Every time I go to a conference or take part in a seminar I meet a bunch of amazing people.
I meet people who are experts at marketing. I chat to entrepreneurs who are wizards at search engine optimization. I swap ideas with other bloggers who are making six-figure incomes on the strength of their posts.
Every one of those people is special.
But they aren't successful because they're special.
They're special because they're successful.
That shouldn't be the case. Anyone can be a success. It just takes effort, patience and most importantly, knowledge too.
That knowledge will tell you how to build and market an online business. That's valuable enough. But your knowledge can also be a product in itself.
Everyone has knowledge that other people would want to know. It could be suggestions for buying a house, tips on coaching a soccer team or ways of creating bouquets out of paper flowers.
As long as it's information that other people are willing to buy, all of that knowledge can be put in the form of a product and sold online.
It's a method that many successful online entrepreneurs are using to make a great deal of money. They write an information product, put it on Clickbank and pay commissions to all of the affiliates who line up to sell it for them.
Once the product has been created and the sales page written, the marketing is almost effort-free. You'll have plenty of other people doing it for you. You'll be free to kick back and enjoy the passive income.
I think that ClickBank has a lot to offer Internet entrepreneurs but if creating your own product sounds like too much work -- at least for now -- then you can certainly start by promoting other people's. The commissions for ClickBank products can be high, the selection is broad enough to suit just about any site and for a blog with a loyal following, the promotion should be simple enough, giving your site one more high-level revenue stream.
There's nothing special about using ClickBank -- lots of people are doing it. But the results can make you very special indeed.
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April 13, 2009 07:44 PM
the important thing maybe how to marketing it. I am learn also.
April 13, 2009 08:11 PM
Great post. I think this shows people, you must be hard working to be successful.
April 14, 2009 04:11 AM
Internet is, i think, the fairest market ever.
You get paid for what you produce or get paid
for somebody else produces or just paid for being
smart. Unless you don't want to be paid...
That's another story.
The net is great
April 14, 2009 10:17 AM
Thank you Joel. Im great at providing information, not so good at making money doing it. I appreciate the article.
April 14, 2009 10:31 AM
Well written, and very well said.
Also....a GREAT funded proposal idea for us MLM'ers out there.
If you can get your "autoship" paid for and teach others how to do the same, you'd have a downline with very little attrition, and that is a million dollar talent right there.
To Our Success,
Broker Jones
April 14, 2009 10:52 AM
I put my first information product, the ebook Writing College Textbook Supplements: The Definitive Guide to Winning High-Paying Assignments in the College Textbook Publishing Market, on Clickbank a few days ago.
I've already had two sales and am just now implementing my main online marketing plan.
What I like about Clickbank:
1. It has lots of affiliates.
2. It handles all the payments.
3. It handles all refunds.
One problem so far:
My product is so new it doesn't show up in the "Buy Products" section.
Joel, this is a very good post for people just starting out; thanks for addressing us!