Two Tips for Creating Profitable Websites

Most internet marketers assume that driving traffic to a website is all that it takes to make money online. At least they think that at first until they realize they aren’t making much money, if any at all, and soon figure out that there is a LOT more to internet marketing than just getting traffic to a website.

Getting traffic is very important, but that’s only one part of the internet marketing equation. It’s like you’re playing football, and your team just got a first down. That’s a good start, but there’s still a long way to go before you get a touchdown, or in your case to get money in your bank account.

After people come to your site, they have to stay there long enough to actually take some sort of action that leads to you making money, either directly or indirectly. You want them to click on your ads, buy something, or give you their email address. Visitors who read some information on your site then leave without taking any action aren’t going to make you any money.

You shouldn’t depend on people bookmarking your site on their browser either because hardly anyone does that anymore. Plenty of people participate in social bookmarking, but that’s not really to remember a site they liked, it’s more to share the site with others.

Basically what I am saying is you really want your visitor to either give you their email address or buy something through your affiliate link. If they don’t do that then you have probably lost them forever because even if they leave with the feeling that your site has content they really liked and that they intent to come back, they most likely never will. There’s just too many sites and information being thrown at them for them to remember yours.

So, here are a couple tips that will help you to either make more sales or get more of your visitors email addresses…

Tip 1: Use an opt-in email form with a free gift to entice them

Decide what kind of information your market really wants. If you’re in weight loss, then your market probably wants cutting edge information about losing weight. If you promote online business information, then it should be about how to make money online. You can find all of this information for free online. You don’t have to be an expert to do this. All you need to do is to write a five to seven page report that outlines a few tips that your market wants to know. Then you put an opt-in email form on your website for them to put in their email address in order to get your report for free.

Tip 2: Banners Don’t Work

Of course, as an internet marketer, you want to make money from your website. And one action you want your visitor to take is to buy something, either your product or an affiliate product. I’m sure you have seen a lot of websites with banner advertisements on them so you might be considering putting them on yours. However, banners don’t work very well at all. Text links work a lot better. Whether you’re sending your buyer to an affiliate offer or to your own offer, text links have been proven, time and time again, to be much more effective than banners.

If you follow just these two internet marketing tips, you can exponentially increase how much money you make from your website! What’s even better is you’ll be collecting email addresses from people that you can sell to over and over again!

Free Internet Marketing Tips

Free internet marketing tips are not very hard to find because everyone from the top internet marketing gurus all the way down to wannabe internet marketer newbies are just itching to show the world everything they know about internet marketing even though most of the time they don’t know squat.

Have you ever sat back and asked yourself why it is that all these internet marketers are trying to teach you how to make money online, or at least pretending to try?

If you don’t already know the answer to that question I will tell you right now. It’s because they are making money (or at least trying to make money) from people like you who read their blogs, websites, forum posts, articles, etc… They push their products or affiliate products, they sell advertising, they serve up Adsense or other contextual advertising, and a bunch of other ways they use to make money from you.

There are very few internet marketers who give out free internet marketing information without being motivated by money in one way or another. In fact, I doubt there are any! That’s just the nature of the beast. When you think about it there’s no reason for anyone to waste their time giving out free internet marketing tips to help you make money online if they aren’t ever going to get anything in return. Even teachers get paid a salary. They don’t just teach because it makes them feel good.

So before you go buying products and clicking links recommended by your favorite internet marketers just remember that they probably aren’t recommending it just for the sake of helping you make money, there’s a good chance they are getting something out of it.

I’m not saying this is a bad thing. If they are going to take the time to give out free internet marketing information and make money online tips then they should be rewarded for their efforts. I am only trying to make sure you aren’t spending all your money on things just because your favorite internet marketer keeps recommending something new every week.

You can get all the internet marketing information and resources you need to make money online for free or very cheap. You don’t need to spend thousands of dollars on all the new products that come out all the time.

Combining SEO and Ebooks – Powerhouse Internet Marketing!

Search engine optimization (SEO) is one of the top driving forces for website traffic and one of the best internet marketing techniques for making money online. SEO ebooks can be a powerhouse internet marketing strategy for many reasons that will be explained here.

Google and other search engines do list ebooks in their search results these days as can be seen by doing a search on just about any topic. Results for many searches nowadays end up showing text and links from ebooks. With the strong lure of free downloadable ebooks, this is great for searchers because they download the document, save it to their computer and continue reading it as needed. Imagine the potential of this for internet marketers who publish ebooks!

Let me give you some examples of what an eBook on the subject of SEO itself might be able to accomplish by applying the power of SEO to it…

SEO ebooks are highly sought after by webmasters so they can figure out how to get their sites ranked highly in the search engines so they can get more traffic and make more money. But they are also very important to SEO professionals, web designers, content writers and technical writers because they can use these techniques to enhance their knowledge and the marketable scope of their work. It’s very important to know the techniques before creating a web site, or content for a web site.

Therefore an ebook on SEO ranking high in the search engines, will instantly reach millions of webmasters, writers and designers, many of whom would definitely download it if it’s given out for free! There are a lot of SEO and internet marketing based products which could be instantly marketed through the free ebook that would make money for the author (you) through affiliate links. Not to mention the fact that it boosts the sale of any product which you intend to market yourself. 

Imagine if you reach the top 10 on Google for various searches involving SEO or Internet marketing. Your ebook would be downloaded thousands of times and you would become an instant expert and authority on SEO! Not to mention the money your ebook would be passively generating for you from the affiliate programs.

Your ebook can also be given away for free by anyone who wants their customers to know about the benefits of SEO and internet marketing, thus leading to more profits for you without you doing anything at all.

The opportunities for making money from SEO and a well written free ebook are virtually endless!

Ebook Resale Rights – An Effective Internet Marketing Solution

We all know what an ebook is, right? Almost everybody has at least seen an ebook by now, whether you knew it or not. Certainly everyone in the internet marketing world has read one. If you don’t know what an ebook is, they are those electronic books that you read online, and are usually in pdf format. Ebooks come on just about every topic imaginable.

Just like “real world” paper books, ebooks are subject to copyright laws. Plagiarism or selling without permission is strictly punishable under copyright laws and anyone who gets caught can face harsh penalties. However, many publishers of ebooks offer resale rights to the ebook so their customers can sell them on their own websites, blogs, or anywhere else online and keep 100% of the profit. This is great for internet marketers!

The publisher will typically charge a fee to obtain resale rights and then the customer can sell the ebook for whatever price they want. With basic resale rights the customer can usually sell it but can not modify it or claim to be the author. If you buy resale rights to an ebook you need to make sure you know exactly what you can and cannot do with those rights. Make sure you ask the publisher that you bought the rights from so you don’t do anything that could get you in trouble.

Selling ebooks is one of the most profitable online money making methods in the internet marketing world right now. Many internet marketers cash in on various niche markets by writing ebooks and selling them. Today, you can find ebooks on pretty much every topic under the sun. If you can’t write well or simply don’t want to take the time to write your own ebook you can take advantage of resale rights being offered by an existing ebook author.

Many top selling ebooks today are online business oriented. Ebooks on stock trading, making money in real estate, making money online and other internet marketing topics tend to do very well. Many self-help ebooks and those that teach personal transformation and growth, weight loss, enhance self-image, etc… are also very popular.

With more and more people getting into internet marketing these days so they can work at home, obtaining resale rights to an ebook and selling it online is one of the best ways to make money. The amount of marketing that can be done with ebooks and money that can be made is virtually unlimited. Since it can be adapted to almost any product or niche, they represent one of the best methods for internet marketing.

How To Earn Money Online By Utilizing 7 Simple Steps

Who doesn’t dream of working from home and earning money online? There are millions of people who are discovering that they can achieve this on the internet and make money online from home.

Doing business on the internet is an all together different story than working the typical 9-5 job. You are no longer an employee, but rather the employer responsible for many different tasks required to set up your internet business successfully.

If you are looking to the internet to fulfill your life long goals and dreams, it is achievable online. However, if you are dreaming of a care free day while making money online, you might have to think again. Although you can eventually work up to that level, to start out with you are going to have to dedicate some time and energy into making your business successful.

There are some specific things that you will need to do to earn money online and make your internet business successful.

1.) Advertising – Online marketing is the lifeblood of any business. It is wise to spend some time learning how to advertise and market your business online. Without marketing, you will not have any traffic to your website, and therefore no sales.

2.) Education – Business education should and will be an ongoing endeavor. It is vitally important that you never stop expanding your knowledge base. Learning should take place no matter what income level you achieve. This will give you the upper hand on your competition.

3.) Mentor – One of the best things that you can do to increase your learning curve is to develop a relationship with someone that can mentor you. A good mentor should be someone who has had success in the business arena, preferably online. Having someone to pattern your strategies after can make or break your business.

4.) Consistency – Consistency is key to online marketing. Whether you are article marketing, forum chatting, or managing a pay per click campaign, you have to be consistent. It is important to do something everyday, rather than just for 10 hours every Saturday.

5.) Leadership – Learning to be a leader in the industry is what will set you apart from your competition. You will have to work your way up to establishing solid leadership skills. However, you can begin developing these qualities from the beginning of your online career.

6.) Capture Page – A unique and professional capture page that brands yourself is the best type of website that you can have. An effective capture page is a one page site that intrigues the prospect, gives a warm and inviting welcome from yourself, and captures the prospects contact information.

7.) Keep Records – You should keep an accurate record of your online marketing and conversion statistics on a weekly and monthly basis. Knowing what is or is not working online will streamline your marketing efforts. You will now be able to concentrate your efforts on what is working for you on the internet, instead of wasting your time and energy on what is not.

About the author:

Brian McCoy is a six figure earner and one of the top income earners in the home business industry. Brian works with entrepreneurs around the world. He devotes the time, energy, and effort into his team and works with them to ensure their success.

You can learn more about Brian McCoy by visiting his Big Ticket To Wealth website.