Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:44:58 -0800WeeblyThu, 12 Aug 2010 02:35:03 -0800http://www.davidmeeonlinereview.com/1/post/2010/08/how-to-find-free-information-to-make-money.htmlWhen you decide to look around for ways to make money online, it can be very confusing. What normally happens is you search Google, and come up with hundreds of pages promising to show you how to make hundreds of thousands of dollars online.

This all sounds fansastic, except that then you have to pay for the system, which is fair enough if it is a legitimate, easy to use system.

Most people get caught when first trying to make money online, because they are not given enough information, or the information they are given is way beyond their skill level.

In fact, if the owners of these money making systems were up front and honest about how much work is involved, and how many years it takes to get the tens of thousands of dollars promised, the poor guys who are now struggling, way over their heads would never have bought it in the first place.

Because of this I have begun putting together a list of websites which provide some level of information free.

I believe people should be able to at least begin to understand how the money making systems work before they buy a product.

The website for this is http://www.davidmeeonline.com/free-info-make-money-online.htm]]>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 06:59:46 -0800http://www.davidmeeonlinereview.com/1/post/2010/04/how-to-make-money-online-part-7-how-do-i-generate-traffic.htmlLast post we looked at what to put on our landing page, now we have to get people to visit our website. This process you may hear referred to as getting traffic. As soon as someone visits a webpage, they are now a traffic.

The major cause of people not making as much money online as they would like, is that they can't get enough traffic to their website. On average you need 100 visitors to make 2 or 3 sales. This is called the conversion rate. A conversion rate of 3% means that three people out of 100 bought the product.

I will briefly outline some of the methods used to generate traffic, with the good and bad points of each.

• PPC - pay per click advertising. Google, yahoo and others will display relevant ads on their search engines and on relevant websites. When someone clicks on the ad, Google charges the person who set the ad up. The benefits of PPC are that you can get instant results. The downsides are that it does cost money, and if you haven't done your research properly, it can cost you a lot of money, very quickly. I would definitely recommend a training program which steps out how to set up AdWords campaigns and which keywords to target, so that you pay the least amount you have to. 

•Video Marketing - Videos are becoming very popular among people online. Sites like Youtube have millions of visitors every day. The idea is to make a video about something you are promoting, with interesting or funny content, and attach the webpage to the description box, and at the end of the video. If your video proves to be popular, then some of the people will click on your link to see what you are offering. This can be extremely effective if done correctly. 

• Search Engine Rankings - The more "Google friendly" your website is, the faster your website will appear at the top of the list when people search for a relevant keyword. Search engine rankings are good because they are completely free, but they can take a long time to start flowing in. 

• Blogging - Create a blog with the topic about the product you are promoting. Blogging useful, relevant information, will give you a better standing in Search engines, and you can post on other peoples blogs in return for posts on yours, giving you more exposure. This is great to do if you have the time, and you have to know your topic well, which is why you should choose to promote a product which you are personally interested in. 

• Article writing - Similar to blogging, write articles of around 500 words with good, useful information, with a link back to your website.

These are only a few methods, I have run out of room to list more. If you haven't started yet, or don't have the traffic you would like, I would recommend investing in a training program like Clickbank Mastermind, which will walk you through step by step how to generate traffic, so that you can successfully make money online.

]]>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:31:32 -0800http://www.davidmeeonlinereview.com/1/post/2010/04/how-to-make-money-online-part-6-what-do-i-put-on-my-website.htmlWe have looked previously at the nuts and bolts of getting a website published on the Internet, but for those who don't know how to earn or make money online; deciding what exactly to put on the website is the hardest part of the whole process.

Everything else in the process is mainly mechanical, but publishing a website requires creativity.

So what is the idea of sending people to your web page first? How does this help you sell the product to people? There has been a lot of research over the years which has shown that someone will be more likely to buy a product if they build a relationship with you. The only way someone will build a relationship with you is if you are genuine and honest on your website!

We all have a very good idea when we are being lied to when we visit websites, so the best way to come across genuine and honest is to actually be honest on your website. If you are doing a product review, actually review the product. If you say you have used the product and recommend it, then make sure you have.

There are a few ways to setup your website, or landing page, as they are referred to.

1. As a sales page for the product - sometimes you may want to write your own sales page and send people directly to the checkout page. You would generally only do this if you knew it was a great product, but the official sales page was terrible.

2. A single product review page - A review is a great way to pre-sell the product, as long as it is honest and doesn't sound like a sales pitch.

3. A multiple product review page - A more official looking page with multiple products compared side by side is also a great way to warm up the people you have directed to your site.

Any product which you have chosen should be a great product, which will really help the person who is interested enough to look at your page. Choosing a good quality product to review on your landing page is critical, because you want the person buying to come and buy through you again.

There are different ways to layout your page, and different approaches work for different people who are visiting your site. I don't think it is critical exactly how the site is laid out, as long as it is simple and easy to follow. Some pages work very well with just enough information on it to tell the visitor what you are promoting, others can go into a lot of detail, and require the visitor to scroll right down to the bottom to access the product. Sometimes the best approach is to try it and see what works for you. Remember that you are finding people with a need and providing a means to help them.

Next time we will look at different forms of traffic, and the pros and cons of free traffic and paid traffic.

]]>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:03:46 -0800http://www.davidmeeonlinereview.com/1/post/2010/04/how-to-make-money-online-part-5-how-to-create-the-best-web-pages.htmlLast time we looked at how critical keywords are to earn or make money online. Now that we have chosen a product to promote and have done the keyword research, now we need a website to direct people to.
 
Today we will look at the nuts and bolts of creating a web page and getting it online.

There are three main ways to achieve this :-

·         Create your own web page with software, buy hosting and a domain name and fit it all together yourself.

·         Find a website which lets you create WebPages for free, hosts your site for free, and buy your own domain name.

·         Pay someone to design your site, Buy hosting and a domain name and have it uploaded for you.

Which one of these three options you choose will completely depend on whether you have web design skills, a professional web design program, or money to pay someone to build it for you.

If you already have web design skills, you probably already know how to buy hosting and link your domain names all together, but for you who don’t, I will briefly outline the process.

·         Choose a web hosting company (There are lots of them out there) and buy a hosting package. Typically $5 to $10 a month will cover it.

·         Buy a domain name which suits you. (Typically $8 to $12 a year, more if you use email addresses)

·         Link your domain name with your hosing site, and upload your website.

How to link your domain name and hosting together is a bit difficult to describe here, but there are training courses which explain this in detail and have “how to” videos to make it easy. If you are just starting out, I would recommend buying access to a good quality online training course. A bit of training before you begin and a reference to come back to will make the whole process faster and less confusing, and may save you some money as well.

I have had a lot of success with my websites, using a site which allows me to create a complete website by dragging and dropping. It is free to use and provides hosting for free. The only concession I have to make is a small line of text on the bottom saying “Create a free website with websitename” I think this is definitely the way to go for those starting out.

I haven’t had to pay anyone for website design, but it is recommended by those who are successful as a way to leverage your time, and free you up to do other things. (Like take the kids to school). I personally enjoy the challenge of creating and designing web sites, but I completely understand that you may not, and just want it done quickly. Whichever way you choose to go will depend on your personal circumstances and skills.

Good luck with learning how to make money online. Next time we will look at exactly what do we put on our websites to make it a winner for us.

]]>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 05:51:19 -0800http://www.davidmeeonlinereview.com/1/post/2010/04/how-to-make-money-online-part-4-keyword-research-is-critical.htmlLast time we looked at choosing the best products on ClickBank to promote, now we will look at keyword research, and how critical it is to make money online.

You may have heard the term keyword research if you have been looking around for a while, but if you are looking to make or earn money online for the first time, I will give a brief description of what keyword research is and why it is so important.

Whenever you type a phrase into a search engine, looking for something, this is called a keyword. Search engines track it, and people research it to target their ads. There is nothing mysterious about keyword research, basically we are looking for the words which people are searching for, and trying to match them with a product they want to buy. We are not trying to ram products down people's throats, we are not cold selling things, we are trying to find people with a need, and trying to fill that need.

There are two types of people who search on Google and other search engines. Those who are just looking, and those who have a need to be filled. The idea of keyword research is to find those people who need something. People with no money are looking for ways to make more money. Those who need to lose weight are looking for a program which suits them. As an affiliate marketer, we have access to tens of thousands of products which are there to fill people's needs.

There are generic keywords which huge numbers of people will search for, such as "weight loss". All sorts of people will search for this phrase, not necessarily to buy something. Lots of people just browse the internet to find out information. We all do.

There are also targeted keywords which only people very interested in a weight loss solution will type in, such as "buy weight loss program" these are the type of keywords we want to target, as there will be less people searching, but they will be a lot more likely to be interested on the products we can direct them to.

There are numerous tools available for keyword research; most of them have a free feature which will display a small number of related keywords. To access the full keyword search functions you will have to pay some money. This allows you to get all the keywords on the group, which may be thousands, and most will allow you to download the keywords as an Excel spreadsheet. This saves a huge amount of time copying and pasting.

There are also web based software programs which cater for affiliate marketers. These have a whole selection of tools combined in the one website, which can save you some money. If you are serious about learning to make money online, it may be worth subscribing to a training program which also has tools included, to make your campaigns so much easier and quicker to setup, and get you making money that much sooner.

Good luck with your online money making!

]]>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:48:39 -0800http://www.davidmeeonlinereview.com/1/post/2010/03/how-to-make-money-online-part-3-choosing-the-best-product-to-promote.htmlLast time, we looked at how to get started in affiliate marketing, now we will look at one of the first steps everyone needs to do to begin. Product research.

The best place to choose products from I believe is Clickbank. They are the largest online marketplace, they deal with all the payments and tracking. They pay twice a month without fail, I think they are definitely the place to start your affiliate marketing business.

To begin searching for products to promote, open up the clickbank website and click on “Marketplace”. This will bring up a list of 23 categories on the left, ranging from Arts and Entertainment, though to Travel. One method of searching for a great product to make money online is to manually browse though the products. This can be very time consuming however so I would recommend using the search feature.

To do a search for a product in a niche you are interested in, you can type a subject directly into the search box, and it will search by “Keyword Relevance” by default. I didn’t find this particularly helpful, so will explain how to find the best products by using the advanced search feature.

When you click into the Advanced Search page you will see a list of options you can filter your search results by. To find the best products to promote, there are two filters which are invaluable. These are the “Gravity” filter and the “Affiliate Page” filter. If you haven’t heard the term Gravity before, it is basically how popular the product is with affiliates. The higher the gravity, the more affiliate are promoting it. I believe it is best to go for a product which has a high gravity, as this means it is selling very well and lots of people are buying the product.

Some people try to stay away from these as there is more competition for that product. This may be true, but there are billions of people using the internet, and if you setup your Affiliate marketing business correctly, you will make sales and attract people, no matter how much competition there is.

So when we do a search, for example “Lose weight fast” we want to search for those products with a high gravity, and who has an affiliate support page. This is very important because when you choose a product, you are committing yourself for a long time of promoting that product. You will want to choose a product which has all the tools and hard work done for you, ready for you to use. We will be spending our time generating traffic, not weeks of research and setting up landing pages etc.

When doing a search, it is useful to search only the category you are interested in; otherwise all sorts of products come up on the search, which are not directly related to the type of product you are looking for.

There are affiliate support programs which can be subscribed to, which have their own search tools for clickbank. One of these I have used and it had a fantastic feature which allowed you to view the products gravity score over time. This immediately shows if the product is still becoming popular, or has past its best.]]>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:09:56 -0800http://www.davidmeeonlinereview.com/1/post/2010/03/how-to-make-money-online-part-2-starting-your-affiliate-marketing-business1.htmlLast post we looked at lots of different ways to make money online. We found that affiliate marketing is a great choice for people starting out. This is because quite large sums of money can be made for a very small investment of money. This is exactly what everyday people need, to pay off credit cards, mortgages and get back on top of their finances.

The first thing to be aware of when starting up an affiliate marketing business, is that making money online is never quite as easy as it is promised. After reading lots of “how to” articles, and paying to join a training system, I discovered that it takes time and effort to make anything happen. If we were told this beforewe signed up and started, we would have a much better frame of mind, and be much more likely to succeed.

For those of you thinking of starting affiliate marketing, rest assured it is definitely a worthwhile thing to spend time doing. You need to begin by expecting to “learn the ropes” first. There are quite a few processes and skills which need to be learned, before any real substantial money can be made. If you begin by thinking you will earn $2000 in the first month, you may be disappointed. Don’t get me wrong, goals and dreams are very important, but expect to do some hard work before you see the money they promise.

Some useful tips when first staring out are:-

·         Have a goal – Where you end up is largely set by what your goals and dreams are.

·         Write them down – There is a lot of research showing that written goals are a lot more likely to come to pass than goals in your head.

·         Do some research – Don’t buy into the first training package or system you find, look around and find one which is best suited to you.

·         Have a plan – Plan what steps you will take to successfully get a campaign off and running. A good training package will outline the steps needed to make money online.

·         Follow your plan till you see results – Don’t get distracted by all the other things you can do to make money, if it’s not in your plan.

·         Fine tune – When you are making money, analyse your results, see what is working and what isn’t and plan your next campaign to suit.


If you invest in a training program, they will outline the practical things which you need to do to get everything linking together and working properly. Some of these include:-

·         Setting up a clickbank account.

·         Setting up a Paypal account.

·         Buying web hosting, or showing you free hosting websites.

·         How to get cheap domain names.

·         How to link your domain name to your hosting site.


These are mechanical steps which every Affiliate marketer must do, before they can start choosing products, researching keywords, creating landing pages, driving traffic and analysing the results.

 
Next time we will look at how to choose the best products from clickbank]]>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800http://www.davidmeeonlinereview.com/1/post/2010/03/how-to-make-money-online-part-1-choosing-your-income-method1.htmlThe internet is a fantastic place for those wanting to make extra money, or make lots of money while staying at home. There are dozens of ways to make money, some are legitimate businesses and some are very suspect. Choosing the best method to generate an income from home can be very confusing and time consuming.

Some of the methods to make money online include:-

·         Selling products on auction sites like EBay – Basically, find some products and sell them online for a profit. There is money to be made when done right, but stock needs to be handled.

·         Article writing – There are sites which will give you royalties for articles you have written, based on how many people view your articles.

·         Answering Surveys – Fill out online surveys and companies will pay you. It’s called market research.

·         Forex Trading – Buy and sell currencies.

·         Stock Trading – Buy and sell stocks and shares.

·         Gambling – Are you good at poker? Try your luck with online gambling sites. (Not recommended for a serious income)

·         Affiliate Marketing – Find products people want to buy online, recommend them to people and the seller gives you a percentage of the sale for your efforts.

·         Write and sell your own music and lyrics, or rap beats – For those musically minded, the internet is the perfect place to market your talents.

·         Make your own product – Make an E-Book or training course and sell it online. Then get affiliates to promote it for you.

·         Design Websites – There is a huge demand for new websites. If you have a creative streak then make some sample websites and market yourself to the world.
All of these methods work for different people. Some people have writing ability, and make a very nice income writing articles for others. Some people are entrepreneurs and create products for people to buy. Some people get into Forex trading and make a lot of money that way. What you choose to do depends on your talents and interests. Don’t try to sell music and lyrics if you have no musical ability at all and don’t like music!

A very popular method to get into the world of making money online is affiliate marketing. People begin making money this way, then move into another area which suits them better when they actually have money to use. This is because it is possible to make a lot of money for a very small outlay of money. All it takes is effort and time initially, then it it relatively simple to continue to generate an income, while perusing other avenues.

Like anything worthwhile, this method will take some effort, mainly in learning what to do, and the best ways to do things. If done correctly, the process can be relatively straightforward. If done the wrong way, it can be expensive and frustrating.

There are many training programs on the internet designed to help new marketers get started the right way, and teach them how to avoid the mistakes many people make when first starting out.]]>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800http://www.davidmeeonlinereview.com/1/post/2010/03/beginners1.htmlClickbank - An online marketplace on which tens of thousands of people sell products. They do all the money processing, so any payment is secure, and done in one place.

Keywords - When people search in Google or Yahoo etc, they enter "Keywords". These are all tracked and look at by affiliate marketers to see which keywords to use when advertising a product.

Adwords - You may have noticed that Google  have ads on just about every website on the internet and when you search? These are created and managed by Google Adwords. 

Landing Pages - These are websites which review and promote other peoples products.

Sales Pages - These are websites which promote the persons own product.

Sales Copy - The big sales pitch is called a "Copy"

Traffic - When people visit a website they have become "traffic"! If they are interested in what is on the website, they are "Targeted Traffic"

Gravity - When a product in clickbank is selling well, and lots of affiliate's are promoting it, it will have a high "gravity"

SEO - Search Engine Optimization. How highly a website ranks when people search, and how likely it is to come up on the first page is how "Google friendly" it is. There are lots of factors which add up to make your page "Google friendly" and from what I can gather, it changes from time to time. Getting your website setup with good SEO is quite a skill. 
I highly recommend Michael Goudelock's training program, Clickbank Mastermind. He is an honest, genuine guy who has a fantastic video course, which deals with SEO, adwords, creating landing pages etc. I learned a huge amount about internet marketing from him when I first started.]]>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800http://www.davidmeeonlinereview.com/1/post/2010/03/beginners.html

• Don't believe any sales pitch which claims to be the only one of whatever it is. There are billions of people on the internet, and someone else most probably has the exact same thing.
• Don't take too much notice of Be quick! limited time offer. There are a lot of people out there selling products who use this line to get sales. It is meant to be a good selling technique. The problem is, that most of these "limit time/quantity" offers go on for years and years. They are not limited at all. I'm sure there are honest people out there, who mean what they say, but there are lots which don't
• Don't ever think that making money is as easy as the sales pitches say. They have done they hard work already, and to them it is easy! For those starting out, anything new will take time and effort (any money) to get the skill level up.
• Do something! not doing anything will definitely not make you money
• Learn the basics - Spend some time initially learning keyword research, how to research products, how to put together landing pages. A good foundation will speed things up for you later on.

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