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One of the biggest problems people have before beginning their internet business is simply this:

They are not certain of which business model to go for.

If you are not yet sure what you want to do to make money online, here are the 7 most popular money-making models you can copy:

1. Sell Your Own Products

Selling your own products has got to be one of the best routes to take. Other than not limiting yourself over the control of the product, the price, the quality, you can also have other people sell your products for you as an affiliate.

Leveraging on other people’s efforts is key to your advancement in any internet business you’re in.

If you are going to sell your own products, make sure you have good sales copy. This is because the sales letter will decide whether you’re going to sell 1 or 1000s of your product.

2. Become a Reseller

This has got to be one of the easiest ways to get started making money online. You invest some money in purchasing the resale rights licenses to other people’s products and you start selling it almost immediately.

Using this model, not only can you save time, you can also test the waters first before venturing into your own products.

3. Affiliate Marketing

In this model you are also selling other people’s products. However as an affiliate you wouldn’t need to invest any money upfront at all.

To start making affiliate commissions, all you have to do is sign up for any affiliate program which you’re interested in, and start promoting it in your market.

If people buy the affiliate product through your affiliate link, you make the commissions set by the affiliate owner. Although you wouldn’t need to invest anything upfront, most of the time an affiliate have no control over the sales process of a product.

4. Virtual Real Estates

Storming the Internet Marketing industry currently are the infamous Virtual Real Estates(VRE). Creating VRE websites means that you’re most probably going to make money through web content, Google AdSense, pay-per-click programs and affiliate programs.

A major advantage of VREs is you can make longer term profits which continue to grow everyday. This will be true as you INCREASE your web content and optimize your website for the search engines correctly.

5. Forums

People love to talk, discuss ideas and generally hang out with like-minded folks. Forums can be extremely profitable because you can monetize the repeat traffic they generate.

People who participate in discussion boards are probably regulars who visit often, giving you opportunities for endorsing a product repeatedly to them. You can also earn a lot of Google AdSense income from your members.

6. Web Space Advertising

If you have a website with extremely high traffic, one of the best ways to profit from it is simply to sell your web space to other people.

How do you accomplish this? All you need to do is sell advertisement on your website for a period of time, for example 30 days. These can be in the form of banner ads, classified ads or text link ads.

7. Ezine Advertising

People are constantly searching for related ezines to advertise in, and if you have a good ezine, selling advertising is a big possibility. You can sell a classified ad, a top sponsor ad or a solo ad in your ezine.

If ezine advertising suits your taste, what you need to do is build a huge list of responsive subscribers in your niche. This will not only attract advertisers, but you can also sell advertising space direct to your existing subscribers.

You can apply any of these 7 model to your internet business and make real money online. For more information, check out my resource box below…

Copyright 2006 Ewen Chia

posted by Deron Dohanich \\ tags: Affiliate Marketing, Ewen Chia, Money-Making Models

Affiliate marketing is quickly becoming a very specialized form of online business. It seems that people all over the Internet are clamoring for more affiliate tips. And there are a ton of products, services, ebooks, ultra-high priced DVD sets, and a plethora of other “things” geared for affiliate marketing.

So, the question of the moment is how do you weed through this avalanche of “stuff” and find out what actually works. Because, after it’s all said and done, the name of the game is making a living from affiliate marketing.

There are plenty of strategies and tips. There are plenty of people telling you which way is best and which way you absolutely should not do. Funny thing is, the things you should do don’t work sometimes and the things you shouldn’t do, work sometimes. It’s really anyone’s guess at what works and what doesn’t.

However, there are three critical affiliate tips that you should take heed of and use on a consistent basis.

Affiliate marketing is built around content.

Do you really want to make a name for yourself in affiliate marketing? Do you want a long lasting online business? Then you have to take very seriously this first critical tip.

Content is what drives affiliate sales. Period. You can advertise as much as you want, in as many different places that you want, but at the end of the day, it’s the content on your site that will make the sale. Notice I said “your” site.

Affiliate marketing becomes a very lucrative form of business when you have your own website. A website that contains timely, relevant, and informative content. This content can be in the form of articles, product reviews, industry news, interviews with key people, or whatever people will want to keep coming back for.

Ken Evoy of Site Built It!(buildit.sitesell.com/glimmersales.html) says that content is the only way to Pre-sell your site visitors. I whole heartedly agree. Content will effectively pre-sell your visitors, that you work so hard to advertise to, into taking action… clicking through to the merchant and ka-ching… making you commission.

Affiliate marketing is made stronger through your list.

Any type of online marketing depends heavily on a way to keep in frequent touch with previous website visitors. Having an ezine, newsletter, or other type of e-mailing list is a key component to affiliate marketing. A strong list of subscribers is a gold mine for savvy publishers.

The key to making an ezine work for you though is, again, strong, quality, and relevant content. Something that people will want to keep reading on a continuing basis. A weekly, or bi-weekly ezine can easily boost your affiliate commissions sky high by placing a few links within the content or as a product review or special recommendation.

Again, please note the use of “a few”. Many ezine publishers just don’t seem to get the idea of “a few”. That means one to two affiliate links within the whole ezine. The key to publishing an ezine is to establish contact and grow a relationship with your subscriber. Not force affiliate links down their throat. When you can build a strong relationship with subscribers, they will be more likely to listen to your advice, your suggestions, and your recommendations.

An example of this would be Alan Gardyne of AssociatePrograms.com. His newsletter is crammed full of great tips and case studies of successful affiliates and what they are doing. He has grown a great list of over 22,000 subscribers who he can actually call a friend. Why? Because he has never crammed affiliate links down the throats of his subscribers. But, each and every issue of his ezine earns him thousands of dollars in affiliate commissions.

If you don’t have an ezine, start one. If you do then take a hard look at it and see if you’re using too many ads and not enough content.

Affiliate marketing depends on strategic linking partners.

Search engines like Google, MSN, and Yahoo! are looking hard at sites and one of the criteria for high rankings is how many relevant links to your site there are. Meaning is there any other sites out there that are linking to you. This is very important for affiliate marketing websites.

And another reason why content is so important.

Every day I set aside one full hour of time in my day to research and email potential linking partners. Once I find someone who’s site is comparable to mine I will email them, by name, and present my proposal. Keep in mind they do not have to link back to you. So, you must make it appealing. Either by reciprocating with a link to their site, a special comission for everyone they refer who buys from you, or some other way of enticing them to link to you.

Now, just any site will not do you any good. They must be relevant to your particular niche. For example, a fishing oriented website would not benefit, either by traffic or search engine rankings, by having a diet site link back to them.

Content, mailing list, link partners. Easy, right?

It is, but it takes time and dedication. You can create a very profitable affiliate program. Anyone can do it. But, it depends on you. Are you dedicated enough to do it?

Use these three critical affiliate marketing steps in your online business and you’ll see an immediate increase in your bottom line.

Tim Bossie is the owner of Guaranteed-Ads.com and has released a brand new service for affiliate marketers. The Power Niche Package is a full package that contains everything you need to create, or improve, an affiliate marketing business and make it profitable for years to come. Check out the full details today at http://www.guaranteed-ads.com/nichepackage.html

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posted by Deron Dohanich \\ tags: adsense revenue, affiliate, affiliate commissions, affiliate tips