Let's Talk - Where Are You With Your Online Business?

[Ryzon]

I am in the middle right now!

Have made a lot of progress, but still not satisified. I am seriously hoping for more.

[Matthew Scarlett]

Thins are looking up. A quick update (link below)

http://www.clicknewz.com/members/sho...1654#post61654

[davvesmith]

I am in SEO field since 2008 but I started to work separately in Internet marketing field from Nov 2010. I think I am satisfied with my performance as I am getting new projects and orders at regular interval of time. There are chances of much improvement but its ok....i am not in so much hurry

[murph]

I feel I am spinning my wheels! I have put a lot of work in but I am not getting results. I write articles and do videos but not getting traffic - any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

[Lynn Terry]

Welcome Murph

Feel free to start a new thread here in the forum, and we'll brainstorm with you! We can take a look at your articles, sites & videos and help you figure out the source of the problem.

[murph]

Apologies for this stupid question - but how do I go about starting the new thread and what information should I supply?

[angienewton]

Apologies for this stupid question - but how do I go about starting the new thread and what information should I supply?

No apologies needed. To start a new thread, you just need to go to the main forum and click on the orange button at the top that says +Post New Thread. You can start a new thread for any traffic or other questions you might have about your business.

Does that help?

[angienewton]

Welcome Michael,
Affiliate marketing is having your own business. It's just one model that you can use to build a business. As an affiliate marketer, you will basically advertise for others by promoting products to an audience in a certain niche. IF at some point you have your own product then people could become your affiliates and would then advertise for you.

You can see Lynn's Super Affiliate handbook review and also purchase it from that page if you so choose. It's best to get the digital version as you get free lifetime updates. I originally bought the hard bound book and don't get updates.

Hope this helps!

[angienewton]

Michael,
You would get paid by companies in a variety of ways (some pay you through Paypal, direct deposit or by mailing a check to you). All companies are different.

Are you by chance an affiliate for Amazon.com? Depending on what type of music site you have and what you want to promote they might have items you can sell. You would promote products through your site throughout your content. Product reviews work well. It just really depends on your site and what you're looking to promote.

I think the handbook that I linked to above will really help you. Lynn is also coming out with her 1st book in Aug. so that is something you'll want to get on the notification list for at the Affiliate Starter Guide.

Most affiliate programs will guide you on how to place affiliate links, etc.

[slbagley]

Lynn, Hello - just read your Social Media Woman interview - great read - actually, the magazine is an excellent resource. I took your poll, however, I think you left out one category - someone who is mapping out their plan, researching and close to building an online presence - not sure how you would categorize this level, nevertheless, I do have one question. Although I don't believe an online marketers job of researching a particular affiliate niche is ever completed - I have assembled what I consider a great starting point, i.e. product(s), keywords, LSI keywords, domain names, competitive landscape - what the searcher is looking for, etc, etc. - I am in the process of building my content. Now for the question - finally right :-) My market has multiple products (affiliate products) - is it better to select individual products, group similar products together, or build a blog/review resource that covers products that searchers are searching for regardless of the number of products - within reason, of course?