| In the last couple of years the recession has had a massive effect on almost all of us. Some more than others but the ones who have found themselves bankrupt, out of business or redundant have discovered that it isn’t easy to simply jump back on the horse. For many people their self esteem is low and their credit rating is now non existent. In effect its like climbing a mountain only to be kicked back down to the very bottom.
Believe it or not there are people like you, who have been affected by bankruptcy and/or gone out of business in the recession but are making very significant incomes simply using their computers. You can hear what Advice and Guidance these business experts have completely free at http://www.bouncebackafterbankruptcy.com .You don’t have to be a salesman or some computer whiz. It is very easily accessible to everyone and its called Affiliate Marketing.
Affiliate Marketing is simply the practice of selling digital, information, and tangible products online or using direct mailing( though the easiest way is online) You will be paid commission on every sale made through your website without you buying huge amounts of stock and storing it, then having to mail it to customers. A popular method of operating as an affiliate for tangible products is ‘Drop Shipping’. In this method you sell the product from your site or marketing activity then simply provide the delivery address to the company you are acting for, then they look after the delivery and you simply get paid.
You can start Affiliate Marketing in 3 Very simple Stages:
1. Visit Clickbank.com and see the range of products that companies will allow you to sell on their behalf. Some will even pay as much as 70% on the selling price as commission. Sign Up to the site and choose what product you think you can sell.
2. Set up a Website to sell your product. It is important that you do some research into the principles of copywriting. This is basically how to sell in print and therefore will give you a better chance of convincing your customer to sell you product. For tips on copywriting see Bouncing Back After Bankruptcy: Start in Copywriting Article for tips on how to write compelling sales copy.
Also don’t feel obliged to set up the website on your own. If your new to internet business then there is no shame in Out-Sourcing. There are plenty of freelance web design companies who will build a simple mini site for you. They will even sort out the domain and hosting though this is pretty simple to do yourself.
3. Generating Website Traffic. Now you have chosen a product to sell, set up the website with the compelling sales message. You now need people to view your site in order to be compelled to buy. Not just any people but people who are already searching for your product. I.e. Targeted Traffic. You can do this by Search Engine Optimizing your site using keywords related to your product. For example If you are selling a particular new design of golf club then when people type in “Golf clubs”, “Golf”, “Golfing Equipment” etc you want your site to be one of the first people see and therefore it needs a great page ranking with the search engines. There is more information on this in the Bouncing Back from Bankruptcy SEO article.
Once you have taken care of the product, the website and the traffic then you are not far away from having a fully functioning, profitable online business. Let me show you some simple figures that will illustrate the point I am making on affiliate marketing with some very simple figures. If for example.
If you become an affiliate for “Abc of Dog Training” Ebook being sold for $19.99. You could be paid 50% commission on each sale of the downloadable product.
If you sold 50 ebooks per week at 50% commission:
50 x $19.99 = $999.50 - 50% commission
= $499.75 Profit
And that’s just one ebook.
If you need Ideas, advice and guidance from business experts who have been there, done it and got the ‘I’ve gone bust’ t-shirt there are some very information packed interviews with Rachel Elnaugh from BBC’s Dragons Den ( The U.K’s Number 1 Business T.V. show) and from Michael Dunlop who at 20years old is on of the internets most prolific bloggers. They are both specialists in helping people get started in business from scratch so why not hear their top tips at http://www.bouncebackafterbankruptcy.com |
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