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After spending a few years fumbling around making money here and there online, I have learned the most solid, consistent way of doing it is to make email marketing central to your sales marketing strategy.

Back in 2004, I naively drove traffic straight to merchant sites using affiliate links. A while later, I created landing pages so visitors would see something different, although I neglected to include any opt in form. Crazy, yes… what can I say I was a newbie. I quickly learned concentrating all efforts into driving traffic for one-time sales was only benefiting the merchant, not me.

That’s when I realized the importance of follow-up. Although previous landing pages were filled with targeted content and some personalized information, sales didn’t double or become more consistent until I added an autoresponder opt in form which gave me the lucrative opportunity to follow-up with visitors.

Which leads to the number one reason to use email marketing to make money online…

Reason No. 1 – Follow-Up

Follow-up allows you the opportunity to expose your product or offer to visitors beyond their initial visit. It gives you the chance to present your offer in more detail and answer common questions (FAQs) before they’re even asked in your follow-up emails. Providing answers before they are asked (reading a subscriber’s mind) will slide sales right into your account.

What’s great is when visitors opt into your form to receive additional information, they are expressing interest to learn more & granting permission for further contact from you. This places you in an excellent selling position. You are now graced with another opportunity to “CAPTURE THE SALE”. How cool is that? Right! Just remember…

Email Marketing = More Exposure = More Opportunities To Follow-Up With Quality Content = More Money

This flows nicely into the second reason…

Reason No. 2 – A Single Email Can Equal Mass Sales

Once you have established a trustworthy relationship with subscribers by sharing quality free content and making recommendations that actively helps them in some way, you will have cultivated a list where a single email promotion can equal massive sales. Such a privilege is akin to having an ATM in your desktop.

There is nothing more exhilarating in internet marketing than making a great product recommendation to your email list and having them respond with enthusiastic profits that start rolling in almost instantly. Just be careful to never take your list for granted; they are after all real-live people. Treat them with respect, not money machines.

Reason No. 3 – Automation

The beauty of having an automated marketing system that consistently brings in sales is it’s the closest thing to being able to “set & forget it”. Email marketing automation beats offline methods of follow-up any day.

Would you rather spend hours pitching prospects, answering questions, arming yourself with rebuttals, dealing with rejection… all aimed to capture one sale -OR- load up an autoresponder with meaty content equally aligned with money-making offers set to act as your automated sales force? I’d go with the latter. I’m sure you agree, that is if you understand the value of time/freedom & are serious about having a successful online business that will continually make you money.

Automation is key to success and profitability, both in the short and long-term. Having an automated email system for interested prospects to opt into, immediately positions you to receive automated sales. Automation allows you to leverage sales in countless, creative ways. I’ll leave you with this “food for thought”…

~ Millionaires Understand The Power of Automation & Leverage ~

So if you ever question whether email marketing is worth taking the time to establish as a central part of your marketing strategy, remind yourself of the “3 Reasons”… 1) Multiple Follow-Up Opportunities To Capture Sales, 2) One Email Can = Mass Sales, 3) Leveraged Automation.

The world is yours.

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I’ve got to tell you, niche communities are popping up all over the internet. They are a necessity for one main reason.

The problem with content sharing communities is they quickly get saturated with low level SPAMMERS. It’s nothing personal, it’s just that it makes it more difficult to get through the deadwood of empty offers and used car salesmen who moved on to the internet.

To make money writing articles, you must have something of value. Teaching people something they can use, that is original, or an original take on something that exists, works best. Writing an article that blatantly pitches your product, or someone else’s, is the quickest way to turn people off.

The internet, if you haven’t noticed, is a place where developing trusting relationships gives you the best shot at creating a fan base which can then be monetized. Let’s face facts, people buy from people they trust. If you barge into an online community like this one, and post a bunch of crap about the latest “ground floor opportunity”, people will tune you out.

An article is an opportunity to introduce yourself, and to share something with a likeminded crowd. If you have a handle on the English language, and can resist the temptation to blurt out “buy my product!” you can make money writing articles.

Okay, now let me explain what the biggest mistake that article marketers make is. When someone clicks on your article, you want one of two results. They click your link at the end to get more information (optin or subscription), or they click through to a salesletter.

Basically, the article that is written should be geared toward one or the other, and the reason is because the person who will click through to the salesletter is different than the guy who will click through to the landing page with the opportunity to subscribe for more information.

Why? Pay attention because this is where most people make their mistake. These two people are at different stages of the buying cycle. One guy is looking for more information, while the other already has the information, but wants to buy the solution. He has already done his due diligence.

You see, you wouldn’t write your article around the keywords “make money online” to a guy who is looking for the solution. That guy who just became a MLM rep., is the one who will subscribe to receive more good content from you. He doesn’t know yet what is available to him, but you can lead him down to the end of the buying cycle with good information that leads him to purchase the PPC program you are an affiliate for.

On the other hand, you wouldn’t write an article around keywords “overnight acne cures” for people just looking for more information. They want that solution today, not more information.

It is important to understand what stage of the buying cycle your target is. I guarantee, overcoming this one simple mistake will increase your chances of actually making money online. First you must figure out what your overall strategy is.

What I mean is, are you trying to build a list, or make quick affiliate commissions? It really doesn’t matter which one you choose, other than the plan of attack will be different depending on which you are planning to do.

Write “Hell Yeah!” in the comments below if you want to connect with me and share ideas. Write “Go To Hell!” in the comments below if you feel like you can make money by being a cheesedick, and blatantly spamming. As much as I despise what they do, you gotta’ respect their nads.

If you are at the beginning of the buying cycle, or you are spinning in it like a flushed toilet, and need some help, go to http://WebTrafficAlchemist.com to get on my email list for more helpful tips. Go there and get a laugh too at my wife’s expense. A classic video that will make you pee yourself!

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Precious Metals: Why sell Gold?

It might be surprising to know the great value which can be realized by selling gold jewelry. Precious metals like gold and silver have always fascinated humans and are directly linked to an individual’s status in the society, be it in the ancient times when people were weighed in gold to reward them, or the more recent years when gold and silver are sold in different forms like bullion, bars, coins, jewelry etc.

There are many reasons why someone would take to selling gold jewelry; Urgent need of cash, outdated designs and fashions, damaged or broken pieces of jewelry, unwanted gifts or unpleasant designs.

Gold is also considered to be a safe long term bet for gains as has been the case with the metal in the past few years, where prices have risen considerably, giving investors a lot to cheer about. Selling silver also has gained popularity, but makes it more worthwhile if there are a lot to sell in terms of volume.

Various Ways Of Selling Gold & Silver

Today there are various ways to invest in gold and silver and at the same time different options to sell the same. Selling gold jewelry is one of them. Gold jewelry is a common product and is widely available hence it is the easiest to sell to local jewelers.

Gold is also sold in other forms. Buying and Selling gold in the bullion market has gained a lot of popularity, gold nuggets and gold coins available at retail outlets are conventional ways of buying when low and selling when high.

Tips To Sell Gold And Silver

Have a clear idea of why the jewelry needs to be sold and scout for the appropriate buyer.

Volume of gold or silver sold at a time will determine the selling price and the bargaining power for the seller.

Purity also determines the final price of the items sold. It is also advisable selling directly to the end user to negate commissions and getting handsome returns. The seller should monitor gold prices regularly and sell when the prices are high to maximize the returns.

Get all the information of the buyer to minimize legal hassles and ensure a smooth transaction. This is particularly important while selling a large quantity or selling gold to a new buyer.

Taking It Forward: What Buyers Buy And What Sellers Sell

Conventional buying and selling includes selling gold jewelry, selling silver to jewelers, selling diamonds for trade, emergency cash etc.

Other ways to unlock trapped cash is in the form of selling silverware, silver flatware, sterling silver and scrap silver. Each of these will fetch different values depending on the product and purity factors. With the current economic condition, selling precious metals, either pure or scrap, has gained a lot of importance since it has great intrinsic value attached to it and selling the scrap is one of the smartest ways of making money.

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Most photographers would like to sell photos online. Each photographer has his own reason why he would like to sell photos online. Some would like to raise the profits   they earn from their photography business. Some photographers think they have the best photo and would like to make money by selling the photo online.  To some, to have the money to upgrade their equipment and buy their dream digital camera.  Few photographers have become successful as stock photographers and made money selling photos online. If you search online and googled Yuri Arcurs, you will find out a lot about Yuri Arcurs who is dubbed to be the “world’s best micro stock photographer” and the amount of money he made by selling photos online.   You can try and learn his methods he used to sell photos online, how he successfully sold millions of stock photos or images online and how he made millions of dollars from his stock photography business. You can do a research on stock or micro stock photo websites like Getty Images, Corbis Images or Istockphoto.

Sad to say, a lot of things have changed since when Yuri Arcurs made millions by selling photos online. There are now new ways on how to sell photos online and one of them is by cashing in on the popularity of Facebook and Twitter. Read on and learn on some tips on how to sell photos online on Facebook and Twitter. 

Before you read on further and learn from the tips on how to make money selling photos online using Facebook and Twitter. Let us be clear by answering these two questions. Are you planning to sell photos online to improve the profits you get from your photography business? And are you thinking that if you sell photos online if it will help promote your photography business? If your answer to both questions is yes, then you can learn by reading these tips on how to sell photos online and make money using Facebook and Twitter. 

Both social networks have a combined market of 500 million users. Can you imagine how many from that 500 million users need photography services? Can you imagine how many advertising agencies are on Facebook and Twitter looking for photographers who can supply their requirement for good quality stock photos or images? Social networks make it easy for customers or buyers of quality photography work to find photographers providing photography services they need. It also makes it easy for photographers to sell photos online and their photography business. 

If you have a Facebook account , what you need  to get you started  in advertising or selling your photography business online and  start your own micro stock photo agency to display what you think are high quality stock images is to  create  a new Facebook page or Fan page. Name your Fan Page the same name as your photography business. A Fan Page has more value in terms of advertising your photography business than a personal Profile Page. You can have unlimited number of fans on your Fan Page as compared to the maximum  5,000 friends you can have on  your personal page. There are a lot of information you can search online on what is a Facebook Page. Make a Twitter account and try to name it the same as your Facebook Page. It is a good advertising and marketing strategy if you name both your Facebook and Twitter accounts with the same name. It makes it easy for potential buyers to remember you as a photographer and the photography services you offer.  Remember that your goal is to establish yourself as a business and a good photographer able to provide high quality photography services and that includes stock photography. 

If you are finding it hard to create your own Facebook Page there is a Facebook app that is so easy to use to help you create a Killer Facebook page and the name of the Facebook app is Tigerlily App. Search for it on Facebook. It allows you have two tabs and it uses widgets to customize your Facebook Page. Let us focus on two widgets on your Tigerlily App which can make your Facebook Page as your main advertising point for your business. These widgets are picture widget and the Twitter feed widget. 

The next step is to have a website. If you don’t have one now, you need to create one fast.   Follow these steps on how to make a website, first you have to register a domain name. Find a good webhosting company which allows you to install WordPress.  All you need is to have a website that runs on WordPress and install a WordPress plug in which is the most important tool that will help you sell photos online and bring more profits from your photography business. Go to Fotomoto website and create an account.  They have made it very simple for photographers to successfully sell photos online. Their main goal is for photographers to focus on their photography and leave the business of selling photos online to them.  

Now let us get to the fun part and sell photos online. Another tip is to help you succeed in your plan to successfully sell stock photos online and make some money is  to have a quick look at some micro stock photo stock websites  like Istockphoto and Fotolia and study which photos sell online and what stock photo buyers are looking for.  Also, you can read the blog by Yuri Arcurs and get additional tips on how he successfully made money selling photos online. 

Make a sample post on your blog and add a photo. You will see that on your website there will be a Fotomoto toolbar at the bottom of the photo which will say “Buy Print”, “Buy Card”, “Download”, “Share” and “E-card. There are features of this Fotomoto plugin you can customize on your Fotomoto account. The best thing about Fotomoto is their feature that allows you to name your own price.   Yes your own price. They also take care of shipping if it is a print order. Everything is done for you and everything is ready to help you sell photos online. Fotomoto gets a percentage on every transaction but that is how you will get to love the name your own price feature. This will ensure you make more money by selling your photos online on your own website rather than selling it on micro stock photo agencies like what Yuri Arcurs does. 

Now you must be asking “Why did I have to create a Facebook page and Twitter? And “How it will help me make money selling photos online? As any other business if you don’t advertise, you don’t sell. A business with no advertising is a business not worth giving your business. It is the same for your photography business. Why would you miss the opportunity to sell to over 500 million users of Facebook and Twitter? The best thing about it is that it is free. Advertise on your Facebook Page about your photography business. You can update Facebook user of what is new about your  business or if you have posted a new photo to sell online on your website. You can redirect potential stock photo buyers to your website and buy that stock photo they have been looking for.  You can tweet every time you posted a photo to sell online. Another tip is that every time you tweet add any of these hashtags #stockphoto, #stockphotoforsale, #micro stock. That will help you get found by people looking for stock photos online. All your tweets are posted on your Tigerlily app enabled Facebook page. Never underestimate the power of social networking and its value to bring in new buyers of your photography services. 

How much money you can make selling photos online? As any other business it will depend on other factors such as the quality of yours stock photography work and the amount of time you devote on your website. Also, don’t forget that you are a photographer first before anything else. So shoot that image, create and sell. 

By following these tips on how to sell photos online using how to make money using Facebook and Twitter tips, you are on your way to become the next Yuri Arcurs and make money selling photos online. 

Happy Fotopalooza Shooting and start Selling Photos Online!

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