Making Your First $100 Online - The Truth About Website Traffic No One's Telling You

By Nate Rio  |   Submitted On May 09, 2016

  

If you are looking to get more website traffic, there are a lot of conflicting theories about how to do it correctly.

And hopefully by the end of this article I will be able to debunk a lot of the myths and troubles that you may be having when figuring out how to drive traffic to your websites.

First of all, let's get a good definition of traffic.

All you really need to know is that it is eyeballs to your website. Traffic is not actually created, as people are already out there clicking around the internet.

So the goal should be not to "create" it when in fact you just need to seek out where the viewers are and "divert it" back to your website.

Generally speaking, there are 2 types of traffic: paid and free.

What is Free Traffic?

Free traffic refers to anything that you are not immediately paying money for on the front end. Search engine optimization, or SEO is a classic example.

Myth about free traffic

However, in my opinion, no traffic is really free. In my line of work, my time and hourly rate is very valuable (I am not even writing this article for instance, it is written by an assistant).

So spending time doing free traffic is really a waste of time. Am I using these methods though? Of course.

What is paid traffic?

Any type of clicks or views that you may buy to get them to your link is generally described as paid traffic.

Pay per click, pay per view, solo ads, and Facebook ads are all types of paid traffic sources.

Making your first $100 online

So what is the secret? Well, there are a few ways to make $100 online as an online affiliate marketer.

First, is to sell a bunch of products, let's say 5 for $20 to give you the $100 total, or you could sell 1 item.

Another Myth Debunked

What many online marketer "so called gurus" may lead you to believe is however, that selling all these small items is the way to go because it's easier.

Wrong.

It is just has hard to get someone to buy a $20 product online that it is to have them buy $100.

The truth is, that you need to create a trusting environment, and provide enough value to get them to take action in the first place.

This seems simple enough, however most people totally miss the boat on this. And by that I mean that despite its simplicity, people rarely spend the time to learn the strategies to get leads to actually convert.

Like I always say, the traffic is the easy part. I can teach a 12 year old how to get traffic. Just as long as they are computer literate and have a debit or credit card access (not that I'm recommending this, it's just you need money to buy traffic).

Tying it all together

So, in order to make money online, you just need an audience (i.e. your "traffic") and an offer.

You can get an offer by signing up to literally thousands of affiliate programs. Affiliate program means that a company pays advertisers a commission when they send a customer to their site and a purchase is made.

As I mentioned, there are lots of affiliate programs, unfortunately many pay very low returns. So you might try to get a buyer to a site and they pay only 1-10% for example.

I recommend that if you are going to pay for traffic, to send people to a high paying offer so your return on investment is covered.

Once you have an offer chosen in your affiliate program, you simply buy traffic through any of the available methods (known as paid advertising) and you try to stay profitable.

Again, it sounds easy enough, but in the simplicity lies the room for error by most people!

Hope this helps!

Nate Rio is an expert consultant and international lecturer on affiliate marketing and online marketing strategies.

You can receive his Free eBook on "How to Make Your First $1000 Online" by visiting NateRio.com, or you can also learn about a recommended traffic training program known as Traffic Generator Pro.

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How to Handle PPC Problems in MLM

By David L. Feinstein  |   Submitted On April 05, 2016

  

Paid Advertising in MLM

You work hard in your MLM business and saved money for paid advertising. It's been a dream to use some sort of automation for your marketing and the road to success has been a climb. Finally, the day has come for you to launch your PPC campaign and you feel a bit unsure about the whole process. Yet, you feel ready to conquer the world, because you believe in yourself and your dream. So, you take the plunge and invest your nest egg into a campaign. A month passes and your campaign was a disaster. You check the data and find out that you had little traffic from the keywords and the script you used was generic. The frustration sets in and now you're worried about the future.

Ever been like this in a new venture, especially with PPC or other paid advertising and suffered horrible results for your MLM? If you haven't, but are looking into paid solutions to help your business, you should reconsider your options heavily, first. Organic traffic brings in higher numbers than paid solutions, no one likes ads. If you are bent on using PPC, then you want to read further and deal with the issues involved. A fair warning, other businesses are using the system to further their objectives and most are not successful. If you wish to proceed then please read on.

Common PPC MLM Problems

Now if you're looking to improve your MLM PPC campaign, one of the biggest issues you have to look at is your quality score. The quality score determines the quality of ads and landing pages used by the keyword. A higher score means the system believes your ads are relevant and useful. The ads are rated on 1-10 and a larger score keeps the competition down, the cost down and you may receive your lion's share of clicks. It's not guaranteed to work, most people scroll past the paid stuff and click on the organic elements first. One other problem is that your impressions and clicks may drop off due to either a budget, quality score or competition.

Dealing with the PPC Issues

Now let's wrap this up really quick on how to deal with your PPC problems and get your MLM business on track. Make sure your landing pages, keywords and ads are relevant. Throw in a negative keyword to reduce irreverent searches. You may want to split test ads to see what works better and it can improve your quality score. If your ads been dropping, you may need to improve your quality score or increase your bid amount. Your daily budget should never be reached, you may need to lower or rise it, depending on the data that your campaign suggests.

About The Author

David L. Feinstein, noted business coach and home business entrepreneur, is the author of various articles and books that help to empower individuals. To get the real innovative marketing knowledge and training, so you can be at the cutting edge of using technology to build your internet network marketing business correctly, visit; http://www.DavidLFeinstein.com

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