If you had it to do over again...
- Thread starter Casey101
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When you say "buying traffic" what exactly do you mean? I'm not asking you to give away your methods, but what type of traffic in general has clicked for you?
I've never ventured into paid traffic, though I've always been interested in it due to being massively scalable.
giftedwizard
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- Mar 2, 2011
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there no such thing as saturated niche. do and do till you earn
RobotDestruct
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- Apr 4, 2012
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Stick to one project, master it, THEN move on to the next project. For me, once I saw a bit of success with a project, I would then start another one - rinse wash repeat. Then, I caught myself having absolutely no personal life and not enough time to do a decent job in any of my projects. I almost ruined all of them because of that. If I would have stuck with my main one only, it would be a bigger success then where it's at now. (with the help of my best friend)
I would tell myself to continue on my first and original project, that it is the right choice and that I'll be extremely happy with it. Also, to quit buying unnecessary "seo toys".
I would tell myself to continue on my first and original project, that it is the right choice and that I'll be extremely happy with it. Also, to quit buying unnecessary "seo toys".
DeniX3
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- Oct 28, 2011
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I am a newbie in IM, but i earned xx,xxx€ for a few months in the telecommunication field.
My best advice is: Trust nobody, when money is involved!
Not your partner, not your girlfriend, not your wife. F...ing nobody!!!
Be sure you have some control if you work with somebody. Dont tell anyone how much money you make, just say: its enough to live with.
My best advice is: Trust nobody, when money is involved!
Not your partner, not your girlfriend, not your wife. F...ing nobody!!!
Be sure you have some control if you work with somebody. Dont tell anyone how much money you make, just say: its enough to live with.
BBKane
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- Oct 29, 2012
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I am still a beginner, but what I have learned so far:
? Spend less time trying to find a magic pill, choose a technique (Adsense, Affiliate, CPA, PPC) and give it some time. It is easy to give up when you see a noob friendly 100$ a day thread in here. Read it for motivation, but stick to your method.
If it doesen't work, find out where the problem lies. Do you get enough traffic? If not, why? Do you get traffic, but no conversions?
IM works, Adsense works, SEO works ? People make shitloads of money from it. Remember that!
? Be more specific in your research. Instead of researching how to make money, break down the problem and realize that you need: niche research, content generation, keyword research, social, video marketing, seo ? You name it. Read books on copy writing, and marketing in general. Read books on mangement, inspirational books like "Rich dad poor dad" etc.
Don't try to be best at everything. Are you a good writer? Outsource your SEO. Realize that time is money, and time spent on learning SEO could be spent on making great content, if you outsourced more. If you want to learn it, you can lern it of course, but you are not dependent on it the same way. You can learn the SEO at your own pace, and experiment a bit, while still getting traffic to your site and readers for your great content.
It takes money to make money. If you don't have money to invest, get a sidejob. You can get lots of decent gigs at Fiverr, or here.
The other way around, if your salescopy is shit, but you know your way around in SEO, outsource the writing. I am not a native speaker of English, but I know how to make websites. Therefore, I outsource some of the content generation, as it takes me too much time to proof read and structure my writing.
I learned this when working in an oil company. The oil company sell oil and manage the fields. They are not best at everything, they can't be? but they use hired guns, small specialized companies, to do cementing; drilling fluids; rig building; pipelines; seismic surveys ? They could probably do their own cementing, but put their time to better use on stuff they know, like marketing; sales and field development, and they know they will make profit. Do the same!
? Spend less time trying to find a magic pill, choose a technique (Adsense, Affiliate, CPA, PPC) and give it some time. It is easy to give up when you see a noob friendly 100$ a day thread in here. Read it for motivation, but stick to your method.
If it doesen't work, find out where the problem lies. Do you get enough traffic? If not, why? Do you get traffic, but no conversions?
IM works, Adsense works, SEO works ? People make shitloads of money from it. Remember that!
? Be more specific in your research. Instead of researching how to make money, break down the problem and realize that you need: niche research, content generation, keyword research, social, video marketing, seo ? You name it. Read books on copy writing, and marketing in general. Read books on mangement, inspirational books like "Rich dad poor dad" etc.
Don't try to be best at everything. Are you a good writer? Outsource your SEO. Realize that time is money, and time spent on learning SEO could be spent on making great content, if you outsourced more. If you want to learn it, you can lern it of course, but you are not dependent on it the same way. You can learn the SEO at your own pace, and experiment a bit, while still getting traffic to your site and readers for your great content.
It takes money to make money. If you don't have money to invest, get a sidejob. You can get lots of decent gigs at Fiverr, or here.
The other way around, if your salescopy is shit, but you know your way around in SEO, outsource the writing. I am not a native speaker of English, but I know how to make websites. Therefore, I outsource some of the content generation, as it takes me too much time to proof read and structure my writing.
I learned this when working in an oil company. The oil company sell oil and manage the fields. They are not best at everything, they can't be? but they use hired guns, small specialized companies, to do cementing; drilling fluids; rig building; pipelines; seismic surveys ? They could probably do their own cementing, but put their time to better use on stuff they know, like marketing; sales and field development, and they know they will make profit. Do the same!
I like many of the ideas in this thread especially about using your brain, not partnering, and outsourcing (if you have the money). I've been wasting time trying to create the perfect site and fixing plugin problems instead of focusing on marketing (although I'm economically challenged). I am now spending my time reading some valuable info on keyword research, market research and methods that make sense (ie. realistic). And then I TAKE ACTION using the Power of One (apply one method, tweak it and move on).
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bubbaranks
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- Jan 29, 2013
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Passwords, usernames, emails have been my downfall if I could start fresh I would be more organised with my accounts, I would make a file and keep all my information from day one in there. I have been locked out of hosting accounts, my websites, and numerous affiliate accounts in total I have probably lost a few thousand dollars from just my affiliate accounts.
Secondly I would try to stick to just one thing and really concentrate on it for a few months even now I find this hard to do, I get tempted too easy by reading what others are doing so I will go and try something new and forgetting about what I already had going.
Thirdly this is quite silly but I make a lot of CGI videos for YouTube monetization program videos such as Bigfoot, ghosts etc., and one video can take me a few days to make, but if I get negative comments I take it personal, and in the past I have been banned for retaliating.
Secondly I would try to stick to just one thing and really concentrate on it for a few months even now I find this hard to do, I get tempted too easy by reading what others are doing so I will go and try something new and forgetting about what I already had going.
Thirdly this is quite silly but I make a lot of CGI videos for YouTube monetization program videos such as Bigfoot, ghosts etc., and one video can take me a few days to make, but if I get negative comments I take it personal, and in the past I have been banned for retaliating.