridge page.
I recommend that you focus on your website and you try to move away from Amazon. Amazon's affiliate program doesn't pay all that well on lower ticket items and there are many affiliate programs that you can promote within any niche that pay much more than this.
Also, reddit is not a reliable source of quality traffic, you want search engine traffic so right now I would make your focus on creating quality content within your website. It is not as much about quantity as it is quality.
Kyle,
How do I check if my content is getting ranked on Google? Also, many in the chat are saying I shouldn't worry about Google, as they say "Google doesn't buy from you, customers do". I'm getting conflicting suggestions since many are successful without even bothering about keywords.
I'll also write up some content without affiliate links, so Google doesn't think I'm just throwing them out there every article.
I'll also look in to other affiliate programs beside Amazon.
Thanks Kyle!
Matt
Sorry to jump in - but you should always focus on writing (creating content) for people first - your goal is to create engagement, provide great useful and valuable content.
Doing this will build your relationship with your readers and your visitors to your site.
People will buy from you because they Know, Like and Trust you.
Cheers
Leo
Exactly, people don't buy from you because you are selling something to them. They buy once you have helped them, informed them and engaged them. That is the trust building I am talking about and if every page comes across as a promotion, then not only will your visitors dislike your content, so will Google.
That is what I am getting at. You are right, you don't write for Google, you write quality content for your reader and this does not boil down to selling to them at every opportunity.
This sounds like a great start. Keep going and see where you will be in about a month or two. I think you will be making more money.
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I stumbled across a site earlier tonight called "HireJill". She has created a login dashboard where you have a set amount of points for "Marketing Activities" that you need to do e
These are some good replies, thanks!
One of my issues is not with motivation, it's what I should be doing.
I write content on my site, write content for Street Articles, participate in a related niche forum, and post to my social media. It just looked, to me, like she had a huge list of things to do there where sometimes I feel like I'm sitting in front of the computer not sure how to progress with my exposure and traffic.
Any thoughts on this?
rsgo2mon: I will definitely start following to try and pick your brain a little.
Chris Lee: Wunderlist looks great. I still need to know "what" I should be doing daily, though.
Thanks again!
Matt
PS. I am new to IM, so excuse me if I am asking these type of questions which I should already probably know.
This sounds like a huge waste of money, and I strongly encourage you to stay away from things like this. There are VERY few things that you need to purchase to be highly successful online. You've got a Premium membership here at WA which provides EVERY tool that you need, so save your money.
Set some goals by pulling out a piece of paper and a pen, or write some goals down on your WA Blog.
Are you kidding? $20 for that? Get a Wunderlist account. It's the best tool for what you are looking for. Oh and it's FREE!
If you can't get your goals set up and push yourself without paying someone to have a check list for you then Jill is going to make a lot of money off you ;) Seriously, this is something you can do on your own with your own checklist. You must want this bad enough and have the drive it takes to succeed. You CAN do this! So no to hiring Jill.
I am a business coach. What you are looking for is a way to keep yourself focused on your goals while feeling confident that your daily activity is fitting into an overall plan that keeps you moving forward.
It looks to me that hire Jill is a gigantic task list....most of us don't follow through with that type of thing. You can use Simpleology for free. Establish 3 high priority goals for each quarter...break your goals down into 5 high value daily activities and give yourself a high five everyday. Simplicity will help you see your progress and tie it in to a plan for success.
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I stumbled across a site earlier tonight called "HireJill". She has created a login dashboard where you have a set amount of points for "Marketing Activities" that you need to do e
These are some good replies, thanks!
One of my issues is not with motivation, it's what I should be doing.
I write content on my site, write content for Street Articles, participate in a related niche forum, and post to my social media. It just looked, to me, like she had a huge list of things to do there where sometimes I feel like I'm sitting in front of the computer not sure how to progress with my exposure and traffic.
Any thoughts on this?
rsgo2mon: I will definitely start following to try and pick your brain a little.
Chris Lee: Wunderlist looks great. I still need to know "what" I should be doing daily, though.
Thanks again!
Matt
PS. I am new to IM, so excuse me if I am asking these type of questions which I should already probably know.
This sounds like a huge waste of money, and I strongly encourage you to stay away from things like this. There are VERY few things that you need to purchase to be highly successful online. You've got a Premium membership here at WA which provides EVERY tool that you need, so save your money.
Set some goals by pulling out a piece of paper and a pen, or write some goals down on your WA Blog.
Are you kidding? $20 for that? Get a Wunderlist account. It's the best tool for what you are looking for. Oh and it's FREE!
If you can't get your goals set up and push yourself without paying someone to have a check list for you then Jill is going to make a lot of money off you ;) Seriously, this is something you can do on your own with your own checklist. You must want this bad enough and have the drive it takes to succeed. You CAN do this! So no to hiring Jill.
I am a business coach. What you are looking for is a way to keep yourself focused on your goals while feeling confident that your daily activity is fitting into an overall plan that keeps you moving forward.
It looks to me that hire Jill is a gigantic task list....most of us don't follow through with that type of thing. You can use Simpleology for free. Establish 3 high priority goals for each quarter...break your goals down into 5 high value daily activities and give yourself a high five everyday. Simplicity will help you see your progress and tie it in to a plan for success.
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There is a guy who keeps copying all of my Street Articles posts, word-for-word, and posting them on his site. I have already messaged him on his site about it, but he never respo
Follow-up: This guy is STILL stealing my content. Almost every article I publish now on my Street Articles profile he is copying word-for-word. Is this going to hurt my site in anyway? Technically, he is only copying my content from SA not my site (as far as I know).
Hi Matt. I had the same thing happen to me a few months ago. It really put me off writing articles. The article they copied was mostly word for word--very few changes--just a few words here and there. The thing that really annoyed me was that it was a blogspot site and had ranked better than my site yet my article was up first! So I reported it to Google and two weeks later the blog was removed. The owner of the site was even promoting the same product I was! Very disheartening. Don't let it get you down. Report it and move on.
Hi Gordi. Go into your Google webmaster tools and look for DMCA notification. You will need to fill out a form and submit it to Google. They will figure it out from there. Hope this helps!
Wouldn't Google Authorship come in handy at this time? I thought it was created for stuff like this.. :)
Chris: I added authorship about a week ago, but it isn't showing up under Google search results for some strange reason.
Let me know what domains are copying you and which articles and I can look into this for you.
Unfortunately this is what happens online, there are many sites out there that "scrape" content and I have content of mine stolen all the time. You can't let it get to you, if you are ranked within the search first, they will gain no benefit to you and often times you will see trickle traffic from the links they leave in the article.
You can file DMCA complaints with Google if you want to every escalate anything on your own as they will typically be very proactive in removing websites from their search ranks (altogether) that have copied content, as that is the exact type of webmaster they don't want at all within their rankings.
Here is where you submit a complaint:
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/dmca-notice
Merely the threat of filing a DMCA complaint with the plagiarist who stole my content was enough for them to remove my content from their site, but it's great that you can take it further and be 'backed up' by Google taking positive action to remove them from the SERPs.
What's the general consensus in placing a CopyScape banner at the bottom of your sites? I understand it won't deter those either ignorant enough or determined enough to steal content, but I'm hoping it does play on the minds of those with a modicum of sense (and or a conscience!). If it's no good, is there anything better out there? Cheers, Mike
A copyscape banner could help, but more than likely it wouldn't do much. Often times people that copy content don't care and even more common, they scrape sites without actually manually visiting them so the banner will not get seen. The banner might just lead to traffic leak from your website and seem irrelevant to the 99.9% of people that have no interest in taking your content.
I personally would never bother putting a copyscape banner on my site, but this is something that you could definitely test if you are that worried about it happening to regularly.
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There is a guy who keeps copying all of my Street Articles posts, word-for-word, and posting them on his site. I have already messaged him on his site about it, but he never respo
Follow-up: This guy is STILL stealing my content. Almost every article I publish now on my Street Articles profile he is copying word-for-word. Is this going to hurt my site in anyway? Technically, he is only copying my content from SA not my site (as far as I know).
Hi Matt. I had the same thing happen to me a few months ago. It really put me off writing articles. The article they copied was mostly word for word--very few changes--just a few words here and there. The thing that really annoyed me was that it was a blogspot site and had ranked better than my site yet my article was up first! So I reported it to Google and two weeks later the blog was removed. The owner of the site was even promoting the same product I was! Very disheartening. Don't let it get you down. Report it and move on.
Hi Gordi. Go into your Google webmaster tools and look for DMCA notification. You will need to fill out a form and submit it to Google. They will figure it out from there. Hope this helps!
Wouldn't Google Authorship come in handy at this time? I thought it was created for stuff like this.. :)
Chris: I added authorship about a week ago, but it isn't showing up under Google search results for some strange reason.
Let me know what domains are copying you and which articles and I can look into this for you.
Unfortunately this is what happens online, there are many sites out there that "scrape" content and I have content of mine stolen all the time. You can't let it get to you, if you are ranked within the search first, they will gain no benefit to you and often times you will see trickle traffic from the links they leave in the article.
You can file DMCA complaints with Google if you want to every escalate anything on your own as they will typically be very proactive in removing websites from their search ranks (altogether) that have copied content, as that is the exact type of webmaster they don't want at all within their rankings.
Here is where you submit a complaint:
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/dmca-notice
Merely the threat of filing a DMCA complaint with the plagiarist who stole my content was enough for them to remove my content from their site, but it's great that you can take it further and be 'backed up' by Google taking positive action to remove them from the SERPs.
What's the general consensus in placing a CopyScape banner at the bottom of your sites? I understand it won't deter those either ignorant enough or determined enough to steal content, but I'm hoping it does play on the minds of those with a modicum of sense (and or a conscience!). If it's no good, is there anything better out there? Cheers, Mike
A copyscape banner could help, but more than likely it wouldn't do much. Often times people that copy content don't care and even more common, they scrape sites without actually manually visiting them so the banner will not get seen. The banner might just lead to traffic leak from your website and seem irrelevant to the 99.9% of people that have no interest in taking your content.
I personally would never bother putting a copyscape banner on my site, but this is something that you could definitely test if you are that worried about it happening to regularly.
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Is there anyone who has experience with this? I would love to get in-touch with you for some guidance on how you went about creating a product. PLEASE get a hold of me if you were successful online creating your own product(s).