A couple of days ago I wrote about the “3 Internet Business Models That Work“.
To recap, these were Sell Information Products, as we do for our seminars at Melbourne SEO Services, eCommerce, and Selling Services.
However, there is another model I mentioned in my previous post. This is my 100% guaranteed never-fail internet business model, and it works like this:
- Pick a niche
- Build a list
- Ask your list what they want to buy
- Find an affiliate product which matches what your customers have already told you they will pay for
- Test the market and prove it sells
- Create your own better product and sell it to your already-buying list
Now, I’m guessing you have some questions about this process, but don’t be fooled by the apparent simplicity of what I have written here. People exactly like you have made literally millions of dollars following exactly this procedure.
First up, pick a niche by brainstorming topics you think you could write about or have some interest in. Trust me, it’s easier that way. How do you know if it’s a good niche? Start with some decent keyword research, and see if people are searching for what you want to offer. I posted some great information showing how to do keyword research, in this SEO For Blogs video.
After picking a good niche, you need to start building a list. You can attract free search traffic with good SEO the way I talk about in the blog post above or you can pay for traffic with Google Adwords, or another pay-per-click network.
Once people come to your landing page, encourage them to opt-in by offering a free report, video training, or e-course.
Once you have a list, you can offer all kinds of products to your potential customers. There are thousands of affiliate products available through Clickbank, Commission Junction and Amazon. You won’t have any trouble finding a product to sell, I guarantee it.
The final stage, once you know what sells, is to simply swap out your affiliate products with your own. Start building better products and market them using the intelligence you’ve collected along the way.
In short, It’s really not that hard to make lots of cash online… quit trying to make things more complex than they need to be.
Your SEO Coach,
David Jenyns.
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Hi Dave,
I did a similar thing.
I was an affiliate for an IM product until I found out it had PLR. I had top rankings for my keyword, so I bought the PLR and just swapped the affiliate links with my own.
Having your own (re-brandable) product is so much better than being affiliated. You can decide on the pricing and the way to market it yourself.
Gives you a lot more sense of freedom.
Great info,
Thanks
Hey Andreas,
Thanks for the feedback… sounds like you’re on the right track! Well done.
Your SEO Coach,
Dave
I agree that this appears to be simpler than I think. But what I appreciate is the fact that for one, this can be done , and another is that there is a simplified system that they can refer to.
If I would be doing this, I would take your lead on doing a good keyword research for a start. Speaking of which, are there any other free keyword research tool aside from the one on Google?
Thanks for sharing your insights and strategies, I am learning a lot from it.
That’s what I am attempting to do in my site now, it is really new so I don’t know were it is going yet but hopefully if I keep working at it I will start to see some results!
Great advice. I think people make many of these mistakes when they start out.
PS the graphic is awesome.
Start with an affiliate product – I believe that’s a good advice. Saves a lot of time and money. It keeps you from making big mistakes too. Most people think that when they start out, they got to have a new product of their own to offer their target market.
This is a simple and direct method which anyone can follow. You have give me confidence to just start doing it. Of course it helps to be working with a product that you are passionate ab0ut, which you seem to be.