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How To Make Money Online As An Infopreneur
If you were talking to someone brand new to the Internetand they asked you how could they make money in the shortesttime possible, what would you tell them? This is the answer which leverages passion, knowledge and experience to build a business on the Internet and make money online - quickly and easily.
The Web revolves around INFORMATION. It is still a medium to research, search out and consume information about various things, in addition to communicating with people globally.
One of the most effective ways to profit from this networked information-seeking universe is to sell information products (or access to information resources).
As an infopreneur, that's how I have worked on the Internet - and it is an approach I would highly recommend to anyone starting out with the same goal of making money on the Web.
Why information?
* Information products have high perceived value. If you want to know the solution to a problem and someone can share it with you, that has value.
* Information products have low production costs. You could create one with practically zero expense other than your time and knowledge.
* Information products have very low distribution costs. Digital files can be downloaded or emailed across the world nearly for free.
Because of these reasons, selling information products over the Internet can be very profitable and even for beginners.
What is the first step?
Many people mistake 'information' for 'data'. Data is made up of raw bits - facts, stats, news clips and the kind - which need to be compiled to become meaningful information that has actual
value to the consumer.
That's your job as an infopreneur.
The first step is to choose an area where you can provide such a service, and add value to your clients by doing it.
And the approach I follow and highly recommend to others is to begin with finding out what you have PASSION for.
There is a reason it is better to begin with what you love, enjoy, appreciate, like, derive pleasure from - you are more likely to stick with it.
Overnight success stories are nice to hear, nicer to dream about - but seldom happen. Most often, 'success' comes after a solid amount of groundwork is done. And that is, essentially, boring
- unless you have a special passion for the topic.
How to find what you are passionate about?
Sit down with a paper and pencil/pen and THINK.
* What are your areas of specialization or expertise?
* What do people most often come to you for advice or counselling on?
* What unique skills or knowledge do you possess?
* What are your special talents, strengths, advantages?
* What problems do you have the solutions for?
* What things do you find yourself fascinated by, spend most time on?
* What subjects do you curiously explore, read about, research avidly?
Take your time about answering these questions, because this is at the core of whatever future direction you decide to take with your work online.
And don't make the common mistake of thinking you are not 'expert' at anything! Everybody - yes, YOU too - are more knowledgeable than others in some, often many, things.
Finding out what they are is not always easy, but by thinking over those questions, you'll get close.
Match your passion to profits
The next step (which many beginners miss) is matching your 'passion' to the potential for 'profits'.
While working on what you love doing sounds nice, in time you'll get frustrated when your efforts don't make you much money. That's why you need to find out if what you love, enjoy and
relish can actually also make you a profit.
If it doesn't, drop it - as far as your plans to make money online goes. Instead, focus on one of your other passions that has bigger potential.
How to evaluate profit potential?
There are many approaches. Here are a few that may help:
* Go to Magazines.com and see how many PRINT magazines are there in the niche you select. If there are many, the chances are it is a profitable niche - because print magazines cost money to
publish - which indicates someone is making money from that niche.
* Go to www.Google.com/adwords and open an account. Log in. Use the 'Tools > Keyword Tools' link to test your niche. Type in a few keywords related to your subject of interest, and click
on the 'find keywords' button. Closely observe the number beside each one, which indicates how much an advertiser on Google Adwords is paying to 'bid' for top placement on that keyword. High dollar figures indicate many people are profiting from that niche/keyword.
* Go to ebay.com and click on eBay PULSE. It lists the hot trends on eBay every month. Since ebay is a buying/selling marketplace, what's 'hot' there very likely has profit potential.
* Go to Clickbank.com and explore the MARKETPLACE by category. Look at the top selling products on each category. That gives you an idea of what kind of products and market niches have more profit potential.
There are other, more sophisticated methods to test profitability, but the idea is to get moving, testing things small, and then modifying or tweaking to improve your results - so let's move on.
Keep one thing firmly in mind - nothing is cast in stone!
If you pick a niche, work on it for a reasonable period of time (say, 1 or 2 months) and do NOT see results that justify your effort, MOVE ON. Give it a fair trial, see what works, drop the losers and run with the winners. That's a short, quick formula for success online.
Pick your business model
As a beginner just getting started, with a plan to be an infopreneur and sell information products, the fastest way to get going is to sell existing information products - as an affiliate partner.
You *could* begin by creating your own information product - but it is a little more 'risky' and uncertain to start off this way. We'll get to this in a later phase of the plan, but if you
prefer doing this rather than being an affiliate, go for it! (Just realize your first ebook may not be a runaway bestseller!)
Where to find products to sell?
There are some affiliate networks that specialize in listing digital products for sale - and let you join as a partner to help sell them, in return for a share of the profits (typically between 25% and 75% per sale).
Clickbank is one - http://www.Clickbank.com
Paydotcom is another - http://www.PayDotCom.com
Go to these networks, and look for a product you like, complements your area of expertise or passion, and that pays out a reasonable affiliate commission. Then, click on the link and
visit that product's sales page.
See how it looks. Does the style of the selling suit your taste?
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