I recently got asked again about the easiest way to make money online. Now my feeling was the asker was looking for a sure fire, push button way to get rich quick for no investment on their part.
I’ve puzzled over how to advise newbies many times in the past, and despite my feeling that he wasn’t serious I took the time to answer and I am sharing it here. In the process I am introducing a new product by Ken Sar and Leon Klepfish called List Catcher. I think it may be a real shortcut for many starting out, and even established marketers.
Here’s my reply to my wishful thinker.
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You need a product to sell, and a list to sell it to. It’s that simple.
To do it online you need to have an auto responder. There is no way around that. This is the tool that captures and allows you to automate emailing to your list.
Once you have an auto responder, you need a product, but more importantly you need to have a squeeze page. That’s the page you send people to. It is a very simple web page, but it must be hosted somewhere. Usually that means you must set up a hosting account with a hosting service. this is your second ongoing cost. Normally, it also means that you need to buy a domain name, which is cheap, but also an expense. These three ongoing expenses are essential. If you’re not willing to invest in these, there is no way you are ever going to be successful on line.
However, with the program I mentioned to you in my last email, you can avoid the second two for a while. You will eventually need to get all three.
The program I mentioned also costs, but it will save you a lot of time in getting started.
You will still need an auto responder. I recommend you go to aweber and set up an account there.
Then go to the List Catcher Service and join there program.
They provide you with a professionally designed squeeze page that offers people a free product. When they get the free product they are offered a second paid product. Most will not buy it, but some will.
To make this work you will need to set up a free account with Clickbank. Once you join the list catcher program they will take you step by step through the sign up process. It’s easy.
To make this all work, you need to learn how to send people to your free offer on your squeeze page. There are lots of ways to do this, many of which are free. The easiest is using Twitter and Facebook. I also like to do article marketing, blogging and occasionally I will do Pay Per Click advertising. There are also a lot of free traffic exchanges which can be used to send people to your offers. Generating traffic is a key skill that you need to learn.
It’s easier to learn when you actually have someplace to send them. So as I see it, this program that gives you a series of products and squeeze pages makes a lot of sense. You can start promoting these and learn how to do traffic. Once you are successful here, you can spend time learning how to set up your own web sites, create your own products, etc.
Making money online is not easy. It takes time and you need to learn a lot of different skills. The most important part of the equation is the act of starting.
The List Catcher program allows you to short cut part of the learning curve, by not needing to learn how to do your own squeeze pages, and not having to create your own products. It does require you to get an auto responder, and then to learn how to generate traffic. But for now you can skip getting web hosting and learning how to manage your C-panel and create your own squeeze pages. They also provide you with a series of profitable click bank products you can sell, so you have a constantly expanding inventory you can promote over time.
As the saying goes, there is no free lunch. It will take some monetary investment, a significant amount of time, and a commitment to persevere.
My only question is, do you have the willingness to take action?
[tags]Leon Klepfish, Ken Sar, List Catcher, aweber, make money online, getting started online,[/tags]