Back in the early days of Internet
marketing, there wasn't much you could do to get started with
marketing your business online until you actually launched
your own web site.
Before you could make money,
you had to:
- Choose a domain
- Set up your hosting
- Design your web site
- Put it all online
- Optimize and test your web
site
But maybe you want the chance
to "get your feet wet" before you commit to building
a web site and getting really serious about marketing your
business online.
Or maybe you're trying to discover
your online business niche: the problem you want to solve,
the people you want to sell to, and the best possible way
to create a viable business. Maybe you don't want to commit
to a web site until you've had a better chance to experiment
with different ideas.
Well, fortunately for Web newbies,
there are more options for getting started with e-commerce
than ever before! Now you can actually market and sell products
without ever creating your own web site.
In this newsletter, we're going
to take a look at some of the easiest ways to get started
online today:
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Start selling on the world's
biggest e-commerce site: www.eBay.com
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Start a blog in under five
minutes and reach a whole new market on the Internet!
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Use Google Page Creator to
instantly create a presence on the Web
... as well as the quickest way
-- once you're ready -- to start up a fully functioning web
site of your very own.
So can you take advantage of
these tools to make your first online profits today?
Keep reading to find out!
Start selling on eBay
and get access to millions of potential buyers!
eBay.com
is the hottest e-commerce site on the Web today, and for good
reason:
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More than two million people
visit eBay.com every single day, spending an average of
TWO HOURS navigating through eBay's pages and listings
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More than $1,000 in sales
happen on eBay every single second!
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72% of eBay users have incomes
in excess of $50,000 per year -- so they come ready to
spend!
And -- most important to you
-- 95% of eBay users are individuals or small businesses.
eBay is clearly a place where newbies can go to find instant
profit and success.
Getting started on eBay will
take you LESS than one hour in total.
Within minutes, you'll be ready
to set up your new auction listings. That means you can see
your first online profits TODAY!
And while those listings will
cost you only pennies to place on eBay's pages, you gain immediate
access to millions of buyers who are looking for items just
like yours.
To get started selling on eBay
today, go to: http://cgi5.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?SellHub2.
But what items are you
going to sell?
This is the real beauty of eBay:
there is a market for practically everything on the giant
online auction site!
The easiest way to get started
is to sell off some old items you no longer need from your
basement or storage space. This will allow you to get the
hang of writing up a description and creating a listing without
having to invest in a product to sell. After all, everything
you make from these sales is pure profit -- so you have nothing
to lose!
If you have a product you are
already interested in selling on eBay, check out how other
sellers are marketing these products. How much are they going
for? What makes their auctions appealing? How many bidders
do they attract?
If you're not sure what you want
to sell, try checking out what products are popular at http://pulse.ebay.com.
While you might not want to sell
the items that everyone is searching for -- guaranteeing you
some serious competition -- you can sell items RELATED to
those products and generate a ton of interest in your listings.
eBay offers free tools for setting
up and promoting your listings. Your only expenses on eBay
are are your listing fees, plus a small percentage of your
selling price.
Getting started on eBay is easy
-- anyone can do it in less than an hour. But to build a hugely
profitable eBay business takes some advanced strategies and
techniques.
Once you're ready to take your
eBay business to the next level, I recommend you check out
the "eBay Millionaire" secrets we reveal here:
http://www.AuctionTips.com/course.html.
Create your own web site
in less than five minutes -- and for free! -- by starting a
blog
Blogs (or weblogs) are frequently
updated web sites that show the newest content at the top
of the page. The other content usually follows in the order
it was posted.
Business blogs have become one
of the hottest tools for marketing on the Web today. And while
some companies use them to promote their products in addition
to their main web sites, you don't need to have a web site
-- or even have a business yet -- to start a blog.
Anyone can create a blog for
free and have an active, functioning presence online in just
minutes! Even complete Internet "newbies" find the
set-up process simple and easy to understand. You don't have
to know anything about web design or pay a single cent for
a domain name or web hosting.
And once you've got your blog
online, you can start making money instantly! Here's how...
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Start a Google
AdSense campaign to generate advertising
revenue from your blog. It's easy to set up an AdSense
account, and have targeted ads displayed to your online
readers. This can be a great source of revenue, though
of course the amount of income you can expect from your
AdSense ads will depend on the amount of traffic to your
blog. The more traffic you receive, the more people are
likely to click through the ads displayed on your site
-- and the more revenue for you!
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Join an affiliate
program -- or a few affiliate programs! -- and
start promoting their products on your blog. You don't
even need your own product to get started! You can place
ads for your affiliate products on your blog, or write
articles or product reviews that contain your affiliate
link. You receive a percentage of each sale made when
readers click through your links and make a purchase.
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Sell products directly
from your blog: If you do have a product that
you're ready to sell, you can write articles on your blog
telling readers about the benefits of your widget. Once
they get excited about what you have to offer and decide
to take action, you can direct them with a sidebar button
to your PayPal
account (which is free and easy to set up.)
With PayPal, they can order
your product and pay for it in seconds -- even with their
credit cards! And it only takes you a few moments to get
set up to take payments.
You can create a blog in five
minutes, absolutely free, with a free blog hosting service.
These are considered the top options for blogging beginners:
If you're looking for more tips
for generating traffic and profits with your blog, check out
www.MarketingTips.com/trafficsecrets.
Use Google Page Creator
to get free exposure on the 'Net -- AND travel up the search
engine rankings!
Google Page Creator is a brand-new
program that enables anyone with a Google ID to set up their
very own web site in just minutes!
When Google Page Creator Beta
was launched just over a month ago, the sign-up page was overrun
with visitors looking to get their very own Google Page Creator
account. So much so, in fact, that they had to stop taking
submissions that same day!
Why was everyone so eager to
get involved with Google Pages? Well, the most obvious benefit
of the program is that your pages are rapidly indexed by the
Google search engine spiders.
Some new web site owners spend
a ton of time and effort trying to show up in search engine
results for their keywords, but with a Google Page, you jumpstart
that process.
Within minutes, you have a fully
functioning web site that you can use to make money online
right away.
You can generate profits with
Google Page Creator in much the same way as with a blog...
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You can promote your own
product on your Google Page with a salesletter or ad,
and then direct your visitors to your PayPal checkout
system to purchase your product right away.
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You can also promote other
people's products on your Google Page through content,
links, or ads, and make quick cash from affiliate commissions.
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And naturally, Google Pages
are the perfect place to set up a Google AdSense campaign...
When your account is approved,
Google offers a simple page setup process with an easy-to-use
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) HTML editor. You can
add your own text by typing it straight into the editor, or
by cutting and pasting from any kind of text file. You can
also upload pictures, create links, and even edit the raw
HTML code if you wish.
In fact, it's never been easier
to set up your own web site!
In order to get started with
Google Page Creator, you'll need a Google ID, which you can
sign up for at:
https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount
Once you've got an account, you
can head to the Page Creator homepage (http://pages.google.com)
to add your name to the waiting list -- at this point, they
are not taking real-time submissions.
Of course, if you're getting
serious about starting a business online, we always recommend
that you create a web site of your own...
And nowadays, with domains and
hosting cheaper than they've ever been before, and with tons
of inexpensive -- and FREE -- tools available to help you
get set up, there's no reason to put off creating your very
own presence on the Web...
Set up a professional-looking
web site in minutes with easy-to-use web site templates
These days, you don't need to
know a thing about HTML or web design to get a great looking
site up and running in no time at all. The secret is to start
building your pages with a template web site creator.
Prices vary from company to company,
but you can usually get a template site up and running for
as low as $2.99 a month, depending on the features and functions
you want to build into your web site.
Most basic packages include a
domain name, web hosting, an easy-to-use site template, photo
uploading capability, and a limited number of domain-specific
e-mail accounts.
You can be completely up and
running with your new web site in the space of just a day
or two, depending on the length of the company's approval
or acceptance process.
While template sites can't be
customized as completely as regular web sites, the margin
for error and mistakes is much, much smaller than with an
independent, do-it-yourself web design process. You can get
all your newbie errors out of the way at a minimum of expense!
Most companies will charge a
little more per month to integrate a shopping cart or e-commerce
functionality into your template site, but you can also opt
to add a payment system of your own choosing to your pages.
(Remember: PayPal
is always free to sign up, and the easiest system for entrepreneurs
who are just getting started online.)
If a template web site creator
is what you're looking for, check out the solution we recommend
at www.MarketingTips.com/allinone.
They offer a full range of resources like...
- attractive templates
- useful extras like photo
gallery software and search engine tools
- domain research and sales
- strong customer service
- web hosting
... and all for reasonable prices
that won't break the bank for a first-time business owner.
Template sites are a great starting
point if you want to get your site up and running right away
and start experimenting with e-commerce opportunities. However,
as your business grows, you will likely need to develop a
site of your own that allows you more control over the look
and functionality of your online presence.
Final thoughts
It's never been easier to build
an e-commerce presence online than it is now, with the rise
in popularity of blogging, auction web sites like eBay.com,
quick web hosting solutions like Google Page Creator, and
template web site solutions.
Each of these options offers
you the opportunity to determine the viability of your business
model, test your strategies and salescopy, establish a ranking
in the search engines, and gain credibility and a reputation
in your industry.
Best of all, you can get started
making money online TODAY.
And once your business is underway
and you're ready to set up a web site of your own, you can
also use all of quick start options we've talked about today
to continue to market your products...
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Use a blog to grab a great
position in search engine rankings, and then drive traffic
to your sales web site!
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Use a Google Page to drive
another stream of traffic to your site!
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Use eBay to test new products,
sell off old or damaged inventory, or create a new revenue
stream for your business!
It's never been easier to get
started on the Web than it is today -- so what are you
waiting for?
