The Truth About Paid Online Survey Sites
I have been experimenting for a couple years now the many different ways to make money online. It seems every year more and more people are learning about the endless opportunities there are to make extra money on the internet from the comfort of your home. Making some extra money from paid online surveys is still a very popular method. Why? Just about anyone can join a survey site no matter your experience and there will always be a need for consumer opinions from companies.
Online paid surveys was the very first way I tried to make some extra money online when I was a beginner to making money on the internet. But since joining my first paid online survey site, which was survey scout btw. I’ve learned a thing or two on what to look for before you join any paid survey site. The main thing I quickly realized after trying out many of them is that not all paid online survey sites are equal. Make sure you always read the fine print, some sites are misleading.
What to check for before you join a Paid Online Survey Site
- do they charge a membership fee just to join
- the minimum amount before payout
- the different opportunities they offer to make money other than just surveys
- how stable the site is, nothing’s worse than a “fly by night” company
- if they have a referral program and how much they pay
- do they have a 2nd tier referral program
- do they offer bonuses
- have a forum
- is their proof that their members make money
Since I’m an affiliate marketer now, there’s many ways for me to make money online, so really I don’t spend to much time with survey sites anymore. And I don’t like steering people in the wrong direction either, so I don’t promote survey sites that charge a membership fee which could make me some decent money. I just wanted to be upfront with you before I gave you my opinions and reasoning why CashCrate is the only paid online survey site that I am a member of and recommend.
Why You Should Checkout CashCrate
- FREE to join and free membership
- minimum payout is only $20
- endless opportunities to make money from major companies, shopping, surveys, trying out different offers, and more…
- Cashcrate has been around since 2006 and is one of the most popular sites on the web
- Top of the line Referral Program starts at 20% and increases upto 30% PLUS a $1.00 when they completer their first offer
- 2nd tier referral program starts at 10% increases to 20%
- Cash Crate offers more bonuses than any other program I’ve seen
- really helpful forum to answer questions and gives many tips to make more money
- one of the few sites that has a payment wall for members to showoff their real checks
Click here to learn more about CashCrate. Their site is really easy to navigate and has a really simple and quick signup process.
Here’s a picture of my biggest check from CashCrate. They’ve never been late with a payment and have options for how you get paid. Sorry the picture is kind of poor quality, it was done with my phone cam, but you can tell it’s legit. If you look close you can see the water marks and company address. The total amount is $724.29, which I made in one month. I believe that was my second check and I was heavily promoting. Also, that month they were giving an extra bonus for any referrals we made.
How to make money with CashCrate
I wanted to give some pointers on making more money with Cash Crate. First off, join and tryout any of the offers you would be interested in. Cashcrate actually gives you money just for trying out new offers from many major companies. I joined a few offers that I was going to join anyways and made a little money. Some of them pay pretty well, while others only pay like 50 cents for joining.
The other way I make money from Cashcrate is participate in any of the surveys or other opportunities that you maybe interested in. I did a few, but I’m not to interested in that sort of thing, so I really didn’t do much. But everyone’s different, you might enjoy or make decent money by some of those methods.
One of the main ways I made extra money with Cashcrate is by their referral program. A referral is getting others to join Cash Crate via your unique url which they will give you once you join. Anyone you refer to Cashcrate, you’ll make up to 30% of their earnings plus a $1 when they complete their first offer. And anyone they refer, you can make up to 20% of their earnings. This is a continuous flow of passive money, just start referring and you’ll see your earnings rise rapidly.
Getting referrals isn’t to hard at all. I mean think about it, paid online surveys are more popular than ever and Cashcrate is totally FREE to join with more opportunities than any other survey site. When I was putting some decent effort into promoting Cash Crate (like when I first joined) I was getting a lot of referrals and now just passively promoting, I still make a little money everyday. Plus, once your a member, you’ll get plenty of resources and tips on getting more referrals.
Tips on Getting Referrals for CashCrate
- join internet marketing forums and the Cashcrate forum, then leave a link in your signature for Cashcrate
- social media sites, Twitter, Facebook and etc… spread the word
- creating a cashcrate blog and putting your banners up and writing a review on Cash Crate, there’s a ton of places to make a free website or blog
- leveraging anything you have or do that could bring in more referrals like websites, a list, groups of people you know or lead, and etc… then give them your referral link to check cashcrate out
- any means of getting traffic and visitors to your unique cashcrate link, banners or CashCrate sites
- think outside the box and be creative about how to get more Cash Crate referrals
- checkout the resources and tips Cash Crate will have for you once your a member for getting more referrals
You probably won’t be able to make a full time income with CashCrate, but you can definitely make some decent extra money from home. Cash Crate is a great way for beginners and experienced to create a passive income stream. If you really get involved with Cashcrate, put in a lot of effort and be creative, then the sky’s the limit.
Can You Make Money Online in a Recession?
I’ll be honest, when the recession first hit us pretty hard a few years ago. I really was wondering what impact it would have on the internet and for internet marketers. I personally thought the internet would lose popularity and the seasoned pros in the internet marketing world would totally dominate the web. Any scraps that were left, would be fought over by everyone else. The outlook didn’t look to promising for a newbie internet marketer like myself, or anyone else without a high skill level online. Instead the opposite happened. The internet marketing world is still thriving, and many more people including myself started making money online from home.
Why is this?
It actually made a lot of sense. Many people started losing jobs. I’m sure you know some people the recession has affected, and prices started to rise for just about everything. Which gave people more stress, free time, boredom and etc. but what does that lead to? More people being home and depending on their electronics more than ever. Like their televisions, but more importantly their computers and internet. Whether it’s for entertainment or social purposes, to make a little money or to find a new job. People are still finding ways to get online and use the internet.
According to a article in the U.S. News that I thought was quite interesting, titled 10 things we can’t live without, nearly half of the things were either internet or computer related. It even included a story about a girl named Brianna Karp, who was homeless and started a blog called The Girl’s Guide to Homelessness. The blog attracted attention, helped land her a part-time magazine internship, which lead to an offer to write a book about her story. There’s a chance it may even get turned into a movie. I bet she never was expecting all that, while homeless and writing in a blog just to share her experience.
It’s sometimes frustrating when I see all these shows on television that are on the effects of the recession. I see all of these intelligent go-getters who are going bankrupt and losing their homes. Like one show that I saw bits and pieces of. It was about young business owners who were struggling to make enough money to pay their bills, let alone keep their business alive. Some of these people were going to extreme measures just to make a single dollar. Many of them were even selling all of their most prized possessions for pennies on the dollar.
It made me think, if only they knew about internet marketing and all the endless possibilities the internet has to offer to make real money online. With their intelligence and motivation, they should be able to find some sort of income on the internet rather quickly.
In conclusion, there is no better time to make real money online then right now, despite the recession. Many people, including myself are making money online, or starting their own online business during the recession that has hit us in the 21st century. Though, you may have to evolve and adapt to the current economy to succeed online.
How to Make Real Money Online Blogging
Ever since the 21st century, blogging has become more popular than ever. There are many reasons for blogging. Like sharing your interests and knowledge, promoting a business, networking and etc… But probably the main reason many people blog today is to make some money online from their very own blog. Seriously, what’s cooler than being able to blog about something you have a interest in, while in the comfort of your home, and making money online from what you write about.
However, the cold hard facts is the average blogger will probably never make any money online from their blog. Why is this? I don’t believe it’s because they aren’t internet or computer savvy. I and many other bloggers I know that make money online had little or no online skills. I believe just about anyone can make money online from a blog but they are lacking a few things.
Here are 5 key things that can help you to make real money from your blog.
Amount of traffic – This is usually every bloggers goal to get as much traffic as possible. Without an audience, then there’s probably no reason to blog at all. Most experts will tell you that you need targeted traffic or certain type of traffic. Which isn’t a bad idea, but there are many ways to get paid from advertisers who are more interested in the numbers of your daily traffic count than anything else. Selling ad space is a very popular way for bloggers to make money. The more traffic, usually the more you can charge to place a add on your blog.
Demographics – This is where you need to think about what kind of traffic you are trying to get to your blog. Who are you trying to make money from and who is your target audience? If you have a blog about cats, then your demographics would be people who are into cats.
Also, lot of new bloggers especially in the “make money online” niche, try getting traffic from others who are already bloggers or internet marketers. But the problem is that they are probably just like you. They are just trying to make money from their sites and blogs as well. Usually they aren’t coming to your blog to make a purchase.
You would have a better chance of making money by getting traffic from the search engines that land on your “money pages“, from others who are either new to blogging or want to start a blog.
Internet marketing skills – If you have the internet marketing skills, then it’s pretty easy to make money with your blog. A good internet marketer knows what kind and where to get targeted traffic to their blog. They acquire and master the skills to write valuable content, presell and influence their visitors.
An experienced internet marketer knows how to adapt and think out of the box. Internet marketers may make money from their blog by creating a list, selling their own product, affiliate marketing, selling ad space, cpa offers or with CPC programs like Adsense. The internet is a playground for a highly skilled internet marketer. If you checkout many of the top bloggers, you’ll find that they were internet marketers before they were a blogger.
What you blog about – Are you blogging about a good topic or niche for you to make money from? Do you have enough information, experience, passion and knowledge to continue blogging about your topic? Many people including myself start a blog and then soon realize it isn’t heading in the right direction for what it was originally created for. If your goal is to make money from a blog, then you should really spend some time thinking about if you have the proper knowledge, skills and you are blogging about a topic that you will be able to easily monetize and actually make money from.
Putting in the effort – This is one of the most common reasons for bloggers to not make any money online. Actually putting in the work and effort publishing posts, networking, creating a blog community, promoting, SEO and etc…. on a regular basis is a lot easier said than done. But is required if you want to make a stable income from your blog.
I’ve learned that if you aren’t making money from your blog, then you are lacking in at least one of these key things mentioned above. Just about any average person can make money from blogging. But if you are approaching it all wrong, then you probably won’t make a cent and eventually give up. Don’t get me wrong, there are many reasons to blog other than making money from it. But this post was totally about how bloggers can actually make real money from their blog. Also, would you actually continue blogging long term if you never benefited financially in anyway, shape or form?
Make Money Online Creating Mini Niche Sites with WordPress
Today I want to share with you a pretty basic way on how to make money online creating mini niche sites with wordpress.org. Some of my most profitable sites were created using these same exact methods. Checkout this article if you need more information about what WordPress is.
This is a great way for anyone new to internet or affiliate marketing to make their first dollar. After a little experience, you could easily produce a few of these mini niche sites per day and make quite a bit of extra money at home!
I like using WordPress for mini niche blogs because it’s a simple, yet effective way to make quick landing pages that look professional and they rank well in the search engines. If you’re already using WP to blog then why not make some extra money by spending a little time every week creating a mini niche site. Unless you’re already a successful blogger, these mini niche sites will probably end up bringing you more money than you’re blog does, easily.
Let’s get started…….
I’m not going into details or anything like that, I’m going to quickly go over the basic procedures. If you need some extra help, or don’t fully understand everything I’m talking about, then checkout some of my “popular posts” on the sidebar to the right or leave a comment.
1. Find a good affiliate product or service that pays out pretty well. I’ve found that clickbank products do quite well, but actually just about any good affiliate offer can work well too.
2. Look for a good domain name that’s relevant to your affiliate offer you chose. Also, choose a name that will help it to rank well in the serp’s.
3. After your domain has properly propagated over, install WP onto it. Should be as easy as a few clicks through your control panel. Depends on which hosting you have.
4. It’s time to find and install a relevant WordPress theme. I have a ton of premium themes but I also use the FREE Wp themes as well. Just depends on the affiliate product I am creating a niche site for. You may want to checkout this affiliate theme, which allows you to quickly and easily create just about any niche site using WP.
5. There are many different formats that you can use to make your niche site. I prefer the review style because it’s quick, simple and converts quite easily. Now there are two different types of review styles that are best. The “single review style” where you do a review and only write about the affiliate product you chose. Show the value of the product and the benefits for purchasing the product or service. Actually owning or purchasing the service or product first will make your review more believable and convert better, but not absolutely necessary.
Then there’s the “multiple comparison review style”. This is where you would choose usually 3 affiliate products that are all similar. Let’s say you are using a health niche, choose 3 products that help people lose weight. You do a little review and show the value of all three usually in a ordered list from #1 being the best product and the product you actually want them to purchase. All the way down to the #3, last product. This style allows your visitors to compare similar products and gives you a higher chance of making a sale. Trust me, it works!
Other than writing compelling content that presells your affiliate offer, it helps to add any relevant visuals. Like videos, images, background theme, header image and even banners from your affiliate product.
Another thing many affiliates like to add is a “optin-form” (giving your visitors something FREE if they sign-up like any relevant ebook or report will increase sign-ups) this will allow you to stay in contact with them and hopefully make a purchase with you later on.
6. Now it’s time to get traffic to your WP niche site that you just created. Here’s a plus for this type of site, you can get organic traffic to it via the search engines, bookmarking on social media sites, blog commenting and articles. Also, these type of “mini niche sites” can do well for Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising for certain keywords. Google Adwords is my favorite ppc program.
TIPS – the more value and insight you provide, the better. Also, don’t make your niche site look like a sales pitch. The more natural (meaning not just trying to make a sale thru your affiliate link) it looks to the reader, the better it will convert.
If you’re a internet or affiliate marketer already, you probably made dozens of these niche sites using WordPress. But for the new bloggers who use WP already, but never made a mini niche site, should definitely give this a try and you should be able to make some extra money on the side. I’ve found creating and marketing these type of sites can help sharpen your internet marketing skills, which you can also implement on your blogs.
How to Make Money on the Internet with Google Adsense
There are several ways to make money at home just by using your computer in your spare time. In this post I am going to show you how to make money on the internet with google Adsense, one of the more popular programs to make money online with.
Google Adsense is considered a Cost Per Click (CPC) Program, which is great because you don’t need to sell anything and is FREE to join. You make a small amount of money whenever someone clicks on your adds. The Adsense adds will usually always have a “ads by Google” right next to them. You’ve probably seen them before on other websites and blogs. Most people probably won’t make much at first, but once you get some experience and traffic, then you can make a decent income. You don’t want to get banned from Google Adsense, which happens to many people. DO NOT Click your own ads, this will get you banned.
What you’ll need to make money online with Google Adsense
All you really need is a website or blog and a adsense account. If you don’t have a site yet, you can create a FREE hosted blog or website here. The best choice would be to create your very own website and become a bona fide internet marketer or business owner. The more content you have the better, but not absolutely necessary.
For those who don’t have any content yet, go here what to write about in a blog and learn to create KILLER content.
Once you have a Adsense account you’ll be able to create your add and change the format however you want. Once you’ve made your add, copy and paste the coding into your site. The Google adds will will change automatically to be relevant to your website’s content. Without content, then Google will have to guess.
Adsense Tips
I just wanted to add if anyone is new to adsense or just want to learn more about it I found this really cool site that had several FREE Adsense Ebooks for you to read.
Experiment and test different options when creating and placing your adsense adds onto your website. The more you blend your adds into your site the better. You want to place the adds wherever it may help someone find something they are looking for.
The amount you make per click may decrease if you have a low page click thru rate. I believe it goes by per site and not by per account.
Adsense works really well with certain type of sites and niches, while it may produce lousy results on others. This is something you’ll have to test and see how it works for you. Also, every niche and add could be worth different amount of money per click. Some as low as a 1 penny all the way to 100 dollars per click.
Some people make websites and blogs specifically for monetizing with adsense. If you are using wordpress there are a ton of different adsense themes and plugins to help you create what you want really easily. Checkout some other established websites and blogs and see how they use adsense adds.
Websites that get mostly search engine traffic do well with Google Adsense. You will need at least a 1000 unique visitors a day to make good money with adsense. I am just being real with you. I think it’s best to mix a combination of different ways to monetize your website. Not just solely relying on Google adsense.
This was just one of the ways I’m showing you on how to make money online with Google Adsense. Make sure you read all of Google’s guidelines before you try to make money with their programs. If you have any tips or suggestions, then please share.
10 Proven Ways to Make Money Online – Beginner to Advanced
The 21st Century has opened the Doors Wide Open for entrepreneurs and marketers alike to make nice incomes from the comfort of their homes, online. But what about for the rest of the world who aren’t computer savvy?
With the widespread of internet users growing each year there never has been a better time to Earn Money Online and make money on the internet even without any Prior Training or Experience.
There are so many reasons why Making Money Online is becoming so ever popular from all walks of life. But mostly, it gives just about anyone a shot at becoming their own boss, making a nice side income, becoming a public figure, more free time, financial freedom or practically whatever you want to achieve from it.
If you have a little ambition, work ethic and imagination then you just may soon join the millions who already make money at home online.
I listed ten ways to make money on the computer by skill level 1 being the easiest and 10 the hardest
1. Online Surveys and Data Entry – This is probably one of the easiest and fastest ways to make some extra side income on the computer. Pretty much you’ll take surveys for companies, preview and try new products, shop, give opinions in focus groups and do data entry. Some people are making good money doing this but most just supplement their incomes with this method. CashCrate is (100% FREE to join) and quite easy to make money from, and here are two other similar places you may want to checkout as well Global Data Entry and Survey Scout, which charge a small amount for membership. All three companies provide you training, and all the resources you need to get started.
2. Writer – One thing all internet companies and marketers need is content. With the internet booming, makes it easy for writers (beginner – expert) to make easy money on the internet. Almost everyone with a established blog or website hires someone to help or write all their content.
Including; writing articles, press releases, content for their sites and etc…. You can also earn money online by writing for hubpages , eHow and squidoo. It’s really Simple, FREE, and Fun to do. All you do is write articles and get paid a small percentage from ads they put on them. If you were interested in freelance writing checkout these places Freelancewriting, digitalpoint and put up a ad or reply to one.
3. Google Adsense – Have you ever wondered what all those ads on some websites are or come from? You’ll usually see a “ads by Google” near them. You make money by placing these ads on your site or blog and when people click on them you will make a small amount for every click. All they need to do is click on them. NEVER click your own ads, you will be banned for life from Google. It’s really easy to start up.
If you are new to this then go here to pick a place to make a FREE website or blog and then join here Google Adsense, FREE to join as well, then just start writing about things you are interested in and correctly place the ads on your site. They should automatically match relevant ads to your content.
4. Social Media – This has grown immensely, just like the internet has in the past few years. It pretty much involves networking, helping/sharing info with others who are interested in the same thing. I will tell you right now, this method for making extra money at home will be more successful and more productive with experience, But there are many newbies in “social media marketing” SMM that are earning money daily.
If you don’t have experience then you should start off with Twitter. I believe it’s the easiest Social media platform to earn money online from. Getting twitter software like Tweet adder will greatly help you make money faster and grow an army of followers. Go here if you want to learn more Twitter Tips and Tools.
5. Affiliate Marketer – Market other people’s/companies products or services and make money for your successful efforts. This is one of my favorite ways to earn money online. I also do everything else on this list or have done in the past as well. All you need to do is signup and join a program. You will be given a unique url which will track all visitors and sales that come from your special link/url. Why is affiliate marketing so popular?
You don’t have to worry about anything except making sales thru your unique affiliate link. That’s about it. Everything else will be handled through the owner or a third party for transactions. Beware of joining some programs that don’t pay you after you make sales. It’s happened to me before and I was “steamed” but here’s a few of my favorite programs that are reliable, trustworthy and have a ton of products More Niche, Clickbank affiliate program, Paydotcom and CJ.
6. Selling your Services and Freelancing – Do you have any skills or knowledge you could share and make money on the internet from? This could include but not limited to SEO services, coaching, writing, selling/making websites or just about anything people need help with. Easy way to startup a little independent business on the side or Full Time Income. This is pretty easy to start. All you really need to do is checkout some freelance sites and reply or post your service. You could use sites like craigslist, sitepoint, elance or “digital point” like mentioned in #2.
7. Blogging – According to the Wall Street Journal 1.7 Million “Americans make money blogging” and more are added to that number daily. This isn’t just a Hobby anymore and the cool thing about it, especially for newbies, there’s many good programs that help you earn money blogging. This isn’t as easy as it looks. Trust me, but with proper knowledge, experience and diligence you’ll be able to become successful. Here are two legit fast track programs FREE Blog Profits Blueprint and Make Money Blogging that will guide you along the right path.
8. Ebay – I think just about everyone has bought or sold something with Ebay. This was one of the first ways for me to make some extra money online. It takes some experimenting and research but pretty much self explanatory for getting started but making good profit will take some effort and having Good Products to sell. You can sell just about anything on ebay. My two tips would be, use good keywords for your ad, especially in the title and find good wholesale companies to find popular products. Here’s my favorite site to Find Hot Ebay Wholesale Products to make more money with Ebay.
9. Start your own Business/E-commerce site – since the boom of the internet, starting your own business online or having your own E-commerce site has given many people an opportunity to live the dream. You can pretty much have any kind of online business or E-commerce website. Many people start their own Ebook, SEO, graphic design businesses all the way to stay at home moms who own their online stores that sell t-shirts and crafts. With little overhead, a virtual store open 24/7 and entire world as your store front this is a great way to make money online. Here’s a great program SiteSell to help you create a successful internet business, all in one.
10. Internet Marketer – Pretty much combines all or any of the ways of marketing and making money on the internet. This field is highly competitive, always changing environment and very challenging. But not impossible, I know of Kids who Make More Money than their own parents ever dreamed of making and Grandparents who Make Money on auto-pilot Comfortably in their Homes. The risks can be great but the rewards may be far greater.
They now have actual college degrees you can get for internet marketing and there’s online programs that train and coach you but come with hefty price tags. You could also do what millions have done before and that is learn on their own from trial and error but most will give up within a few months from frustration or run out of money just from experimenting.
You could find an inexpensive fast track program that guarantee you results but most are full of B.S. and really don’t teach you much but here’s one of the few Internet Marketing Fast Track Programs that works and may just be right for you.
I hope you got some new ideas and insight about the ways you could earn money online. Just make sure you don’t try to take on to much at one time or it’s very easy to get overwhelmed. If you have the will and determination and know that this is what you want to do, then you should find success. The skills and knowledge will come later along your journey. I’m living proof of that. Do you have any other suggestions or ideas to Make money on the internet?
How to Make Money with clickbank Affiliate Program (Part 2 of 2)
You should have now already joined “Click Bank”, gotten familiar with their website and tools, picked out 1 or a couple products in their marketplace and today will be the day you’ll learn how to Make Extra Money at Home with Clickbank Affiliate Program (Part 2 of 2) . I hope you are excited and ready to Make Money on the Internet with CB and for some of you, today will be the day you start your very own Website and Business.
Missed Part One? …..Go Here—->> Make Money on the Internet with ClickBank Affiliate Program Part 1
Now you need to make a website or landing page for your products that you chose. This will have information or reviews about your clickbank products using your unique affiliate links. This will ultimately direct the visitor to the actual cb product where they will be able to purchase the product.
For this tutorial, you will learn to Make a landing page – simple, usually one page website that will presell your CB products. It’s the first page people see when they find your website. They are quick and simple to make. But one of the most effective methods to make extra money at home with click bank affiliate program.
Here’s some examples of what your clickbank landing page could look like below, all of them are for CB products:
- http://www.maverickmoneymakersreview.com/
- http://hubpages.com/hub/MaverickMoneyMakers-Review
- http://www.myearth4energyreview.com/
- http://www.fatloss4idiotstruth.info/
I wouldn’t ever copy another website or especially the content. Search engines especially Google, doesn’t like duplicate content. Original content that you wrote is always best and plus, usually all the sites will have copyright protection. If you want to see other examples or similar sites for your click bank product then just type it in google and add reviews at the end. example: maverick money makers reviews
Tips on making your website:
As you saw there’s basically two popular ways to make your landing page that work well.
- One product review – You do a review or informational site on just one product.
- Multiple product review – Usually best with 3 different items but all in the same niche. Example: niche – make solar panels, then make a landin page with 3 different Click bank choices that teach how to make solar panels. Rate each product as best to worse like some of the example’s listed for you above.
- Your CB product should have affiliates resources for you to use like banners, links graphics and etc… it will usually look something like this found at the end of the description found in the marketplace: “www.yourCBproduct.com/affiliatesignup.html”
How to make a Effective landing page for your clickbank products:
Now there’s a few ways of doing this for free or with a little money. The thing about using these FREE Website Platforms below is that they own your site so you won’t have the same freedom as to having your own website. Meaning, you are using their hosting and they control your sites. I don’t mean they will go in and change your actual website but they can ban or close it if they don’t think it’s appropriate.
They control what is and isn’t allowed. For instance, like squidoo doesn’t allow many of the clickbank products and they will close your site or ban you from their service. Example of a banned site: http://www.squidoo.com/maverick-money-makers Squidoo and Hubpages are the most strict. The others listed below are more lenient. It’s so much easier to appear on the front pages of Google in the search engine results pages (serps) if you have your own domain and host anyways.
How to pick out Keywords
You need to spend some time picking your key-words or phrases, they will make you or break you. Go here to learn more about Keywords (exact words people enter in search engine) are very important and you will need to find and use the right ones. If you don’t, you’ll never make it on the front page of Google organically or without paying money. Only choose keywords with less than “75,000″ results with quotes around your key words. The lower the number the better until you are more experienced.
Put quotes around the keyword or phrase like this “your key-words” into google search engine. This will allow you to see your competition for those exact words. Take the Quotes off and redo it. A lot more results come up, right. Without them, you will get results for every site with similar words.
After you found a few good keywords or phrases (Make sure you use the best words in the title’s) now you will need to scatter these words you chose throughout your LP or site. A good ratio is 6% key words to regular words in your content. Also, put your main words in the beginning of your first paragraph.
How to Pick a Good Domain Name
Picking out a Good Domain name once you choose a website platform for your landing page. If you had looked at the example’s I showed you above then you probably noticed that all their domain names had the “Click bank product name” somewhere in it.
Example: “www.your-cb-product-reviews.com” If you put the name of your CB product in your domain then it will be easier to get on the first page of Google, so think about a good name before you make your final decision. Another alternative is to pick a name that will go with your niche or market.
Make a FREE website or blog below
I have listed the best places to make a Free website or blog. In order from the most powerful to the least. You gotta remember to pick a good domain name but if you are serious about making money on the internet then you should get your own hosting and domain.
For Serious Entrepreneurs and Internet Marketers Only!
Now if you are actually SERIOUS about Making Extra Money at Home and are looking to do this potentially as a Full Time Job or want to make the Most Sales Possible from Affiliate Programs like Clickbank then you need to have your own Domain Name and Hosting.
You will have 100% Full Control over your websites or home business. You don’t have to worry about being banned or what you write about. It’s not nearly as complicated as you may think.
You don’t have to be a Webmaster or know a lick of html. When I got my first hosting and my very own website, I didn’t know squat about html or making a website. With hostgator, it has been very easy to make websites and blogs with little or no html or website knowledge. Also, the older your domain is the more valuable it will be in the future. Earlier you start the faster you can become successful with a Legit Internet Business and you’ll be able to make extra money at home sooner than you thought.
It is also one step closer to becoming a successful internet marketer, to be successful in this field you gotta be All In 100% or it’s going to be a frustrating journey for you. You will eventually need to get your own hosting and domain so you can start branding yourself and company anyways. This will allow you to make multiple websites, landpages or even be able to start a blog, like this one.
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You will also need a FTP client – (file transfer protocol) allows you to move files to and from your hosting. You gotta have one. If you got a Hostgator account then they have many places for you to get one or you can use this FREE Core FTP …. I’ve used it and for free software, it’s been awesome. I also have and use the “smart ftp” and “cute ftp” which I use the most. You only really need one.
Resources that will help you make more money at home with clickbank
- Build a Successful Online Business
- Ultimate Website Builder
- cb-analiytics.com
- Free Graphics
- Easy html tutorials
- digitalpointforums
- Buy Pictures
- Ezine articles
- Free Pictures
Landing Page Format and Key things to Have on it:
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Title –
Make sure you use Most Important Keywords here, eye catching and Gets attention
Introduction
Brief description of your site, what’s it about etc….use good keywords near the beginning and make it build up to your main points. This is where people will either stay on your site or leave and not come back.
Main Body
Make it Informational and detailed. This is where you will write about your product, service, solution to a problem and etc… Make sure you presell and show the benefits of what your product can do for them. Use pictures, graphics, charts and videos here also. Don’t forget about keywords. Also, Create a Sense of Urgency to “make them take action”
Closing
Brief summary of what you talked about and closing comments on your product. Add some keywords here also.
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You need to write articles about your Click Bank products leading them to your landing page. Make sure you use Ezines listed for you in the resources above. They are the most powerful and make sure you use keywords from your LP on your articles, especially in the title. Put a link back to your website at the bottom of your ezine article. Use Key-words for your link as well.
If you need to see examples just go to ezines and look at some articles. Now the more articles and backlinks to your web site, the better and more powerful it will be. Go here for Plenty of Resources and learn How to Get Backlinks to Your Site
For those of you who need more help with “How to Make an Effective Landing Page”, I will be writing a post very soon just on this subject. But experiment with and try out what I have written in the two posts “How to Make Money with Clickbank Affiliate Program”
Those of you who read and reread both of these posts, used the resources and my advice, then you are on your way to Make Extra Money at Home whenever you want to. Better yet, you now may have the opportunity to quit your day job or go part time in the near future and live the Dot Com Lifestyle.
Good Luck!
How to Make Money with Clickbank Affiliate Program (Part 1 of 2)
I have made money online in many ways and by using many different affiliate programs. If you are interested in the fastest and easiest way to make money online then this post is for you. Make money with clickbank affiliate program because I’ve made a lot of money with them, some of my easiest sales have come from them and Clickbank or CB is one of the first affiliate programs I and every other internet marketer started off with.
A little history on “Clickbank“. They were founded in 1998 which is a Huge feat in itself for surviving the dotcom crash a year or two later. They are the #1 site for online digital products or “ebooks”. Their website is one of top websites on the net for the most traffic and visitors daily.
What does Affiliate Mean? Simply means someone who markets other people’s/companies products, services or etc… and gets paid a percentage for their successful efforts.
Why use CB?………almost every country and anyone can join them within a few minutes, ebooks are the easiest to sale and the most demanding product on the internet. Information is the #1 reason why people use the internet. You get paid at least 50% – 75% per sale. I don’t know how much you know about business but that’s almost unheard of for a offline or online business. PROOF you’ll make money and get paid. They have paid out well over 1 Billion Dollars to their clients. A sale is made every 3 seconds and over 26,000 purchases a day.
You can choose how and when you want to be paid. Choose to get paid weekly, direct deposit by check or whatever you choose. There is over 12,000 products to choose from. Lastly you don’t have to worry about getting paid because they act as a third party for handling the transactions for all the products in the clickbank marketplace. You don’t have to rely on the actual owner of the websites to pay you.
Direct linking to the sales pages or CB products is allowed. This means you don’t even need a website but having one will increase your sales ten fold. There is really no other GOOD program online that allows direct linking.
Make sure you read their policies and tos when you join there are a few rules you’ll need to be familiar with. Main one people miss is the part for new CB affiliates before you get paid. Before you get your first check you gotta reach the requirements below
ClickBank will withhold payment of any account balance until the following criteria is met:
- Sales made with 5 or more different credit card numbers; and,
- Sales made with two different payment methods (either Visa, MasterCard, or PayPal). Note: PayPal purchases do not count toward the minimum 5 different credit card numbers.
Don’t worry you’ll reach there criteria easier and faster than you think if you follow what I say and are serious about making money on the internet with Click Bank’s affiliate program.
You can choose to be an affiliate – selling other people’s products. There’s over 12,000 products to choose from so finding something for your niche or interest will be a cinch.
LEARN About becoming a Clickbank Vendor Here – meaning you can create your own digital product and have it included in the CB marketplace. You can make a TON of money quickly making your own product. You should check it out maybe it’ll be something you will be interested in doing in the near future. It’s not nearly unreachable as it may sound.
This will allow people to purchase your own products and also allows the CB affiliates (over 100,000) to sell it for you as well. I have seen a few almost newbies in internet marketing become millionaires from creating one GREAT product within a year or two of being in the internet marketing game.
Start your Journey to Make Money on the Internet with Click Bank
1. Join Clickbank Affiliate program first off if you haven’t joined already click the “Promote Products” Make sure you put some time into thinking of your affiliate ID or username because this will be what shows up in the url for your affiliate link. Choose something professional looking and blend in. People will be able to see your unique affiliate link or ID in the bottom left of their monitor and also will see it at the bottom of the salespage.
Don’t use your real name or something bogus or you will get less sales. A good username would be “secure1″ …… A bad username example would be “clown1″. Another good way to choose a user name is pick something that would make sense for your niche or market.
This is what your affiliate CB link will look like “http://Affiliate.vendor.hop.clickbank.net”
You see the red affiliate part that’s where your username or id will be seen and the vendor part will be for the product you choose. Now you probably understand why it’s important to pick a good nickname/username.
2. Checkout their “marketplace” to look at all the different products you can choose to sell on the internet. Okay now it’s time to get familiar with clickbank before you start to make money with their affiliate program. Once you are in the marketplace You need to think of a “niche” or category….electronics, health & fitness, green energy or etc…. that you want to start promoting or making money from. As a newbie I suggest you pick out a niche or category that you are into or know a lot about. After you choose a category now start looking at the products and you’ll notice a gray strip below each product that looks like this below:
[$/sale: $30.01 | Future $: - | Total $/sale: $30.01 | %/sale: 75.0% | %refd: 70.0% | grav: 250.01]
- 1st section means amount you make as an affiliate per sale
- 2nd I believe means the amount you’ll get paid for a recurring product….don’t pay attention to this right now most are all blank anyways
- 3rd again is total amount per sale you’ll make
- 4th means % amount of the product you’ll make per sale so like this example above you will make 75% percent
- 5th means % amount of sales made by other internet marketers not the owner
- 6th gravity means how many other click bank affiliates are selling that same product.
Now remember if you see high gravity that probably means it’s a HOT product and sales really well but this also means this is a very competitive product as well. I suggest doing this. Pick out just one or two products for now, your choice High gravity, low gravity or choose one in between. Anything below 40 for grav: is low and anything above that number is high.
Now before settling on this product you need to look at the sales page, thoroughly. Ask yourself these questions….. Does it look like a good salespage? Would you purchase this product if you saw this sales page? One note: you need to look at everything thru the eyes of the consumer not necessarily by what you think is good or like, just keep that in mind. I almost forgot choose something that pays good money. At least 25$ a sale I don’t really waste my time with low paying items.
Many gurus online tell clickbank newbies to start off with low gravity products but many of them are really crappy or hard to sell. The way I choose my products is by finding popular products for the moment. Example maybe a brand new product, what are people looking for “right now” like going green products etc…. or products I see or hear that are doing well.
I’ll give you some resources and forums on my next post about good places for CB affiliates to talk about things like that. Make sure you get familiar with clickbank’s affiliate program, their tools and their entire website and on my next post I will continue with “Make Extra Money at Home with Clickbank Affiliate Program Part 2“. You’ll learn about how to make a landing page or website to send traffic to with your click bank affiliate hop links or url and you’ll be one step closer to Make Extra Money on the Computer. I will also give you plenty of resources to get you going and many good places I use myself to get traffic and links.
