I agree with what everyone is saying...
The internet and online marketing is really the new frontier for entrepreneurs...and it will continue to grow.
Video and social networking has just exploded the opportunities online...
I've been out here for years and make a full time living at it...I guess my reply would be that it's simple but not easy.
You can literally start an affiliate marketing business in just minutes...you sign up, get your link, and then start promoting your link via marketing...
The basic premise of what you need to start is the foundation of what makes up the pillars of any online business.
1) the market (do your research and make sure there is a mkt)
2) drive Traffic to your content and offer
3) The product
4) Conversion and sales
That never changes...
and the basic marketing tools needed to drive traffic are things such as writing articles on your topic using specific keyword phrases around your product/service...and uploading to places like Ezine articles.com and go to articles.com
You can also use article submitter to upload to several hundred high traffic article directories...
Create little mini blogs at places like squidoo.com and hubpages.com
Google loves these sites very much, so they rank much higher and faster on the search engines than wordpress, blogger etc...
You Tube for videos and traffic geyser to upload those videos to hundreds of video directories...
Myspace, facebook, etc...
all those are the core of all on line marketing...
Web 2.0 has really opened the door to be able to drive huge traffic without spending a dime...
And social networking is awesome...
also what we are doing here...posting good valuable content in forums, and leaving your websites and products in the signature file...
If you are adding value and good quality content, and not trying to just "sell" people, you will always attract traffic and customers...
Just remember the Law of Attraction...
So definitely affiliate marketing or network marketing are great places to start...because you don't have to manage your whole business from the start, and you can still do really well...
I do both affiliate marketing and network marketing/direct sales...the latter because that pays a much higher commission than affiliate marketing....
I'm making $1K a sale plus the same on downline leverage, instead of $10-30...for the exact same work...
I hope that all helps!
Take care,
|