What are you BIGGEST worries about making money online? An AMA blog basically.
Hey guys, so I'm doing research to get more ideas to write about on my blog, and I wanted to ask everyone here in the community who is new or not what worries them most about this business.
- What questions do you have about internet marketing?
- What are the most common problems you encounter when starting out?
- Do you have any questions about your existing website?
- Do you want to know if you're on the right track?
- Do you want to know if you're using the right keywords?
- Ect...
Basically, any type of worry, question, or doubtful though you have about this business, I want to hear it.
In my experience, there's plenty of questions and doubts people have and it really, really slows them down or makes them fail before they even begin, even though they're already in the best place possible to succeed (Wealthy Affiliate).
However, I hope to relieve these doubts and worries through this blog post (and also get some personal ideas for what to blog about) and help you guys move ever closer to success!
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Excellent post Vitaliy! Thanks for reaching out.
As others have shared, my biggest fear starting out was how long would it take me to start making a full time income.
I know for myself, I was tired of working a 9 to 5 (actually fed up), and I finally decided to make the commitment.
I joined WA 8 months prior to actually giving it a go. I kept searching for that "push button system". You know something that could make me $1000s my first month.
That kind of stuff is 99% unlikely your first month and almost impossible when you're a newbie, you've got to work your way to that and it will happen Jonathan. The training here is the most straight forward way of reaching this goal.
Hey thanks for your reply Vitaliy.
I was wondering, would it be possible to have you review my site? I consider you an expert in this field, and I would surely appreciate your feedback.
I've been writing for just about a full year, but no traffic yet.
https://workonlineusa.com/
- Jonathan
I think the biggest concern for me is a question, "Will this ever work out?" I joined Wealthy Affiliate 1,5 years ago with big hopes. I started working on my websites and learning. I thought that money would come much more easily.
Now after hundreds of hours of work and +$1,500 investments I am still in a point where I am earning $0/month. Even though I believe that some day I will break through I am still sometimes thinking that will it ever happen or not.
I think you said your site was getting more and more traffic Roope, and as we talked about, if you start using sitecomments, you should see bigger and higher rankings start to creep up from Google.
You are right. I am getting better rankings and more traffic but not any income. I am thinking how much traffic I need in order to earn some money? What if I keep on working hard and getting more traffic from Google but I still keep on earning nothing? These are my concerns sometimes.
What's your daily organic traffic? It maybe that you are not providing enough links (call to action) to your WA review and that may be a cause.
I have call to actions in each of my posts that are ranking well on Google so I am not sure what should I change there. My daily organic traffic is now about 20/day.
Other concern is that how much time it takes from organic traffic to rise. I have now published 114 posts and pages in total and it took 14 months to write those articles. If progress is so slow, I will be still after 10 years burnt out without any income but thousands of dollars spent :D. I believe that it will end up better but that's my fear sometimes when I don't see any results despite the work.
I think maybe it would be better if you contact Kyle. I think he may be able to weight in better on this at this point. I know you're on the right track Roope and I really want to see you make it work for you and pay back for all the hard work you did and more!
Thank you very much Vitaliy! I really appreciate your help and encouragement! I will be in touch with Kyle as you suggested.
Hi Vitaliy, how well do your non-review posts convert compared to review posts? I'm not that big a fan of writing reviews but I like writing informational articles to promote WA but I'm starting to think it's a much harder sell than review posts. Has this been your experience?
Also, of the review posts you write, which internet market sector converts best for you (e.g., JVZoo/WSOs, surveys, MLMs, PTC, etc.)?
Lastly, do you buy all the products you review or do write reviews based on what others have already written?
Thanks!
Product reviews generally do better because people are already looking to buy soemthing so it's easier to pitch WA. I find JVZoo products convert well, sometimes the other things you listed, provided you can tell people in a comparison which is better and why WA is better than the said program/s.
I have written a lot of reviews of JVZoo launches, but it's difficult to know which are going to get a lot of searches. Even those labelled as "Big Launch" on Munch Eye don't always bring in traffic, and standard launches can sometimes bring in a lot of traffic. So it can very much be a hit and miss process. But it does kind of work.
Which is better:
1) Writing lots of short reviews to cover as many product launches as possible.
2) Writing fewer, longer reviews, trying to pick the ones you think will get lots of searches.
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Marcus - I'd get more familiar with the big names in the business rather than the products themselves. Products by big guys like Alex Jeffreys always seem to do well, for instance.
Thanks VitaliyG, so I could write longer reviews for the launches I think are going to be big, the bash out a bunch of quick reviews for the others.
Hi there Vitaliy. I'm not a newbie here as I've been here close to 3 years now. My first website is generating a little bit of revenue from Adsense, but I have not made a penny from affiliate marketing. My links work, I'm getting steady but growing traffic and my affiliate links do get clicks.
I had a good amount of momentum in the first half of the year, but lost it and had not been posting consistently the second half of this year. Part of it stems from a fear of my content not being good enough even though I do keyword research and another part of it is worry about being like a pushy salesman. I don't have a lot of reviews on my site because the specific niche I target of video games is not huge, but slowly growing.
I also really want to grow a list for email marketing, but not sure what to offer people as what I initially promised I just lost complete interest in. I've heard when all else fails, a simple newsletter will do. What do you think?
I think you're doing a lot of things that are cannibalizing your profits Brian:
1) You're combining affiliate marketing and adsense together, this is diluting where traffic is going and clicking and if they click on an ad, they're leaving your site and you can forget about that affiliate marketing sale.
Pick one method that works or test out each individually for a week or 2, then pick the one which pays more and keep it that way.
2) You said you're not posting content for several fears, but the problem is your lack of content posting is what basically depreciates your SEO, so you're basically shooting yourself in the foot with these fears.
You've got to keep posting, forget that thing about the salesman vibe and do it. If you really feel that way, then write as a real critic who recommends or doesn't recommend things, make yourself sound like someone readers would go to.
I think video games are fine to review and you should also consider YouTube videos and playthroughs to improve your traffic.
You know that makes sense and I think Kyle has mentioned something like this before to me in regards to Adsense and affiliate marketing in my website. While I have generated revenue with Google Adsense, it is definitely not the revenue I want and much prefer revenue from affiliate marketing.
I've got an outline for where I want my website to go in 2017. For starters, I'm going with a brand new theme because while I really like my current one, I have had a major problem with it which I have not been able to solve and it seems the developers have abandoned this theme as it has not been updated in over 2 years. I also think it's time to give it a refreshing new look.
I agree with you that I am shooting myself in the foot with my fears (and even some distractions I didn't mention) and I've heard it mentioned that any content is better than no content at all as content can always be tweaked later on. I also learned a very painful lesson of what happens when I don't post consistently on my website or do the things I need to do in order to better my financial situation and now I'm finding myself scrambling.
My biggest goals for 2017 in regards to both of my websites is to post on a consistent basis, do more research, truly build an email list for both sites and earn revenue for the very first time from affiliate marketing through my affiliate links.
Make content creation your main goal and if you're going to change themes, do it asap as it causes a reindex of rankings to happen.
Hi Vitaly, I get the traffic, but my bootcamp conversion is too low, sometimes, the average is 3-4%.
I have a huge crowd of referrals that doesn't interact with the community and doesn't seem to take advantage of the free training
Sometimes I get 8 free sign ups per day! And I don't get too excited about it because I don't get responses to my welcoming messages etc... Still, The majority who decide to go premium, doesn't stay longer than 2 months. They arrive full of motivation, set their goals, and then disappear!
So, my biggest worry is to stay in the dark regarding the reasons behind the low conversion. What's the most important reason so I can focus my energy on what really matters
Is it
Lack of money to pay for WA?
Targeting the wrong audience?
Bad content?
Bad marketing strategy?
All of the above maybe...
Thanks for your help Vitaly
I haven't seen your site Stefan, but based on the symptoms you stated, I'd say the problems are this:
1) You may be targeting a crowd that may not be as relevant to WA and/or perhaps thinks they are getting into a get rich quick scheme.
2) Your content may be a reflection of this and I would just alter it by basically pointing out exactly what WA is and what to expect (no get rich quick scheme), but point to success stories.
3) Let people in your salespage know you'll connect with them in WA and when they enter, give them that welcome message, something short, welcoming and link them to the training.
Maybe a paragraph or two.
4) LEave a few other messages offering your help and support. basically let your referrals know, you're there and the community is too.
People who join WA tend to not know this because their referrers do not tell them this so they get scared and walk away.
A 3-4% conversion rate isn't bad, it shows you're already doing something right by getting them here, so the key is to analyze where along the way they're deviating and get them back on track using the things I pointed to above.
Keep writing content and making an effort to explain where and how WA will help people so when people join, they will have a preconceived notion of what's up, that'll make it more likely they'll stay.
Thanks a lot Vitalty. Most of my traffic comes from online survey and gpt reviews. I also have IM products and scam reviews, but they don't bring as much traffic. So I do believe this might be one of the biggest factors. On the other hand, my results might not seem so bad, considering popular IM products are more difficult to rank. I might not experience a good conversion with these articles but I get more traffic... yeah, it's really difficult to spot one single factor
You should still write about products even if you don't think they'll rank high or get a lot of traffic, it still adds to your content base.
thanks for your valuable advice Vitaliy. I will keep on posting articles and increasing traffic!
All the best
Stefan
Hey Vitaliy.
As not quite a newbie, I would like your input on the importance of email marketing and the role it has played in your success, if any.
As I'm still not able to commit "full time" yet due to the ever present constraints of time, I would like to know how vital email marketing really is.
Should I commit less time on content creation and focus on list building?
Your thoughts are appreciated
~Jeremy
You have to always focus on traffic generation. Whether it comes from writing content or posting ads, traffic is what you will eventually need to make money and collect emails, so that is the main priority.
As for email marketing, I have had success and collected multiple email lists throughout the years, but I don't it because it's another responsibility after your site.
When for example, I send people to WA, there is email marketing taking place in that Kyle and Carson's followups take over and they make sure through email marketing that people stay.
If your niche is not about promoting WA, you can test email marketing on your site, but only with steady traffic first.
Sound advice.
My niche site has a nice steady flow of traffic, but only roughly 20% is direct with the majority being organic.
I just hate to see all those visitors go without at least "trying" to stay in contact, if you know what I mean.
Have you done any email training, or do you have any you would recommend?
Thank you sir for your response.
I think Jay may have done a webinar on email marketing and/or there's some trainings here by Kyle or Carson that may help you.
Don't worry about people coming and going, it's part of the business, if your niche is evergreen, there's always going to be a new flow.
I really didn't have any worries when I started my WA journey. I had spent a lot of time on Kyle's site (http://waystoavoidscamsonline.com/) and asking questions.
The fact that Kyle actually responded to my questions gave me the incentive I needed to try WA after a very long and costly journey in an internet training program to nearly made me give up my search for a legitimate home business in retirement.
I consider my first niche site (started while doing the Cert Training) a learning experience. I kind of ran out of ideas for posting relevant content. What I've learned is that successful Content Marketing requires that we become volume writers.
I enjoy writing, but have not yet learned how to turn this skill into a "volume" process. I want to focus on Bootcamp training, and my biggest worry is how I'm going to become a volume writer.
I've though about outsourcing, but most of my research has not eased my concern on volume content production. Most reviews indicate quality of outsourced content suffers.
So my biggest concern is how to increase my content output while maintaining the quality level without committing to an 80 hour work week.
Hi Dennis, read the last part from this post: Creating Reviews and Using Targeted Keywords It'll give you links to sites where you can find reviews and write them up, thereby giving you more volume to add to your site.
I also recommend Muncheye.com as an added resource.
Hello Vitaliy,
I just started the Bootcamp (have been working through the Certification Course for half a year now though), and I'm trying to write thorough, honest reviews about different websites such as Wealthy Affiliate, Swagbucks, etc. My reviews (so far I have 3) are all quite long - my shortest is well over 1,900 words long. In order to write honest, in-depth articles, I have to spend a lot of time and energy using the website that I review. So it's taking me about a week of using each website before I write a review, yet I know to be truly successful you should be doing reviews more like once a day or every two days.
What do I do? Should I continue writing 2,000+ word honest reviews once a week, which will generate little traffic (because I'm not writing content often enough), and wait for years before I'm making a full-time income?
Or, should I take the route that most people go, and write 750-1500 word reviews which are based mainly on quick research and not on "real" experience? That way I could pretty easily crank out one per day, but they wouldn't be as thorough, nor would they be based much on my own personal experience of having used them for a week or more (I WOULD join the sites I review, but I wouldn't really have the time to show stuff like payment proof, etc. for quite a while).
I like the idea of writing 100% honest reviews based on longtime personal experience, but I'm starting to wonder if it's simply impractical if I want to truly be successful at this. Maybe I should replicate what many other successful people do, and write a review once a day based mostly on research and just a quick experience (my first impression, if you will).
I value your opinion because you are obviously one of the most successful people here, so I would love to hear your thoughts on this.
Sorry for throwing so much your way, but you asked... ;)
Thanks, and wishing you a Merry Christmas!
Ian
Hi Ian, while you're doing an excellent job of putting a lot of effort into reach review you put up, obviously, as you stated, time becomes the problem.
I spoke with someone in chat today who had a similar issue, was putting out 1 article a week, but it took them about 8 hours to complete each one.
My recommendation to them and you is the following:
1) Look at the most important highlights of the product you're reviewing and make that the thesis/highlight of your review.
2) It is not necessary to go into every little detail a product is about. As long as you answer these questions:
What it is.
Will it work.
Your professional opinion on it.
That is what counts.
3) As you write reviews and become good at it, you'll crank em out faster and faster and be able to figure out products faster than before, therefore producing faster results.
4) If you focus too much on things like images and structuring your writing too much, you'll get too caught up in that. Focus on #2's advice.
Should you get stuck, say on finding images or other info, publish your article as is (incomplete), then add the info later. At least then you'll let the indexing take place.
Thanks for the response Vitaliy.
I will follow your advice, it makes a lot of sense.
AMAs are a really cool idea for Wealthy Affiliate, perhaps other members will do some as well. That would be awesome. :)
Ian
Hi Vitaliy,
The biggest worry that I have just like many newbies who start Internet marketing is re-assurance that it is possible to succeed and make it a full-time income.
So I guess anything that helps to clear the doubts that it is possible to succeed and what does it really take.
I know all these answers already there in WA but something like this coming from someone who is already doing it gives more motivation to newbies who start.
Thanks Vitaliy.
Howdy Vasiliy, I am a product of the training here, and obviously started of as a newbie. By following it, I have reached these types of results: Can someone make a full time income promoting WA? You bet they can! If that doesn't clear up doubt, I don't know what will lol. So basically, commit to the training and don't let the doubt get to you.
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Hi Vitality
Mine is I want to sign up to affiliate programs but they won't approve me and I don't know why. I'm presuming it's because I haven't got enough content but I want to earn money whilst I'm building content. For example I might start off by doing product reviews and would like to add links for interested customers to buy the product on amazon for example but amazon won't approve me. I guess it's a patience game which you need a lot of in affiliate marketing.
Focus on content creation and don't be in a rush to register for affiliate programs. As I said to someone here before, you will become the prize for these programs later on and programs like Amazon, WA, Clickbank and Adsense will always have a high probability of approving you.
Thank you VitalityG.