OK... I promised to match each serious post by amateursurgeon by one of mine, so here I go:
Internet Marketing - a Noob Overview
This board and I get many questions along the lines of "how do I make money on the internet?"
Well, apart from not asking someone who has no clue, here is an overview of costs and revenue for starters. Look at these lists and you will be able to see why this is an attractive field.
Costs
We will concentrate on the bare essentials here. With these in place, you can tap all revenue streams.
Domain
Hosting
Content
Revenue
This is a list of possible revenue streams, you can come up with more.
Sell domain names
Sell developed sites
Sell content
- articles
- templates
- Logos
- Scripts
PPC programs
- Adsense
- ..
Affiliate Marketing - Pay per Lead
Selling items
- ebay
- dropshipping
- your own store & inventory
Sell digital products
- databases
- ebooks (urghs)
Subscription based site
SEO Services
..
..
As I said, it is easy to see that the revenue side of things in Internet Marketing reaches far and wide.
Of course, you can easily spend a lot of money on sites. Content is a broad area and you might well and will invest in scripts, designs, etc.. if you can't do it yourself. The point here is: You don't have to. Every penny you save on the costs side is pure profit. So grab some coupons, get a hosting account and a domain name, slap wordpress on there and start writing.
If you are still unsure on how this will make you money: See my domain selling report over at domainingtips.com
I am no stranger to SEO, but what I did there can be done by ANY NOOB.
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