$100 a Day in 7 Easy Steps
written by Anthony Dinh
You may not realize this, but it’s easier to make $100 a day online than you think. For most of you, the concensus seems to be that making an extra $500-1000 a month would make life a whole heck of a lot easier. With this “wash, rinse & repeat” method which is surprisingly easy to duplicate, you could make up to $3000 a month per site right from home. If the $100 a day goal is a bit high for you beginners, then you can certainly shoot for a more modest goal of $50 a day which will still net you a nice $1500/month. Whether you choose to start a blog, write a content website, pursue affiliate marketing, build lists, generate leads, provide an online service, create informational e-products or open an online BANS (build a niche store), you can apply the “wash, rinse & repeat” method to start multiple money generating sites and scale your business over time. For this excercise, we will be promoting ClickBank digital products.
Step 1 - Find Your Niche
I would start with something that interests you or that you’re knowledgeable about such as cars, sports, fitness, men’s/women’s health, lawn & gardening, wood-working, making money, arts & crafts, pets, baby products,debt consolidation, hiking/camping, traveling, etc. Picking a niche that interests you will make writing content for your page much easier. If you are unsure about what niche to get into, search forums, usergroups and sites like Yahoo! Answers to get some ideas of current hot topics that people are discussing and the kinds of questions that they’re asking.
Step 2 - Snipe Your Keyword
Keyword Sniping can be done using one of the many free keyword search tools that are readily available such as WordTracker or the one offered by DigitalPoint. Both tools will return a list of related keywords with their daily search volumes. A search frequency of at least 200 times a day is recommended. Google search “your keyword” with quotes around it to get an idea of how many competing pages there are for each keyword. The fewer competing pages the better, but the rule of thumb that I go by is anything with fewer than 1 million competing pages should work nicely.
Step 3 - Find a Webhost
Due to the competition with so many hosts out there, you can find hosting service for really cheap these days if you look around. I would recommend HostGator.com since they offer first month’s hosting for only 1 penny if you use the “wordpress” or “jury” coupon codes when prompted.
Currently, DiariesOfABlogger.com is hosted on IX Web Hosting, and I couldn’t be happier with the service. Both Linux and Windows platforms are supported, so you may pick the one you’re most comfortable with. Three levels of service are offered, so there’s one to suit everyone’s needs (Unlimited Pro, Business Plan, Elite Plan). I purchased the mid-level Business Plan package and prepaid for 2 years, so the monthly fee came to $6.45, but you can get a free domain and hosting for as little as $4.95/month. Check out the plan comparison chart here for more details.
Step 4 - Create or Find Your Product
You can either opt to write your own product material, or you can market one of the many digital products available at ClickBank and earn a commission for each sale. Just make sure that there’s a high demand for your product. I would chose one that pays at least $15 commission per sale, one with a high %rfd which indicates that many affiliates are making sales on the product, yet it still has a low gravity and not too many affiliates are currently marketing it (between 10-50 is good) to avoid market saturation and too much competition.
Step 5 - Build Your Site Around the Keyword
You will need to create and publish a minimum of 10 posts surrounding your keyword and product with some solid content that speaks with authority on the subject matter. Though you are using Wordpress blogging software and your site looks like a blog, the difference is that you won’t have to post regularly as you would with a typical blog. As a matter of fact, I would suggest removing all post dates as the information you provide should not appear to be dated in the readers’ eyes. Be sure to use a nice, clear headline that catches the reader’s attention and compels him or her to click on your product. Also, including social proof, testimonials and screenshots will help in convincing the visitor that your solution works and it’s what they’re looking for.
Step 6 - Setup Autoresponder to Harvest Emails
Although not completely necessary, setting up an autoresponder will allow you to harvest your visitors’ emails when they sign-up for your product. Doing so will allow you to send out newslettters in the future to promote other products which would be of interest to your niche audience.
Step 7 - Market Your Product
There are many channels you can use to market your product. You can either promote it by posting in Yahoo! Answers or some of the forums that you came across in step1, by including a linked signature in your profile or newletters to your product landing page or by getting involved and answering questions posted by others within the forum to gain exposure. Yet another way to get word out is by submitting articles regarding your product to article such directories such as EzineArticles and ArticleMarketer. Cross promoting with other sites within your niche through link exchange programs can also be an effective way to market your product.
As with anything else, you will have to try it, make some mistakes, learn from your mistakes, then improve and grow. It will take some time, trial and error, testing and tuning before you come up with a formula that works for you, but persevere, push on and don’t give up! Once you discover that secret winning formula, it should be rather easy to duplicate your success by simply washing, rinsing and repeating.
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JJ, you should definitely pursue if if you’ve already selected some products to promote. I’m sure you will do well:)!