One Way to Start Making Money on the Internet Right Away

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I was asked recently about how to start making money right away on the Internet. The guy’s skill is writing and he loves to write, but he lacks credibility because he’s new on the internet marketing scene.

I suggested ghostwriting for several reasons:

1. It’s a service he can do and get paid for immediately. The more he works, the more he gets paid.

2. He’ll actually learn about internet marketing while getting paid because much of what he’ll be asked to write will have to do with different aspects of internet marketing.

3. There is always a huge demand for good ghostwriters and he should have more than enough work to keep him constantly busy and then more after that.

Ghostwriting may not be where he wants to stay because eventually, if he’s caught the IM bug, he’ll want to leverage his time to make lots more money. He may get tired of doing a direct trade of time for money. Then instead of writing for others he might start creating his own products. By that time, he’ll understand the IM world a lot better, he’ll know how to create products (having ghostwritten quite a few already) and he’ll have established some key relationships with other marketers that will help his career.

Another arena he could go into once he’s established as a ghostwriter is to write sales copy. If he becomes good at that, he could command some serious top dollars. IMHO, copywriting is something you have to learn and work at and build up your clientele and your reputation, so it’s harder to get some money flowing into the coffers right out of the gate.

Back to the ghostwriting idea…

If you go into the Warriors for Hire section of the Warrior Forum, you can see that many of the ghostwriters end up closing their posts because they get more requests for work than they can handle. In fact, the customers sound kind of desperate. This could be a good place to start if you are a new ghostwriter to build your credibility. You need customers to try your services out and tell everyone how good you are. These testimonials are gold.

If you’re interested in becoming a ghostwriter, Jason Fladlien has a product on it (not an affiliate link.) When I first got it, it was a good report. Now he’s added videos on subjects like how to get more customers than you can handle, how to get top dollar fees, how to write faster, and more.

There are certainly other ways to start making money on the Internet and most of them involve trading time for money, that is, offering a service.

What I Did On My Summer Vacation

What I Did On My Summer Vacation - Do you remember having to write a paper on that when you returned to school? Makes me shudder just thinking about it. My kids start back to school in 13 days. No, I’m not counting the minutes, well… maybe just a little, sometimes.

We did go to Washington State to visit family. I’ve included a few pictures here.

My First Podcast

Doug Champigny nudged me to get onboard with the podcasting thing so I promised I would.

Here ya go, my first podcast…

Podcast about Doug Champigny

and here’s the link I told you about in the podcast:

ArticleMarketing

So how’d I do? 

Tips, suggestions? (Other than get a new voice)

Guest Blog Post on John Thornhill’s Blog

 

I nearly forgot to mention that I did a guest blog post on John Thornhill’s blog the other day.
The title is Mistakes Made When Using PLR.

Please do run over there and read it.  I tried to give lots of meaty content.
And don’t forget to leave a comment! 

Thanks,
Peggy

One Email Marketing Tactic Learned, More Money Earned

Here’s another lesson learned or insight discovered.  Maybe this should be added on to my last post, but it seems easier to just make it a new post.

Here it is:

It’s okay to send a reminder to my list.

In fact, it’s a great idea.

One reminder is not bugging them, it’s reminding them, and it’s helpful.

I make more sales of my product with the reminder email than I do with the initial email.

That’s it.  Not earth-shattering or anything, just the next level of marketing awareness for me.

Okay, this is not a new concept, but one I was afraid to try because I didn’t want to come across as pushy and annoy people.  But then I saw behind the scenes how well it worked when an affiliate who was promoting one of my products sent a second email about the product to his list.  He didn’t even use a scarcity tactic… just a friendly reminder.  He made quite a few sales the first time around, but really took it to the bank with the second email.

I may be a little thickheaded sometimes, but I got it!

So I tried it and it worked great for me too.

Do you send a reminder to your list? How is it working for you?