Making Money Online Training by Paul Walker

Thank Will Smith for  sharing the beautiful wisdom that he has gained by simply not being afraid “to die on a treadmill.”

There is one hard and fast rule in generating income for your
website: A steady flow of website traffic. If no one goes to your
site, it hardly bares a chance of generating an income. Many sites
have tried and failed in doing so, and these results to the sites
demise. It takes money to maintain an income generating site; it
also takes money to make money.

BUT, it doesn’t take a whole caboodle of cash to generate website
traffic for your site.

Ever wonder how does big hit sites drive traffic top their site?
Most of them are spending tons of money to drive the traffic to
their sites, investing in many advertising campaigns and different
forms of marketing schemes and gimmickries. This is all worthwhile
because, well, they are what they are now, high earning, big
hitting websites.

You don’t have to do this if you don’t really have their resources.
There are many ways to generate low cost website traffic without
having to spend what you don’t have or can’t afford. Many people
have banked on high cost methods and have ended up losing their
shirt over it.

Here I present to you the Top five ways to generate low cost
website traffic that could help your site a whole lot. Even if you
only get a small percentage of successful visitors in to client
ratio it still works especially if you get a high number of website
traffic.

1. Exchange Links

This is a sure and proven method. Rarely would you see a site where
there is no link to another site. Many webmasters are willing to
exchange links with one another so that they could produce more
public awareness about their sites. You’ll soon see and feel the
sudden upsurge of the traffic coming in to your site from other
sites.

A major prerequisite in exchanging links with other sites is having
the same niche or content as the other site. They should share a
common subject so that there is continuity in the providing of
service and information to what interests your target traffic.

Exchanging links also boosts your chances of getting a high ranking
in search engine results. It is common knowledge that search
engines ranks high sites that have inbound and outbound
theme-related links. With a good ranking position in the search
engines, you will generate more traffic in your website without the
high costs.

2. Traffic Exchange

This is like exchanging links but on a different higher level. This
may cost a bit more than exchanging or trading links but could be
made cheaper because you get to earn credits. You can use those
credits when viewing others traffic, while you earn credits when
someone views yours.

Traffic exchange services are the viewing of another’s site or
page. This is done vice versa where a site can use your sites
contents and so can you to his or her site. You both benefit from
each others efforts to generate traffic. The other sites visitors
can go to your pages and know more about your site as well as
theirs. Once again the public awareness of your sites existence is
boosted.

3. Write and Submit Articles

There are many e-zines and online encyclopedias in the internet
which provides free space for articles to be submitted. If you want
to save costs, you can do the articles yourself. There are many
freelance writers who are willing to write for you for a small fee,
but to save money, it is wise to do those articles yourself.

Write articles that are themed along with the niche of your site.
Write something that you have expertise on so that when they read
it, they can feel your knowledge about the subject and will be
eager to go to your site. Write articles that produce tips and
guidelines to the subject or niche your site has.

Include a resource box at the end of your article that can link
them to your site. Write a little about yourself and your site. If
you provide a light, information-laden and interesting article,
they will go to your site for more.

4. Make a Newsletter.

This may sound like hard work because of all the articles you may
need to use to build a newsletter but on the contrary, this is not
so. There are many writers and sites that are willing to provide
free articles as long as they can get their name in on your
newsletter. This will also provide free advertising for them as
well.

As your newsletter gets pass around, you can widen your public
awareness and build an opt-in list that can regularly visit your
site.

5. Join Online Communities and Forums

This only requires your time and nothing else. You can share your
knowledge and expertise with many online communities as well as
your website. You can get free advertising when you go to forums
that have the same subject or niche with your site.

Share your two cents and let them see how knowledgeable you are
with the subject. As you build your reputation, you also build the
reputation of your site, making it a reputable and honest business
that could be frequented and trusted by many people.

Hope you enjoy reading my newsletter;)
Cheers;)
Paul Walker

Affiliate marketing is one of the most effective and powerful ways
of earning some money online. It gives everybody a chance
to make a profit through the Internet. Since these affiliate
marketing programs are easy to join, implement and pays a
commission on a regular basis, more an more people are now willing
in this business.

However, like all businesses, there are lots of pitfalls in the
affiliate marketing business. Committing some of the most common
mistakes will cost the marketers a large portion taken from the
profit they are making everyday. That is why it is better to avoid
them than be regretful in the end.

Mistake number 1: Choosing the wrong affiliate.

Many people want to earn from affiliate marketing as fast as
possible. In their rush to be part of one, they tend to choose a
bandwagon product. This is the kind of products that the program
thinks is “hot”. They choose the product that is in demand without
actually considering if the product appeals to them. This is not a
very wise move obviously.

Instead of jumping on the bandwagon, try top choose a product in
which you are truly interested in. For any endeavor to succeed, you
should take some time to plan and figure out your actions.

Pick a product that appeals to you. Then do some research about
that product to see if they are in demand. Promoting a product you
are more passionate about is easier than promoting one for the sake
of the earnings only.

Mistake number 2: Joining too many affiliate programs.

Since affiliate programs are very easy to join, you might be
tempted to join multiples of affiliate programs to try and maximize
the earnings you will be getting. Besides you may think that there
is nothing wrong and nothing to lose by being part of many
affiliate programs.

True, that is a great way to have multiple sources of income.
However, joining multiple programs and attempting to promote them
all at the same time will prevent you from concentrating on each
one of them.

The result? The maximum potential of your affiliate program is not
realized and the income generated will not exactly be as huge as
you were thinking initially it would. The best way to get excellent
result is by joining just one program that pays a 40% commission at
least. Then give it your best effort by promoting your products
enthusiastically. As soon as you see that it is already making a
reasonable profit, then maybe you can now join another affiliate
program.

The technique is to do it slowly but surely. There is really no
need to rush into things, especially with affiliate marketing. With
the way things are going, the future is looking real bright and it
seems affiliate marketing will be staying for a long time too.

Mistake number 3: Not buying the product or using the service.

As an affiliate, you main purpose is to effectively and
convincingly promote a product or service and to find customers.
For you to achieve this purpose, you must be able to relay to the
customers that certain product and service. It is therefore
difficult for you to do this when you yourself have not tried these
things out. Thus, you will fail to promote and recommend them
convincingly. You will also fail to create a desire in your
customers to avail any of what you are offering.

Try the product or service personally first before you sign up as
an affiliate to see if it is really delivering what it promises. If
you have done so, then you are one of the credible and living
testaments aware of its advantages and disadvantages. Your
customers will then feel the sincerity and truthfulness in you and
this will trigger them to try them out for themselves.

Many affiliate marketers makes these mistakes and are paying dearly
for their actions. To not fall into the same situation they have
been in, try to do everything to avoid making the same mistakes.

Time is the key. Take the time to analyze your marketing strategy
and check if youa re in the right track. If done properly, you will
be able to maximize your affiliate marketing program and earn
higher profits.

To your success,
Paul Walker
Clickbank Supreme