1) WEB SITEFirst, you need a web site. There are innumerable places whichare ready to host your site. A very good server, which is FREE,is
Freeservers
For our AOL readers:
Freeservers
If you are not ready to pay for your own domain name, right
from the start, they have very good sub-domain names, which
are easy to find. Not a series of numbers and letters, which
are impossible to remember. (If you have those, no-one will
find your site)
They have templates which let you build a professional looking
web site very quickly. And there are lots of good features to
add to your site. It is free, if you accept a banner ad on
every page.
If not, you can have it upgraded, and the banner taken away,
for a small fee.
2) ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS
Second, you need to be able to accept credit cards online.
This is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, if you want to succeed.
Most people who are online, want immediate access to the
information they are buying. They don't want to wait for
a URL or a download. They want information NOW!
If you don't want to set up your own merchants account, which
I don't recommend, to start with (it is complicated and takes
a lot of work to maintain it), you need someone who will process
the cards for you, through their own merchants account.
By far the best I have found, after searching the internet for
a long time, is Clickbank. They will charge you a small amount
for each transaction, but there are no monthly fees and only a
reasonable set up fee.
They are really good to work with! You will get the service
you need, and you will get it fast. At worst within 48 hours,
normally within a few hours.
Here is how you join clickbank:
Clickbank
For our AOL readers:
Clickbank
They also have a GREAT affiliate system with a really large
number of sites to link to and make money from! AND the
affiliate system will also help you market your own product!
3) GET EMAIL
But I already have email, you say.
Well, when you start marketing on the internet, on a larger
scale, you WILL need another account. You will be receiving
enormous amounts of email, so you will not want it all to
go to your private account.
Also, a lot of the mail you get will be spam or junk mail,
so you will want your own, private, account to stay clear
of this.
Try out this really awesome email service. It has all the
features you will need. PLUS you get paid when the people
you refer, read their mail. And the people they refer, and
so on, for 16 tiers down!
Get your own account here:
TheMail
For our AOL readers:
TheMail
After a while, this can really add up. So start earning
today! It is FREE to join!
4) FIND AN AUTORESPONDER
You will need an autoresponder which allows you to send
follow-up messages. You need at least seven messages to
go out.
Why?
Because recent research shows, that around 75% of your
intended customers do not buy until they've had up to
seven reminders. And you don't want to lose all those
sales!
After looking at many autoresponder services, and trying
some of them, Aweber is the best I have seen.
Their customer's panel allows you to manage your messages
easily, and you can set them at the times you want.
Your list management options are what really beats the
others, though! You can do whatever you need to, with
your lists. And never worry about spam. Anyone on your
list can unsubscribe themselves any time!
But of course, you don't want them to do that! So you
will have to become an expert at writing ads. You will
find a lot of help within the aweber site, on this topic
too.
Join them today. Here's how:
AWEBER
For our AOL readers:
AWEBER
Don't lose sales, because you missed out on your
autoresponder!
5) LINK ALL THESE TOGETHER
This takes some practice. They will show you exactly how
to do it, once you join CookieCutter/BootCamp. This is
the really great feature of these sites. They show you,
step by step, what to do. And, at the same time, they
leave you all the options to construct your own system.
What has to happen is this:
Your intended customer clicks to your website. There,
he/she must find a form to fill in, which sends him/her
messages from your autoresponder. It must be easy to get
to your order page, both from your autoresponder email
messages and from your web site.
And more...but I'm getting ahead of myself here. Enough
for this first time...you will find more about it in the
next issue of NEWBIE MAG-E-ZINE!
See you next week!
But don't wait until then, to set your business on
autopilot! If you have not launched it yet, set
about it NOW!
There's no time like the present!
Madeleine Bergstrom
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EVERYBODY ELSE IS SMARTER!
Have you been trying to get your product noticed on
the internet? With less success than you had hoped
for?
Maybe you have been close to giving it up?
Did you start thinking that if "everybody else" can
do it, but you haven't succeeded, "everybody else"
must be so much smarter than you?
Well, don't you believe it. It is just NOT TRUE!
Look at much of the hype you see out there. Is it
smart?
Of course, some of it is. And, just like in the "real
world", there are some people who ARE smarter than you.
But most of them are not!
Think of it this way:
They have just got into it a little earlier, and have
therefore given it more time than you have.
They may also have put in more effort, more money or
more something else. Or more knowledge. But YOU CAN
LEARN TOO!
And there is one more thing, which you should consider:
How do you know, that all these people really are as
successful as they say they are?
Isn't it possible, that some of them have even made
less money than you have? Do you really believe that
"everybody" except YOU have really made it out there?
Then just let me re-tell you a fact, which I am sure
you have already come across, but which may have slipped
your mind:
95 % of the web sites you see out in cyberspace, are
actually losing money.
Only 5 % are successful in the sense that they make any
money at all.
So what should you do?
I guess the answer is obvious.
Go out and do what the successful people do!
You can do it too! In Newbie Mag-e-zine you get the tools
which will help you do just that!
The internet is not an exclusive club, with lots of
lookers-on. At least, you don't have to be an onlooker,
unless you particularly want to.
Go out and DO IT!
Use the articles here in Newbie Mag-e-zine, to support
you. Try to see behind the scenes. Don't take people's
word for the amount of money they make, but don't despair
either.
It is possible to be a winner. And a lot of people are
already doing what it takes.
You can too!
Start today, and look at things through new eyes. Find
a system to help you. It is there. I will suggest some,
which have been of great assistance to me.
I'm sure there are others, which are also good. Don't
give up! Go out and do it today!
There is no time like the present!
Madeleine Bergstrom
