I Still Haven't Made A Sale Yet....

[cjmo75]

What if I don't have a product?

Well, you have a few options. You can write one using your own research or knowledge. Your niche is MotoCross I'm assuming? There are many things you can talk about there. Bike repair, Racing techniques, How to buy a bike, etc.

I didn't look at your site yet so I'm not totally sure what your niche is all about, but you get the idea.

Next, you could pick up some PLR (private label rights) articles, edit and proofread them, and compile them into a 15-20 page ebook. You can get great packs of PLR on almost any topic at sites like Tradebit or Payloadz very cheap.

Third, you could buy a PLR ebook already all done and change it around a bit and put your name and links in it.

Fourth, you could hire a ghostwriter to write the ebook for you using the many freelancer for hire sites on the net.

It seems you have a lot of knowledge about your niche, so you should just write it yourself.

As for creating the squeeze page and sales page, all you have to do is buy a pack of templates and edit them to fit your needs. Again, Tradebit is a good place to find these. You can even do a Google search and probably get some free ones. Or, you could set up a free blog and just make it one post in sales page fashion. This way, you could even put an opt-in form on it to capture some leads.

You'll also need an ecover graphic for your ebook. I use Fiverr. That's where you can hire someone for $5 to do a "Gig". In this case, create an ebook cover. I get all of mine done there., and they all come out good. I can recommend the person I use to you if you shoot me a PM. It's a great deal for $5.

Hope this helps.

[tomstark]

Thanks, I'll talk it over with my bro to see if he can help. I just don't know exactly how to go about this kind of thing and do it. Once I figure out how to do something then it's a lot easier.

[cjmo75]

Thanks, I'll talk it over with my bro to see if he can help. I just don't know exactly how to go about this kind of thing and do it. Once I figure out how to do something then it's a lot easier.

Well, there are a lot of ecourses out there on product creation. I can recommend you a few god ones if you like. They'll show you how to go about everything from creation to distribution.

[tomstark]

When you say product, does that mean it can actually be an ebook? Because I do have a 27-page ebook on motocross riding techniques. I just haven't put time into advertising it.

[cjmo75]

When you say product, does that mean it can actually be an ebook? Because I do have a 27-page ebook on motocross riding techniques. I just haven't put time into advertising it.

Right, an ebook is considered a product. It could also be a video series or a series of informational articles.

I always include a squeeze page and instruct people that I give the product to to give it away to others. This will give you a viral effect.

[tomstark]

Ok, well it's all still a little confusing to me, but I'm sure it will get better once I started doing things.

[cjmo75]

Ok, well it's all still a little confusing to me, but I'm sure it will get better once I started doing things.

After your first one, you'll get the kinks out and it will get easier from there, believe me.

[cjmo75]

Tom-

You have a great looking site!

An average of 100+ unique visitors a day is nothing to sneeze at!

I would have a hard time believing you will go much longer without a sale, plus more sales after that!

I can tell you have put alot of work into this! You are almost there, don't give up!

I have noticed a couple things that might help you:

Like the people who commented above, your site does seem to be missing a call to action, and a very easy way to take that action! What do you want the people that visit your site to do? Buy something, right? Well, I would make it alot easier to buy something, and then tell your visitors to do just that, buy something! When I went to your site, it took me quite awhile to even figure out how to buy something! I'm no genius, but if I had this problem when I was looking for a way to buy something, your visitors are probably not instinctively buying, like you want them to be doing!

Also, I am a huge fan of building a MAILING LIST! Again, one of the people that commented above suggested offering a free gift to people that sign up for your newsletter! I think that is the single BEST thing you could possibly do to improve sales! Based on my own experience, people very rarely buy something on their very first visit to a website! You have to allow them to get to know you, like you, and trust you, before they will buy from you! By far, the best way I know of to do that is to build your mailing list! Why would someone sign up to your mailing list? Sure, they get a free weekly newsletter, but I would suggest really giving them an incentive to sign up for your newsletter by giving the people that sign up a free gift! Then market to your mailing list! Include affiliate links in your newsletter, with a call to action! Send out broadcast emails, and tell them why they should click on the link in your email! How will it benefit them?

That, and make it much easier to buy from your website! Treat your visitors like 4th graders! Assume they don't know what to do! You have to tell them what to do, and why they should do it! How will it benefit them? Example: "Enter your name and email address here to get your free gift!" or "Click here for more details" etc. etc.

You have a very nice looking site! Very easy on the eyes! And you have come way to far to give up on it now! You are so close to your first sale that even I can taste it for you!

Keep us updated! When you do make your first sale (I have a feeling it won't be long), let us know!

I hope our advice helps you! But, in order for our advice to help you, you have to decide which advice (if any) you want to implement into your own business, and then actually DO IT!

Good luck!

Stay in touch!

Matthew Zinda

As I said earlier, it's all about the numbers. Most products covert at 1%. That means that you would need 100 clicks to your affiliate link to generate 1 sale. at an average click through rate of 15%, you would need 1500 visitors to get 100 affiliate link clicks. If you are getting 100 visitors every day, you should average at least 2 sales per month.

Do everything in your power to get as much targeted traffic as you can. The best way to do that is to build backlinks using article marketing and raise your site higher up in the search engines for busy keywords. If you can get your site on page 1 of Google, you'll start getting a ton of targeted traffic, and that's what really makes sales.

[tomstark]

Yeah, I was doing that a lot earlier in the year/summer when I had more free time, and just recently started doing it again. I have several keywords ranking top 10 in google. Over 70% of my traffic is from search engines.

Also, I just got offered an advertising opportunity. Someone wants to advertise motorcycle insurance on my site, but I've never dealt with this before. They want to put an ad in the sidebar of my homepage only. Is it possible to only have an ad on the homepage? If so, how? Also, they asked how much I would charge for 6 months of advertisement, but I don't have a good idea on what's fair. My brother suggested around $20/month... Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[deniseoberry]

An ad on your home page? I'd say somewhere in the neighborhood of $150 - $250 per month minimum. Paid in advance.