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The
Internet Marketer's Lifestyle
by
Linda
Overstreet
It's not
the money. It's the lifestyle.
That's
right. It isn't the money that motivates
many people to turn to a home based business
or to start their own Internet business.
Sure the
money is good...very good.
The
lifestyle is better.
It
provides you with a freedom that you could
never have with a 9 to 5 job. When you work
for someone else, they tell you:
- When
to get up and come to work
- Where
you can live (it isn't practical to live
100 miles away)
- How
often you can vacation
- How
much you can earn each year
When you
work in your own online business, you are in
charge of those things.
You
decide when you want to work. One of my
online associates chooses to work around
midnight to 6 (I think he's crazy
personally). I choose to work early.
You
choose where you want to live. If you want
to live out in the country fine. If you want
to live on the beach, that's OK. If you want
to live in Australia, then that's perfect
for an Internet business. It's up to you.
You
choose the vacation times you want. Some
people prefer to take several weeks off at a
time while others take weekend vacations
almost every week.
As an
Internet business, you are not limited to a
specific income level. If you learn how to
automate and outsource some of the work, you
can build any level of income you want.
I
made a decision recently to move out of town
a bit, it's actually nice to see the country
side and hear the birds sing, instead of
cars whiz by on the freeway.
The
difference is in the environment. It's nice
to have that slower relaxed pace.
Now, you
can only see more hillsides and trees, I
actually feel the air is cleaner too.
It's nice to take a leisurely stroll and
just enjoy life.
For
myself, this is the perfect environment.
It is quiet and peaceful so I can work on
editing my web sites and writing (which is
what I enjoy most in the business).
The
point is that it is up to me.
The
whole time I have been moving out here my
automatic Internet machine kept right on
working.
I have
been so busy it is hard to imagine, but
sales kept coming in. There are boxes piled
everywhere, but my Internet sites just kept
bringing in the orders.
It's
been hectic answering the email and shipping
out the orders, but they have all been done
on time (and it only takes a few hours to do
them).
There
are periods of time where I only work a
couple hours a day (now is one of them
because I just feel like it) and other times I
choose to work 12-hour days when setting up
a new project.
Yes, I
said "work." This is a business
and it will require you to work if you want
to succeed. The key is that you choose what
work level you want and you can automate
much of the rest.
The
orders we are currently receiving have been
occurring even though I have spent ZERO
promotion time the past couple of weeks. I
just haven’t had time to do any marketing,
but money keeps coming in.
For our
business, the two best auto-pilot order
producing techniques currently taking place
are:
1. Articles
and Free eBooks
These
are our primary viral marketing methods.
There are dozens upon dozens of articles
available in our free article section at:
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Here
I have
promoted the fact widely that any ezine
publisher or web site can use them for
content as long as they keep my contact
information in tact at the bottom of each
article.
So,
guess what...They do publish them. I have
thousands of links to my site through these
articles being published all over the web.
Every week we have a barrage of additional
traffic as another large ezine publishes one
of them.
It is a
win-win situation for both of us. My site
receives additional traffic and sales while
the publisher (web site or ezine) has
additional content to provide to their
audience.
Submitting
articles to ezines and large content web
sites is one of the best free advertising
methods still available on the net (forget
posting FFA Links and free classified ads).
Do you
have any free content out there working for
you?
2. Affiliates
The
second strategy we have built is our
affiliate program. I haven't had time to
promote myself, but my affiliate members
have kept right on promoting.
They can
become an almost automatic stream of income
for your products (I say almost because it is
essential that you spend some time supporting
them).
There
really is no excuse for you to not have your
own affiliate program if you are in control
of your own product.
Affiliate
software costs $200 or less.
If you
hate technology and don't even want to touch
it, then there are also numerous companies
that you can use to do the affiliate
tracking for you:
http://www.befree.com
http://www.linkshare.com
http://www.cj.com
http://www.clicktrade.com
http://www.myaffiliateprogram.com
http://www.affiliatetracking.com
http://www.clickbank.com
It takes
a little work to build up your affiliate
network and to train them how to sell your
program, but it is more than worth it. Once
they have been setup and trained, they can
constantly and consistently produce sales
for you in years to come.
Pay high
commissions. Your affiliates are producing
sales for you that you would have never had.
It is almost like receiving free money. Who
cares if you have to pay them $50 to get $40
free money in your pocket.
Having
an affiliate program firmly established in
place will help you to get to the place
where you can have the kind of Internet
lifestyle you choose.
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