Anyone Can Use This Simple Technique to Get Started Making Money on the Internet Immediately!

Getting started.  This seems to be a big hang up for a lot of people.

Many of us get so constipated with information overload, we fail to take any action.  We buy the books and courses and watch a ton of YouTube videos, but when it comes to execution, we fall short.

Failure to Launch

I remember buying a huge Internet marketing course for about $400 and diving into it with excitement and passion, only to let it sit there for about 2 years before taking any real action.  I had a problem getting my ideas off the ground.

And even though a course like that was very well done, if you don’t take any kind of action, your results will be null, and if your results are null,  you’ll get depressed, and if you get depressed you probably won’t take any action… 

And the process repeats itself. 

The only way to beat this vicious cycle of inactivity is to GET OFF YOUR HINEY AND DO SOMETHING!!!

An Easy Way to Get Started From Two of My Readers

Yesterday I ran an article asking readers to share their stories and ideas about how they made their first dollar in Internet Marketing.

I’m encouraged by the fact that at least a few of you have contacted me with their ideas and I really appreciate it.  This information will definitely help out your fellow entrepreneurs and it is a clear and shining example of how kind some people can be in helping others.

If you would like to contribute to this blog, please send me your ideas on this subject and I will gladly post it.  Either post your idea in the comment section or write it up and send it to:

elmo033057@gmail.com

In the subject field put: “Mark, How I Made My First Dollar” - That way I’ll be able to see it amidst all of the email I constantly get.  Ha-ha!

 So, I got two emails sent to me (no signature or web address, which I would have gladly posted) that said just about the same thing.  The emails were basically one or two lines, so I’ve embellished on their ideas to help get the message across.

So, thanks so much to Ryan and Blake for sending these.  In the future if you want me to put a link to your sites on this post, just let me know.

Start Hocking Your Skills and Talents

Sit down and dash out on a piece of paper all of the skills you possess.  Here’s a list of ideas to get you thinking:

Writing – Articles, blog posts, advertising copy, etc.

Graphic Arts – Logos, banners, buttons, scanned art, etc.

Speaking – Making how to videos, pod casts, interviews, (even public speaking)

Web Design – Any skill you may have that contributes to building websites

Programming Skills – Java code, HTML, Flash, etc.

If you don’t have any skills ACQUIRE THEM!

You can learn everything you need to know from a laptop these days, so no more excuses.  Get busy and start learning!

What you can do immediately is start marketing your skills through a variety of channels like Craig’s List, Elance, oDesk, and if you just absolutely want to get started and make your first few dollars, market yourself through Fiverr. 

In my opinion, making a living on a site like Fiverr would be very tough, however some people have actually done that.  But I look at sites like Fiverr and opportunities for making money with Adsense ads as a springboard to get you started.  That certainly shouldn’t be the only way to make money to survive on. 

True Story about Acquiring Skills

A couple of years ago, I was rehabbing a house with my family.  We had purchased a home that we had bought from a foreclosure.  We got a super deal on it, however, it had severe leak problems with the roof. 

We decided we really wanted to have the roof work done by contractors, and we had a neighbor tell us that we needed to install a metal roof.  Our rehab was on top of a tall hill and it as susceptible to high winds from time to time.

So we ordered a metal roof from a local contractor.  However, the company we got the contractor through ordered the metal for the roof AND the porch and the contractor was never told about the attached roof.  So we had a big extra pile of metal roofing and no roof for the leaky porch.

I told my son we would try to do the porch roof ourselves because if we got that wrong and it leaked, it would only be the porch area affected.  So, we pulled up YouTube and watched every video we could on how to install a metal roof and we installed the porch section perfectly. 

It was also great that he had a cell phone with video capabilities on it because many times we would access those videos while we were on the roof working. 

Aren’t we living in an incredible age?

By the way, here's a video from the porch of that house right after we bought it.

The Sooner You Do This, The Better Off You’ll Be

The sooner you get started, the sooner you’ll learn how to market your opportunities online and gain skills others don’t have.  When I got started I knew nothing about Internet marketing, creating blogs, HTML, advertising copy, how to make graphics for websites, how to use Photoshop, how to use Social media, etc. 

I pretty much knew nothing.  But I learned by doing.  If I didn’t know how to do something I bought

books. (For Dummies books are great for learning certain subjects!)

And yeah, I failed a bunch, but I also learned a lot from those mistakes.  And quite frankly, it was a far better education that what I got in an expensive college.

Once again I want to take this opportunity to thank the two gentlemen that sent me the email with their story on it  - Ryan and Blake!

And if have a story or a comment about how you made your first dollar on the Internet, please take a few moments and share it with us.   

Please send it to:

elmo033057@gmail.com

(In the subject field put: “Mark, How I Made My First Dollar”)

To Your Success!

Mark “Elmo” Ellis

"When it Comes to High-Response Copy - I've Got Your Back!"

www.MarkEllisCopy.com

(859) 797-9560

elmo033057@gmail.com

Essential Dirt Cheap Newsletter Methods That Will Create a Flood of Traffic to Your Business!

If you are going to use online newsletters to stay in touch with your clients, you’ll need to acquire the proper tools to run an online newsletter. In a previous section, we looked at two companies that were dirt cheap to start out with and you can read that information here:  Newsletters That Will Make Your Business Magnetic to Customers

A List of Autoresponder / Email / Newsletter Services

 Below is a reference list of some of the best email and newsletter businesses on the Internet.  Rather than listing benefits and prices to you, I’m just going to list them so you can go to their actual sites and check them out. 

The reason why I’m not going to review each one of these is because the pricing and features change so often that by the time this is written, one of them will have already changed their information.

Autosenders
Aweber
Constant Contact
Get Response
iContact
Iminiacamail
List Wire Mail Chimp 

Text Versus HTML

Many of these online companies offer two versions of newsletters and email that you can send: HTML and a text version.  I personally like the text version for a number of reasons.  For one thing, if one of the persons I am sending my

HTML Newsletters can look
very professional in color

newsletters to have a slower method of receiving their email, HTML will take more time.  With text, you aren’t relying on faster broadband speeds because text has no colors, borders, pictures, etc.

HTML has all of that stuff, plus the ability to embed pictures, video and use templates that look like websites.  In my opinion, HTML takes longer to format.  You have to make sure your text is lined up right as well as your pictures and other elements that are on the newsletter.

All you have to worry about with text, is that you format it a little to brand the name of your business on it.  However, usually that is a onetime set up.

Offline Newsletters

If you are creating an offline newsletter, use Microsoft Word or Microsoft Publisher.  Both of these pieces of software require some time to learn, but almost everyone knows how to use Word, but if you don’t know how to create a cool looking newsletter with it, there are tons of online tutorials that’ll show you.

TIP: If you don’t want to do all of the formatting involved in producing a cool looking. newsletter, hire someone.  If you’ve already written the material, and want someone to turn it into a cool looking format that’s ready to print, you can always find someone on Fiverr to do that for you.

Fiverr is a site that only allows you to charge or pay $5.00 per job./  So you can easily get someone on there to format your material into a great looking newsletter for a mere $5.00!  Such a deal.  Here is Fiverr’s link: Five Dollar Gigs 

If that doesn’t appeal to you, you can always go to an outsourcing site and hire someone for more money, but then again, that wouldn’t be the Dirt-Cheap method I’m so fond of.

List of Outsourcing Sites:

oDesk 

Freelancer 

Warriors for Hire

To Your Success!

Mark “Elmo” Ellis

"When it Comes to High-Response Copy - I've Got Your Back!"

www.MarkEllisCopy.com

(859) 797-9560

elmo033057@gmail.com

                                                    

Write a Short Book or Manual to Create a Flood of Traffic to Your Business

Today we’re going to talk about the “Thump Factor”. The Thump Factor is a sound that will give you credibility, draw attention to your expertise, serve as a business card, and get you the traffic that your business so dearly needs. 

This is just one of those techniques that you can use offline to drive people to your online business.  Moreover, it can be used in the regular bricks and mortar world to get you great clients that’ll look to you as an expert in your field or niche. 

What is this “Thump Factor”?

The “Thump” is the sound a book makes when it lands on someone’s desk. 

With this strategy, you’re not trying to create a regular published book or bestseller.  In this instance, we’re trying to make a marketing tool that has all the looks of a well written book.  Your chances of getting anywhere near the normal world of publishing are close to zero and you’d probably have a better chance of winning the lottery. 

However, you can easily write and create a well written professional looking book without out spending much money at all.  And that’s all you’ll need to do to get it into hands of the people that you’d like to see as your clients and customers. 

How Can a Thumper Help Me Out?

There’s no question that a regular looking book carries clout. If you carry a book into a prospects office and show him or her how your book can help out their business, they are not very likely to forget you.   Not only that, but a book of

this nature will work great for you as a replacement for brochures.  If someone comes into your dentistry office and you've already written a book called “101 Ways to Make Sure You Never Get Cavities” and they can just pick up a free copy for you, then chances are, that client will never forget you and he or she might pass the book on to a friend. 

Amazon, will also let anyone sell a book from their site so even if you only sell just a few copies of your book you can walk away as a winner.

TIP : You can always set up the book to sell it on Amazon.  Next, give out your book to as many friends and people that you've done business with as possible or offer the book to anyone that promises to write you up a nice review.  Ask them to go on Amazon and place reviews on there about how much they liked it.  This will automatically give you clout on Amazon if anyone wants to check you out to see if you’re the real deal.  

You don’t have to make your promotional book massive.  You can make it fairly thin if you so desire, it’s all a matter of personal preference.  Of course, you need to bear in mind that the thicker you make your book, the more time it will take to put it together.

In reality, the effect of the Thump Factor is bigger that the number of people that will actually read it. Most people you give it to will be impressed, but won’t actually read it.

But think of it this way.  A company wants to hire a Web designer and there are two candidates, you and some other designer.  The other designer has a great portfolio and a pretty good reputation as do you; you’ve got an awesome portfolio and a good rep.  However, YOU HAVE THE THUMP FACTOR! You drop that book on their desk and …THUMP!  They’ll be impressed with the fact that you are an authority.

See the difference?

So, writing your own book is rather easy.  You can either hire a ghostwriter to write the thing or do it yourself.  Writing is so much easier these days anyway.  With word processors like Microsoft Word, you can create an outline or table of contents with just a few clicks of a mouse button.

You can also outsource the work of writing your book. Get a digital tape recorder, record yourself reciting the material that you want in your book, and then send the digital file off to an online transcriber that will type it up for you.

Don’t like that idea?

Get a copy of Dragon Naturally Speaking speech recognition software.  All you have to do is speak into the microphone, and your words will magically appear on your word processor.  You can knock out about a chapter a day with this powerful software if you wanted to.  I used this software quite a bit when I was in college.  I had so many papers to write for my Master’s degree and this was quite simply the fastest method to get a lot done in a very short time.

When using Dragon Naturally Speaking, it’s always better to have in your head what you’re going to say before you say it, though.  The other problem with this method, is that it requires time to go back and read what you've spoken into the microphone.   Many times the software will misinterpret what you've said and you’ll have to edit.

What Are You Waiting For?

If you see a value in what I just said, then the time to act is right now.  I shouldn’t have to sell you on this idea, because the benefits are real.  The hardest part of writing a book of this nature is getting off of your rump and getting it done.  That will take commitment and drive.  

To Your Success!

Mark “Elmo” Ellis

"When it Comes to High-Response Copy - I've Got Your Back!"

www.MarkEllisCopy.com

 (859) 797-9560

elmo033057@gmail.com