How To
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- by Charles Brown: A non-guru you
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There
are exactly 14 (Fourteen) Primary Ingredients That You Must Have To Be
Successful.
They are listed in the order of priority--and
the order in which
the actions associated with each item should be done...
The
Fourteen Primary Ingredients Are:
1.
The Right Attitude 2.
Money to Live On 3.
Computer 4.
Internet Access 5.
Keyword Research Program and Strategy 6.
Customers 7.
Products 8.
Action Plan 9.
Copywriting
Skills (learn it or outsource) 10. Website-building
Software 11. Domain
Name 12. Web
Host for Your Domain 13.
Method
for Taking Payments 14.
Growing
Don't
worry, each step is easily doable if and only
if:
a.
You have or are willing to acquire, the right attitude.
b. You
follow the instructions here to the "T."
Each
item is broken
down in detail below...
Important
Instructions:
I
highly recommend that you first read straight thru this guide once,
without
clicking on any links. Take your time. If you're in
a
hurry, wait until you can relax and read with an open mind--so that you
can absorb the "big picture."
Sleep
on the information (with no more than 2 drinks in you if you're a
drinker;) and go back to "How To Make Money Online" the very next
day.
This is proven to help your retention and
understanding. Your brain sorts things out while you
sleep.
Start
from the beginning and re-read the guide...
Then click
on the
links,
as need be. But when you do click on a link that takes you away from
the "How To Make Money Online" guide, make sure you eventually return
to the
exact
spot
where you left off...
Otherwise
you'll get sidetracked, confused and be stricken with Information
Overload--an often fatal illness that strikes most people who attempt
to
make money online. Fatal because it's a big
reason most people quit.
By
following this guide and
these instructions you will have the greatest chance at success...
A
couple administrative notes:
- At the end of each section and
scattered throughout the guide, you'll
see
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bring you right back to the menu
below.
-
External links open in a new window; So to return here to the "How To
Make Money Online" guide,
simply click the "
X " for that page; no need
to hit the "back arrow."
If you're using tabbed browsing, be
sure to click closed only
the tab for
that page...
(I mention this because I know
how maddening it can be when you think
you're closing only the page that's
showing on your monitor, but you end
up closing out your entire web browser.)
1:
The
Right Attitude*
- Why people quit
a. Only want money
b. Lazy, GRQ opportunity
c. Perfectionists, Afraid of failure
- Productivity
Slayers
a. Procrastination
b. Pride of authorship
c. Paralysis by Analysis
- Productivity
Boosters
a. Outsourcing
b. Exercise
c. Google Calendar
- Conclusion to "The Right
Attitude"
-
The Big Picture
- Gary
Halbert's Quiz
- Demand
THEN Supply
6:
Customers
7:
Product(s)
8.
Action Plans
Article
Marketing: Fastrack
to Success
- Article
Marketing Tutorial
- Bum
Marketing Method
- The
Ultimate Funnel
- Affiliate
Programs
- Google
Adsense
- Google
Adwords
- Your
Own Product
- Your
Own Mini-Net
- Your
Own Newsletter
- Offline
Advertising
- Important
Note
- Maintaining
Focus
1. The
Right
Attitude* - Statistically,
this is by
far
the #1 failure point for internet marketers. So it definitely
warrants the top spot on the list of necessary ingredients, as well as
justifying further scrutiny.
Make
no mistake about it--the technical stuff and marketing knowledge can be
learned almost on the fly, but it's having the right mindset that will
be the difference in "succeeding" or "failing" (which are code words
for "not giving up" and "giving up.") It's
a fact¹
that over
90% of folks
who try their hand at internet marketing don't make it. But they "fail" only because
they quit; NOT because the market won't bear any more internet
marketers!
Failure is a temporary situation.
It's
giving up that makes it permanent.
¹To be honest, I have not read anything
that supports this claim. However, this statistic is claimed
as
a "fact" on so many publications that I'm merely assuming it's true.
But
knowing exactly WHY 90% of people quit is important!
That
way when you get discouraged--as you probably will--and the temptation
to give up is at its strongest, you'll be
able to do whatever's necessary (if you
want) to break free and succeed.
Because,
after all, the
first step in
fixing a problem is recognizing the problem. Better still--is
if
you can identify a trend and fix it before it becomes a
problem!
In
any case, I've identified 3 main categories of people who end up
quitting before they've made enough money to live on. Each
one is
expanded on with some suggestions to help you overcome them.
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Because
if you don't cover these topics now, it will be too late when the
temptation to quit is the greatest. -
a.
Folks not willing to put in the needed effort because they're bored
with internet
marketing--they're only interested in the money.
b.
Folks not willing to put in the needed effort
because either they're basically lazy, or
looking for a real GRQ
opportunity--or both.
c.
Perfectionists and other people who are afraid of failure.
[I
can personally relate to all
3
of these
categories. But #1 and #3
applied most to me. Eventually I became truly fascinated with
internet marketing.
But even today, I struggle with perfectionism--which is
paralyzing--but I go into both
of these in a little more detail below, in case it helps you.]
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...So
let's start with the first one...
a.
Folks not willing to put in the needed effort because they're bored
with
internet
marketing--they're only interested in the money.
I
have a hunch that this is a big chunk of the "over 90%" who don't make
it. Because I've personally quit off and on. It wasn't until
I
started becoming genuinely fascinated with internet marketing and some
of
the tasks it entails that
I started making money.
If
money is
your only
motivation, it may be tougher to
"stay the course" for long--especially if you aren't having fun.
Because then it would be no different than going to a job
everyday that you disliked--but you trudged ahead anyway because it
paid the
bills.
We're
Not Lazy, We Just Wanted
the Money
Many
of the 'newbies' who say, "Just tell me exactly how to make money
online" are the ones who will give up. Not that they're all
slackers; it's just that
they weren't expecting to have to work so hard for success in online
marketing...
Many
of them are outstanding successes in other
areas
of their
lives. And being smart, they're alert to new opportunities and simply
see internet marketing
as a possible way to easy money...can't blame them there...
But
when it becomes obvious just how much effort is required to actually
make good money online, they give it up. They were only going
to pursue internet marketing if it proved to be as quick and easy as
advertised.
So
just because they "gave up" on
internet marketing,
doesn't mean they're fundamentally lazy people. It also
doesn't mean that IM is extremely hard, either.
This
is why that statistic is so lopsided; it doesn't mean over 90% of
people find internet marketing to be truly too
difficult; it's just takes more dedication than many folks are willing
to put
into it!
Great
News For You & Me
But
this is great
news for you! Because if you really
want to make money online,
you
can. But like anything worthwhile, it takes some work.
In
my opinion, however, the work required to be successful online beats
the heck out of construction work, for example...
Not
to
mention the other benefits, like not having to commute, wake up to an
alarm...the list is quite long.
Yep,
to me the effort and time
required is well worth it. It's all about freedom, baby!
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"The difference between a successful
person and others is not a lack of
strength, not a lack of knowledge, but
rather in a lack of will." - Vince Lombardi
"Striving for success without hard work is like trying to
harvest
where you haven't planted."
- David Bly
c.
Perfectionists and other people who are afraid of failure. I
can relate to being a perfectionist and also a person who hates to
fail. But the important point is that I recognize that I'm
prone
to perfectionism. Perfectionism
is the most
inefficient way to work and very
time-consuming. Even
now as I type this, I find
myself editing
the text as I type instead of just typing away and then going back to
edit as I should...but because I realize my propensity to do this, I'll
stop and correct myself...
It's
all about self-awareness,
knowing
yourself and working around your weaknesses...and reading this is a good
start!
"Striving for excellence
motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing."
- Harriet
Braiker
Being
afraid of failure is closely related to perfectionism (my
opinion). In any case, this is another thing that I had to overcome.
At least with internet marketing: My first website
had to
be perfect...there was always something else to do to it, some other
feature or article or color scheme that I wanted to integrate into it.
Every detail had to be just right...
“Most people fail in life because they major in
minor things.” - Anthony
Robbins
In
the
meantime, I was
wasting weeks when I could have been doing search engine optimization
while
I
fine-tuned my website. After all, when a website first
goes up there won't be any traffic to it anyway; no one will see your
'embarrassing' website until you've done some SEO.
So you can
fine tune your website on the fly--don't
fine tune it first.
You
need to get over the fact that some of your efforts in internet
marketing will not succeed. So it becomes a game of numbers:
Produce websites so fast that by the time you realize your
first
website isn't making you any money, your second and third ones are making money.*
"Never
give up. Almost nothing works the first time it's attempted.
Just
because what you're
doing does not seem to be working
doesn't mean it
won't work. It just means that
it might not work the way
you're doing
it. If it was easy,
everyone would be doing it,
and you wouldn't
have
an opportunity."
- Bob
Parsons
*This
is why I
recommend SiteSell over anything else out
there for new folks. Because it is highly unlikely that you
will
produce even one
website that doesn't work good with their system.
Each
one
IS a
masterpiece because the system won't let you fail if you faithfully
follow their guide. The only
downside is that you can't produce more than 1 or 2 profitable websites
a year...but each
one should make you money for many years and keep getting better.
Fail Faster for Success
There
is a popular IM book entitled, "Fail
As Fast As Possible and Other
Contrarian Business Success Secrets" by Dave Vallieres.
(Link goes to the "Downloads for the Success-Minded" page on
HonestySellsBest.com.)
It's no secret that in order to be successful--especially
super-successful--you've gotta be willing to just start running with
your project, your idea, your website...willing to fail, willing to
risk "failure."
“There is no such thing as
failure. There are only results.” - Anthony Robbins
So
you've just gotta get enough websites out there so that the odds are in
yourfavor; so if some of them "fail" (as they will), then you'll have
enough websites that are
profitable. But if you wait until each one is "perfect"
before you launch it, you'll go bankrupt.
"I have not failed 700 times. I
have not failed once. I have succeeded
in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have
eliminated
the ways
that will not work, I will
find the way that will
work."
-
Thomas Edison
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Productivity Slayers
and
how to overcome them
a.
Procrastination
We
all procrastinate, some more than others. But Perfectionists
can be the worst
procrastinators because we don't want to attempt a task unless we have
the time and energy to do a perfect job. So the added
pressure that's always attached to an upcoming task makes the thought
of that task unpleasant, so it often gets put off.
"Procrastination is
one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on
success and happiness is heavy." - Dr. Wayne Dyer
Working
Hard At Procrastinating: "Busy Work"
You're
probably familiar with doing "busy work" to avoid facing an unpleasant
task. Example: The deadline for your taxes is approaching.
You really should do them today. But suddenly that
magazine article on stamp collecting becomes fascinating to you, when
you'd ordinarily be bored out of your skull with something like that...
Next
thing you know, you're reading a book that you haven't picked up in
months...
"Things may come to those who wait, but only the
things left by those who hustle."
- Abe Lincoln
You
get the point. But that's exactly how you can waste time with
IM, too. By focusing on tasks that don't really do anything
for you...
Like, for example, spending hours on a
graphic header for your website (like I've done) because you enjoy
working with the pretty graphics. In the meantime, far more
important tasks are getting neglected...
Tasks
like SEO (Search Engine Optimization) or other boring tasks.
(By
the way, after you complete a couple sites the "right" way--doing the
required SEO--you'll find that all this SEO stuff is really easy and
not to be dreaded :)
Hot Tips for Getting Things Done
One
way to minimize the "busy work trap" is to tape a note somewhere on
your computer monitor that says something like, "Does this action bring
you closer to your desired target today?" Or, "Will this
project add anything to your bottom line profit?"
But
here's a
tip related to taping up this note that you won't read anywhere else:
Make
it a habit to rip down this note each and every week, and replace it
with a new one--handwritten.
Otherwise, it WILL become invisible within a few weeks. By changing it,
you're subconsciously and consciously reaffirming it.
A
great interactive resource for getting things done efficiently and
effectively, and eliminating procrastination is Mark Joyner's 100% Free
"Simpleology 101, The "Simple
Science of Getting What You Want."
It's
a self-paced course that's changed many lives for the better.
Here's
the Simpleology 101 Review
.
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b.
"Pride of
Authorship"
Here's
another potential 'show stopper.'
"Pride
of
Authorship" simply refers to having too much pride in your article,
website, or graphic for your website to be able to let it go and start
quickly to work on a replacement (if the evidence shows that you
should).
Like
stubbornly hanging on to an Adwords Ad
while your bank account drains dry.
You
may have spent hours perfecting the "perfect" sales letter, for
instance. But right off the bat, you need to accept that it
may be necessary (it WILL be necessary) to scrap your prized sales
letter that you've been working on for hours or even days...
You
need to be able to let it go without hesitation, without regret and
start anew on a replacement article or webpage if the evidence shows that you
should.
Your "Masterpiece" is
not
It's
hard at first to trash a sales page that you worked on for days--one
that you felt was a "masterpiece." But that's where you would've
gone wrong in the first place--by judging your own work, and especially by
thinking it was a "masterpiece."
You
should never, ever accept your own opinion of your work--especially at
the beginning. Always get several
opinions of people whose opinions you know are unbiased. (You
don't want a family member or friend who always praises everything you
do, or someone who is apathetic, to give you their opinion.)
Better
still, get the surfing public to judge your ad or your website.
Test it with a quick, cheap Google Adwords campaign.
These numbers don't lie. The best quick Adwords
strategy guide I've read (and I've read many) is by Michael Campbell,
called "Clickin' It Rich Action Plan." (You'll see the link to it
later.) For more in-depth, proven Adwords strategies you must
get
"Beating Adwords." But don't concern yourself with those
right
yet; one step at a time.
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c.
Paralysis by
Analysis
Everyone is
afflicted by this malady to some degree early in their
internet marketing career.
And
if you're somewhat of a Perfectionist and/or have an overriding Fear of
Failure, you may be extra prone to "Paralysis by Analysis."
This
common illness is triggered by Information
Overload...
Because
Lord knows, there's enough information on "how to make money online"
out there to cause not only paralysis--but death!
"Our doubts
are
traitors, and make us lose the good that we oft may win, by fearing to
attempt."
- William Shakespeare
I
wrote an entire article big enough to be an e-book that's practically
dedicated to this common illness titled,
"How to Escape The Internet Marketing
Money-Suck Vortex From Hell While Avoiding Paralysis by Analysis Caused
by Information Overload."
Anyone
with a computer and internet access can whip up a "how to make money
online" guide (like this one--only not near as good ;). So you are
confronted with more ads and information than you can shake a stick at
from--quite literally--all over the world...
What
to choose!!
This one seems good...but--hold on a minute here--now this
one really speaks to me...but let's not totally disregard this
guy...I'll just get all three...hmmmm...I'll just reorganize my desktop
here (busy work) while I get prepared to get ready...
“You see, in life,
lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what
they
know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.”
- Anthony Robbins
It's
just not humanly possible to sort thru the gobs and gigabytes of "how
to make money online" guides without getting dizzy...
If
you try to figure out which guide or which guru's program to go with,
you end up feeling like you do when you ponder cosmic questions like,
"is outer space infinite?"
...You can easily end up
doing nothing but getting a headache. And getting broker by
the minute as you purchase good-sounding offers while optimistically
thinking, "this one's different."
The
Answer?
If you're brand new, you should go with the
program with the best track record...the most graduates.
When I say "graduates," I mean people with profitable
websites. And there's only one that fits that bill: Dr. Ken Evoy's Site Sell.
It's the perfect cure for Paralysis by Analysis.
If
you're not new or you just want to piece together your own program
from
scratch, simply follow this "How to Make Money Online" guide
religiously.
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a.
Outsourcing
After
you've
created a successful website or two, you'll have a feel for your own
strengths and weaknesses. Because nobody is Superman or
Wonderwoman; there's not one human on this planet that's good at everything.
For example,
you may be good at Photoshop but bad at writing articles fast.
Do the things you're good at and outsource the things you're
not-so-good at. Everything's cheap on the internet, including website
services for hire.
So
don't worry about having to write: There are
literally thousands of people out there who will bid on your
work online for $5.00 - $15.00 per article--not bad, especially if your
website starts making just $5.00 per day. That's $150 a month "forever"
for a small investment!
Two good resources for getting work done for
you cheap are:
RentACoder.com - Describe what you
want a script (software) to do and they'll code it for you.
Now you can sell "your own" software for whatever price you
want! Software is always in demand and people are always
willing to spend more on software than on an e-book. You'll
be surprised how cheap you can get very good software designed for.
Elance.com
- Put anything out for them to bid on--articles you want written,
software you want designed, website design, etc. Basically,
anything that can be done remotely on another computer for you to
download can be outsourced here.
Another
option is to subscribe to a PLR ("Private Label Rights) article
subscription service that sends you 400-500 articles per month for
around $50-97 per month.
Just do a Google search for "PLR
articles."
Note 1:
The less
people that a PLR article membership site allows, the better.
I've
seen them range from 200 members to 1000. Obviously 200 is a
lot better than 1000...Regardless, you should change at least
one or two things in each article to avoid posting duplicate content to
the web.
Note
2: There are many more outsourcing 'sources'
than Rentacoder and Elance. But they're 2 of the most popular and a
place for you to start.
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b.
Exercise
Be aware of the
fact that
regular
exercise--especially cardiovascular--will speed your progress along.
Why? Because you will be much more energetic and
your head will be clearer than if you didn't do any cardio.
And this isn't just me claiming this...just ask anyone who does regular
cardiovascular exercise.
Being in good
cardiovascular condition does wonders
for your attitude, which in turn, does wonders for your business.
If you are thinking,
"Yea, but I
don't have time to exercise," please realize that nobody
has time to exercise--except maybe the elderly
retired. You have to make time.
But it's always time well spent.
Alright,
I won't drone on (anymore :) about exercise. But suffice to
say it's very important--even if just from an efficiency standpoint.
Because when you do work, you will be much more efficient. Even if every other
day you might only get 5.5 hours of sleep instead of 7. It's
a fact.
"If you're not willing
to take the time
to be healthy, you have to be willing to
take the
time to be sick."
- Joe Polish (Piranha Marketing)
c.
Google Calendar
I
don't have to tell you the importance of
keeping your busy life organized with an event calendar, whether that
calendar is on a PDA or hanging on the wall with notes scribbled on it.
But
there is an awesome free tool that Google has for you to quickly and
easily use. It's the Google
calendar. Just
take a moment to create a free account with Google if you don't already
have one, then set up your calendar in about 2 minutes...
I
stumbled upon the Google calendar only because I was comparing the
features of several downloadable organizers that cost between $9.95 and
$79.95. Thank goodness I didn't buy any of those because the Google
calendar is hands-down the easiest and best I've ever seen...
It
will even text message your
phone a pre-determined amount of time (that you set) prior to the event
you typed into a time slot on the calendar! (I
now use this feature for everything from grocery reminders to dentisit
appointments, in addition to internet marketing notes...like
"teleseminar at 5:00.")
The
sky's the limit on what you can do with this--it's perfect for putting
deadlines on tasks that you come up with when you're designing your
Action Plan...
Example:
You
type in an overall goal for a week, like "Design my first website and
start putting in the keyword-optimized articles."
...Then
you pre-load more detailed tasks into each day's slot, for example:
Monday:
"Download XSitePro, start doing the onscreen tutorial."
Tuesday:
"Finish XSitePro tutorial, select or create a Header for my webpage."
Wednesday:
"Create the left and right sides and the footer for my website."
Thursday:
"Install my first article."
Friday: "Install
articles 2-5 and sign up for Google Adsense."
Saturday: "Place
Adsense ads on my site."
"Take my kids to the park."
...You
get the picture. Each task can have a specific time assigned
as fast as you can type. You can get as detailed as you want.
And when you're designing your Action Plan, you should get very
detailed.
You
really should check this out: The Google
calendar.
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And finally, the conclusion of #1,
"The
Right Attitude"
Just the fact that
you're reading
this says good things about your attitude and your potential to succeed
based solely on your attitude. After all,
it's not the technical expertise that successful internet marketers
possess that make them successful. Neither is it their
business knowledge. Their
success is determined by their attitude. Here's a link to the
article,
appropriately named, "The Right Attitude to Make Money Online."
Another article on topic, "How
to Think Like a Guru." Kill
Two Birds With One CD I won't bore you with
my choice of
self-help books (there's hundreds, out there, as you know).
But in today's hectic world, if you can get your book on tape
or CD, it opens up a huge amount of time--time that would otherwise be
wasted while driving your car or truck. Here's a link to the
audio version
of Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence
People." Armand Morin said this book would change
your life overnight. I thought he was nuts to say something
like that about a book. But after listening to it, I realized he was
right. (It's reviewed here as well.) Remember that audio
books do
wonders for you because you'll actually listen to them; if you have to read them, they'll
likely sit for months until you can "find the time." But no
more: Now you've "found the time." And it was there
all along--waiting patiently for you to use in your vehicle! With
the right attitude, your
success is virtually guaranteed. But a "success attitude" is
a learned
skill. Most people disregard this one critical component to
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2. Money to live on
- This would
normally 'go
without saying,' but I felt it necessary to include it for people new
to internet marketing. You'd be surprised at the unrealistic
expectations many folks have when just starting out...
Usually an internet
biz-op
("business opportunity") woos them into believing they'll be able to
quit their regular job in a few weeks or so. This wishful thinking is
thanks to unscrupulous internet marketers who tell bold-faced lies in
their headlines and ad copy. (See "The Internet Marketing Money-Suck Vortex
From Hell" article later if you haven't already read it.)
Living Alone
If
you're living alone, the ideal
situation would
be if you had a part-time job that paid the bills. This would
maximize the time you could devote to your internet marketing
efforts. But if you live alone and work full-time, don't
worry
If You're Lucky
Otherwise,
the ideal situation would
be if you
didn't have to work at all at a 'regular' job--whether this was due to
a working spouse or you just had money from another source.
If You Don't Have Squat for Time
If
you have to work full-time or if
you have
other responsibilities like raising kids, don't worry. What
happens is you will automatically be much more efficient in
your internet marketing efforts than if you had all day to
devote to it...
I'm
not kidding, this is absolutely true: You may have noticed
that when you really
need to get something done--like when you're facing a
deadline--you can get far more done than you can when you have all day
to do something.
So
don't worry about not having all day to devote to
your web business. Just like exercise, the
most important thing is to make sure that your efforts are regular; even if that time is
only an hour here and there. This keeps you from
forgetting information as fast as you're learning it, and it keeps you
moving forward.
Tighten
your belt and do the
best you can with the time you have. Take one step at a time
but don't stop stepping!
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Now
that you're able to take a
realistic approach to this internet marketing thing... Here's
the Technical Nitty-Gritty, the "Nuts 'n Bolts" Ingredients You'll Need
to Assemble Your Money-Making Website(s) NOTE:
Building a quality deck for your
backyard, you'd want to use
only quality materials like pressure-treated lumber and stainless-steel
hardware. You
want to use only quality materials for the construction of your
websites, too. Especially
for your websites since--unlike your deck--your websites are supposed
to MAKE you money! Only
the best (but not necessarily the most expensive), top-notch "Nuts 'n
Bolts" Ingredients will be recommended for
construction
of your websites.
3. Computer
-
If you already have a fast computer, great. But if your
current computer is slow or outdated in any way, you stand to save gobs
of time by investing in a faster computer. And in this
business, TIME IS MONEY. The difference will mean getting
profitable websites up weeks or months quicker. Ideally, you'd have a
desktop AND a laptop. But if you could only have one, go for the
desktop. The reason is that a desktop will last longer and be
faster for the same money you'd need to invest in a laptop. Believe
me, laptops fail when used
everyday, all
day. Ordinarily, weathering a computer or hard drive failure
just means extreme inconvenience. But if you're an internet
marketer, your livelihood is at stake. The problem with
laptops is the heat buildup; even the 2008 versions are more failure
prone than a desktop. There
was move afoot to produce a "gel-cooled" laptop, but so far the price
point would be above what the market would bear. So the
compromise is that you can buy "gel pad" coolers--where you buy 2 and
rotate them in and out of the frig, placing your laptop on top of the
chilled gel pad. But there's also aftermarket multi-fan
coolers that do the same thing (sort of) by circulating air underneath
the laptop. (All laptops come with their own fan-cooling
system, but it's never enough.)
If you're in the
market for a new computer As
far as computer brands, I've heard only good things from friends about
DELL and HP. I've heard a couple "thumbs down" for Gateway. But
whatever brand computer you get, the faster, the better.
And this means MULTI-CORE
Processor: Whatever you do, don't
fall for one of the low-priced SINGLE core processor computers. They
may have every conceivable state-of-the-art component in them--but if
they don't have a multi-core processor, you're wasting your money!
By
the time you read this, there might
not even be used single-core processor computers available
anymore. Which would be a good thing.
Desktop
and/or laptop: Buy the fastest computer that you can
afford!!
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4. Internet Access
- The faster the connection, the better. Cable is
generally the fastest as of 2008. Followed by DSL, then WIFI
or satellite. I honestly don't know if it's even possible to
be an internet marketer with a dialup connection. It's
probably doable, but it just might add months to your time
'til success. Every second, every minute you save quickly
adds up to hours saved--especially when you're doing this for a
living. When fiber optic comes out,
be the first in line. It will pay you back in
spades.
Buy
the
fastest connection money can buy.
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5. Keyword
$$Research$$
Program
&
Strategy - O.K., slow down and take your
time here. This is a long section for a good reason.
This will make or break your IM business, plain and simple.
Smart keyword research is part of a sound strategy.
And a sound strategy becomes your "action plan."
...And the more fine-tuned your
keyword research, the more detailed your action plan which = a high
probability of a profitable website.
The best research software?
Probably NicheBot.
It uses the
important keyword databases: WordTracker's, Keyword Discovery, and
Overture (which is really Yahoo, but still carries the Overture
name. But Overture's free keyword tool has become unreliable
and
it looks like it may be phased out.) But there are other
keyword
research tools, as you'll see.
LSI-enhanced Keyword Research
Tool!
But now, NicheBot has an exclusive tool
that uses LSI (Latent Semantic Indexing) to return keywords
from a Google query...if you don't know what LSI is, then go to NicheBot and find out.
If you DO know what LSI is, then I don't have to tell you how
powerful a keyword research tool like this can be.
Even without the LSI tool, NicheBot returns a comprehensive
list of keywords for a given word or phrase like nothing else out
there.
And you only pay for what you
need.
Other Keyword Research Software
I'd just bought a one-year
subscription to Wordtracker
when I found Nichebot. Since you get (limited) access to the
Wordtracker keywords
with Nichebot, I basically wasted money on the Wordtracker
subscription. And NicheBot also includes Keyword Discovery--which
is more expensive than Wordtracker because it has a much,
much bigger database.
Keyword Elite is a
great tool, but by itself it only queries Wordtracker's free version of
its tool. But Keyword Elite does
give you the option of also using Wordtracker's more comprehensive paid
version and/or Keyword
Discovery--but you'll need to subscribe to them first and then give
Keyword Elite your login info for those services. But Keyword
Elite does have other unique features that are pretty cool
that make it a favorite of many marketers. Adwords
Analyzer is
helpful for doing Wordtracker's free version queries because it's very
fast and gives you
the CPC (cost per click) at the same time. But I use this
only sporadically now for quick initial research.
Because now that NicheBot is out, there's no need
for having to subscribe to multiple services and having to buy several
pieces of software. NicheBot does it all for a
fraction of the price. And does it in one neat, easy
interface that works from the NicheBot servers so you don't have to use
your own computer's resources; nothing to download & configure!
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