| One of the first things a newcomer to Internet | | | | commission of 50 dollars you have to spend less than |
| Marketing runs into is a flood of information. Not all of | | | | 50 dollars just to break even. Actually about 40 bucks |
| the info is what I call helpful. Especially when it comes | | | | due to ClickBanks fees and some "slippage". |
| to recruiting new affiliates. If a newcomer is told he | | | | Well a lot of sales pages have a conversion rate of |
| doesn't need a website (or at least a blog) they don't | | | | 1% or lower so that means you have to send 100 |
| have the whole picture. | | | | people to get a sale! That means you can't spend |
| Here is the picture without a website. The newcomer | | | | more than 40 cents on your keywords and those |
| finds a product they think is good and, for sake of | | | | keywords are probably bid up higher so your ad won't |
| discussion, let's say it's a ClickBank product. They can | | | | show. This is not horribly complicated but there are |
| sign up and get their nickname (sales commission | | | | other ways to get traffic to a sales page that work |
| code). | | | | well and cost far less. |
| At that point, most of the advice out there is to run an | | | | So, to answer the question "Do I need a website?" I |
| AdWords campaign sending targeted traffic to the | | | | say yes, if you want options for traffic other than |
| sales page (pitch page) that has a link with your | | | | Google ads. |
| ClickBank nickname in it. The sales pages often | | | | How does a newcomer to Internet Marketing learn |
| appear to be written by one source because they are | | | | what he needs to succeed? I suggest joining one of |
| so similar. It must work, right? | | | | the Online Internet Marketing Schools. In there you can |
| Well, sort of. A lot of these sales pages have a low | | | | learn what you need at your own pace without risking |
| conversion rate so the answer to that, for the | | | | losing a bunch of money. |
| merchant, is mass floods of traffic, sent free of cost | | | | That's how I started. When people ask me "How can I |
| (to the merchant) by affiliates. | | | | make money online?" I tell them that I learned how in |
| Well, ideally, the new affiliate can send traffic to that | | | | school. My advice is learn the terminology, learn the |
| sales page at a cost low enough to make a profit! | | | | techniques, and study your lessons. Now, go do your |
| That is unlikely since the people who make money that | | | | homework! |
| way are expert at it and newcomers are not! | | | | By the way, I still go regularly to 1 of these online |
| Here's the math. If you are selling a product with a | | | | schools. And I like it. |