GreyWolf
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- Aug 17, 2009
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Well stated hexalor....
Next time you want to tell lies a more realistic figure for pps is 2-10% and for a product at $30-$40 you're looking more at 2-5% realistically.
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Hell, I'd be ecstatic if I could finally get anything I do to consistently get my sales rates as high as 1%.
One of these days though... LOL
Even more than the inflated stats though is the steps make everything seem like there's no work involved. Niche research in step 1 might get easier with time. (I'm sure you have that down pretty good hex, but for me it's a bitch.) Step 2 and 3 are even harder for most people. I know that a lot of people can just pop out a couple ebooks everynight while they sleep, but for most of us that isn't the case. As everyone on here probably knows, I don't have a problem writing. But to just do some research to find a good niche, identify a need within that niche, then write an ebook to solve the need and do it well enough that it can be sold.... Now that's a whole different matter. People that can do it, do very well at IM, but for most of us it's not that easy.
It's a pretty decent thought out step by step guide. I'm sure if someone could follow all the steps they would probably have a good chance of success, but for me at least it's a lot harder than this guide suggests. I think going the affiliate route is a lot simpler for most of us. Unless your just one of those people that steps 1, 2, and 3 come natural for.
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And then as hexalor said those stats are unrealistic. In fact giving stats like that will give people that believe them unrealistic expectations. Inflate the income level if you feel the need, but it's really not fair to hype something like conversion rates. As soon as they really give it a go and find conversion rates of 2%, 1%, or even less they might think they aren't doing very good and get frustrated and feel like quitting when even if they can't tweak it to get a higher rate, all they need to do is work at getting more traffic to make more money.
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