What if I tell you there is a surefire way to get things right in making money online, even if it is your first time in internet marketing?

I guess I’ve got your attention by now, but let me tell you the truth. Such way doesn’t exists. But something else does……

There is no surefire way to get things right in internet marketing, but there is a surefire way to succeed in internet marketing. The way is to “Stop Trying To Get Things Right And Start To Get Things Going!”

Let me give you an example:

2 years ago when I decided to build Adsense websites using articles from plrpro, I was not sure if I was doing the right things when it comes to Search Engine Optimization. As you know, Search Engine Optimization is very important in such model. Without traffic from the search engine, you aren’t going to make money.

The first 6 months was the toughest months because I wasn’t making much money and I was doubting if I was doing the right things. But one thing I did right was I “Kept Going”.

Today, my Adsense income is nearing 3k a month and there is no sign that this income will stop increasing!

Did I get it right the first time? I didn’t. But I succeeded, in a small way, because I kept learning and kept building more Adsense websites.

What is the best way to make money online?

If you have not started making money, DON’T ASK THIS QUESTION!

Do you know that most internet marketing newbies fail because they haven’t even started?

They are looking for the ‘prefect’ way to make money online and they are forever looking!

Is Adsense the perfect way to make money online? I doubt so, but I don’t care as long as it’s making me money.

I tried to teach other people to make money from Adsense but those who gave up said that it’s too tedious. Some went into affiliate marketing, thinking that they can easily make money by posting some PPC ads but ended up losing more money.

There are always better ways to make money online. I do agree that you should always be on a look out for better ways to make money online.

But if you have not even earned a cent, you should just take an opportunity that is within your capability and make that opportunity work for you before trying other ways.

Remember, you don’t have to get it right the first time. You just have to get it going by keeping on learning and doing.

Success is doing the ‘boring’ things again and again

I may be stretching this topic a little too far but I need you to understand this principle in order for you to have the complete picture.

Do you know that even if you found the right way to make money online, you are still not likely to succeed online?

Any ‘right way’ to make money online will still require you to do one or more of the followings:

Build websites
Write articles
Post advertisements
Write sales letters
Deliver products
Find suppliers

If you look into any of these activities, only one word can describe them - “boring”!

That’s why I said success is doing the ‘boring’ things again and again. If you are not determined to keep doing the boring things again and again, you are not likely to succeed.

Can you now see why it is not so important to get things right? If you are determined to just get things going and going, regardless of how tedious and how boring they are, success will be evitable for you!

If you have read everything about online marketing but you still feel stuck, one possible reason is because of improper time management.Frankly, I think the title of this article is lame because most people don’t see the importance of time management in making money. If you are thinking of skipping this issue of newsletter, it shows that I’m right. But you will regret!

Trust me. Spend some time reading this article. If you put what I’ve written here into practice, it will help you to make more money online.

Decide to trust me? Ok, let’s jump straight into the right way to manage your time as an online marketer.

Stephen Covey’s Time Management Matrix

The best and simplest time management system I’ve learnt is Time Management Matrix from Stephen Covey. His matrix looks like this:

	Urgent	Not Urgent
Important	I. (Manage) crisis, pressing problems, deadline-driven projects, last-minute preparations for scheduled activities	II. (Focus) preparation, planning, prevention, values clarification, exercise, relationship-building
Not Important	III. (Avoid) interruptions, some calls, some emails, some meetings, responding to some enquiries	IV. (Avoid) trivia work, junk emails, time wasters, escape activities, viewing mindless TV shows

Apparently if you spend all your time doing things in Quadrant III and IV, you will realize that you are not progressing anywhere.Most people, good employees especially, focus on things in Quadrant I. In the eyes of their boss, they may be a good worker. If you are like most people, you probably spend most of your time doing things in this Quadrant. The problem is there is a limit to what you can achieve.According to Stephen Covey, highly effective and successful people spend most of their time in Quadrant II.Many of you probably have seen this matrix. Ok, let’s twist this matrix a little and apply it to internet marketing.
.Time Management Matrix For Online Marketers

This is the matrix I’m using to manage my work and time (I save it in MS Word so that I can add, edit and delete the activities anytime):

	Urgent	Not Urgent
Money Making	I. (Do it fast!) - website improvement that has direct impact on your sales. - sales order fulfillment that can make more money. - writing blogs or newsletters. - liaising with freelancers on existing projects. - building new money making websites.	II. (Consistency) - thinking of more ways to monetise your existing websites. - thinking of new money making website ideas. - learning more ways other people make money online. - any activity that can bring in more traffic. - networking with other marketers.
Not Money Making	III. (Do it fast!) - website improvement for better support but not for making money. - sales order fulfillment that will not make more money. - most customer support issues. - banking activities. - accounting issues.	IV. (Avoid) - website improvement only for aesthetic reason. - some support issues. - aimlessly surfing the web. - checking emails every now and then, in between your work. - most messenger activities - clearing junk mails.

The difference in my matrix is I’ve changed Important / Not Important to Money Making / Not Money Making.Let me tell you why I come out with this matrix to manage my time……I have been following Stephen Covey’s Matrix but after some time, I realized that I was efficient but my income wasn’t increasing.I found out that the reason was because I had been working hard doing things that were important but not money-making. For example, customer support is important and urgent. But in many cases, they are not money-making. With this matrix, I can now classify my work according to its urgency and profitability. All I have to do now is to make sure that I spend most of my time doing things in Quadrant I and II.
.How I Handle The Tasks In Different Quadrant

Another difference in my matrix is the way I handle the tasks.

Quadrant I and III are urgent matters. For such tasks, I’ll make sure that I get them done within the shortest possible time. The way to achieve this is by focusing. Let’s say you have to build a simple website. Just dedicate 2 or 3 hours and put in your 100% concentration to complete it asap. Don’t answer phone calls, check emails or do anything else.

Quadrant IV are things that you should avoid. Either you get someone else to do them, or you just dedicate the most unproductive hours to complete them asap. For example, I clear my junk emails 3 times a day, one early morning when I turn on my computer while other programs are still loading, one in the afternoon when I come back from lunch and one in the evening just after I wrap up my work and getting ready to pack for home.

Quadrant II contains the hardest things to do. Why do I say that? Because those things are not urgent and you always have urgent matters in Quadrant I and III that you are very tempted to complete. However, things in Quadrant II are the most important activities that will make you the most money!

For me, I just make sure that I consistently work on the activities in Quadrant II. For example, whenever I have time, I’ll write an extra article for directory submission. Almost everyday when I drive, I’ll be strategizing in my mind. If you consistently work on the activities in Quadrant II, your income will inevitably increase in long run.

Give my revised Time Management Matrix a try. Plot this matrix into your MS Word and insert all your outstanding tasks accordingly. Once you plugin your tasks, it will be clear to you how you should spend your next few hours and next few days!

Most successful internet marketers started from scratch with little resources and were hardly known in the market until they become famous. If you are a beginner, it will be good for you to learn how some of these internet marketers started from scratch and how they had their lucky breaks in their online careers.

Today I’m going to show you how a renowned internet marketing guru started from scratch and how he had his breakthrough moment that changed everything and made him the world’s No 1 super affiliate, as what we all know today.

You probably have guessed it. This guru is none other than Ewen Chia, an online millionaire from Singapore.

What would you ask if you have a chance to meet up with an online millionaire?

Most people would ask him how he made his million dollar online. I didn’t ask this question. Why? Because it won’t help you by knowing what he is doing now. He has a lot of resources that you don’t. Even if you know what he’s doing now, you may not be able to copy.

Make sense?

Instead, my question to him was, when did he have his lucky break and what did he do to have the lucky break.

Can you see how this question can help you better? Here’s the full story……

He started exploring internet marketing back in 1997. But he only got his lucky break in 2004 (not too long, just 4 years ago!). That means it took him 6 years to get his first lucky break and another 4 years to become the world’s number 1 super affiliate. So if this is your 5th year exploring internet marketing and you are already thinking of giving up, shame on you!

So what exactly did he do to earn that lucky break?

Basically, he interviewed 19 experts in resale rights and compiled the interview into an ebook called “Resale Rights Secrets”.

Here’s the smart thing he did to this ebook:

1. He gave the 19 experts the FULL RIGHTS to sell the ebook and keep 100% of the profit!
2. He gave the 19 experts the FULL RIGHTS to sell the Resale Rights of the ebook and keep 100% of the profit!

Can you imagine what was happening? The 19 experts happily promoted the ebook to their HUGE lists and make 100% of the profit. PLUS many of the customers upgraded the package to Resale Rights and they in turn sold the product to more people!

According to Ewen, in just 3 days, the whole internet was talking about this ebook. That’s how viral this campaign was.

If you are fast enough, you would have realized that Ewen made $0 from the sale of the ebook!

Here’s another smart thing he did:

He created a One-Time Offer at the download page of the ebook. So when people downloaded the ebook, they will see the One-Time Offer.

Guess what, in just 3 days after the launch of his product, he made more than 10,000 USD from the One-Time-Offer!!!

But that was just the beginning.

Look at what he had achieved from his little venture:

1. He made USD10,000. Nothing impressive because it’s just a one time earning.
2. He managed to build a substantial list of buyers. These are people who have paid for a product and they are very likely to buy again and again. That’s invaluable!
3. He had built for himself a group of JV partners who would be glad to sell his future products again. That’s another invaluable resource!

So with Resource #2 and #3, his online business exploded and like what many people like to say, the rest is history.

For those of you who are savvy internet marketers, you may think that these strategies are widely used in the market nowadays. But back in 2004, no one was doing such things!

I was utterly surprised when Ewen told me that he is the one who ‘invented’ these strategies! He started teaching these strategies to the world and that’s why right now, you see these strategies everywhere. There are many other marketing strategies and sales letter tricks that he has come out with and become very popular nowadays.

Can you imagine talking to someone and then realize that the person actually invented say light bulb? That’s how I felt when he told me all the little tricks that he had come out with because I see these tricks everywhere today. I didn’t know it was him who came out with these ideas!

Ok, enough about his creativity. Let me ask you a serious question.

Is it really that tough to do what he did for his lucky break?

If your answer is yes, I have nothing to say. (I just feel sorry for you.)

If your answer is no, then what are you waiting for? If you do what he did, you too can have your lucky break!

Like this story? Bookmark this story in your favorite social bookmarking website and build more leads for you at the same time!

Recently I received an email from a member asking the question below:

“I need to advertise the book that I had written. I really need to promote it in a very big way. How do I do it.” - Mustapha

Find out my answer to his question below……

Before I reply to his question, here are some assumptions I have made:

1) He is promoting an ebook, not a physical book

2) He is writing something related to internet marketing

First thing first……

If you want to promote your ebook in a big way, I mean really a big way, you must make sure that your ebook has some viral elements built in. For example, your ebook should come with an affiliate program so that the readers of your ebook can promote your ebook to other people.

That is the basic element your ebook must have. Or else it’s almost impossible to make it big!

Next……

You need to have lots of traffic to your website that sells the ebook.

Let’s skip all the standard textbook answers and jump directly to the only 2 traffic generation methods that will give you 80% of the results you want.

If you want LOTS of traffic FAST, there are only 2 methods. Either you advertise heavily or you find lots of JV partners. I can’t think of the 3rd method frankly.

Notes on advertising……

Advertising is expensive and in many cases, you may not be able to sell enough ebooks to earn back your advertising cost.

If so, why do I still ask you to advertise?

This is because if you have no resources at all, where else can you start?

I spent more than 10k in advertising to get myself off the ground in internet marketing several years back. I practice what I preach.

But before throwing all your hard earn cash into advertising, you must have the viral element in place. That’s why I said it is the first thing you must have right at the beginning of this article.

Even if you only make 20 sales through your own advertising effort, if your viral elements are in place, these 20 sales will grow into 100 sales and then 1000 sales and so on.

Notes on finding JV partners……

The second method to get lots of traffic fast is through JV partners.

Finding JV partners is usually free but it takes a lot of persistence and hard work.

If you are a newbie, you can forget about finding those top gurus to JV with you. They are not likely to reply your email unless you happen to attend their seminars and manage to rub shoulders with them during the seminars. Or you happen to know someone they trust and that someone is willing to introduce you to them. Or else, your chance of JVing with them is near zero.

But if you’ve purchased any work from an average marketer, you can try writing to them and asking them if they would be keen to do a joint promotion, i.e. you promote their work and they promote yours. Please don’t write to them and say “Hey, I wrote a new ebook. Would you like to promote it.” Most people wouldn’t until you do them a favor first.

Think of finding JV partners similar to digging a well. It takes time to build relationships before asking people to promote your product. Building relationship doesn’t has to be costly. It can be simple things like helping the marketer to write a sales letter for free or do some graphic design for free, depending on what skills you have. If you are starting from nothing, a wise thing to do now is to start offering your service free to some of the marketers out there to build relationship. What I’m saying is you should start digging your well. One day, when you need their help, they are more likely to remember you.

If you have not attended any seminar, purchased any product from anyone or helped any marketers in any way, the only thing you can do now is write to as many marketers as possible and hopefully a few of them are willing to help you. The chance is very slim but try. You are like begging people for water, since you do not have a well. But if you are thirsty and have no money to buy water (advertising in this case), what else can you do?

Similar to advertising, all you need is 10-20 JV partners who are willing to promote your ebook and with the viral elements in place, you will be able to multiply the initial traffic many times over.

Today I’m going to show you an extremely easy way to make extra money from your website.

In short, the trick is to sell links on your website.

Let me show you how I do it……

I have more than 50 content-based websites earning me thousands of dollars every month from Adsense. But some of these websites are not getting much traffic and they probably only make $10 a month. What can you do if you are in such a situation?

More than a year ago, I came across a service that allowed me to sell links on my websites. I thought since some of my websites are not making much money, why not sell links on these websites and make some extra money?

Initially, I was only thinking of making a few more dollars from each website, but it turned out that I was able to make $20 - $30 from each website every month. No bad for an extra income.

Who can sell links on their websites?

Your website must have at least a PR 1 in order for you to sell links. That’s not too hard isn’t it?

The price of each link varies according to the pagerank. Here’s a break down of the pricing:

PageRank (PR) 1 homepage $.50 , subpage $.50
PageRank (PR) 2 homepage $1 , subpage $1
PageRank (PR) 3 homepage $2 , subpage $1.50
PageRank (PR) 4 homepage $3 , subpage $2
PageRank (PR) 5 homepage $4.50 , subpage $3.50
PageRank (PR) 6 homepage $12.50 , subpage $10
PageRank (PR) 7 homepage $30 , subpage $25
PageRank (PR) 8 homepage $75 , subpage $50

I know the pricing doesn’t look attractive to you. That was what I thought initially. But you know what, for each of your webpage, they actually place as many as 10 links on each page!

Just do the maths yourself. It’s not hard to earn extra $20 - $30 from your website.

Things to consider before selling links

I need to WARN you that if your websites are getting good traffic from the search engines, you should not sell links on these websites, at least not on the homepage. This is because Google has announced that they will penalize websites that sell links. If you are caught, the pagerank of your website will be reduced.

Having said that, honestly, after selling text links on some of my low traffic websites for more than a year, I can confidently say that the PR of my website is not affected at all.

But it’s better to be safe than to be sorry. That’s why for me, I only sell links on websites that are not getting much traffic from the search engines.

Another type of website that I like to sell links are squeeze pages. Squeeze pages usually only have 3 - 5 pages and they typically don’t rank well in search engines. You can easily make extra $20 a month selling links on these pages.

$20 a month is not a lot of money. But if you have 10 - 20 of these websites, that’s a few thousand extra dollars every year, enough to cover one of my vacations.

I just came back from my meeting with Calvin Woon, an internet newbie who made $3311.40 in just 24 hours. I’m going to show you exactly how he did it.

Here’s a summary of how he did it……

The basic idea is he offered a software at Warrior Special Offer (aka WSO) and 100 marketers took up the offer. After some time, he offered a blow out sale (basically a software bundle) to these 100 marketers in his list and made $3311.40 in less than 24 hours.

Sounds simple? No quite because there are a few important factors that contributed to his success. Let me go through the details now:

WSO is a section in the famous Warrior Forum. Many internet marketing experts hang out there looking for cheap but good deals. To make the marketers interested in your offer, you really need to think of something unique. In Calvin’s case, he offered a viral software. To his amazement, many renowned internet marketers took up the offer. Now he has got internet marketing gurus in his list!

What is so special about his viral software? Why are the gurus interested in the software?

Basically, it is a keyword research software. The true power doesn’t lie in the software application but its viral feature. Within the software, he allows the marketers to rebrand 4 banner ads and 2 text ads into the software. And he allows the marketers to give away the software to whoever they like.

Can you see what is happening here?

Imagine you own this viral keyword research software. You rebrand the software with your banner ads and text ads and give this software away to other people. This software will be passed on to hundreds and then thousands of people. Your banner and text ads will be shown to these people every time they use the software. Can you see how viral this can be?

But that’s not all. When these people see the power of the software and want to buy the rebrandable version, which is sold for $37, you will make 100% commission i.e. $37!!

I hope you are starting to see the power of this viral software. That is the reason why other internet marketing gurus are interested in this special offer.

They bought the software, rebranded it with their banner and text ads and distributed it to their list, allowing their list to pass it to whoever they like! At the same time, they kept 100% of the sales of the rebrandable version.

Personally, I think this is a damn smart idea. How I wish I was the one who came out with this idea.

Back to how he made $3311.40.

WSO is a place for you to bait big fish. Once you get the big fish, you have to continue adding values to them. For Calvin, he continues to give his customers free software, just to thank them for taking up the offer. The BIG bait came when he bundled 3 of his other viral software and offered them through a special pricing system. In the system, the pricing started at $37, but after every sale, the price will increase by 20 cents!

See the trick? Either you get it now or you pay a higher price later!

Guess what was the conversion rate for the offer? More than 50% of them bought the software bundle! The gurus were hooked.

Here’s an interesting side story. Calvin launched his blow out sales on the same day and at the same time when Ewen Chia (the world’s No.1 super affiliate) launched his super affiliate membership! Initially, he was worried if that would affect his sales. But guess what, when he launched his blow out sales on 1st December 12pm EST, he was amazed to see that the first sale was from Ewen!! LOL.

Calvin didn’t just stop at the blow out sales. Once the marketers took up the offer, they were offered an upsell package, which is an annual membership which allows them to get 1 brand new rebrandable viral software every month for a year!

Another 50% of them took up this upsell package.

So in total, he made $3311.40 in 24 hours. The entire campaign actually made him more than $10,000.

That’s it. Calvin had no list to start with, no JV partner, no affiliates and was totally unknown in the world of internet marketing. But he managed to achieve this with a simple idea and some smart marketing strategies I’ve shared with you earlier.

If you are interested in Calvin’s viral software and you want to find out why so many gurus are crazy about this software, check it out here.