Archive for July, 2008
The Complete Guide to Product Creation: Review
Posted on July 31, 2008, under Product Reviews.
Yesterday I wrote about the advantages of creating your own product instead of being just an affiliate marketer. If you are considering doing so I could offer no better place to start than this guide by Justin Michie and Steven Wagenheim.
These guys have put together an exhaustive guide to putting together your own product. They tell you:
- how to create your product quickly
- how to identify what niche to create your product for
- ways to increase the value of your product
- how to targeted traffic to your product page
These guys should know how to do it. I have personally bought several of their products, and they are always of the highest quality. Both of these guys are speaking from experience, when they talk about product creation.
If you’re interested in going the product creation route, and I think you should be(!), then this guide is where you need to start. It will save you tons of time in research, and headaches later on!
Great food for thought
Posted on July 30, 2008, under Outsourcing.
When you’re thinking about ways to earn extra money, you should always think about what your time is worth. I discovered this blog not too long ago, and there’s a great post up today and thinking through what your time is worth, and how it might be best to use it.
Create Your Own Product. Earn Extra Money.
Posted on July 30, 2008, under Easy Extra Money Ideas.
Many people, including myself, earn extra money by being an affiliate marketer. That means, they promote in some way a certain product, and if someone buys it through their special link then they get a percentage of the selling price of the product. It’s not a bad deal. You don’t have to worry with customer service, and you can kind of walk away at anytime. However, it does have its disadvantages.
First, you have to constantly be finding new customers. Once a person leaves your site, you have no way of offering them the product you’re promoting again. You have to constantly get new people to your site.
Second, you are at the mercy of the product owner. If they change their offer, remove their product, or change their commission structure, there is nothing you can do about it.
One way to get around the problems of being an affiliate marketer is to create your own products to sale. Of course, you don’t actually have to create them yourself, you could:
- hire a ghostwriter or programmer from a freelance site
- purchase master resale rights to a product and sale it as your own
- convert private label rights material into a stand a lone product
By selling your own product you can keep all the money, and you can promote backend offers to your customer list. You know they’re interested in buying, because they’ve already done so!
Creating, or having someone else create, your product can seem like a pretty daunting task. There are many people who have gone before you on this endeavor, so don’t feel like you have to go at it alone.
Have you created your own product? How was the experience? What advice would you offer new product creators? What questions do you have about product creation? Let’s talk about it in the commends below.
Simple Cash Blog: Review
Posted on July 29, 2008, under Easy Extra Money Ideas, Product Reviews.
I don’t make a living online, so I’m always looking for simple ways to earn extra money. I can’t spend all day everyday writing, building websites, tracking stats, etc. There is the option to outsource all of those things, but I’m not to the point yet where I can make that kind of investment. Soon though….
In the meantime I find ways that I do have the time for on the Simple Cash Blog. This site is managed by the Rhodes Brothers. These guys are great. They think outside the box and come up with the simple ways of doing things, especially making money. I picked up a couple of their reports before I ever joined their blog. Everything they wrote, I clicked with, and so I decided to go ahead and join their site. Boy, do I not regret it.
On top of the incredible posts they make to their blog there are three huge benefits.
- Membership Forum: The forum is filled with people who are trying to earn extra money online as well. They all come there to discuss their projects, what they’ve found helpful, and offer advice to others. From time to time, they even post their products for free so that you can benefit from them without having to buy them.
- Resell Rights: The Rhodes brothers often put their blog entries into a PDF format and allow members to resell them, or even give them away. That’s where I got the blogging guide that I’m giving away. There are literally dozens of those reports that you can sell yourself, easily making the money that you spend on your membership back.
- Huge Discounts: You get huge discounts on all of the Rhodes Brothers products, including their other membership sites like The Marketing Minesweeper, The Simple PLR Club, PLR Newsletters and more. These are significant discounts!
There’s so much good, actionable plans for earning extra money online in this site that you’ll have enough to do for months, if not years, to come. Theck out the Simple Cash Blog now. Trust me, you won’t regret it.
Like to Write? Earn Extra Money.
Posted on July 28, 2008, under Earn Money Writing, Easy Extra Money Ideas.
No matter what you choose to do to earn extra money, the reality is that it is most likely going to require you to know how to write. So, if you are an especially talented writer, it might be that you are able to earn the extra money you need, by writing for others who already have businesses of their own. You can keep yourself busy writing for marketers, product creators, advertisers, bloggers, etc. For people who love to write, it can be a dream come true. I have described some opportunities available to writers below.
Write Articles
Many people making money online do so by promoting their products through article marketing. They are in constant need of unique, quality content. If you can write a 300-400 word article, on a wide range of subjects, you can keep yourself busy, and can charge upwards of $10/article. One of the best places to make money writing articles is by running a Warrior Special Offer (WSO) on the Warrior Forum. That means that you make a post, saying you will write articles for whatever price you want. If you’re new to article writing, and want to churn them out fast, there is no better help than this report. Running a WSO isn’t rocket science, but you can find some helpful hints here.
Technical Writing
If you are good at explaining complicated subjects, there are a wide range of opportunities available to you. Companies are looking for people to write instruction manuals on all of the latest gadgets. Bob Bly is a bit of a copywriting expert. He has a complete guide to technical writing available. You can see all that he has available here.
PLR Publishing
Similar to writing articles, this method gives you the opportunity to multiply your profits quickly. Private Label Rights (PLR) means that the person who uses the material you write and can claim authorship, and edit it however they see fit. This means you can write one article and sell it to several people! You can sell your PLR on the Warrior Forum. This guy has a nice income stream selling PLR.
Freelance Writing
I guess all of these previous methods are basically freelance writing. However, if you know how to market yourself, you’ll have people and companies, coming to you to do their writing. Again, Bob Bly has a guide for getting into this huge, and incredibly lucrative market.
Be Lazy. Earn Extra Money.
Posted on July 27, 2008, under Affiliate Marketing.
When I first got into earning extra money online, I was looking for an easy way. I was working, married, had a little girl, and was finishing up my master’s degree. Obviously I didn’t have time to devote hours to anything else, especially not this “silly little internet thing.” As I looked around, there was one guide that kept coming up over and over in my searches. I read review after review, and every one of them said that it was well worth the price. I know it’s hard to believe everything you read, but after I saw some of the big names in the business who were recommending it, I knew it had to be worth the price. Boy was it ever.
So far, I’ve built one site following the steps laid out in this guide, and it continues to pay off. I’m not making thousands of dollars a month off of it, but I’m getting close, and the site is only a few months old. If you’re looking for a way to earn extra money, and you’re not able to put dozens of hours a week into it, then I highly recommend this guide.
Make Review Sites. Earn Extra Money
Posted on July 26, 2008, under Affiliate Marketing, Easy Extra Money Ideas.
I don’t know about you, but I do a lot of shopping online. If I can order it from Amazon, and have it shipped to my house in two days (Amazon Prime :-p) then I’m going to do it. I hate going out to Wal-Mart, Best Buy or wherever and fighting for a parking space, dealing with sales people and then checking out. If it can be
bought online, I buy it.
Right before I buy most things of any significance, I do research online trying to find the best product in whatever category I’m looking for. If it’s a TV, I search for reviews on big screen televisions. If a site has the reviews I’m looking for, and if it makes it pretty clear which one is the best, then I’m gonna buy.
I’ll bet you do the same thing, and if you look at the search engine data, millions of other people do the exact same thing. Offering reviews of products is a great way to capture people’s attention right before they buy, and if they read your review, and click on your link, right before they buy, then you get paid!
This isn’t really anything new, so there’s tons of competition out there. There are thousands of websites doing this very thing. So if you wanted to do this, how can you get your site noticed?
Check out this report, and all your questions will be answered!
P.S. I wish I could give away the secrets in that report for free, but I can’t. Trust me though, they’re worth the measley few bucks the report costs.
Had success with this method or something similar. Tell me about it in the comments!
Take Photos. Earn Extra Money.
Posted on July 25, 2008, under Sell Photos Online.
Are you a photographer? I’m not talking about taking snapshots of your kids while they open their birthday presents. I’m talking about taking pictures of landscapes, cityscapes, people, animals, objects, etc. Well, if you are, there’s a good chance you can make extra money selling those photos, and it’s easier than ever to sell your photos online.
Helpful Tips:
- Make sure your photo is free of digital noise. The more crisp, and clear the photo, the better.
- Dont’ bother submitting your snapshots. If you’re not submitting quality photographs then don’t bother. Remember, photos that sell are the types of photos you see in magazines, and other professional publications.
- Watch out for logos and other copyrighted material. Make sure that nothing copyrighted ends up in your picture.
Recommended Stock Agencies:
Of course there are many others, but that should be enough to get you started. Don’t forget to read all of the fine print when you submit your photos. Each agency has their own pros and cons, and rules. Some even require that you only submit your photos to them!
If you really think this is for you then I would highly recommend checking out this guide. It’s got all you need to know in it, including:
- How to make sure you’re getting the best price for your photos
- How to get paid for taking pictures of cars
- How to turn your photos into screen-savers, and other money-making products
- And more!
If you’ve had success in this area I’d love to hear about it. Share it with us in the comments section below!
Multiply Success. Earn Extra Money.
Posted on July 25, 2008, under Free Information.
While trying to earn extra money, you’ve got to do two things well.
- Focus
- Work Smart
I personally have trouble with the first one. I get easily distracted by my next idea. I have lots…but I definitely don’t have time to do them all. I struggle with the discipline to stay focused. I found this new video that speaks directly to that “problem” and actually makes it sound like it might be a good thing. Check it out!
How To Earn Extra Money Through Your Pets
Posted on July 24, 2008, under Easy Extra Money Ideas, Free Information.
My pets have always been good for nothing to costing me money. Who knew you could earn extra money with your pets? Who knew?