I've decided that I don't post to my blog nearly often enough, so I am going to start a complete, step by step tutorial that will give me something to post about in a sequential order. So here's what I'm going to do…
I know that one of the hardest things to do when you're getting started with internet marketing is focusing down to one project and really working on that.
When you're new I think the most important project to focus on is building a list in your market. It doesn't matter if you're in the gardening niche, gaming niche, or IM niche, a list of people who are interested in your subject will be an extremely valuable asset in your business (maybe the most valuable).
Once you have a list you will be able to send instant traffic anywhere, have leverage to get JV partners, and make it easy to make monthly income with affiliate sales. Building this audience will be key for your business to thrive.
Some marketers will tell you that you should immediately sell something and build a list of paying customers right out of the gate. The only problem I have with this is if you're just getting started, then it's hard to sell something. It took me a long time before I created a product that I thought was worth money. Of course this is mostly just a mental block, but until you have enough experience in your market then you may not have the confidence to move forward and ask for money.
Another thing to consider is that it takes a lot of work to create a product. It's not like all you have to do is write a 30 page word document. There's other things that go into a product like sales copy, payment processing, graphics, etc. that can be very hard for someone new to wrap their head around. So start simple.
After you do have a list of people who signed up to get something free from you, then you can turn those people who already know you into buyers once you do release a product of your own.
But for the time being, there's no harm in giving good stuff away for free then selling proven affiliate products to your list. Another bonus of doing this is that once you do create a product of your own, you can go to the owners of the affiliate products you've been selling and many times they will be happy to promote your product because you've been helping them out by selling theirs.
This post is rapidly getting much longer than I intended. So I'm going to try to wrap it up…
Here's the bottom line:
BUILDING A LIST IS IMPORTANT!
So I want to show you the simplest way you can start building a list fast. My goal is to post a new step once every couple days for you to work on. Each step is going to be insanely simple and easy to implement. If you just follow the steps that I lay out you will have your list up and running by the time we get done. Subscribers will be coming into your account and your online business will be officially started (if it's not already)
I was originally going to put this all into a book and charge for it, but I decided that I would rather deliver it in a step by step tutorial fashion so anyone can access it and get their business started fast and easily. That way it will be available to reference any time online on my blog.
I would really like this to be as interactive as possible. I want to know what steps you're struggling with and how I can better help you. So please let me know if you have questions using the comments below and I'll get them answered as we go. And even if you get in a little late, I always check the comments so don't hesitate to comment on an older post, I WANT to hear from you!
I'm really excited to get this started (and I hope you are too!) so I'm going to get to work and I'll see you in a couple days! If you haven't yet, subscribe to the RSS feed and you'll be able to get instantly updated when I post the next step.
Have a great sunday!
Tyson
