Do you need a blog or website?

Presumably you read my blog because you want to make money online. My primary business and passion, however, is personal development. I believe that in order to be successful you have to think, feel and behave in particular ways. Anyone who is truly successful thinks, feels and behaves in ways that are well documented. My business is to provide those resources so that others can learn to be successful (according to their own definition of course). And I do that from my website.

So, the reason I blog is because I want to pass on what I have learned about internet marketing. I am essentially documenting my online journey and my goal is to turn all these posts into a coherent course or ebook about internet marketing that will ultimately sell on my webiste for mega bucks:-)

Marketing an internet business is something that needs to be done whatever niche you're in so the majority of the posts are relevant to everyone. I figure, as I build my personal development website I may as well teach other people how to do it and ultimately make money from that.

Of course, if you have the money, you can hire search engine optimisers, writers for your content etc etc. At this stage I'm only a lone work at home mum learning while I am doing.

If you too are new to internet marketing you may think that a blog is a cheap alternative to a website. For example, this blog costs me $0. However, I need a website and you may need one too.

A blog and a website are two totally different beasts. So do you need a blog or website or maybe both?


hugs
Sharon

No website? No problem. A simple business idea to try.

Don't let the fact that you don't have a website stop you from making money on the internet.

Just copy this business idea. Only cost is in advertising with Google Adwords, but that doesn't need to cost a fortune. I started with about $50 to discover what would work and what wouldn't.

When you see some success from your adverstising you will want to ramp the business up and that will cost a little, a very little!

Essentially, what I'll describe in this blog is how to advertise and sell downloadable audio books online. Think how huge the market for audio books is. Commuters, the blind, people who have difficulty holding a book, and so it goes.... Most people these days have an mp3 player or CD player.

First of all you'll need to sign up to be an affiliate of an audio books store. Leisure Audio Sales has a fabulous range, great affiliate support and training, and offers free excerpts so that customers can try before they buy.

Then you need to decide what titles you want to promote. Do you want to promote specific titles, an entire category or perhaps the entire store? The training section for affiliates gives ideas on what to promote and how (even offline promoting at doctors surgeries etc).

You'll need to sign up for a Google Adwords account. Get the advanced account straight away. It doesn't cost anything and it's a lot more flexible.

Learn all you can about Google Adwords from their website and do this free 5 day Google Adwords ecourse by Perry Marshall.

One thing you will learn is that you'll need some keywords for you ad. Keywords are how people search on the internet ie. what they type in to the Google search box. Google adwords are displayed on the right hand side of the returned results. This is where you want your ad to appear.

Your keywords will need to be things that people are actually searching for. To find this information you can get a free 30 subscription to Wordtracker. However, before you do this make sure you have completed the course and signed up for and found your way around the audio books website. That way, you'll have a full 30 days to concentrate on your keywords for no cost.

I'd be interested to hear how you go.

Until next posting
Sharon

The Super Affiliate Handbook

I just thought I'd let you know of the very first ebook I bought on affilate marketing. The Super Affiliate Handbook.

I had barely heard of internet marketing but was doing a seminar with Sandy Forster from Wildly Wealthy Women who mentioned Rosalind Gardiner as the guru on affiliate marketing.

Sandy being Australian and living only 100kms from me how could I not take her recommendation?:-) Particularly as affiliate marketing sounded like a no brainer for getting started on line....

Anyhow, I went ahead and bought the ebook and signed up for quite a few things that she recommended. I was soooo eager to get my business started and I have never been accused of being patient.

The Super Affiliate Handbook is definitely worth the money, BUT if you are new to the internet I wouldn't buy any products she recommends JUST YET. Why? Simply because you won't understand the implications of any choices you make - don't worry, they wouldn't be devastating - just a waste of money.

Have you downloaded the free guide to affiliate marketing yet? There's a link just to the right of screen. Whether or not you buy The Super Affiliate Handbook my strong recommendation is that you download and read the free one as well.

Also there are free internet marketing guides on my website. Check this page often as new ones are added regularly.

Go here to read the salespage for The Super Affiliate Handbook.


That's it for today.
Sharon

Do you want health and fitness to be your niche?

Well, if you haven't got a website and have even less clue about getting one then this health biz in a box may be a great place to start.

I'm sure you've heard of Dr Suzanne Gudakunst. If you haven't just "google" her. Anyway, she wrote an ebook called "Top Secret Weight Loss Secret".

Now she has health biz in a box that I think is definitely worth a look if you're in or want to be in the health and fitness niche. Read on to discover more.......

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Wise Online Entrepreneurs know that the best selling products online are health products and health-related ebooks, books, tapes, newsletter subscriptions, etc.

Now World famous Dr. Suzanne Gudakunst has just released her latest "shocker!" that makes it possible for just about anyone to profit from this fact.

She's making it possible for someone to get a fully-operational online "store" that specializes in "health-related" goods and services.

Literally now anyone can get a complete Internet "health" business in a box!

This complete website has a main product as well as up to 17 separate products that all center around breakthrough health products. And where YOU can earn some really HUGE CASH!

It seems that Dr. Suzanne has really done her homework (especially for YOUR benefit!)

First she correctly determined that according to Forrester Research (which is perhaps the most powerful & accurate online research database to date!) "health-related" products and information is by far the most sought after things anywhere online.

Nope! -- Despite what you might have thought, "sex," "porn," and "UFOs" are NOT the most searched for items on the Internet (but "health stuff" is hands down!)

Second, Dr. Suzanne's "Top Secret Fat Loss Secret" shook the entire World with its release recently - and she's even made a special lead-capture page that you also get central to this amazing site!

Why is this important?

Simple: because Dr. Suzanne's affiliates are making millions right now with what is perhaps one of ClickBank's HOTTEST products (and this same product is the central seller at your new health e-Biz site!)

Third, the site you get also acts as a "database" that never stops growing so that you get 10,000's of customers you can continue to sell to over and over again other things!

Why is this important?

Again, very simple: anyone who's wise online knows that "backend" sales are chief to making long term and extra profits!

Dr. Suzanne's NEW "Health Biz In a Box" complete and fully-operational website you get for next to nothing contains an electronic "Automatic Sales Manager" (like a salesman robot - Ha!) built-in that works to upsell to your list over and over again so that you enjoy additional "automatic" income!

Fourth, Dr. Suzanne health-biz site also includes a complete health-related products Shopping Mall so that your site visitors stopping by are likely to buy at least 1 to up to 17 additional products creating instantly for you up to over a dozen other income streams!

This way you get the "most bang for your buck" so to speak!

As if all this weren't enough, the fifth (and perhaps the very best) thing about this automatic seller is the tiny spokesmodel "Rachel" that literally walks out onto your Health-Biz site and guides your site visitors (like a tour guide) through your entire site and what it has to offer!

Dr. Suzanne carefully tested the site both WITH and WITHOUT "Rachel" and accurately determined that the addition of "Rachel" boosted sites sales by as much as 396% (meaning nearly 4 times as many sales!)

Dr. Suzanne believes that having the spokesmodel adds credibility as well as an informative approach to the site so that it generates a much higher "conversion-to-sales" ration at large.

And ALL these amazing features stand to make YOU very, very rich as you get all of them with your own "Health Biz In a Box" website!

If any of this floats your boat, then I highly recommend you get over to health biz in a box website and have a look.

...and because rumor has it that Dr. Suzanne may put a ceiling on the number of these Internet "health-biz" sites she's giving out in order to avoid everyone having one and risking market saturation.

Already people securing theirs have had nothing but great things to say about this:

"I'm so happy with mine! ... Having this site professionally set up by Dr. Suzanne's Team for us was the greatest thing we ever did! ... the site literally is just pouring money into our pockets even while we're doing other things, vacationing, and even crashing out!"
-Cynthia Conrad, Atlanta, Georgia

"I never knew that making money online could be so easy!"
-Richard Bosworth, SLC, Utah

"Health stuff is the real way to make money online easily ... everybody sooner or later has to have it!"
-Carla Dupree, Boise, Idaho

"I'm making about $6,000 a week with mine ... and this after failing on the Net for nearly 10 years trying to sell everything else!"
-Jason Herman, San Dimas, CA

"$500 a day is what this biz is shoving in my pocket! I even went out of town for nearly two weeks and my health biz site completely ran itself!"
-Michael Sorbowski, Mason, Ohio

As you can see by these people's comments, everyone grabbing their own automatic health-products Internet business is raking in the cash! (And now you can too by clicking here!)

I guess I should have added above that not only do you get all the things I've described thus far, but you also get professional customized set up at no extra charge!

That's right! - Dr. Suzanne's own Team of web experts actually build your "Health Biz" for you so you don't have to!

They:

- design your site
- put all the 17 income streams into place
- install the electronic sales manager for you
- add sharp selling graphics
- add powerful videos
- add several other webpages
- and a complete online shopping mall of health products!

All so that you can earn big income online and while you sell product that help people and that you can be very proud to sell.

So all in all this is perhaps one of the BEST instant online ventures worth your time.

Check it out here.

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Whilst it all sounds wonderful, just remember that there are no get rich quick schemes. As good as the business is and as profitable as the health and fitness industry may, you will still have to put in some work.

OK,they build the website for you, and provide support, but you will still have to put in time and effort promoting the site.

Remember, your wealth will never exceed your level of personal development..... Subscribe to receive my daily inspirational quotes to continuously remind you of this fact.

No, I haven't actually bought the health biz in a box product, but that's only because I have so much on my plate at the moment. If I didn't already have a website though, I'd definitely be interested. I am, however, promoting Dr Suzanne's weight loss book on my website.

If you do go ahead and buy the website, make sure you let me know so I can have a look!


All the best
Sharon

Simplest way to make money online

When I say simple I mean that the concept is easy to understand. Anyone can do it if they put their mind to it and were prepared to spend the time to make it work. Unfortunately, there is no get rich quick schemes that actually work, despite the fact we are constantly bombarded with such claims.

When people first toy with the idea of starting a business, particularly an offline business, they realise that to get started it takes a substantial cash injection. Almost immediately they incur expenses for rent, stock, and so on.

With an offline business the money to getting started is relatively affordable. The major cost is time, but that is also true of an offline business.

Now, I said that I'd explain a simple way to make money online so here goes.

The first thing is to brainstorm what sort of business to create? This is easy!

Think of the things you love to do? Craft, watching movies, gardening, fixing cars, tennis, netball..... Whatever it is, write it down. Don't concern yourself with the level of skill you have in that area. Whether you are good at it or bad at it doesn't matter. You just have to enjoy doing it or learning more about it.

Then think of things that you know about. Perhaps you have a child with ADHD or some other disability. May be you have first hand knowledge of illness such as cancer or scleroderma. Perhaps you have overcome some major addiction and your life is back on track.

Look at your current occupation for skills. Maybe you're in the customer service industry and know heaps about conflict resolution. Perhaps you're a handyman that knows how to solve problems around the house.

So, write those things down. You'll probably have a list of three to four things. Can you build an online business on one of these things? I'm betting you think "no", but I know the answer is probably a resounding "yes".

Then have a look at this site Affiliate Scout. Also google "affiliate programs". Look at the results to see if there are affiliate programs related to the topics on your list.

So, what is an affiliate program? For example, lets say someone has written an ebook called "How to Stop your ADHD child having a tantrum at the supermarket". That person has set up a website to sell the ebook for $27 that can be downloaded instantly after payment.

OK, that's all well and good but how do all the people who have a child with ADHD know that the website actually exists? Afterall, if no one knows about the website then no one will buy the book will they?

So, the author has to advertise and that could cost thousands depending on how, why and where they advertised. The problem also is that the author is not a marketer (probably), he/she is an author and would rather spend time writing more books rather than learn about marketing.

That's where we as affiliates come in. The author offers us a percentage (and it can be as high as 75% or more) if we direct traffic to their site and subsequently make a sale.

So, it's a win/win situation when the author makes a sale from someone who was directed from an affiliate site. (Remember, unless the author wants to spend lots of money and time on marketing themselves it is quite likely that most of their sales would be affiliate sales).

Doesn't that sound easy? It is, a child could understand the concept.

However, do you need a website? If so, how do you build one? Once built, how do you get traffic to it? It's the old situation of the more you know the more you realise you have to know (if that makes sense).

As a matter of fact, you don't need a website. You could promote affiliate links through traffic sites, blogs (like this one), forums and social networking sites.

However, if you want to build a serious online business you'll need a website eventually. You can get to my website through the link on my "About Me" information. I started that website with absolutely no knowledge of HTML whatsoever.

Anyway, I hope that you now realise that whoever you are, whatever you do it is within the realm of possibility for you to make money on the internet.

Download this free ebook called The Affiliate Masters course for more information on creating your own online affiliate business.


best wishes
Sharon

Your opinion doesn't matter.

Now, don't be offended! Read on and you'll know what I mean.

When deciding on a home based business a lot of people think about property investing, share trading or internet. (Funny about that. They're the businesses I'm in.)

Anyway, I have found opinions to be unhelpful at best and downright dangerous at worst.

With my share/CFD trading I have a system that is very easy to follow. A monkey could do it! A couple of weeks ago I formed the opinion that the financial sector was going to fall even more. As luck(?) would have it, it bounced up giving me a lovely opportunity to go short because my opinion was that it still had further to fall.

Trouble was I had no signal to go short as per my trading plan, but I wasn't going to let that minor detail stop me. I went short, but guess what? The financial sector kept heading up. Lucky I adhered to my stop and didn't lose too much money.

So much for my opinion, I should have stuck to my trading plan.....

Now to property investment.

My opinion is that a lovely blue feature wall looks lovely with yellow walls. An ochre coloured feature wall takes my fancy too. And purple, my favourite colour must fit in there somewhere, doesn't it?

Sound yucky? May be it does, may be it doesn't. The point is that such colours will clash with the majority of renters furniture. The renter who has the perfect furniture and loves those particular colours may not get to see your property at all!

So even though neutral colours may, in your opinion, be boring the fact is they would suit the vast majority of renters. If the renter wants colour they can get some vibrant cushions and throw rugs etc.

Now let's get to the internet.

In my opinion I have written some fabulous ads to post on traffic sites. I expected to see a big boost in the number of visitors to my site, people signing up for my ezine and success course etc.

I thought that if I did a google ad campaign for an audio bible over Easter I was bound to make a ton of sales.

Yes, I got a few sign ups for my ezine. A few people clicked on my bible ad but failed to buy.

See where having an opinion gets me? NOWHERE!

As Dr Phil says "... and how's that workin' for ya?"

If somethings not working, despite our opinion to the contrary, we have to change our tactic. It's not about being right or wrong, it's about doing what works. Usually, we have to work on ourselves before our business can possibly be successful.


Feel free to share some of your opinions.
Sharon

Anyone can build an online business.

It's making money that's the issue ;-)

Hello and welcome to my blog.

If you are passionate about ANYTHING you can build an internet business. So if you have not even thought about building your own business, have just started, or have been around for a while but just don't seem to be getting anywhere then this is the place for you.

My aim is to provide business ideas and inspiration to anyone who reads or participates in this blog.

My primary website is about personal development. In my opinion and experience your level of wealth will never exceed your level of personal development.

I've known many people who have tried to make money out of share trading and property investment with varying degrees of success. In all cases, their successes (or lack of) has never had anything to with their intellgence or their level of education.

Those that succeed do so purely because they believe and trust in themselves. They know that success is the end result of failing many times and persist despite their failures always learning from them and not mulling over them. They take risks, but don't gamble and know the difference between calculated risk and gambling.

Anyway, I hope you join me on this blog and share ideas and inspiration with other participants.


I look forward to sharing with you!
Sharon