Greetings New Marketers!
This blog was written for you in mind. Whether you're interested in working from home part-time or full-time using affiliate marketing and/or network marketing, there's no better time to do so.
Market Forecasts for 2011
Did you know that Internet sales have gone from multiple multiple billions during 2007 but are expected to double and triple by 2011! That means that even during a recession, we have more people shopping during the holidays online. You can test this statement for it's accuracy by comparing Black Friday (department store retail sales) with Cyber Monday (Internet sales). In the last five years, Internet sales have consistently out-paced Black Friday. Why?
Like you, people want to get their shopping needs met easily by harnessing the Internet. AND.., it should be no different for you as a merchant!
What Does That Mean To Your Success?
There Are Three Types of Marketers Online:
1) Affiliate marketers
2) Network marketers pulling in affiliate marketing
3) Product creators moving their wares
Blog Navigation
On the right-hand side of this blog, you will see several links and resources. Feel free to check out whatever you wish.
In all of my marketing, my desire is to give you what you demand -- not push what I think you need.
Look for the "Learn Then Do" link on the right-hand side too.
Click on this link to view the core stages of Internet Marketing education.
What most new folks don't know when they first hop online is that Internet marketing can be overwhelming. As a top contributor at an Internet marketing university website, I write tutorials and helpful posts for students showing them what to do and what to avoid (for best business outcomes).
I'll give you a few golden tips.
Golden Tip #1 --
1) Start with free means when you can.
I've talked about using blogger.com for your first start. It may not seem like much, but look at my blog. There's enough there to get any marketer started.
2) You do NOT have to pay out multiple, multiple thousands of dollars to launch your business. You do have to be smart.
Proof -- for the cost of many websites that sell you "far more than you'll ever use", you don't need this kind of resource!!!
What you want to keep your eyes peeled for are sites that will give you far more content and Internet marketing education than most gurus do. In fact, a majority of the "supposedly top gurus online" will sell you fancy sites that do nothing for you -- like setting up a page that carries only their names. NICE.
But.., when you're new, you don't know what you need up front and you don't necessarily know what you should avoid. That's why I'm here.
* Look for a place that gives you more business content than they'll try to sell you in B.S. products (taking you no where).
* They shouldn't be hitting you over the head continually with "buy, buy, buy".
They should certify you in several marketing areas at reasonable costs than you'd pay the big gurus. Forget paying $1,000k for a page that does not other than position the guru (while leaving your name in the "nosebleed" ending of that page).
Forget paying someone %70 for work you do yourself.
Reap as much of the profit as you possibly can.
In order to hit this important business mark, you've got to align yourself with the content that will keep your marketing in it's proper perspective.
My Promise To You
Is that I'll never intentionally mislead you or falsify information. I will tell you when you're headed for a brick wall if you pay another resource to "promise you the moon" when they can't even bring you your nearby park.
There are a major number of marketers online who've never made money consistently online, and they'll try to claim that they have. So -- be wary of anyone claiming to be the supreme marketing coach even when they have a web presence. It takes a lot more support and nurturance to bring you what you'll require.
In my blogs, I bring you things others won't share. Why? They're afraid of competition and they seem to believe that the world is limited. That's not true.
If you go back to the statement I made earlier about Cyber Monday, we have companies who are clammoring for someone like you. They need you to connect consumers to the products they're offering.
* That means -- there's plenty of room in the fishing pond.
* Anyone who tries to tell you that there's "not enough to go around online" is coming from unidentified lack.
* Internet marketing can be one of the strongest career decisions you could potentially make, but I will tell you that you will have to work diligently for it.
* You will have to be patient with yourself, and give yourself the time you need to properly grow.
* Nothing is hidden and I don't promote hype.
* I do promote community interaction and team identification (along with team development)...as this is the best possible way to obtain any level of success.
* I do tap into only those marketers I trust. That means I rule out a lot of people. Yes -- I'm picky, but I refuse to bring you junk.
* This blog clues you into what Internet marketing entails and doesn't entail.
* This blog will incorporate beginner marketing, intermediate marketing, advanced marketing and more so please stay tuned.
* This resource aims to support marketers all many stages of business development, but that claim is met as my marketing mentors and ongoing teachers develop their content for you. So there is inter-dependency involved here..., but I promise that my content will strive to keep you on a solid footing.
* This blog is one resource you can tap into to consider affiliate marketing. I will tell you what it is and talk more about how it works in future posts.
Some Final Notes
If you're concerned about tapping into
old or over-priced information , your concerns are well-founded. Google shut down 100,000 merchants during their last Google slap (better known as a baseball bat hit).
Worry no more. This marketing blog will always strive to bring you current marketing updates, tips, tricks, free and lower-cost tools, marketing techniques, niche finding ideas, and paid help at various price points you can afford.
Because no marketer can operate their Internet marketing business online for FREE, you can't afford to either. Therefore, you must be willing to invest some money in your education or you're in the wrong place.
To join my monthly Internet marketing newsletter, please feel free to fill out your name and contact information in the boxes you see on the right-hand side. As a thankyou, I give you my FREE Internet Wealth Guide.
For those who want hard-core business content they can readily use, I offer my Internet Wealth Guide at the lowest price possible. In this guide, I'll share valuable business building resources you can use NOW.., not tomorrow, next month, or next year.
Feel free to check out my August 19th post identifying the common phases of Internet Marketing development.
Toasting Your Affiliate Marketing Success Using Proven Online Means,
B. Brinkmeyer, MBA
#14 out of 10,000 Internet Marketing University
Internet Marketing Mentor/Teacher