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Self-Starters Weekly Tips ================================
Inside This Issue: 1) The checks are rolling in
- Now what? 2) Money-Saving Shipping Tips!
Did you know... 3) No One Cares About Your
Boring Business! View Tips from Past Issues Online at: http://www.selfstartersweeklytips.com
======================================== 1) The checks are rolling in
- Now what? I read about it, I researched
it, and then I ran a few tests. No financial investment at all and
minimal time investment... and now the checks are rolling in. Little checks: $42.86, $51.97,
$64.80, $195.00, $6.00, $9.81, $119.50 - I'm talking about
Affiliate Marketing here - It occurred to me real quick
that a person could make a full-time living (and a *good* one) as
an Affiliate Marketer. Me personally, I am a webmaster and love
my trade... but these little checks are
sure fun to get (and even more fun to spend!). Considering what little time
it takes to launch an affiliate marketing campaign, there is obviously
HUGE potential here. I'll admit that my few test runs were poor
examples of truly successful affiliate marketing - yet they yielded
returns in excess of $150 per hour invested. My mind is spinning this morning...
I figured out a working model. A great, easy to
duplicate, working model. I'm talking about turning $64.80
into $648.00 and then $6480.00... Not that this is "news"
- more a culmination of all of the research and then the results
of my own testing. - What does one do when they
get to this point? - Okay, so now what? Do I put
my working model into motion and rack up on commission checks? Or
do I put my working model down "on paper" and turn it
into my very own "how-to product"? I put this question
to my favorite "panel of experts" - Becky Hagel &
friends over at www.MarketingAuction.com - and the general
consensus is: You do BOTH! There is so much money to be
made online, it's absolutely mind-boggling! Aside from the obvious financial
incentive, Affiliate Marketing - at least the way that I have been
doing it - has resulted in *great* promotion for ME in general.
More subscribers, more web development clients, more invitations
for speaking engagements, workshops & radio publicity, etc etc
etc - and the "little checks" have been a "fun bonus"...
until they started amounting to substantial contributions to the
business account on a regular basis... which is what started this
topic... *How* I do it (my working model)
is yet to be revealed... but if you rummage through the SSWT archives,
you'll pick up some hints and tips here and there. In the meantime,
I am reading the Info-Products Masters Course by Ken Evoy and considering
whether I want to give my upcoming ebook away for free, or sell
it for what it's worth - or at least an affordable alternative ;)
- and set up my own affiliate program. Stay tuned - I'll reveal
my decision here, to my faithful subscribers, first! >Reference: If you are interested in creating
your own Info Product, and would like to pick up the free e-course
by Ken Evoy, you can send a blank email to: mailto:timswsn@sitesell.net
. This is the absolute best information I've run across so far! P.S. I'm calling in to the
Live 90 minute Panel Discussion tomorrow night (Tuesday, March 11th,
"Here's your chance to
eavesdrop in on a live, roundtable discussion with today's top affiliate
marketers, get inside their heads, and listen as they mix-it-up
and reveal all their short cuts, proven tactics, success stories,
and guarded secrets, so you too can start to generate jumbo-size
affiliate checks!" http://wetrack.it/eza/af.cgi?aid=776&ent=6 ********************************************** Note from I've had the opportunity to
meet and talk with Jason Booth (aka ProReps),
a recent SSWT subscriber & e-biz
owner.
You can enter to win a free PC through his site ;) Jason gets a thumbs-up
from you will enjoy doing business
with over the internet: ============================================== 2) Money-Saving Shipping Tips!
Did you know... 1) Most people know that the
Post Office offers free Boxes, Labels and Packing Tape... but did
you know that you can get *customized* Priority Mail Labels pre-printed
with your return address?? http://www.usps.com 2) Did you know that UPS also
offers free boxes to UPS Account Holders? Just ask your Rep or Delivery
Person! 3) Use a bathroom scale to
weigh your items (add $1 or so for box & packing material) so
that you can estimate the shipping cost - A great alternative to
spending $50-$80+ on a scale at the office supply store! You can
then get shipping rates from http://www.usps.com and/or http://www.ups.com . 4) Use the paper shredder in
your office to recycle paperwork into packing material! Shredded
paper works great, and is a great alternative to buying bubble wrap
and 'peanuts'. I discussed these tips, along
with "where to find products you can sell on eBay" last
week during an interview by Mary Goulet, host of the Entrepreneur
Magazine Home Biz Show. You can listen to the archive - free and
available online 24/7. Click here to tune in, and for a growing
list of eBay resources to help you sell more, make more profit,
and capitalize on the growing trend of doing business at online
auctions: http://www.WebServiceNetwork.com/ebay.htm =========================================== 3) No One Cares About Your
Boring Business! Meet Terri Langhans... No One Cares About Your Boring
Business! That's how it feels sometimes,
doesn't it? No matter what you do to market your business, it still
boils down to hit and miss. Well, there's no such thing as magic
wands or silver bullets when it comes to marketing, but there is
a teleseminar for business owners who want better results from the
marketing they do. Maverick Marketing: How to stand out from the herd,
get better results and wrangle more business your way! http://www.MaryGoulet.net/marketing.html Cost: $35 Editor's Note: That's tomorrow,
folks! Want to learn more about Terri Lanhans? Tune in to the archives
and hear for yourself! http://www.MaryGoulet.net/archives_terrilanghans.html ****************** IN CLOSING It is my personal mission to
bring you an assortment of resources for your internet business
each week in an easy-to-use format. Most of the resources found
in each issue are a result of years of research that I have done
for my own internet business and others, and are shared with you
with my positive recommendation. You can view tips from past issues
online at http://www.selfstartersweeklytips.com.
As always, feel free to share this issue with your friends or colleagues! ~ HAPPY MONDAY ~ Lynn Terry, Editor & Owner Lynn@WebServiceNetwork.com Web Service Network http://www.WebServiceNetwork.com =============== List Management =============== To *subscribe* to the Self-Starters
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