06.05.07
Hello & Welcome
Hi there,
This blog had been on the cards for quite some time, but the last 3 months were so hectic (and exciting) that I just couldn’t make time for it. But now, I am glad to launch my blog - “Internet Marketing - My Way”.
The purpose of this blog is to share with you ideas, tips and techniques on different aspects of Internet Marketing. As a full time Internet Marketer for over 4 years, I have learnt a lot in this vast and interesting field. And I want to use this blog to share my knowledge and experience with you.
There’s a small problem though and I need you to help me through it. You see, I don’t know where to start. I want to write about the hidden tricks & techniques, the gaps and loopholes in the Internet Marketing industry and my favorite topics, Viral Marketing and List Building. There’s a lot to write about, but I have no clue where to begin.
So please use the comments section of this post and let me know what areas in Internet Marketing interests you the most - Affiliate Marketing, PPC, SEO, List Building, Traffic Generation, whatever. Are there any specific topics that you are unable to learn through other blogs and content sites? What are the most pressing issues?
Your comments will help me create a meaningful blog - so please help me out. Once I have some inputs, I will set the ball rolling!
Thanks,
Alok
Robert said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:10 am
Hi Alok,
I am really interested in Affiliate Marketing through writing articles.
Good luck with the blog,
Robert
Debra said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:11 am
Would like to know more about affiliate marketing. Can this actually work
Terry said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:11 am
Hi Alok
As you say there are many aspects of internet marketing that are neccessary and interesting to discuss.
I think that any tips or advice you can give on list building would be of great help and a good place to start.
As they all say the money is in the list, providing thats it a good and responsive list, so I look forward to reading further information regarding this subject.
All the best with the new blog.
Terry
jonathan said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:13 am
Hi Alok,
Thanks for inviting me to your blog. I have only just started my blog up after you got me started into this affiliate marketing business. You can find my blog at http://www.affiliatemarketforce.blogspot.com.
As to where to start; it is a question of separating the different marketing strategies to achieve web site traffic and ultimately referrals. The big question is which is the best strategy? This would be my best advice on where to start.
Jonathan
http://www.affiliatemarketforce.com
ALEX NEWELL said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:16 am
I think the biggest problem is getting started. Earning your first few dollars online is the biggest hurdle.
After that its making a reliable income - second problem!
Alex Newell
The Internet Newbie Coach
ann said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:16 am
I’d like to know more about affiliate marketing with articals. What do people mean by an “article”? Is it a product review? Anecdote? Information piece?
Thanks, Ann
Dianne from NZ said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:16 am
Hey Alok, You know the answer to Roberts question, with the IAW, (Instant Article Wizard) but I am in the middle of building my site, & have still yet to do the blog thing….
Not enough hours in the day… LOL..
Good Luck, & I think traffic tips are probably the most asked topics from most people.
Cya.
Steph White said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:19 am
Hi Alok,
How about beginning by telling us a bit about yourself and your IM career to date?
A general outline of what works for you, and what doesn’t, would give your readers the opportunity to ask questions and give you subject ideas for ‘digging deeper’ into.
All the best,
Steph.
Prahalad said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:20 am
Hi Alok,
I have gone through through the contents of your blog and I found it very interesting. I would like to know more about ViralMarketing and List Building and also about affiliate marketing. I am sure you will be able to provide valuable information about the same in your blog. I am really looking forward to seeing it.
Congratulations, and all the very best with the new blog.
Prahalad
Clive said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:20 am
As a newbie to IM, I heartily agree - there is a lot to learn. I’ve been reading up for the last 3 weeks. In theory, its pretty simple, in practice though that’s where the problems come up.
For example, making a website is no problem I’ve been doing and teaching that for around 8yrs. But how to setup up for IM? Mini-site per product or one larger site for the niche? And what about autoresponders and the web-forms for building the list? This is the main area that I’m having trouble with.
BFN, Clive
Deanna said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:21 am
Thank you for inviting me. I am interested in learning more about writing articles and other means of traffic generation.
A-Patel said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:23 am
Hi,
i think writing an article on ‘Blogging Tips’ would be a great start!
As many people are making decent money from their blogs, i think this would be a good topic for newbies.
My website covers this area:
http://blogepublishing.com/
Mark said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:24 am
Hiya Alok,
Good luck with the blog and happy posting!
From the sounds of things, it’s probably best to start right from the beginning! What is Affiliate Marketing - how do you get started - assume nothing, and explain it as though you were talking to a newbie -start with the simple and build up to the more complex issues. Make sure you put a lot of personal experiences in it to keep it interesting. Well, that’s my recommendation
Sincerely,
Mark Krusch
VikkiBiz said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:25 am
Hey Alok, We think List Building and Downline Referrals are where the Money is! Without Lists and Massive Downlines, you’re nowhere!
Hey, Thanks for inviting us to Your Blog! Good luck with it and Thanks for all you contribute in helping fellow marketers!
Viktoria & Gary Affron
MyWorldPlus
http://vikkibizteam.myworldpower.com
Marcel said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:25 am
Hello Alok,
Just tell us which Internet Marketing tactics worked best for you.
And tell it in a way so that it becomes easy for us to use them too.
Regards,
Marcel
Andrej said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:26 am
Yes , I agree with Alex Newell. Getting started, which is the best tsrategy are the bigest problem.
Good Luck to everybody.
Andrej
Gary Harvey said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:27 am
Alok,
I tell you what I’d be interested in - your money making blueprint. Can you tell us in a few short sentences the boiled-down business model that’s working for you.
That will get us all going and spark a lot of responses I’m sure.
Gary
Vinyasa said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:27 am
Hey Alok,
Good luck with the new blog - I’m just building my own now.
You’ve always given good advise to your list / customers. You”ve built trust by being sincere and of value.
I fully expect your blog will be a huge success!
Keep up the good work.
Sheila Christian said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:28 am
Hello Alok,
Thanks for the invite to your blog. Being relatively new to the whole Internet Marketing thing, and all it’s ups, downs, and “loop holes”. I think a general synopsis on the whole thing would give better insight into the whole of Internet Marketing. Although since it seems I am getting more into Affiliate programs would love to hear about that, so I can start heading in the right direction with that. Also where to being Traffic Generation is another target article I would be looking forward to.
Thanks again,
Sheila
Robert said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:29 am
Greeting Alok,
I don’t know much about blogs,forums seem move informative..but the ultimate question is which strategy is most cost effective to promote a site?
Targeted PPC or Targeted email vs bulk email or surf hits? All this in addition to building the LIST or buy the LIST? What are the stats if the product is good?
To our success
Robert
http://globalcapitalsystems.com
Jodi said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:29 am
Hi Alok,
If you had loads of PLR stuff gathering dust on your hard drive, and needed cash, like yesterday, what would you do?
Have no doubt your blog will be beneficial to all!
Regards
Jodi
Larry rivera said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:29 am
Nice blog and good luck. I also just put up a blog recently. I enjoy being on your list.
Larry
Dave said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:32 am
Hi
Man, you choose a massive subject to ask for advice tips and tricks etc.
Could be daunting to ‘ newbies ‘.
Start point? Learn from people like you.
I agree with Steph White. Lets hear from you.
Me?? I own several Article Directories, Safelists and the url you can see, is my 4th Blog Directory with Niche Blogs. With adsense ads, auctionads,kontera ads and more onboard, we fully monetise the blog we supply.
A blog, as you know Alok, is an amazing Marketing Tool.
Why not start there?
I did.
Good luck with the blog. You have my email address. Use it if you wish
Health & Wealth
Dave Hill
Real estate private sale said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:33 am
Hello Alok. This is Andrew from Australia. Like many others I would like you to focus on article marketing.
Do you think it will quickly lose its effectiveness given the incredible amount of junk articles out there written by poor writers, writers with no interest in giving real value and also machine generated junk?
I’d like to think Google and the dirctories will always value quality articles because it’s our single best bet as marketers to make a dent online.
Good luck with your new blog
David Congreave said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:34 am
Alok
You’ve got a nice looking blog here and it looks like you’ve ticked all the boxes in terms of design.
I would guess your challenge from here is to find a way to make your blog stand out from the thousands of other IM blogs. You need to find a unique angle, or your writing needs to be reeeeally good.
Best wishes,
David Congreave
Russ said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:35 am
Hello Alok,
Nice to be here
How about a step by step method to help people start their internet business from scratch? possibly starting with affiliate marketing then branching out to lists and creating your own products and so on - until by following your examples people could actually have earned some cash, learned some ‘real’ methods and then they can build the confidence to do it all, but better?
Other people will probably jump in with their own twist or fix on certain aspects and possibly you could build something here that would be like shining light amongst all the cr*p that’s out there
good luck,
Russ
Dave said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:37 am
Hi Alok
Addendum.
Be wary of free blog providers like blogger.com.
Not all are as bad, just look them up in forums before investing any time.
I was earning $5 a day via adsense, and blogger.com closed the blog without warning and without explanation.
If google adsense management were happy, what made them close me down?
Thats when I started http://www.bloghostingpro.com I have never looked back.
If anyone doesnt want to go my site route, but want to get a free blog, email me at blog [@]listbizz.com remove the brackets of course and I will give you a small list of free blog providers that have had my test blogs on for a year or more with no problems
Health & Wealth
Dave
Sandra said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:40 am
Hello Alok:
Listbuilding is one of my big concerns, especially since my niche is nowhere near as big as internet marketing.
But I keep hearing how blogging and article writing can help with that, so whatever you can offer around those three would certain catch my interest.
Thank you for asking, and good luck on your new blog. It feels good to be here!
Warm regards,
Sandra
Arun Agrawal said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:40 am
Hi Alok
Best wishes for your blog! Hope it goes a long way in guiding the lost souls and makes good money for you!
I will be interested in seeing posts that share some secrets about various aspects of marketing interspersed with some personal posts that show that you are not a book/system but a human being
Be well!
Arun
Bernd Braun said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:41 am
Hi Alok!
Very good idea with your new blog.
As I can see in the comments, list building is always a theme that is required by many new marketers, so it would be helpful to read about it.
You could write about some typical Affiliate Marketing themes too.
Wish you much success
Bernd
Andre Arnett said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:42 am
Alok,
I think one of the biggest things missed by the experts is who their information is directed at. The real people who are going to read this are newbies. So one point about whatever you put out, “keep it simple”. The majority of the people out there are not techno experts. Good luck.
Andre
Edna Melendez said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:42 am
Hi and thanks for this blog.
Interested in blogging and affiliate marketing BUT without list building.
Just simple steps to take to earn with blogging and affiliate marketing with articles but with free ways. Cause I know alot of people don’t have the money to spend in advertising. I am for one — PPC can be frustrating and traffic exchanges take time.
I think blogging and article marketing is the most affordable way to go and easiest to understand. Of course if will take time to make money but in the long run ti will be a constant income. Am I almost right?
Thanks again.
Edna
Ray said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:45 am
Hi Alok, Good luck with the blog! I am still to sell a single product through clickbank and would love to get some help with it.
I have an article directory at http://www.pagequest.co.uk if anyone needs to promote their sites using articles they have written. Please note that direct affiliate link promotion is not allowed. Direct traffic to your own site and put your affiliate links on there.
Again, Good Luck!
Peter said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:46 am
Hi Alok,
Gongratulations on your Blog ! Where ever you decide to start will be of
interest to many,and a must read!!
Personally I think “Your Traffic Blog” will create the most interest.
Many Thanks and Every Success !
Peter.
patricia said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:48 am
Hello I have yet to start a blog in order to guide people to my web site.
perhaps you could consider a lesson on begininng a blog??
Graham said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:48 am
Hi Alok,
It would be good to learn how to get the relationship between affiliate marketing, landing pages and squeeze pages right, and also keep Google happy.
All the best
Graham
mr chiang c.h. said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:49 am
dear friends:i am a really old man from Taiwan,i do not have a website ,who can help to get free one,because my best goal will to do some donation business for the poor children all in the world,if i can get any cash profit from the net market, thank you.
from mr chiang c.h.
Penny said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:51 am
Hi Alok,
I have always love your emails. They are full of good reviews and tips. I am grateful to be invited to this blog.
As a blogger and IM, I know there are many methods to drive traffic to my blog (http://pennytan.com) but I hope that you can share in this blog THE Proven Methods of Driving Traffic to Your Blog that DO NOT involve any money. Cheap and easy way to help those new in blogging.
Cheers to your success,
Penny Tan
Http://PennyTan.com
Day Online Trading said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:52 am
Hi Alok,
There are a number of issues that starter internet marketers seem to struggle with. I believe that the biggest problem is in traffic generation, whether by SEO, PPC, article marketing, etc. The next problem that I and others have is in choosing a niche that is going to be profitable and able to be milked. The third thing that 99% of people struggle with is taking action and getting started.
My suggestion would be to start at the beginning - deciding to take action and strategies to accomplish this. Next, move on to deciding on your niche or product, setting it up and website building, or choosing what products to affiliate with, etc. Finally, how to market, get traffic to your site/s, sell to visitors, capture their name and email address, etc.
I hope this helps you and others.
Kind regards,
Barry
Jan said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:53 am
Hi Alok,
Internet could be pretty unreliable. One day your PPC campaign works, another doesn’t - but you haven’t change any parametres. It will be good to answer to internet public what is that essential element missing in the equation of making money on Internet? It seems that essence of successful sales lay beyond normal logic - sometimes your ad get response - at other times the same ad doesn’t.. So if it lays beyond, why we get busy promoting endless books that speculate on “here” not on “beyond”? We certainly could make money flow in various directions on Net - on its own - without writing or propping of literary propaganda (!?)
Sekander Musawi said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:53 am
Dear Alok,
I appreciate your invitation for my comments. Briefly I would like to say that I agree BFN clive, Mark Krusch, Vikki Biz and Marcel. To add on those I would suggest to be more practical in every aspects from start step by step.
The problem with all those offering internet marketing courses they do not know how to teach a beginner.
Margaret said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:58 am
Hi Alok,
Congrats on your new Blog. It is very interesting.
I am a complete newbie to affiliate marketing and have just joined a number of companies as an affiliate. I would very much appreciate some tips on this business.
I have also just started my blog at http://marseq.blogspot.com/ and have started posting business opportunities. I would appreciate your advice on affiliate marketing through writing articles.
Thanks for the invite.
Margaret.
ronald arnold said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:59 am
Hi Alok!
Very good idea with your new blog.
list building is always a theme that is required by many new marketers, so it would be helpful to read about it.
You could write about some typical Affiliate Marketing themes too.
From my perspective there is a need know how to start with the least amount of financial outlay.I am just starting out and money is very tight.
Wish you much success
Jan said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:59 am
Hi Alok
This is a rather good idea but I have to say there is so much stuff out there that I get dizzy just thinking about it. You hear “the money’s in the list” over and over, but I think it is more basic than that. Most people new to internet marketing and those who have been trying to get started, just do NOT know where to start. People are afraid of spending money on advertising/adwords because they don’t know enough about it.
Talk of posting to blogs and forums is fine, but where are those forums. I pop into the Warrior Forum from time to time, but this is a comparatively new thing because I hadn’t heard of it until recently. Along these lines, I would whole-heartedly recommend a list of GOOD, FREE and TESTED resources for people to access and see what is going on. Encouragement may be needed so that people are not intimidated by the guys who know everything and for them to just to get on with it.
You might also consider your own forum so your readers do not feel so isolated - that’s definitely a morale killer!
Hope this helps to get you started (well you asked :D)
Alok said,
June 5, 2007 at 11:07 am
Excellent inputs! You guys are giving me some great ideas for my posts. I just need to decide on a framework, so people don’t get lost in a maze of information.
Keep them coming in.
Alok
PS: Please don’t use links within the comments. Include your URL only in the box prvided.
CINZIA said,
June 5, 2007 at 11:12 am
Ciao Alok,
my goal is write a good articles useful and honest. For this I’m trying to built on my own blog. My first question is: Can I learn to write a good article? Do you know some sotware free useful for to write good article?
I would like improve my life style and gain money to be able manage my work at home. Many complimets for your blog is very interesting.
I hope, with your help too, to be succefull soon.
Ciao by Cinzia.
Tim said,
June 5, 2007 at 11:15 am
Hi Alok, Looks like you are on your way great job.
Just get out there and do it ! “If you do nothing, you become nothing.”
One of the biggest mistakes people make (when looking for an online business) is failure to take ownership. Failure to take ownership is usually driven by fear. Let’s face it… if you are joining a PROGRAM online, whose business is that… really? It’s not yours! You are simply working to make someone else wealthy. Does this means you should stop joining programs? Not at all… but you do need to change the way you promote them.
By the way, I am giving away 100 free surveyed leads to all that join me.
http://u-47qgl32o.urlcash.net
Call on me anytime friend,
Tim H. 678-386-7314 edt.
Kang said,
June 5, 2007 at 11:19 am
Hey Alok,
I’m very interested in affiliate marketing via ppc and articles,
because that’s what I’m currently doing and am seeking
to improve on.
Good luck with the blog!
Andrea said,
June 5, 2007 at 11:20 am
Alok,
Hi. I actually wanted to be in touch with you about your affiliate program for your rationalprofits package. Can you contact me so I can ask you something? I need to discuss it with you before I promote to my list.
Thanks, and best of luck with your blog! Come check mine out - doing something similar and find myself jumping around the topics as it meets with the visitors demands.
~~ Andrea
Marina Afanasyeva said,
June 5, 2007 at 11:26 am
Hi Alok,
Your blog looks great! I would really appreciate some tips about SEO for blogs. Looking forward to reading your future posts.
Marina
Malcolm Maxwell said,
June 5, 2007 at 11:28 am
I find a lot of so-called guru’s miss the nuts and bolts of how to actually do the things they suggest.
For instance - list building. They say the money is in your list etc. but don’t say how to build one!
Where is the best place on a website to get people to opt-in? Do they have to enter details before you let them in?
Offer them freebies?
If you can give nitty-gritty info in basic terms you will have my attention for as long as you wish.
Good luck
Avraham Bloch said,
June 5, 2007 at 11:30 am
Hi Alok,
I am interested in Affilliate Marketing.
Finally Learn How To Become An Adwords Master - Free Membership Today said,
June 5, 2007 at 11:30 am
hi alok
listbuilding seems to be the longterm incomechannel no1 so its allways good with listbuildingstips.
articlemarketing is a safe and working method along the bummarketing guidelines that works.
i found my own biggest problem is having a step by step guide/plan to follow and really taking that action from.
good luck with blog!
kennethsvensson.com
Jim Robertson said,
June 5, 2007 at 11:34 am
Hi Alok,
You say your favourite topic is viral marketing. I would love to hear what you have to say about the $7 selling, we all have seen in recent month’s.
Best of luck with the blog
Paul Hancox said,
June 5, 2007 at 11:35 am
Hi Alok
First off I want to congratulate you on your new blog… and 53 comments already! That’s more than some of the more “established” blogs are getting!
I’ve just completed a script which personalizes web pages according to source (see how it works at my link), so feel free to write about that - this is a brand new technique I don’t think you’ll have seen before! I’m always willing to hear about new tips and techniques for increasing traffic and converting that traffic into paying customers.
Paul Hancox
http://www.trafficpersonalizer.com
P.S: Remove “-check” from email address for contact.
Joe S. said,
June 5, 2007 at 11:38 am
Alok,
Hello! I read everything you send me. I am interested in Affiliate Marketing, but open to all ideas you have. I know you will be a great value to a lot of people. Good luck with your blog.
Paul said,
June 5, 2007 at 11:42 am
Hi,
This is great as I have literally just started my first Blog in the same area. I am trying to quit the day job and work from home. I really am a newbie and my blog is trying to let everyone know how I get on, what books I buy, what works and what doesn’t etc.
I am very interested in building my list up and really were and how to start it????
http://www.pmsmoney.blog.co.uk
Paul
Blend said,
June 5, 2007 at 11:46 am
Internet marketing not easy as people thing. There need a lot of work. Good luck with your blog.
Dan Hausser said,
June 5, 2007 at 11:50 am
Nice blog Alok,
Traffic generation has to be the number one concern of all marketers.
Without traffic, nothing else matters. No traffic means no list, no sales
and no business. We need reliable info.
Gregg said,
June 5, 2007 at 11:53 am
hi alok,
your blog may well be the thing that helps a lot of us newbies get the ball rolling and then again it may not. what i would like to see is someone to offer to put a few ads on the net for us and then we take it from there. call it lazy or whatever, all i know is i try tor un some ads and get zip back even after having allt he books you have written and about a half dozen otheres fromt eh day job killer to chia’s books. it sounds good on paper when you read it but when it comes to putting it into practice it is much harder. thousands of people after the same dollar and we all cannot be copywrite experts. so this is why i would be willing to work with someone and pay them to show me the correct way to write and ad or two and actually do it and get some income coming and then i can be versed enough to take it after that. as you can see from the url above, i have the standard website and it has brought nothing even though i have tried a bit to get people to it.
while on the subject what i would like to see is a totally complete package out there that is ready to go with everything you will need to start. i have ultimate wealth, and several other packages and they all start out ok and then all of a sudden you have to upgrade to this and that to get the best results and so on. why not sell a package with the top of the line everything to begin with so all one has to do is jump in and follow the instruction? sure it would cost more at the beginning but then again it will cost the same if i have to keep adding things to make it worthwhile. the package could include the best autoresponders, the best list makers and so on so all we would need to do is start and not worry about upgrading. but thena gain that is too easy and it is not to suppossed to be too easy? who knows maybe i am just lazy but i like to know what i need to do a job and i have seen no program that yet shows me step by step with ALL the needed items at one time in one place.
anyway i am sure your blog will be very helpfull to a lot but in the mean time i am still looking for someone that will give me a kick start and see a few bucks coming in and then take it from there. i do not have a lot of access to the Net from where i am so i need to be able toset soemthing up and be able to come back in 9 weeks and check it and see how i am doing.
thank you Alok, and have a good day
Gregg
Sophie Bailson said,
June 5, 2007 at 11:54 am
Hi Alok,
As with all things IM people seem so set on making it that they miss the biggest point in our experience … niches.
There are so many niches out there, but people seem to forget about them and what they are interested in to focus on the IM niche.
We think it would be great if you could cover all aspects of marketing online from a niche perspective so that people have a plan to follow, like we offer at http://www.theonlinereality.com
Good luck with it all
Sophie
Partner Of OnTheNetDollars.com
Camille Thomson said,
June 5, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Hi Alok: Wow talk about a loaded question! I’ve read through the comments above me, just so I don’t “pete and repeat” those already covered. In all honesty I think Mark Krusch’s request mirrors mine. I’m new, not so new that I can’t type but new enough to question the amazingly different suggestions “newbies” are bombarded with. What about a start-to-profit look at IM, with inclusions on organizing and utilizing the plethora of information available. And when I say start, I mean right at the beginning, teach some of those skills lacking in many of the emails I read. Politeness, respect, spelling and, order-of-operations. Above all, teaching others not to assume all the answers are found in the words of someone so far
removed from “new” that they forget the basics.
All the best and I’m looking forward to your responses.
Camille
Baharudin Hashim said,
June 5, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Hi Alok,
Can you package whatever you created and launch it on ” A Free Turnkey Concept base on Success Basis”.
Provide us a free rod for us to fish for you. The school of fish is everywhere but the rods limits.
Don Hurford said,
June 5, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Hi Alok,
Is there still a way to make money on the net, or , with so many people chasing the same rainbow, is it just a pipe-dream?
Probably the best way forward would be to demonstrate the simplest way.
I’m sure that most of your readers would just like to get started, and then they would have more confidence to go further.
Affiliation appears to be the subject most readers are interested in.
Must be a good place to start.
Wish you every success.
Don
john tieltjes said,
June 5, 2007 at 12:14 pm
hello alokjain,i like youre set up but my problem is that i dont goth the money to start this,i am a divorced father of 2 children.i need the money so badly to pay child support.im livin from the welfere.cant i get a free step in that i pay you back when its realy working,with the help of you of corse cause im just a starter in this buisness.i dont got the experince with it.give me a free step in and i will join youre club.with you as my coach.please let me now if youre open to this.im poor and want to feel what its like to be wealthy.thanks from john tieltjes.arnhem.holland
Jonathan Leger said,
June 5, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Great looking blog Alok.
No suggestions for where to start, but I just wanted to drop by and let you know that I’m looking forward to reading your posts.
Jon
Dale Mazurek said,
June 5, 2007 at 12:27 pm
Hey There
This is great. I have ben doing a lot of research and my marketing is just starting to get going. I guess where I need some help is RSS feeds taught o me in laymans terms and one other thing is list building. I dont mind working hard but I still really need to learn to build a good list.
You can check out all my blogs at
http://dalesblogs.blogspot.com/
Carolynn said,
June 5, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Hi Alok,
I can almost say that every comment stated above holds merit and if you can organize a simplistic plan from what has been said, then I for one am all ears.
As a “newbie” I find there are so many avenues to follow that I end up pretty discouraged with the results, especially the ones where you think, ahh, this is the one, only to find you need to upgrade to go to the next step. I for one have run out of money and still not earning. Lots of promises though!
Something honest and up front would be very refreshing.
Good luck with your blog
Carolynn
Pete said,
June 5, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Hi Alok, and congratulations.
This sure is a large and complex subject, but a good starting point could be to simply identify and describe the various basic techniques of internet marketing (forums, blogs, email, ppc, etc) and then explain where, when and how each should be used.
I feel this would be a good lead in to the more complicated subjects of affiliate marketing, list building (versus list buying/renting) autoresponder follow-up, etc.
It probably wouldn’t hurt to also have regular ‘advanced tips’ for the ‘almost gurus’ to keep them interested while the rest of us catch up.
Also, most of us could probably benefit from some good quality advice on what to join and buy, and what not to (how to avoid the scams, and the deals that simply don’t work).
Good Blogging
Pete
durgalakshmi said,
June 5, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Hi Alok,
Thanks for the invite. I am trying to build income thru my blog http://www.onlineincomeseeker.blogspot.com . But I am not getting traffic for the site as I do not have a list. How do I build traffic for this site? Or I should try to change topics or start a more focussed blog rather than a general blog?
I read comments by others here and step white’s comment was good I think. Probably You can give an overall view like he said and then get on to specific questions.
I am very interested in seeing how your blog develops as this is the first biggie blog I am seeing from the start.
Surinder Singh said,
June 5, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Hi Alok,
Congrats on your blog…
I would say that the LIST is the most important for online marketing. The bigger the list the more profits one can have and list building should be the first and the topmost priority for everybody.
And why a list is necessary…check it out here…
http://squidoo.com/listismoney
Best wishes.
Surinder
William said,
June 5, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Hi Alok, glad you’ve launched this blog. I’m sure we’ll be able to learn tons of IM from you.
I would be particularly interested in traffic generation. Need traffic, traffic and more traffic
Lena Ruddy said,
June 5, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Hi -
I have been trying to use forums and find it a bit difficult to get around. Do you have any advice for us newbies? Thanks!
Lena
Charles said,
June 5, 2007 at 12:53 pm
Hi Alok
I wish you the best luck for your Blog.
I will Submit helpful info and hope other
blogers will also.One Site I have learned
alot from is siteselling.com
My Interest is getting more traffice.
I found your email at a time when I’m
just to busy to write more.
Let’s stay in touch with each other…….
http://nehoma.com/chacar633
Frans Van Wyk said,
June 5, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Hi Alok
This is a great place to start. I mean, you’ve started already by starting this blog.
I’m looking foreward to read and participate in this blog.
I’ve been puttering around quite a while with this internet marketing thingy, and believe me, nothing is easy! But, if I have to choose the most important thing it would be genarating traffic. You can’t sell a product (your own or an affiliate’s), build a list or do anything without people knowing about your site. It’s like trying to sell something in the middle of New York on the umpteenth floor of a derelict building. Nobody sees your product, nobody hears about it and nobody buys it. I know the so-called gurus always tell you “it’s in the list”, but how do you build a list if you never see another soul? Ah! Use pay-per-click traffic, the gurus tell you. To build a list on PPC will see you bankrupt bfore you made a dime. Believe me I know.
So, as far as I’m concerned, it all boils down to free/cheap traffic. But, again there’s a problem. It sounds easy to surf for traffic, but alas, it’s not worth much. Think about it. Have you ever subscribed to a list or bought while surfing for traffic? No? Well so does anybody else.
This issue is driving me nuts, and I really believe is the demise of many startup Internet Marketers.
So let’s help each other and all make it.
To our success.
Frans
Rangarajan Chakravarthi said,
June 5, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Hi Alok,
Thanks for asking me to visit your site. First, All the best! Wish you great success with your blog.
To me, Traffic generation and building an opt in list would be welcome topics. This could be followed by Traffic conversion techniques.
Eliza Jonasson said,
June 5, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Hi Alok
There is so much hype and junk and many people included me don´t know what´s working. I know sometimes it´s difficult to see behind the text but if you can start to write about Affiliate Marketings and the programs you really prefer to work with.
Best wishes
Eliza
Jane ALdrich said,
June 5, 2007 at 1:14 pm
Hi, Alok,
I am delighted that you are starting a blog! I am a newbie to IM who is reading and rereading to get my mine around all this. Your Two Minute Profits is very intriguing, but for a newbie, it is very intimidating to start with. I still don’t understand how you can do it WITHOUT your own web site. You say newbies need to read AdWordsMiracle, and that leads you to read ProjectX etc. and DayJobKiller, etc. There is just so much to learn!
I think the absolute newbie really needs to be able to do SOMETHING just to get started will succeed WITHOUT THE FREAKING LIST! The thought of having to have a huge list to send a newsletter to, and then how to manage it is just too much for some of us just getting started. It sounds like an 18 hr a day effort!
It does not matter if what we start with is not the latest and greatest way to jump your earnings from $100 a day to $1000. We need someone to give us step by step guidance in how to do affiliate marketing that will work to bring in the first $10/day!!! Success breeds success and enthusiasm. Without that first taste of success, many will give up. Your On Demand Profits looks like it might be a good first place to start.
What do you think is the very best first place to start that will generate success, even if it is a small amount per day? The first place to start should not require a website or list building, or writing articles. It just feels like too much for the beginner who has tons of other responsibilities.
Thanks!
Jane
Mats said,
June 5, 2007 at 1:17 pm
Hi Alok,
I think it is fantastic that you want to share your knowledge about this huge subject.
I´m quite new in the business, so I will follow your blog in detail. Everybody says, “the money is in the list”, so why don´t start with how to build the list and how to generate traffic.
Take care,
/Mats
Bob Middleton said,
June 5, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Hi Alok,
Just reviewed your new Blog great idea. Great Topic always Getting Traffic
to our Websites and Converting to Cash.
Good luck with your Blog anxious to see what direction you will take!
Success
Bob
guy said,
June 5, 2007 at 1:23 pm
hello alok,
i’m interest are to develop list building, it’s fondamental for any source of income i know with a good list we can go further to gain traffic.
but need help to build a longer and good one can help?
have a nice day
friendly GUY
Anne Panares said,
June 5, 2007 at 1:36 pm
Hi Alok,
I think you’re very sincere in trying to help us newbies in our venture on this Internet business. I really appreciate that and I’m thankful that you’ve invited me to make this comment.
As a neophyte in the Internet business, I am very interested in learning how to build a list, writing articles, and affiliate marketing. I’ve already spent a lot of money trying to make money, but to date I still haven’t made a penny.
Another aspect for your blog would be, for newbies, how to actually compose the different text contents of one’s website. At the moment, this is what is puzzling me the most: I don’t know what content to put on my homepage as far as the following are concerned:
Title; Heading, Description, Preview, Products
Features, Conclusion
I’d like to see an actual example of each of the above sections of the homepage text.
If you can put this information on your blog, I think your readers will really appreciate it.
Good luck,
Anne Panares
Denise said,
June 5, 2007 at 1:39 pm
I am interested in learning about how to do list building. Just how does one go about advertising (when all you can afford is the free sites)? What, exactly are ‘Keywords’? How do Keywords work?
I have between 15 - 20 ads and blogs out there, but there’s ‘no biting’, whereas others are doing great at list building. What am I not doing
Krystine said,
June 5, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Hi Alok,
Thanks for the invite to your blog. I am interested in learning more about free traffic tips to bring more customers to my sites. Thanks a bunch!
Krystine
Joyann said,
June 5, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Hi Alok,
I would like to learn more about marketing throught the use of Google Adwords. I have just started my own blog but I am having difficulty getting off the ground. My blog is http://www.jayandjublog.blogspot.com/
If you can give me some tips that would be great.
Laura said,
June 5, 2007 at 1:52 pm
Hi Alok,
Thanks for inviting me, I would appreciate more info in Traffic Generation and List Building, I’m sure your blog is going to be a big success.
Laura
John said,
June 5, 2007 at 1:53 pm
Hi Alok
I think its great that you created this blog
Just drop by to congradulate you and keep up the good work
With your products as well .
Till next Time
John
Bryan said,
June 5, 2007 at 1:56 pm
I want to know how to embed a marketing video in my website. This is no problem with videos from other places (e.g, Google) but what is the code, and the steps, to put a video that I have created into my site??????
Tetsou said,
June 5, 2007 at 2:22 pm
Hi Alok,
Great idea to create a blog. I would find it useful if you covered the topic of list building.
Many Thanks
Tetsou
http://www.tetsou.co.uk
david said,
June 5, 2007 at 2:26 pm
your mailshots have been a great inspiration to me,
and many others no doubt, keep up the good work, david.
Jay said,
June 5, 2007 at 2:27 pm
As someone who writes a blog on Internet Marketing, I’d love to see some articles on PPC. That’s an arena that I haven’t delved into much, and it’s much harder to get started than everyone says. How about an article on finding a good niche, with a case study?
xie said,
June 5, 2007 at 2:29 pm
many others no doubt ,keep up the good work.
all best
xie wei
Tracy Salazar said,
June 5, 2007 at 2:33 pm
Traffic generation is probably the most important when marketing on the ‘net
Aliyu Al-Mujtaba said,
June 5, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Hi,
I think that you should write on the areas that you are more experience on and you also find interesting. It should also be very helpful to people that are new to the business. I am very impressed with blog and I think that once you get a theme and get it going it will be excellent.
Also people can you please check this out http://www.my.ws/aliyualmujtaba.
Jon Sollie said,
June 5, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Hi Alok,
Glad to see this happening. As an aging “newbie” I have developed an interest in Internet Marketing in general, and marketing eBooks in particular.
Anything along this line will be appreciated!
All the best.
Jon
Father Dave said,
June 5, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Hi Alok,
Some honest reviews on new material hitting the IM virtual shelves (in contrast to the usual affiliate sales pitches) would be much appreciated.
Aliyu Al-Mujtaba said,
June 5, 2007 at 2:38 pm
If the link above does not work try typing it in.
Garret said,
June 5, 2007 at 2:38 pm
Great idea for your readers!
I think the biggest problem I faced at the beginning was getting real free traffic tricks. Too many “marketers” out there don’t give anything with real substance. They hide their tricks. So I openly challenge you to give your readers one real trick that is an excellent way to get free traffic fast.
The question is will you answer?
Garret
Need to Get Some
Victor said,
June 5, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Hi Alok,
I like the idea of a step-by-step blueprint with case
studies, but the biggest problem I have is overcoming
motivational barriers. I think I have enough knowledge
to start making money, but keeping my focus is the
hard part. I just have to “do it”. I think that some kind
of support forum helps to keep people on track and
they can post their successes or roadblocks.
Alok said,
June 5, 2007 at 2:44 pm
WOW! I never expected such a big response to my blog idea. Thanks to all of you for making a contribution.
I see that some of you have very specific questions. Right now, the idea is to get your help to decide on a framework for this blog. So I am not addressing these questions.
But don’t worry - because I plan to hold a 12-hour non-stop answering marathon at this very blog. And this will happen soon, very soon. I will keep you informed.
As of now, keep the ideas rolling.
Alok
Mike said,
June 5, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Hello Alok,
I would like to know more about working with affiliates and articles and how they can both be profitable.
philip said,
June 5, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Hi alok
I think your blog will be very good for readers.I have just started a blog,and people say it is easy to set up.Not for me,i would be willing to pay for a cd that showed you how to start one,as it took me tree months to get where i am now.Plus i am intrested in how to earn money with my blog.Happy to put in a lot af time perfecting a blog to make money.
To your success phil.harrold
Peg said,
June 5, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Hi Alok,
Perhaps others would be interested in an outline of your own internet marketing journey. There are many ways to reach a goal, but sometimes another person’s experience will trigger a new thought or direction for someone else. So maybe some tips or tricks and roadblocks you overcame etc. would be helpful to others.
Congradulations on your new blog! Best of luck!
Sam said,
June 5, 2007 at 2:54 pm
I´m new in the business, I just got my first Clickbank check for $155.00 Wha-Whooo!!! That was a wake-up to keep trying as I am so confused and don’t fully understand what I have done to arrive at this point, but want it to continue. What do I do Now???
To our success, Sam (Redrider)
Alvin Phang said,
June 5, 2007 at 2:54 pm
You may want to check out and install myBlogLog for your blog =)
Julie said,
June 5, 2007 at 2:58 pm
Looks like you have lots of logs in this fireplace! Perhaps you might consider tackling this from the point of view of a teacher who develops a curriculum. Start with the most basic item (the person who just bought the computer and wants it to start generating cash) and build up from that point. This person needs an email address and an ISP. What next? That computer has to be paid off - fast. We need the fast and, quite simply, the easiest way to generate some cash fast without going the auction route!
That would be the basis of building your blog. It would bring in a few people to start and more as you build each element upon the one before.
Adib said,
June 5, 2007 at 2:58 pm
Hi, why dont you share techniques to get affiliate commission without using adwords or opt-in list like one of your product ‘on demand profit’. It’s really helpful
Jk said,
June 5, 2007 at 2:59 pm
Hi Alok,
I would like to know more about affiliate marketing and how to get more traffic to an existing website that’s already set up for business. There are other businesses that I am interested in and are mainly marketed via internet, but I don’t get much traffic to a website I have for another biz, so I am hesitant to start another one.
Also,real useful info. on blogging as a means to generate business. Also your input on the new kid on the block, textmessg. marketing.
I look forward to all you have to offer to get a boost forward!!
Thanks,
JK
BillyWarhol said,
June 5, 2007 at 3:05 pm
Hey Alok! yer Timing is Impeccable!! ;))
I’m just in the process of setting up my own Affiliate Marketing WordPress Blog so that I can use Your & Jon Leger’s (see Jon above) Viral Profit Machine* I like the concept of Building a List but also Benefitting my Contacts + Helping them get up to Speed Quickly too!
I think Jane Aldrich above brought up some Excellent Points - Newbies or anyone like to See Fast Action ie $$$
Cheers Everybody!! Billy ;))
Peace*
Andrew said,
June 5, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Maybe it would be good to start with an overview of the different aspects of Internet marketing and then break each one down in the following weeks. Possibly starting with how to get started on the internet, where to find the best affiliate programs, creating products, how to build a list, autoresponders, and etc. There is so much to learn but there is no definitive site to walk everyone through all the steps. You could be that site!!!
Free Video Training with FreeIQ said,
June 5, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Hi
Seems like you have enough to work with for now.
Great response.
I’m learning about the site FREEIQ. It’s a place where anyone can put up their articles, pdf and videos for free. Plus they can sell products there to.
All they have to do is register which is free. They can have websites there, as many as they would like, plus lots more. This site was started by Brad Fallon, and everyone knows what a great success he is.
I think if you could teach something about FreeIQ it would help many,many people.
Nancy Gomez said,
June 5, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Hello Alok,
For beginners, like me, it is frustrating when long time IM’ers use terms that
are meaningless for us. Their knowledge goes bone deep and they assume that we will understand what is intuitively obvious to them. Not So!
How can one learn to put on a jacket if one has never seen a jacket, has no
clue as to what a sleeve is, or a collar. Buttons and buttonholes? Fahgeddabadit…
Some basic terms, perhaps in glossary form would be helpful to many newbies.
I’m using my blog at blogspot to hone my word-crafting skills. My guess is no-one is looking at it yet so I can go a little crazy. lol
Thanks for the heads-up about your blog.
Nancy
Stuart said,
June 5, 2007 at 3:26 pm
Hi
Fantastic idea and a lot of great feedback from people.
Here is a question, which if you answer, will probably address a lot of the questions people have. Bear in mind htat often when peoplke recite thier tale of success the ‘world’ was different and hte information - whilst informative - is outdated. So, Alok, my question is this:
“If you were stripped of all your money with hte exception of $50, what would you do right now to get your business going? What techniques would you use? What resources would you employ?”
It may even make an interesting experiment……………..
All the best Alok
Stuart McAleese
World Class Copywriting.
Singha Bahadur said,
June 5, 2007 at 3:29 pm
Dear Alok Jain,
It is indeed wonderful to be able to communicate like this with a great internet personality like you. I am very honoured.
What I really need is a step by step set of examples which I can follow and visualize. There are terms which I need to see in actual examples in order for me to understand more clearly.
Thank you
Singha Bahadur
Will Thompson said,
June 5, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Hi Alok,
The thing is, ALL of those things interest me. But only as long as it’s information coming from someone who REALLY has been successful. Not someone who is writing about these things as a way to get traffic and build a list and build SEO, etc.
You seem to be one of those people. We ALL want to learn REAL ways to work on each of these topics, and more. I would say most of the people here have at least some idea how to make money online, it’s actually getting the customers, and then getting those customers to buy from them is the problem…or at least that’s been my biggest hurdle. And building that list, which comes from building traffic, which comes from SEO, which comes from learning how to build a site, which comes from learning the very basics.
I would love true insight as to knowledge of what really works, what really doesn’t, and NOT what is really just a ploy to get everyone to buy something. There is WAYYYY too much of that already out there.
Thanks, and appreciate your caring and giving.
William Thompson
Kansas City
irving adams said,
June 5, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Hi Guys,I hope all is well and profitabable in your world and buisness.I
would like to know about advertising on safelist, ad boards,groups, opt-ins
and the like.There seems to be to very different schools of thought.Your
view on these would be appreciated.Also a starting point to begin to get some sales would help.I truly like all of the opportunitys I promote but need
to know whats working and whats not.A sale here and there does not tell the story.Maybe our vown ad board of sotrs would be in order.Also a critiqiue area about ads and websites.Well there’s a little to start with.
Thanks for the invite.Look forward to your response.IRVING!!!
Ethan Tan said,
June 5, 2007 at 3:33 pm
HI Alok,
What if we create a gigantic mastermind here and brainstorm for the NEXT BIG THING to hit the online marketing world? I think that’ll be fun!
Ethan
http://www.WhatSimplyWorks.com
Bill Stephens said,
June 5, 2007 at 3:44 pm
Hi Alok,
I’ve tried all of your “tricks” you’ve emailed me and none of them work.
Bill
T Ananthakrishnan said,
June 5, 2007 at 3:48 pm
hey alok
thanks for the link to your blog
regards starting i can only start from the beginning
Melissa Burton said,
June 5, 2007 at 3:56 pm
Hi Alok:
While we all know the value of article writing, and perhaps the most productive, i.e. RSS feeds, sites could be highlighted, I think the best methods for promotion through social networking sites could be of real value.
MB
Paul Darby said,
June 5, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Alok,
This is not a direct answer to your question.. but I did want to
comment on it.
As you know, I first wrote you about how great one of your
emails was, as in how compelling…. and then the webpage
and product were equally impressive.
I bought and emailed you… so I don’t have a catagory to ask
about, but am instead in simply watching EVERYTHING you
are doing :- )
Paul Darby
http://BeOnInternetTV.com
Marjaana Siivola said,
June 5, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Hello Alok !
Thank you very much for inviting me in your block. I am not very experienced yet in any fields of IM but I think I have at least learned something from emails you have sent to me. Thanks for them. There is still a lot to learn. I don’t know exactly what does affiliate marketing mean thats is one thing I want to learn and another thing is list building.
I have not yet managed to make money online. The only one until now is Cashdevelopment (only a very small amount).
best regards,
Marjaana from Finland
Sharon Davis said,
June 5, 2007 at 4:23 pm
hello Alok:
Thanks for inviting me to your blog! I would like to know more about how to get referrals for my businesses, also building a good list, and affiliate marketing! I would like to know a business that is actually paying YOU!!
Ida Ayers said,
June 5, 2007 at 4:32 pm
I think you made a great start! Just keep posting. I like to use banners on my blog, especially to systems that cost little or no money and promote well. I like to quote other marketers when they have something helpful to present. Thanks for sharing.
http://netmarketingfix.blogspot.com/
Roger Barnett said,
June 5, 2007 at 4:50 pm
Hello Alok, Thanks for Inviting us to your blog, since my main online business mostly Involved email marketing, I would like to see some post on email marketing, I know you are good at it because I always read your emails.
Roger Barnett
http://madviral.com
Torsten said,
June 5, 2007 at 5:00 pm
Hi Alok,
most I would be interested in your experience about Affiliate Marketing and Traffic Generation.
Torsten from Germany
Anthony Chambers said,
June 5, 2007 at 5:02 pm
This is a good start alok. I appreciate your mails, as they are usually brief.
What would be of value to me personally is what is the best way to get my adsense ads (that google displays on my site) to show ads that relate to my
keywords. In my niche I do everything I know to get the right keywords, but still I have unrelated ads showing up in my site. Since I’m paying for those clicks via adwords (I’m doing arbitrage), I would certainly like the best results possible. This is probably a long shot, but what the heck! You asked. (:-)
All the best,
Anthony
Rumen said,
June 5, 2007 at 5:09 pm
Hi Alok,thank you for the invitation!I am really interested in google free ads.Can you help me with some secrets?
Thomas said,
June 5, 2007 at 5:26 pm
Thank you Alok, i have found that blogging and networking with numourious online business and social communitys are best for anything. You want to blog an artical? blog your business not just words but having honest with integrity is best. Not to mention having connections with Google and yahoo search engines. Have a great day. To Your Success. Bye for now.
barney said,
June 5, 2007 at 5:26 pm
Alok,
Pretty certain I’ll be in the minority here, but I’d be much more interested in what you perceive as _gaps_, _loopholes_, & _hidden tricks (?)_.
There’s so much now on list building and viral marketing - a veritable glut of information - that adding to that mountain would seem to be of little use. Both those areas tend to be somewhat unique, in that most everyone has a different *one way* to accomplish their ends.
Much more useful, methinks, would be the gaps a newbie might fall through, _hidden_ bits that could enhance any other current effort. Show us the little pieces that can make our list building or viral marketing a disaster or a roaring success. Show us the little pieces that can make the difference between a 1.5% conversion and a 3% conversion.
Show us the little things that become major contributions to our successes.
That would be a nice brand to have, ya know?
Make a good day …
… barn
.
Liv said,
June 5, 2007 at 5:31 pm
Hi Alok, thanks for the invite.
I know there are no “secrets” to online marketing or affiliate type programs, however, we do know that there are CERTAIN techniques that are used and NOT taught to newbies alike that separate those who earn money and those who scrape enough to get by.
Traffic Generation and List Building are the most important aspects of Affiliate Marketing (IMO) so any tips or suggestions (that are not refurbished) to help newbies with that would be greatly appreciated and would definitely increase your list of loyal readers.
Newbies aren’t afraid to spend money - its wasting their money on bogus programs that is stopping them from succeeding. Any tips you may have on what programs actually are WORTH the money and which programs to AVOID would be beneficial to all those involved (and if you can make some money doing it - why not?)
People have to understand there IS enough business on the internet to go around - we just have to learn how to do it without digging ourselves into the hole of debt.
Thanks
Liv
http://www.easyworkbiz.ws
Sudath said,
June 5, 2007 at 5:35 pm
Hi Alok,
Thanks for inviting me to join your blog. Glad that you have decided to help the newbies. I think that affiliate marketing techniques would be a good topic.
Regards…Sudath
Jena(mamajena) said,
June 5, 2007 at 5:37 pm
I too would be interested in information on directing traffic to my forum and also my website. List building is coming a little easier for me these days since you introduced me to the oto and jv giveaways thanks for the tips
mamajena
SACHIBHAT said,
June 5, 2007 at 5:38 pm
hi alok,
first of all congrats on starting this blog. i am vey much impressed with your products and their respective sales copy and i am hoping great tips on list building in this blog….
bye for now will keep visiting for your great tips
Dena said,
June 5, 2007 at 6:30 pm
Hi Alok and congrats on the new blog.
I think that traffic is the number one issue for alot of people. It’s certainly something I want to hear more about. Backlinks and ways to drive traffic to our site.
Thanks
Pamela Jacob said,
June 5, 2007 at 6:41 pm
Hi Alok,
beautifuly designed blog! I have learned a lot about marketing but one place I am a little fuzzy is social networking… Things like Craigs List, MySpace etc.
I this will become more and more important as time goes on - how do we market through them?
Thanks for the opportunity…
Pamela Jacob
“Creating the Image You Need to Attract the Customers You Want!”
Anne said,
June 5, 2007 at 6:54 pm
I think the two things that frustrate us website owners are traffic generation– the traffic exchange thing barely works– and list building. They say, build your list, the money’s in the list, but I’ve tried all sorts of enticements, and they don’t leave their details. Arrgh.
Anne
Jon Murphy said,
June 5, 2007 at 7:15 pm
Hi Alok,
This is great! You have a blog to give us more awsome tips. I think all that you have suggested is good. I would like to know more about ways to make quick money with less amount of money invested. Also, I would like to learn more about Affiliate Marketing.
Keep up the good work!!
Murph
Gina said,
June 5, 2007 at 7:20 pm
Hi Alok,
Judging by the majority of responses it seems to me that even with all the info products, software, and free advice on internet marketing, no one has actually been able to give people a TRUE blueprint to get started.
There is a lot of conflicting advice out there that confuses the heck out of newbies. I always get the impression that a lot of information is being left out. As the previous poster Clive states, “In theory, its pretty simple, in practice though that’s where the problems come up.”
If you’d like to make this blog and your business better than all the rest, I suggest giving very complete directions on how to make some short term profits that work. (And by complete I do not mean step by step directions on how to open an adwords acccount.) If you can help others produce real results, no matter how small(because many are still stuck at 0), they will gladly line up to hear your plan for long term profits.
Gina
Ted & Sandra Wosko said,
June 5, 2007 at 7:22 pm
Hi Alok
I think you should perhaps have two postings,one for newbie’s and one for people who are on their way but just need some more help to get over the brickwalls they hit .That way when the newbie’s have got up to the standard of your second blog they can go straight on to what you have already posted. By doing this you should keep everyone happy with less work for yourself as you will not have to repeat yourself.
Good luck
Ted & Sandra Wosko
http://www.learnturnandearn.com
Dalbir Ubee said,
June 5, 2007 at 7:28 pm
Hi Alog,
To be frank I am of no help to you in internet marketing as I have no experience. Every internet word puts me off. I am just into this for the last 2 months, that too whenever I find time. I have full time job to do. I am trying my best to learn about Internet. I gone thru your ODP, all seems knew to me. You seems pretty smart on what you do. I am no match for you.
But you may look for free book on Viral marketing on my web site.
http://www.Free4485Gift.com/chainreaction/dalbirubee
Thanks and sorry for being of no help to you. D. Ubee
Marcia Burr said,
June 5, 2007 at 7:39 pm
Hi, Alok!
The blog looks good! I think a streamline, step by step approach explaining internet marketing tactics is badly needed. If you can start with the most important step first and then work through topics in order of priority for success, this would greatly help everyone. Keep it simple, explaining terminology, and don’t get sidetracked explaining the myriad of new products and systems that bombard us daily. Cover the basic step by step processes that lead to success, and when people get the hang of a successful system, you can then cover other topics. This approach should give you plenty of fuel for at least a month!
To EVERYONE’S success!
Marcia Burr
MarciaBurr.com
Tom Morris said,
June 5, 2007 at 7:44 pm
Hello Alok,
I’m interested in network marketing per se. My main focus though is traffic generation and I would like to hear about all the successful ways you can market, where to market, and how in order to increase the traffic coming to your website. I’m also getting ready to start some PPC campaigns. This is a first time thing and I do know something about it, but it would be good to hear from someone that has more experience with internet marketing.
Good luck with your blog. I have one, but it’s not as good as the one you have here/
Thanks.
All the best,
Tom Morris
Serf said,
June 5, 2007 at 7:51 pm
Hi Ilok,
I think you should start teaching how to start an internet business with the least capital to invest..if not for free…Newbies are still afraid to start out since they are afraid to lose their money on the net to scammers and hyped get-rich- quick schemes…
Ed K. said,
June 5, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Hi Alok,
I like some sugguestions what on how much business insurance (in general) you would recommend to do affiliated and blog marketing, and whether affiliated marketers are consider to be independent consultants and whether a business license if required. Since I will not be selling my own products– do I still need a sellers license. Thanks.
Ed. K.
Evangeline said,
June 5, 2007 at 8:14 pm
Hello Alok
Glad to be invited to your blog. I would be really happy if I could find a simple outline plan to follow for starting as an affiliate. I’ve had so many bits and pieces of information and find it difficult to collate them into a straightforward plan to follow -do this and then do that etc. Asking a lot I know.
All the best.
savvyclub said,
June 5, 2007 at 8:17 pm
Hello Alok,
Savvy Club is very niche, so I would be interested in learning more about generating traffic to a niche market.
Many thanks,
Kim
http://www.savvyclub.co.uk/
Rosemarye Pizana said,
June 5, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Hey Alok:
A lot of people feel discouraged when they first start out. Especially students who are looking to make a supplemental income on their free time. Most of the time students don’t have the cash flow or resources to get started. I think its important to talk about how you can get into internet marketing with $0 to little money.
Ezio said,
June 5, 2007 at 8:51 pm
How I could receive real traffic web?
thanks
Alton Lindley said,
June 5, 2007 at 9:54 pm
Thanks Alok for inviting me to post to your new Blog.
I have had a Blog since early April. It is: http://amazingdiscoveries.blogspot.com
Check it out and go back through the archives. I think there are some good ideas and programs there.
Some of them are FREE safelists you can post to.
Write and rewrite your ads and headlines. People will look at good programs only if they are advertised well.
God bless and much success!
A. Lindley
Udo Hoffmann said,
June 5, 2007 at 9:54 pm
There is really only 1 thing that people do NOT understand and that is the concept of list building. How to build them (effectively) and what to do with them once they have one.
Stuart Wilson said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:09 pm
Hi Alok,
I think if you could start with simple step by step methods aimed at Newbies, pitch your information as if you are talking to people with absolutely no online experience.
Getting started is the hardest part for most people.
Good Luck with the blog
Cheers
Stuart Wilson
Lucy Caulfield said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:20 pm
What is URI. I have never blogged before. Where did you get my e-mail address? Just curious. I would like to know how to get referrals. That is a problem I have. I have gotten quite a few but then they don’t do anything.
Mary Recupero said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:26 pm
Alok, So glad you will be coming to us on a regular basis. I have learned many things from you already and have appreciated your input. I like you commomn sense approach and a better way to do it.
What I would like to know is how to handle all the swindlers out there who promise you hefty gains, back it up with an unconditional guarantees and then disappear when you learn their product is not worth taking up space on the internet. Getting your money back is a tedious task and the worst is it is so time consuming. Suddenly, they do not know you, and will not reply to cancellation requests. How to discover them before they walk and become invisible with your money?
Dale Calder said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:48 pm
Alok,
Thanks for allowing me to put forward my thoughts on where best to start with your blog. It has taken me nearly two years to tune in to the fact that along with onpage optimization, a link building strategy is critical to online success. High placement in the search results on sought-after terms means highly targeted traffic and the sales that go with that.
Through my work from home blog, http://www.work-from-home.nzmkr.com I provide an introduction to these important concepts which are further discussed in the Million Dollar Blueprint program.
First and foremost though I suggest you begin with goal setting; how can you get to where you want to go, without a plan in place? Then lead on to a site/blog creation program applying the stratgies above. The silo model is admirably suited to this means.
Trusting this is of some help … and best of luck…
Dale Calder - New Zealand
Robert Spencer said,
June 5, 2007 at 10:56 pm
I think you should start at the hardest supjects
than work at the easy ones hope this helps. Robert
Harry said,
June 6, 2007 at 12:00 am
Hi,
I’m a beginner, SEO, List Bld, Traffic Gen etc are all important skills.
But the most important (and the hardest) is identifying a market and then a product or service to sell to it.
Brenda Franzo said,
June 6, 2007 at 12:33 am
Hi Alok! I like the blog. I’ve been affiliate marketing for a while now. Everything you want to post about is important in internet marketing! More info on PPC and SEO would be some good areas to post about. Thanks for inviting me.
Joe Lapham said,
June 6, 2007 at 12:41 am
Hello friend
I love your blog idea. I’ve purchased some of your offers.
Here is what I think you should let people know about.
Promoting and marketing. Hey what good is it if one has the best offer in the world and nobody goes to the site.
thanks for the invitition.
Joe
http://thesecret39.com/uncover/joelapham2001/
Rebecca Beasley said,
June 6, 2007 at 1:11 am
I think one of the hardest things for most newbies to do is GET ORGANIZED.
I’ve written several articles on this and I’ve been online for over 15 years and I even have problems juggling all the different programs that come my way. I could set up a page with links to every tool I use and never get done.
It’s like women’s work, it’s never done, no matter how long you do it.
We need an easy way to organize all our tools and tips and get the ball rolling to success. But it’s hard for most newbies to learn to do all the tasks related to this in a concerted effort.
Mike said,
June 6, 2007 at 2:12 am
Hello Alok
First of all thanks for the invite to your blog. Simplicity and to the point. People will not keep reading run on paragraphs. Start from the very beginning. Hard for someone to grasp affiliate marketing if they are not sure what it is. The same as tips and tricks. To tell a tip about Traffic generation. Doesnt work very well with out telling them where to start.
Thanks for all your help..
Mike
rosya said,
June 6, 2007 at 2:25 am
I’m interested in earning income from the internet. base on my search in the internet i came accross many programmes, and would like to join them, in particular I want to join data entry jobs. i’ts alot more easier… i thought so. however there’s many reports on the internet claiming that most / all such (data entry/ type at home) programmes are scams. can you give us tips on how to recognized scam progrrammes. thank you
Ditosha Knox said,
June 6, 2007 at 2:32 am
Hey always a pleasure to drop by and look forward to the great post to come. When it comes to affiliate marketing im all ears! Best of luck and you can count on me to be checking in!
teguh said,
June 6, 2007 at 2:38 am
Hi Alok.
thanks to invite me to your blog…
I’m Interest internet business but I don’t know how to getting start step by step,
can you give me tips to getting start and you know…I have no money
thank you
kathy said,
June 6, 2007 at 2:40 am
Thanks for inviting me to your blog. I have been trying to make money on the net for about 4 yrs now. I know one thing its hard. If you don’t know what your doing you can get stuck. Thanks Katherine
Bob said,
June 6, 2007 at 2:47 am
Hi Alok,
My wife and I currently own a tour and transportation business which is doing very well in N.W. Wyoming (Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks). However, neither one of us is getting any younger so I am very interested in IM. Something that I can do from “home”. We are contemplating a two or three month “hiatus” during the dead of winter, and the farther away from people the better, as long as we have high speed internet
!
My point with all of this is that I would like to generate several income streams with a website other than our tour website (www.ygtcustomparktours.com) . This would allow us to take those two or three months off during the dead of Wyoming’s winter.
How would you recommend starting? Should we concentrate on the blogging first, a website, creating a digital product for sale, what would you recommend first? Affiliate Marketing, Traffic Generation, PPC, it’s hard for a “newbie” to know where to start. Your advise would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, and good luck with your Blog!
Bob
Shirl said,
June 6, 2007 at 3:08 am
Alok,
Where does a person start to make money on the Internet without having to pay up front? I do not have the revenue to start and would like to make money with something that is legit and worthwhile.
Thank you and good luck.
Shirl
Melvin L Hopper said,
June 6, 2007 at 3:56 am
Hi Alok, I just got your email informing me of your blog. I am kind of new to this network marketing so the thing that is most on my mind is TRAFFIC to my website that works. I have been advertising but have gotten no signups. I do not know where to turn to get real good targeted traffic. Thanks, Mel
Ernie Schneider said,
June 6, 2007 at 4:47 am
Alok,
Congratulations!
Looks like you’re off with a BIG bang.
Perhaps you should list all the questions and sort them into categories.
Begin by answering the ones that seem most desperate.
You might consider creating an FAQ archive!
I too am in the process of launching my own blog.
Ernie Schneider
Note; no signature line yet!
babyedison said,
June 6, 2007 at 6:05 am
Hey Alok,
Great job!
Maybe can heve a topic to talk about the newest and hottest products for internet marketing.
Edison Lim
http://www.edisonlim.com
Vincent said,
June 6, 2007 at 6:08 am
Greetings Alok:
I have purchased many of your products. I am very eager to get into the flow of things. One thing is missing from many of the Internet Marketing Giants! All the products in the world are great! Can you imagine the money they would be making if they would actually show Newbies how to begin start to finish. It just seems something is missing from most of the success formulas. Wish it was all more beginner friendly.
Thanks,
Vincent
MoneyMakingMarketingProducts.com
Judith Beasley said,
June 6, 2007 at 6:15 am
Hi Alok -
I have spent over a year on internet marketing. I have had a lot of help through different learning channels. But - the main thing I have a real problem with is how to put it all together. If it can’t be put all together, how does one choose which area one should work on? I am sure I will work it out eventually. Good luck on your program - I am amazed at how many people are struggling with this.
Regards - Judith
Rajni Murali said,
June 6, 2007 at 6:46 am
Hi Arun,
Congratulations and all the best…
I feel that since many people are new to blogging, you should provide them with the basic knowledge of getting success with blogging and also your experience good and bad. Many new bloggers are struggling. So, give them the best you can.
Thanks and Regards,
Rajni Murali
Aussiegold said,
June 6, 2007 at 6:57 am
Hi Alok,
many have already stressed the point about list-building, and I most certainly agree. The problem is, no-one really tells us how to go about it. The plain truth is, to build a list you need traffic! I for one am damn sick of so-called “list-building” programs that promise the earth, and when you sign up you are told “now all you have to do is promote this url”!!!!
I can build a lead capture page, no problem, but getting it in front of the masses is another thing. Any tips on that would be most appreciated, especially for niches outside the IM arena.
Cheers from Downunder,
Phil.
http://www.whatevershewants.com
tini said,
June 6, 2007 at 7:07 am
Dear Alok,
I wish to know more on how to drive traffic to my website or blog especially when I am a newbie.Wish you all the best!
Frik said,
June 6, 2007 at 7:46 am
Nothing comes for Nothing - Turn a buck to increase it. List building
is a priority. To increase clients is to advertise and it cost. Free advertising is
a myth. Hardwork and dedication and bucks is the only way to increase your customer base. Yea, sometimes a clever scheme might work and you
gain some. Remember schemes also costs! Market manupulation is one of
the oldest tricks and borders close to dishonesty. Some marketers are constantly manupulating the system, so be on the look out. Build your downline is what most shout out loud, send an e-mail with our autoresponder, easy said, to who if you do not have a list? When you build a downline - consiting of a couple of people - who gains the most with your contacts? Your list also belongs to the organisation you belong to. Are you realy building your customer base.
David Dubb said,
June 6, 2007 at 7:50 am
Hi Alok,
I have been marketing for a while now but I have not set-up a blog as yet. I think if you write about what works and worked for you in all areas: Affiliate Marketing, List Building, Traffic Generation etc… Would be the best advice you can give.
Good luck and best wishes to you and all.
Chow for now,
David
Eric Suiker said,
June 6, 2007 at 7:58 am
Hi Alok,
You’ve got some tough choices to make when I see all these comments.
There seems to be a great need for “beginner manuals”. How to start building a list, how to setup an autoresponder, how to make the first dollars online.
Kinda logical because there’s loads of people starting an internet based marketing business every day. And what most of them have in common is that they don’t know where to start and that they want to make serious money fast.
So maybe it would be best to tell those opportunity seekers that there’s no such thing as getting rich overnight without doing lots of work. Everybody that tells you otherwise is a blatant liar.
That leaves the people that are willing to work hard and learn a lot. You can explain to them how to get their business on the road from the very first start.
Eric Suiker
PAMANI said,
June 6, 2007 at 8:43 am
Alok
I have never been involved with internet marketing and i have no idea how it is done but iam interested
thank you
Donny said,
June 6, 2007 at 8:44 am
Hi, Alok,
Just checking email, saw yours and congrat to your blog..
Busy right now, give my suggestion next week..
cyaa..
Donny
Chris Oesterholm said,
June 6, 2007 at 9:08 am
Hello Alok,
I am looking forward to read your blog in the future.
I would like to hear more about low or no cost advertising that works because I have wasted too much time on free ad sites with not much response. thank you.
Chris
http://financialabundanceforyou.com
Charles said,
June 6, 2007 at 10:18 am
Hi Alok,
I think you answered your own question at the beginning of this blog.
It is ‘How does one make enough time to do the things one must to make a good regular income from the Internet?’
BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING
1. Eliminate the time wasting - eg. e-mail, sorting & reading piles of junk, stop wasting money on useless offers etc etc. You know, I’m sure, what I’m getting at.
2. Determine the general focus and direction, make a plan and stick with it.
3. Determine the specifics required and learn how to do them ie find /make products, build web sites, get traffic, build lists, copywriting, Adsense & Adwords, hosting, and all the other skills required.
4. Take action, just do it.
MORE THAN ANYTHING, IDENTIFY THE GOOD GUYS AND THE BAD GUYS ON THE INTERNET. Who are the real prophets and who are the false prophets. The former will help you make profits and the latter will steal the contents of your wallet. Make a comprehensive list and only follow the good guys. Unsubscribe from the bad guys.
Hope this helps
Charles
Desmond said,
June 6, 2007 at 10:24 am
Alok, congrats on your new blog and thanks for the invite. The key areas i really want to learn about is how to drive traffic to my site.
Cheers
Des
Andrew Robinson said,
June 6, 2007 at 10:36 am
Hi Alok
Very good blog idea here I received your information a couple of months ago and it helped me dramatically I have alos been researching this area for the last 3 - 4 years.
This has helped me establish quite a successful business in which I use viral marketing and downlines which seem daunting to start with are very powerful.
PPC is the the easiest way to get up and running and listing with search engines although the bots and spiders used when looking at your websites will look for links to others to see how credible your listing is.
If you want to take a look at my website it is very simple http://www.thebookmarkit.com and it has on it a free link to a website which you can use for 30 days this allows you to see how easy it is to build a website which has links to other third parties and therefore gives you more Google points etc.
With all of this you get inumerable documentation which you can use to assist you in this process you will also get direction on PPC and free marketing.
I started getting 2 -3 hits per day and was not making much money out of this, now it is getting well over 5000 hits per day and with a 10% return it does OK.
Just to point out it is very difficult to achieve for free you do need some addiitonal software such as auto responders and click managers.
I wish everyone the best of success and any questions please e-mail me or reply to this blog, I am more than willing to help.
Thanks
Andrew
http://www.thebookmarkit.com
Mimi said,
June 6, 2007 at 10:54 am
Hello Alok,
Well, where do we begin?! Viral marketing is my current passion. You would need to split your articles into shorter sections e.g. ’starting out’ etc. For example, for the beginner with little cash to spare, an article exploring the free advertising available using traffic exchanges, safelists, classifieds and so on would be inspiring. I know they work from experience. Some examples are Free Ad Depot, (Classified, links etc), Traffic Swarm (Classified ads etc), Problaze - keep your eye on this one, looks promising, gets you safelist advertising, as well as the well loved surfing sites e.g. Top Surfer, Max Traffic Pro, I love Hits and this one, Traffic Tornado, will give you your own spash page too.
There’s so much more you could cover and i’m sure you’ll find everyone’s comments useful.
Best of luck with this. Shall we say ‘watch this space’?
Kind regards,
Mimi Smith
P.S. My site is down at the moment so apologies to anyone trying to access it.
Harvey Akeson said,
June 6, 2007 at 11:07 am
ALOK, Looking at the responses so far and knowing how many people are reading but not responding a couple of things. You have a large list and few of us feel that competent to advise you.
I would see most are trying to make money online…so what I need is a simple starting point. How about some of the resell rights, and showing us how to put the “show on the road”. Putting together the material we purchase and then failing to act because we don’t have the expertise to “rebrand” and sell ourselves.
More than anything else I will be reading your material for all the lessons you relay.
Harvey Akeson, Tucson, Arizona
Stefano said,
June 6, 2007 at 11:32 am
Hi Alok,
I am a newbie that thinks the money is in the Massive Downline, but I can’t create a respectable List!! What I must do to getting started?
The mails you send are a good system to get informated people like me, that attend not very often blogs and sites in general. Thank you!
Best wishes
Stefano Lantaré
BalasubramanyaSankaran said,
June 6, 2007 at 12:53 pm
Hi! Alok!
i sincerely welcome your effort in putting up a blog internetmarketing-my way to share your vast knowledge and experience with all, it will be useful to newbies like me as we look upon the tools to work out for making real money which we see only in theories and various hypothesis -dreams like ! You can start first of all in removing the illusions from the minds of newbies.You can plan as per the financial viability of a newbie to teach him the ways from the scrap to start earning from small pieces of money so that he will have a belief in this industry- as truth should be the finest gurantee for his learning process as a newbie need not build a castle in the air.There is a real need to inculculcate the habit of learing to earn and there is a need to stress that nothing is possible without proper effort- we can not become rich overnight.How many years we study to get a professional ! like wise it is also a professional study cum earning process.You can start stressing all the basic elements to newbies.
i pray the Lord to shower his blessings to your effort and with your help i wish to see millions of people should be benefited -especially in affiliate marketing and the process of list building to succeed in their chosen field
b.sank
Sergey said,
June 6, 2007 at 12:54 pm
I am a newbie in online marketing. I am interesting in technique how to sell online product using “Buy now†PayPal button. How to redirect customers to purchased product after payment from a Squeeze Page ? Where I can find information of this kind?
david said,
June 6, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Hi Alok,
thanks for the invite to your Blog and very best of luck with it,
Regards
David
Jane said,
June 6, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Hi Alok,
Great blog,
What I need is help getting traffic to my various sites. I’m surely not alone in this
As a retired person, I need a sure fire way of getting free traffic, there’s lots of people offering lots of advice, but most of it really is just rehashing of old material. There must be someone who really knows how to do it, and is willing to share their knowledge.
Keep up the good work.
Jane
Rick Roberts said,
June 6, 2007 at 1:26 pm
Congrats on taking the step to start a blog Alok. To tell you the truth I’m quite surprised you hadn’t already started one or more by now.
Anyway to your request. I think importance should be placed on list building. I have learned the hard way that without a list you really have very little chance of making a success out of affiliate or Internet marketing.
Thats my two cents.
Rick Roberts aka RedHat39
http://www.diynaturalcures.info
Musoke Friday said,
June 6, 2007 at 1:27 pm
Wish you luck and ready to join for devolop it much more but was it a good plan for you?
Eva said,
June 6, 2007 at 1:29 pm
Alok,
How about to take a fresh look at new ways to make money on the Internet.
After all, we all want to make money without spending a life-time on learning tricks and writing articles. How about to include in your options ways to make money with MLM’s, online shops, affiliate marketing that doesn’t require spending days and nights scouring Forums, or spending a fortune on PPC marketing.
Is there something a lot simpler than all that?
Eva
http://tinyurl.com/2o8rkh
Karen said,
June 6, 2007 at 2:05 pm
I have tried Affiliate marketing and have never made ANY thing from it. I am signed up on so many of them that I can’t even keep track anymore. It’s very hard on someone who has NO money to invest. When you live pay check to pay check.
If I didn’t need money I wouldn’t worry about it. But I am one of these people that is looking for a way to get out of dept. And I hear how people are making money on the internet and I just don’t understand HOW. If there is someone out there that could help me. I haven’t found them yet. I use to think how nice it would be to make $1000 or more working on the internet, now I have come to the conclusion that it’s kind of like nascar only the lucky can win.
I am a graphic designer for a catalog, and because I live in such a rual area I only make $7.30 in hour. but just because I live in a rual area does’nt mean cost of living is cheeper, IT’S NOT. I know if I moved I could make more money, but I do love the area I live in. I would just like to make a good living where I am at and if I ever desided to move I could make a good living there too. Without the worries of having to take any job that comes my way. I am 45 years old and the idea of retirement in my life is DEATH. I will have to work it I die just to be able to live. That just no a live.
I would love to get any help I could get to get my life better
Thanks
K. H.
Charles said,
June 6, 2007 at 2:06 pm
Hi again Alok,
This is more specific than my first post and only a small - but important part of the whole range of skills required.
I would like to learn more about RESOURCE / SIGNATURE BOXES.
I think each box must be relevant to the piece of work (article / e-mail / web site etc ) after which they are positioned.
Beyond that, I would want to know how many links to include, what those links should be, and all the other information to include for best results.
Keeping an Excel Spreadsheet record of all the Boxes and where they are kept and can be copied from seems like a good idea to me.
Thanks
Charles
Jinger Jarrett said,
June 6, 2007 at 3:55 pm
Alik,
I think your blog idea is a wonderful idea. Marketers need to understand that the same techniques work, whether you’re promoting affiliate programs, or your own products and services. It’s simply about targeting the right market, as well as tailoring your marketing plan to fit your business.
BTW, love the Viral Profit Machine script. Stroke of genius! Will you be adding it to this blog?
I’m creating a blog roll of VPM sites, as well as Squidoo lens that lists VPM sites. Viral marketing for viral marketing! LOL.
Love your stuff,
Jinger Jarrett
Ramiro said,
June 6, 2007 at 3:57 pm
Hi Alok,
I am really interested in articles about Adsense and PPC.
Thanks and Good luck.
Ramiro
Darryl said,
June 6, 2007 at 5:22 pm
Love the idea of viral marketing but would like to know
more about how to use it for my own site. I also would
like to know about the best ways to get traffic without
using ppc. Check out my site and give me some ideas
if you can. http://www.insuranceinfoconnection.com. This blog
will be a help for me.
Thanks
Darryl
Jamie said,
June 6, 2007 at 8:00 pm
My question is on list building. But I still have to choose my target market.
rick said,
June 6, 2007 at 8:50 pm
Hi Alok
I’ve been a subscriber to many lists for the past year.
My goal is to make money with niche websites.
At this point I am suffering from information overload and can’t come up
with a clear business model.How about a consise roadmap for getting
started?
Thanks!
Rick
eRixonline said,
June 6, 2007 at 8:59 pm
Greetings Alok, you had such a wonderful report and started me to think about marketing in other countries, instead of one’s home country…best wishes, eRixonline
Gary said,
June 6, 2007 at 11:08 pm
Hello Alok,
My compliments to you for your energy and desire to help all of ‘us’ in the quest for financial independence. As for me, I wonder most about the best ways to truly start from scratch. You know, next-to-nothing initial costs and at least marginally understandable directions to follow? I’ve got no problem putting in the necessary hours on the learning curve; provided that it’s a reasonable amount. Also I’m prepared to leverage initial earnings for larger profits down the road. But please point me to something that’s not too intricate, not very expensive, and won’t take more than a few months to really see some profits? (Note please…that’s ‘profits’, not gross earnings. This seems to be a little piece of info many leave out.
Thanks again and I’ll keep you posted on how I make out,
Gary
Claude V. said,
June 7, 2007 at 1:00 am
Hi Alok,
I am interested in traffic generation and tricks in PPC.
I think it is possible to succeed without spending a
small fortune like I did and you seem to know how..!
Thanks for your implication
Claude
Paul said,
June 7, 2007 at 4:42 am
Hi Alok
Great blog and information as always.
It occurs to me that there are many of your readers who would like to get into the ‘blog’ thing (as we all know how effective it can be).
With this in mind I wondered if this site might be of use to someone:
http://www.bloghostingpro.com
They do everything for you, create your blog, host it,configure your adsense and other affiliate ads for you, and what’s more….they even supply good content and articles and that’s not all……They Market and promote it as well!
To be quite honest…whether Newbie or experienced you can’t go wrong.
Anyway, once again, thanks for a great blog Alok, keep up the good work.
Paul
dilip singh rawat said,
June 7, 2007 at 6:01 am
hi, alok iam dilip singh from chennai. iam working in
shipping company as a frieght forwarder. executive in (export and import) division. iam… having lot’s of
quiry now a days and also companies and owner’s abt many cargo’s so if ur having coustomer, who needs any break bulk or any type of product . i will give u the information. and u can earn from this if
deal will proceed then u can get good profit.
in this way i can help u by forwarding information abt good’s.
thnk u
brgds
dilip singh
irisihblake said,
June 7, 2007 at 1:39 pm
hi there -
when do you answer these blog posts???
Arthur said,
June 8, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Hi Alok
As a Newbe I Think a good place to start would be for us beginners.
how to reconize scams on IM I have been Taken a few time on these money
making scams saying make money in 30 days, sleep while you earn ETC,
only to find out that i received some downloadable PDF Files that is more
talk than action? Also the adwords PPC thing Where the people Steal your
Commisions? And You Can’t Prove It! I enjoy your newsletters and I agree
with some of the others that a Blueprint Format of how you got started would be Great! Also I am interested in learning anything that you can dish
our Way!
Thanks and keep up the good work!
Roy said,
June 9, 2007 at 12:42 pm
It seems to me that people with newsletters and contact lists is the first place to start.
And then a place to find the resources first of all the differrent things being offered, so as your newsletter is read your list will click on the links therefore you get credit.
How to find free things for us “already on a tight budget, thats why we are looking for extra income” instead of spending money we don’t have. Wouldn’t need the extra money if we could afford to buy all these great 25 dollar + offers to get started.
Thanks hope this works for yopu and all the rest of us also.
Best wishes and the best for you.
Jose said,
June 9, 2007 at 11:49 pm
Alok,
May I suggest that you start from the very beginning: How to get your first website up and running!
Thanks,
Jose
Frank Duffy said,
June 11, 2007 at 7:54 am
Hi Alok,
I have gone through through the contents of your blog and I found it very interesting. I would like to know more about ViralMarketing and List Building and also about Joint Venturing. I am sure you will be able to provide valuable information about the same in your blog. I am really looking forward to seeing it.
You’ve obviosely got a good list fron the # of posts to your blog.
How do I talk to you about a joint venture.
Good Luck,
Frank
Ron Taylor said,
June 11, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Hi Alok, Have read your blog and responses. My poblem is I would like to go into Internet Publishing but like others need help on gathering information much of which seems conflicting. Another problem I run on Mac and find most software for the business end is for PC only. I agree that one should start at the very begining, and keep it simple. Know the rules before you break them.
Best Wishes and Good Luck
Ron
Anne Jaenzon said,
June 13, 2007 at 8:08 pm
Hi and thank you for your mail. I think it would be nice to read about a travel you have done or you can WRITE about something, for example your experience about something. It was interesting to read about different kind of marketing in your mail.
Good luck with the blog.
Anne Jaenzon
Dana M. Kay said,
June 14, 2007 at 12:30 am
Hi Alok !
I’m interested how to build the list for affiliate program.
The great company is launching business for whole world with the great product
and fortunes to be made with it, but I’m a novice without any experience and I don’t
how to go about it.
Thanks for helping us.
Dana
Joseph said,
June 14, 2007 at 7:31 am
Hey Alok!
What have you got me into now, I really need to build a list ! This is all new to me but im working on that. Cool blog
check this out to see if it will make money http://www.geocities.com/sellustoday/yourgreen.htm
Joe.
Ron Taylor said,
June 21, 2007 at 1:56 pm
Hi Alok Have tried to contact you on your helpdesk without success. Can you give me the full address. Thanks
Ron
tredinertok said,
July 11, 2007 at 3:51 am
Hi all!
Very interesting information! Thanks!
G’night
Issa said,
July 17, 2007 at 9:22 am
Hellow..
How are you? i would like to be a memmber in your company.
Thanks.
Issah
Vivek said,
February 8, 2010 at 1:08 am
Hi Alok
Mine is the 219th comment ….Hope you will read it.
One thing that bugs me is how to get traffic. Though i am already aware of how important the keyword search is and also how to use them to generate traffic.
I just wanted to know will that be enough or something else must also be done to generate traffic. Please let us know of the softwares (Free) that track the performance of the web page.
Second thing is , where to advertise (Free). Bolgs and Forum are the best way to advertise every one says . I dont know. Please let me know if u have some other different ways of advertising.
Google adward is best, but since i am beginner my worry is, it only works out costlier for me.
So i would appreciate if you can share your knowledge about the above mentioned areas.