Posted by Mark B on October 30, 2009 under Other Useful Articles | 
Is this a money making article? Watch it make money. It is an article about writing
an article that makes money. Once I have written it, I will then give away the
article. Maybe it seems like one of the more unusual ways to make money, but it
is right in line with the way the internet works.
Creating A Money Making Article
1. First you have to write a title that catches attention and has the right
keywords in it. This has the keyword phrase “money making article,”
and apparently caught your attention. Make the title relevant to the article
content, of course, or the reader will feel tricked, and may stop reading.
2. Have a short description that pulls the reader in. You might use the first
couple sentences of the article for this. Tell the readers what they will find
in the article, and leave them curious. You read this far, so that seems to
be working.
3. Have useful information or good stories. It is even better if you have both.
4. Put the keywords in the body of the article, and in sub-headings, so search
engines can find your article. Note that I used “money making article”
in the sub-heading above, and I just used it again.
5. Create an “authors resource box” that makes the reader want to
visit your site. Talk very little about yourself and more about why the reader
should go to your web site. I’ll be watching to see how well mine works in this
case. Be sure the link to your website works.
6. Make money from visitors to your site. You could be selling your own products,
or getting a commission for selling other people’s products, or just be getting
paid for the advertising there.
7. Submit your article to the best article directories on the web. This is
where you “give away” your articles. Directory visitors read them
there, and other web site owners take them and use them. Generally, they can’t
change a word in your article, and they have to make that link to your site
(in the author’s resource box) active. This is how you get traffic to your website.
8. Let the readers learn something, but let them know there is more. This gets
them to your site, to learn more. For example, I outlined the basic process
above, but I’m leaving out the list of the best article directories to submit
to. Of course, in the resource box I will mention that it is on my website.
This is how you create a money making article.
Steve Gillman has studied unusual ways to make money for thirty years. To learn
more, and to get a list of the best article directories, visit his website,
Unusual Ways To Make Money: http://www.UnusualWaysToMakeMoney.com
Posted by Mark B on October 29, 2009 under Other Useful Articles |
Drop shipping, for those who are unfamiliar with it, is a system whereby you promote the products of a particular manufacturer, take orders directly, and the manufacturer/source handles all the inventory and fulfillment functions for you. In a nutshell, here is the drop-ship system:
==> You generate and accept the order.
==> You take your profits out of the sale price.
==> You forward the order and the wholesale cost to the drop shipper.
==> The source factory ships directly to your customer.
The benefits of this arrangement are probably obvious: No inventory cost to you.
* Substantially higher profits to you over what most regular affiliate programs allow.
* The ability to quickly set-up inexpensive, highly targeted, niche or mini-sites to test and promote diverse products.
This process has been around for years and has been responsible for many highly successful mail order dealer relationships in the past. Many of the top catalogers and other direct response marketers, have been using this system to increase profits for decades. If you have ever ordered a high priced item from a mail order catalog and been told that the product was being shipped from the factory… then you have experienced drop shipping first hand.
Drop shipping is, I believe, a virgin un-tapped storehouse of profits for todays internet marketer.
On-line directories exist which reveal essential contact information for drop shippers of over 2,000,000 products and 4,000 brands. Most legitimate drop ship sources will require that you have a state tax reseller number in order to approve you to sell their products and give you the wholesale pricing you are looking for.
Beware of any drop ship source which requires you to pay a fee in order to become a drop-ship dealer… or requires a membership. These are generally organizations which make their money selling “drop ship licenses”… and are, for the most part, scams. Legitimate drop shippers and factory sources never charge you any fees other than the actual shipping costs of the products you sell.
Another caveat… always make sure that you have a written agreement with the source factory that you own the customer! The factory or drop ship source should agree in writing not to solicit your customers in any form. This is very important to you. Your customer list is one of your most important assets. If the factory you are dealing with balks at this request… use another source who will agree.
Almost every conceivable type of product is available from a drop shipper willing to ship products in single units under your companies name. Pick your interest area… electronics, consumer products, agricultural & industrial products, office equipment & supplies, hobby gear, recreational / sporting goods, clothing, furniture, etc. The list of available products from drop shippers is almost endless.
The products actual source is invisible to the consumer. The seller (you) is able to build a database of customers that he/she owns and controls (by agreement with the manufacturer) and has all the direct marketing advantages that accompany that arrangement… while eliminating the need for maintaining expensive inventory.
This arrangement offers maximum flexibility and cost savings for the seller. If a product does not sell well online you can pull the advertising (web page or mini-site) instantly with very little cost to you outside of the actual time it took to build and test the web marketing effort. Or, since this type of page/mini-site is so inexpensive to maintain and host… you can simply leave the pages online and take whatever orders trickle through… while you move on to the testing and promotion of new drop ship products.
The manufacturer benefits from this relationship by gaining a legion of active marketers promoting their products… at little or no cost (other than those small costs involved with supporting the marketer with online marketing materials like product images, sales materials, etc).
As a marketer you are looking for several key components in developing the drop-ship relationship with a source factory or distributor:
* High Quality Products
* Blanket Product Liability Insurance (if applicable)
* A clear guarantee and return policy
* High Quality Marketing Materials … product images (gifs, jpegs, etc.), selling copy, other suitable web graphics, etc.
* A Customer Service Department that will work with you to develop the best selling situation for you.
If you are a manufacturer seeking to expand distribution (or an inventor with a new product ) you will find the willingness to drop ship in single units will give you a strong competitive edge while you carve out increased market share at little cost.
If you are an online marketer interested in offering high profit products to your niche market (your website visitors) without incurring high front-end development or inventory costs… then drop shipping is for you.
Internet marketers are uniquely positioned to take profitable advantage of the drop ship arrangement and should give this system a serious look.
About The Author
Kevin Nobleman has researched and uncovered numerous scams in the corrupt online drop ship industry. He has written special articles to help people avoid drop ship scams. With five years of experience in the online drop ship industry, Kevin has discovered over two dozen legitimate drop ship companies, wholesalers, independent suppliers and buyer/seller communities he would encourage you to do business with. He provides this report in a valuable information package on his website, http://www.restaurantandbar.org.
Posted by Mark B on under Other Useful Articles |
Making money online used to be easier. With fewer websites, it was easier for
people to find you. This is not true any longer. Still, some people do well online.
What are the secrets of online money makers?
The secrets of online money makers are mostly common sense. If you want to
make money online, do something you love. Then realize that this is going to
take time and effort.
Many people are looking for quick riches or easy wealth. The secret of online
money makers is that they are prepared to work hard. They choose something they
love so that they stay motivated. Online money makers learn everything they
can about promoting their particular form of making money. They don’t expect
immediate wealth. They work on their business daily and continue to learn as
they grow.
Promotion is a critical secret of online money makers. Promotion helps customers
find them. Sometimes the rules of search engines change, and online money makers
keep up with these changes. It’s what they do for a living.
Good customer service is another essential secret of online money makers. You
want customers who will come back and customers who will tell others about you.
It’s no longer just word of mouth when a business serves somebody well. Now
that customer might tell some friends in an email, who will tell other friends,
and work can get around pretty fast. They can also post their reviews at various
websites, which can gain you more customers.
The secrets of online money makers are not any different than making money
any other way. It’s about doing what you love, working hard, learning to promote,
and serving the customer well. If you can do that, you can make money online.
Copyright © Cheryl Mustian
