What are the different methods used

[Clay Franklin]

1) Sell real products that you own.
2) Sell products from a drop shipper.
3) Sell a service.
4) Coach others
5) Sell on eBay.
6) Do consulting
7) Have paid for teleseminars
8) Write articles for others
9) Do SEO and backlinks for others
10) Email marketing for your own products.

[PatFlynn]

11) eBooks
12) Membership Websites
13) Paid Electronic Newsletter
14) Paid Print Newsletter
15) Donations (i.e. Wikipedia)
16) Paid Webinar Series
17) Graphic Design
18) Lead Generation
19) Article Writing on sites Like eHow and InfoBarrel
20) Private Advertising (selling ad space on your website)
21) Google Adsense
22) Text Link Ads
23) Twitter Advertising
24) Stock Media (stock photos, audio and video)
25) Poker (my friend plays poker online for a living, seriously)

[wade_watson]

Here's a couple more I've heard are lucrative and have been meaning to try myself:

26) Build websites for others
27) Create websites for sale on spec
28) Create websites for rental

[Lynn Terry]

Great lists, guys!

Affiliate Marketing is my primary model, but I have a number of models - and have done many things over the years, including many that are on these lists. :)

[Lynn Terry]

What is it you want to do? I assume niche affiliate marketing if you went with 30DC? I use Rosalind Gardner's methods, and I have an in-depth overview of her guide here: http://www.clicknewz.com/2074/super-affiliate-handbook-review/

The main key is choosing one thing and sticking it out.

[drmani]

I group them under 3 heads:

* Direct selling
* Lead generation
* Content publishing

Under each broad category, there are many variations.

Direct selling may be products/services you own or are
promoting as an affiliate, membership sites, work for
hire, coaching/mentoring and more.

Lead generation is where you identify prospects, gather
contact details, and broker them to other merchants for
a fee.

Content publishing is where you create content and then
monetize it in different ways, such as attracting an
audience for it and selling ads, or licencing and
syndicating the content, or others.

My areas of specialization are the first and last,
and there are 53 different ways to practice information
marketing itself!

All success
Dr.Mani

[Lynn Terry]

In the long term I want to offer my services as I am able to work with computers (Just like you, I read/heard it somewhere), but I got dragged into the whole make money online thing.

In the short term I could offer ebooks and guides on to keep your computer safe from the net's nasties, how to save a fortune on shop prices and upgrading yourself, etc etc.

Thank you for your reply, I wasn't expecting a reply as I know your a busy person.
Hugh

So what's your plan for achieving that goal? Are you going to work with people offline, locally - offering your services - or what did you have in mind?

[drmani]

Hugh, you wrote:



In the short term I could offer ebooks and guides on to keep your computer safe from the net's nasties, how to save a fortune on shop prices and upgrading yourself, etc etc.

and then



I could then start to do web work for offline businesses, such as running they're newsletter (aweber), building blogs & such like.

There's a nice way you could strategically integrate the two into a
system.

First, author (or commission) a short booklet/guide that showcases the
risks/dangers to a typical offline business from computer nasties.

It won't have to be elaborate, just 10 to 15 tips would do.

Give them away to all local businesses who may be your prospective clients.

With your foot in the door, you might then offer to host a local seminar
where you can talk a little more about it - and invite 5 to 10 owners
over for a presentation. (Alternatively, you could make it at their
workplace, if that's more convenient).

During the presentation, you might point out other areas where you can
help their productivity - such as running a blog, ezine and doing basic
SEO (if that's relevant) for their business. Coupons, gifts for special
occasions, postcard mailing services, co-ventures with related businesses
- there are so many things you can build synergies around.

If you can get your hands on any of Jay Abraham's joint venture techniques
you should study them. Or buy his book, "How To Get Everything You Can
Out Of All That You've Got" - it's around $30, and worth 10x or more.

Hope this gives you some ideas to explore.

However, it all begins with being able to take your eyes off that shiny
ball of "make money online", however attractive the lure might seem :D

All success
Dr.Mani

[Lynn Terry]

Working offline with businesses who want to market online is a HUGE opportunity right now. I'd definitely stick with the internet marketing for offline business - vs computer builds & repairs. They'll probably come to you for that too when they need things related to computers, but you want to focus on something specific and keep your angle simple.

[KathleenGageSpeaker]

One of the most effective methods for me has been to host free teleseminars on a specific topic. I introduce a paid product or service at some point during the call.

The key for me has been that regardless of whether or not someone buys whatever I happen to be offering, the content of the free call is highly valuable so that the listener feels they invested their time wisely.

This generates a substantial amount of revenue.

Short reports are very profitable. They are priced under $20 (usually $17) and often come with a one hour audio.

Affiliate products that are a great fit for my market.

Recently, I rolled out a fixed continuity program that has been doing incredibly well. It is being rolled out in six stages.

Stage one - clients who invested in other products and services of mine. They were give a 48 hours "best price". (very nice response on this)

Stage two - a free teleseminar that introduced the program. Those who registered for the free call were given the opportunity to receive a nice bonus gift if they were among the first 50 out of this group to register. Again, very nice response.

Stage three - articles, blogging, and solo message to my database. Good response.

Stage four - affiliate opportunities (early next week I will introduce this to my affiliates)

Stage five - those who will interview me for their market and on the backend be able to introduce my VIP Club to their market. (my project manager is setting up interviews over the next couple of months)

Stage six - a waiting list for those who are not within the first 500 to join in order that as attrition happens, I will open up spots.

There is more, but this will give you an idea of what has worked for me.

[wade_watson]

Wow! You're getting a lot of great ideas in this thread, Hugh.

In my little post yesterday, I was referring mainly to the business if contacting business offline and creating websites for their needs. I haven't done it myself, but some enterprising web creators will even build a generic niche site for, say, a regional profession, rank it high in search, then offer it for sale or a monthly rental fee to local professionals. And, of course, there are website creators who simply build a niche site with Adsense or something to show income, then turn it around for a quick profit. There are sites that allow you to post such sites for sale.

Wade