| Do you want to be one of those internet millionaires? | | | | collect a percentage of the sale for their service, and |
| Yeah, me too. I bet you also want everything to be | | | | vendors pay fees to the services to have their |
| 'fully automated' too, don't you? Likewise. Did you | | | | products listed. |
| find anything yet that really is fully automated...for | | | | Your job isn't done there however; you still need to |
| FREE...and requiring no work on your part? Yeah, me | | | | promote whatever you are selling. That requires |
| either. Every time I have written something along | | | | something called 'driving traffic' to your website, |
| those lines, though, I have received an avalanche of | | | | landing page, or blog offering. There are several |
| offers from people proclaiming to have just such a | | | | ways to generate traffic; writing articles is one of |
| program. None of those programs is truly automated, | | | | them. By including a link back to the website you are |
| unless you are willing to pay a hefty up-front fee and | | | | promoting in the article or resource box, interested |
| at least $40 a month to maintain it. See above, | | | | people can find you and your products. To get your |
| where I said 'free'. | | | | website higher up in the rankings, there are things like |
| So what are we to do, my friend? Obviously some | | | | SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and web services |
| work-or money--is going to be required to solve this | | | | that push your information out onto the web. There |
| conundrum. Having pondered this for the last few | | | | are also internet advertising solutions like that |
| years, I have determined that affiliate marketing is | | | | combine a really cool directory search page and |
| the secret for those who want a true 'set and | | | | internet advertising in a hybrid, new-tech kind of way. |
| forget' type of business. If you don't know what | | | | The next step is to monetize your website, |
| that is, the easy explanation goes like this: a vendor | | | | webpages or blog, which includes adding things like |
| has a product that you want to sell. When you sell it, | | | | Google AdSense/AdWords and affiliate offerings. If |
| you get a commission, paid by the vendor. Sounds | | | | this has got your head spinning, let me comfort you. |
| like retail business, right? Well that's because it IS | | | | I have created a couple of websites to help those |
| retail...retail on steroids, as they say. That's because if | | | | who are frustrated and don't know where to start. |
| you take a digital product, such as an eBook, an | | | | The information is free when you sign up for the |
| eProgram, MP3, or anything else that can be digitally | | | | newsletters, which include tips and alerts to |
| stored and downloaded, it's about as automated as | | | | interesting affiliate offers. I'm no internet guru, I'm |
| you can get. Once the product is produced and | | | | just like you, and after a few years of searching (the |
| uploaded to a server and linked for a download, | | | | equivalent of trying to pull teeth out of hens) have |
| there is nothing further for the vendor or seller to | | | | discovered some simple ways to get started. The |
| do, other than collect the money, which can be done | | | | secret is to start something, and keep plugging away |
| by companies like ClickBank or PayPal. Both vendor | | | | at it until it works. As you do, you will be building |
| and seller have accounts to either one or both of | | | | your list, generating traffic, gaining knowledge about |
| those, where payments are settled and distributed. | | | | further steps in the direction you've chosen, and |
| It's free to signup, so even if you don't use them, it | | | | making some money. It's not brain surgery. |
| costs you nothing. PayPal and other pay services do | | | | |