Pfft I don't know

[SearchGuru1]

You ever wonder why things are SO hard? I mean really come on. Even when your trying your best to pick yourself off the floor and DO something to make your life better, theres always something that gets in the way.

For the past year or so Ive been reading all kinds of positive thinking books and stuff. And for awhile it was really working. I felt good. I didnt have any stress in my life. I was making good money. I was happy.

And in then in February the money stopped coming. The stress started coming back. Now I am very unhappy. Im trying. I really am. Im tyring to do everything and anything I can do to make myself happy. To get back on my feet again. To make money.

But as some genius reminded me the other day, it takes money to make money. Well then what if you just dont have money? Then what? im just so tired of life being like this. It always seems like in MY life there have always been UPS and DOWNS. And when im up. Its perfect. And when Im down.. it sucks buttons. Then you start stressing about everything. Okay I know, non industry posts. But this ties in so let it go eh. Im trying to get this wordpress blog thing going. And im trying to do this newsroom thing weblord said was good. The code? Wont work. So because I dont know code I feel like im getting punished. because now I cant get this stupid code on this stupid blog to make me some stupid money. Anxiety sucks!

Im just tired guys. I really am. Just say.. "Kris, its gonna be alright..." about 50 times. Okay minor vent. Now Im going to re-read this page for the 15th time http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Javascript
and see if I can possibly understand it.


Peace
Kristi

 

[Barrucadu]

50 times, eh?

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There you go

 

[weblord]

:imho: what you cant make up for money make up for your time and effort it also produces money.
just relax don't be too hard on yourself, be patient, learning takes time you can't conquer Rome in just one day, it takes effort one step at a time.

 

[SearchGuru1]

I think I might throw up now.

My google adsense account was just deactivated.

I dont know how else to make money online. Not the kind of money I need anyway.

 

[RogueWriter]

Kristi, know where you are coming from, been there. Been times in my life when 4 maybe 5 creditors called for me, multiple times a day. I hated the phone because no one called me unless they wanted money.

It's tough to work through, starting from nothing, but it can be done.

My answer was affiliate marketing. Not generic shopping malls filled with thousands of pages of links, but small, focussed niche sites.

All my work is done with a basic web site design package, and my sites are not fancy in the least. If you looked at my sites, your first impression would be, hey, there's just nothing to that. But, my goal is not really to impress the surfer with looks: my goal is to get found by surfers then move them onto a merchant asap, get that cookie set.

It is possible to start a merchant site with just a small amount of money, and heck, if you can't afford the inventory, work with dropshippers like shopster.com - there's several of them around. A merchant site provides you with greater margins, but greater responsibility, as well. Still, there's nothing like getting up in the morning and finding a huge order waiting to be filled - my largest surprise order was a few years ago, $25,000 worth of stuff.

If you want to kick ideas around, feel free to contact me at tarpguy at bluemarble dot net.

I'm not rich, but I get by, and I am still focussed on my long term goal of, "Wealth Beyond Avarice." I've been in the affiliate marketing industry for 7-8 years, if there's anything I can do to help, I'll certainly try.

 

[Ja$on]

Kristi, everything will be ok. I am no coder myself and it can be tough. You could try asking people for help, maybe offering NP$ for assistance with your code.

You can also try adbright, I think they sort of work like AdSense even though I don't use them.

 

[Ross]

Here is what i say when things bad happen or i get really stressed out:

"Im not gonna die!" (Cuz you prolly wont no matter how much money you have)

or

"It gets worse before it gets better!" (like a scab or the economy)

Honestly when i started domaining i had like $30 left on my credit card and that was honestly all the "money" i had. So i invested about $20 of that in to domains. Didnt make anything for about a month or 2. Then i started catching on and developing sites, there are free scripts and easy ways around hosting. Once i started that i got really heavy in to flipping domains and was able to build up a good portfolio and now making a couple hundred dollars a week from domaining and sites.

So stick in there and MAKE oppoutunities for yourself, thats the only way anything will ever happen. You cant sit there and pout about whats happening, YOU control your life, if you want to become president DO IT! It CAN happen!

Good Luck! Let me know when you are a millionare or are president !

 

[Achaias]

Funny I was thinking something similar to this a couple of weeks back. Something a long the lines of why can't I win the lottery you know all that "when will my ship come in stuff." Well I guess when it all came down to it I figured out a couple of things that may or may not be obvious to others.

1. Don't expect your ship to come in if you haven't figured out where you wanna go. In other words get some clear direction of where you wanna go with your ideas/development.

2. You can't get on the ship unless you have a ticket, there is no free ride. I got so frustrated with myself looking at other people doing the same thing I was but were successful. Of course I wasn't putting the time into it like I should and I was expecting success from nothing. Those that are more successful get there for a reason work, work, and more work.

3. Ships come and go with tide (or whatever analogy you'd like to insert). To be honest with this one the money may come and go, if you want a more steady job go for the 8-5 kind. Working on the net always has the potential to be unsteady so you always need to be patient and keep your eyes open.

4. Don't get on a boat unless you wear your life preserver. I've had months where I didn't have jack for profit coming in. In that instance I was pretty sore with myself and the world because I was losing money. The key is to hedge your bets. If you put all your effort into one thing and that fails then you quite frankly might lose all that you put your hard work into. Learn to have a safety net in other investments whether it be stocks or whatever that might even out the risk of certain others.

5. There will always be another boat. Keep your eyes open for more opportunities and like I said before its good to have more than one way to make some money.

This is probably omg long to read but I had it on my mind so I spewed it out. Hopefully it will help you out in some way if not drive you nuts with ship analogies. Just don't let yourself get anxious over revenue slipping and don't let yourself get down in the dumps if something has a steep learning curve. If you ever get to the point where you think you know everything about one subject then you still have a lot to learn. Anyways my fingertips are bleeding so hope this helps.

 

[SearchGuru1]

Well i know there IS money to be made on the internet. I just need to find it. Ive been trying to get into Affiliate programs. Ive got 3 or 4 going right now but i just started them like a few days ago. I think its hard selling to people tho, hence the reason I was never in sales lol. I was always behind the scenes in the kitchen!

I got stumpsomeone.com developed a few months ago. Im hoping in a few months itll start being worth something. I know estibot or any other appraisal system is really nothing to go by (or so it seems from all those articles I read) but since Ive had stumpsomeone.com developed by mainstream, the value according to estibot goes up $10 every week. So I guess thats a good sign. Ive never "developed" before, Ive always stuck to parking. But after moving into my new place Ive found that parking? Just aint cutting it finance wise.

Ive got a billion ideas swirling around. I guess I just dont know where to start. Right now im looking at amazon.com as an affiliate. That might work out for my food website. Im doing the newsroom now too but I only have a TEXT article up. Guess I should try a video like weblord said. I finally figured out the code for the news room last night!

I want good thigns for myself and for my kids (when i finally have some lol). And I am a hard worker but Im also SUPER hard on myself. I automatically expect the best from myself even when i have no idea what Im doing.

Tivo I know your right. I wont die. I just might not eat. Or have a bed to sleep in. Or have blah blah blah. I just cant believe I got duped by google of all companies LMAO. I always hear everyone back lashing google and Im always like "oh.. i love google".

Okay I have a headache and i have to go search around for more ways to make moolah. Thanks tho, guys. Appreciate it.

Kristi

 

[Ross]

Tivo I know your right. I wont die. I just might not eat. Or have a bed to sleep in. Or have blah blah blah. I just cant believe I got duped by google of all companies LMAO. I always hear everyone back lashing google and Im always like "oh.. i love google".

As long as you live in the US, atleast, you will always have food and shelter. There are homeless shelters that help you get back on your feet. Also, if all else fails commit a crime LOL you will get taken care of in there, better than the victims! JK about that last part but the point is you will always have somewhere to go NO MATTER WHAT!

 

[SearchGuru1]

I guess me and Achaias were writing our "books" at about the same time lol.

Ive been working online for about 10 years. So I def know theres no free ride. And I also def know you cant count on other people. I mean you can to a certain extent. But you cant to another extent.

The 8-5 wont work for me. Ill kill myself. I was a Chef for about 10 years, the same amount of time I worked online part time. I have really bad anxiety and get panic attacks. So.. being around a lot of people, freaks me out inside. Everyone always thinks Im good. But obviously I cover myself pretty well lol.

Im going to get like 5 things going from a few different sites. Then hopefully Ill have something to lean back on and I wont run into this problem.. again. I know I sound like a wimpy little girl crying on a board to a bunch of people I barely know. But i just was having a break down and needed help. And then the thing with google. At least I was making some money from them. Blah.

Whatever, thanks again.

 

[Ross]

Ok here is a business model you can try but it will take quite a bit of time.

Get 100 domains, put minisites up with good quality content related to the domain. Apply adsense and other affiliate programs to the sites.

Now here is the kicker, TRY to generate $1 a day, if not more, from every single one of those sites. Thats $100 a day. Which is more than most make on a full time job. Translation if done right, $3,000 a month, $36,000 a year.

From there you can try to sell the network for a heft profit or you can just generate the passive income.

Now this take alot of time and i mean a lot of time. I do this with about 10 domains in a network and generate about $1-$3 a day per domain. So its doable but it will take quite a bit of time to set things like this up, especially with 100 domains.

Good Luck!

 

[RogueWriter]

Here is a rough outline of the process I use to create an affiliate site.


1. I look for a merchant with an affiliate program that fits a profile. Their site looks professional, they have a good reputation among affiliates in general, they stay away from parasites as much as possible, their products seem to selll well, and may by more upscale than down. And, finally, the program terms meet the criteria that I expect from a good program.

2. Once I find a merchant that I am interested in, I will contact the affiliate manager. I ask them specific questions, like, "What kind of products sell well for you?", "Are there any niches or groups of products within your site that are not, perhaps, exploited as much by other affiliates?" ( I.E., any opportunities to sell with minimum competition?) , and "What angles would you recommend for me to take, in regards to making your products appealing to people most likely to buy from you?" More often than not, if they have catalogs, I ask them to send them to me, so I can leaf through them, maybe get some content ideas.

3. After I am satisfied that I have found an acceptable merchant, and a niche that I want to work in, that is when I begin to search for a product specific domain to register or purchase. Up to this point, I haven't even concerned myself with a domain name. The domain will probably be a .com, but really, when it comes right down to it, I concern myself more with a keyword than an extension. If I have to, I qualify the surfer by adding something like "buy" in front of the domain, "buyrvparts" etc. The point is, your site, stumpsomeone dot com looks like a good site to go to to have fun, and if you get enough traffic, a small percentage of that traffic will click through to other stuff and maybe buy something. But that's not the kind of traffic you want. The traffic you want has already qualified themselves: they want to buy something specific, and they want it right now. When they see your domain in the search engine results, they know intuitively, I've found it.

4. I build the site around that particular merchant, almost exclusively, in an attempt to generate as many sales as possible for 1 merchant. Others will argue that you should use many merchants, and I do, but generally 1 merchant per site. That way, if the site is successful, you will be able to go back to the merchant later, and politely ask if the merchant would be willing to increase your % or set a bopnus level for you to reach, something that would make it a little easier for you to afford advertising for that merchant. Generally speaking, once I average 50K-60K in sales every year for a merchant, they know I'm serious, and that rewarding me will actually make them more money.

5. I work to get the site found in the search engines. I look at competitive sites, to see why they are ranking well or if there are angles that I may not be thinking of. I advertise via google, or in some cases offline. I submit to as many human edited directories as I can, and down the road I add several pages focussed more on content than generating sales.

6. Go to step 1, find a new merchant, new site.

Some sites you will end up letting go of after a year - but some will earn their keep for years.

 

[estibot.com]

Ive got a billion ideas swirling around. I guess I just dont know where to start.

I know that feeling, I also know ideas don't make any money. Whoever first said success is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration was so amazingly right.

It takes a long time & a lot of grunt work to make something profitable.

And on the Web, it can all disappear in a heartbeat.

I just had my most important adsense site ($30-40 per day) deindexed by google because someone spammed the Wordpress header. Thanks a lot. No knowing if/when I'll ever get it back in the index.

I gotta give it to those who make all their money on the Internet. You've got guts. I'm a long way from giving up the security that a brick&mortar operation provides.

 

[SearchGuru1]

HEY! Theres ESA! lol. HIII! Im the person always emailing u dumb questions from kristiansunite at gmail dot com lol. Ya okay what the hell, Ive now heard of THREE people either getting their account deleted by google or having a site messed up by google TODAY. Thats just sad. A multi billion dollar company just throwing people out like trash. I know other people have said it, but something or SOMEONE has to do something to revolutionize the industry so people dont have to depend on companies like google. See thats what makes me mad and always has made me mad. You have a site. You get people going to it. or people get wind of the site, and they can virtually do anything they want to sabotage you and no one will give the site owner a two second glance. Deletion is the answer. NO ITS NOT! I know they cant give people the benefit of the doubt but I really wish they could.

Im sorry Esa I hope everything works out for you.

Has anyone done any Amazon affiliate stuff? I just signed up with them. Apparently its only %10 which in my mind isint very much per sale. I dunno, maybe it adds up fairly quickly? I did the EFT because its a $10 min! I think thats a no brainer. pick EFT when possible.

There has to be a quick legit way to make a few hundred in two weeks. HAS TA!

 

[weblord]

adsense is not the only thing to make money on internet, it's not your whole world collapsing on you, if it can help I have written an ebook entitled "Adsense Alternatives Ebook of William Nabaza" if you want a copy just pm me and it's yours for free.
hth

I think I might throw up now.

My google adsense account was just deactivated.

I dont know how else to make money online. Not the kind of money I need anyway.

 

[estibot.com]

Has anyone done any Amazon affiliate stuff? I just signed up with them. Apparently its only %10 which in my mind isint very much per sale. I dunno, maybe it adds up fairly quickly?

I've had Amazon links on various site for years. Never made a single sale or commission...

 

[RogueWriter]

I have an amazon based site, relatively new, generating roughly an 8% conversion rate. If you pick a niche, and focus on it, Amazon is a decent program to work with.

 

[SearchGuru1]

This is kinda, well mostly, off topic lol. But I didnt wanna start another thread about something so stupid.

Okay so on my wordpress blog i made a post about something. And someone commented that post. But it wasnt really a comment per se. It was a link to their wordpress site, with the blog i wrote.

So whats that mean? I mean what was the purpose of that lol.

Okay so ive got like 10 affiliate sites going. two pay per posts. a pay per play (dunno if im gonna keep it). A kolimbo account (best site ever, had it for years!), a linkshare account. Trying to get an affiliate account with wine.com and another one for cheese. Thenewsroom, amazon, a few booster sites, and uhm.. ya. No money yet tho.

Rogue I did write to you but I think maybe I was being a bit spacey and not managing my time right and forgot to mention WHO i was lol. kristiansUnite at gmail dot com. Or hey maybe my mail just went in your SPAM box. It usually does for everyone else.

 

[weblord]

focus on 2 to 3 account first when you get the hang of it, then when you make money add some more then do it all over again.