LESSON #7: What kind of online business will we build?
In the first 6 lessons, my goal has been more or less to give you the proper perspective of this whole online business thing.
So now let’s talk about what kind of business I’m going to be showing you how to build.
(Watch this video…)
Main points:
(Info products may include… audios, videos, interviews, home study courses, workshops, teleseminars, webinars, email courses, newsletters, CD’s, DVD’s, books, and more)
a) You need your own product!
b) An information product can be created for low cost or zero cost.
Action steps:
1) Get some rest and get fired up to start your online business.
So now that we know WHAT we’re going to do… the next step is to make sure you’ve got the proper tools on hand to get started. You don’t need a whole lot, but there are some things, and I’ll talk about those tools in the next lesson.
As always, you are welcome to post your questions and comments below.
Have a great day!
Eric:
For some reason Ididn’t receive Lesson #7. I came across the lesson on the Forum (Eric’s Tips 120 Forum.com) through Nico Pisani (Thanks Nico!!).
For whatever reason it occured could you please reinstate my e-mail to the lesson distribution list again? Thanks.
Hal
Hi Hal, most likely you just haven’t received the email yet and you will in the next 24 hours. Since I’m putting all of them on my autoresponder (rather than broadcasting them(, they are going out to different people at different times. If you would like to make sure you’re still on the list, just signup here again:
http://www.ericstips.com/join/
A little tip for everyone: Put Erics tips into your favorite folder and check his website every morning! Email notifications of new lessons can easily take over 24hrs once they are sent through an autoresponder and this way you might be able to catch newly created lessons a little quicker!
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Eric,
Any chance that you will offer downloadable versions of these lessons. Would be nice to be able to view offline.
Ken Seal
That’s a very good idea Ken, but I’m going to wait until they’re all done first, and then release them as a collection. For now I want to make sure people are coming to my blog so I can get feedback.
Hi Eric
Nicely explained. But I am very much eager to learn further lessons. Cann’t bear to wait.
Thanks.
I prefer affiliate marketing rather then create my own product. It’s peace of mind to promote affiliate products. I advise that newbies start promote affiliate products first before creat own product,
Some tips for you to choose affiliate products to promote:
1. Quality product that clearly address the informational needs being expressed by your market.
2. Have a unique ‘spin’ to set them apart from similar products on the market-for example: ’expert’ advice’, a ‘new discovery’, a ‘secret system’, a special format(e.g., audio, video, home-study course) or lots of informational value relative to the price.
3. Are supported by a reputable merchant with a top-notch affiliate program that pays out generous commissions.(50% – 75%)
4. Proven marketing tools (email ads, graphics, etc.)
5.High converting sales letter
6.No cost to join
To Your Success
Bryan Hee
Generate Huge Monthly Commission From Home
http://hugeresidualincome.pinurl.com
I agree with you in the sense that affiliate marketing can turn into a good monthly income…but the financial opportunities are much greater if you can create your own unique product,one that everyone else doesn’t have.That way you also don’t have to rely on others for monthly payments and you can keep all the profits for yourself without spliting them. Best of luck to you!
3 basics tools you Must need to start online business;
1. Product
2. Website
3. Traffic
Anna
Get Rich Working from Home Secrets Report
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Information products provide highest commission range from 50-75%. Clickbank is the best market place to find the best information product to promote.
Kelvin
Step-by-step to start Profitable Online Business
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Brian, Anna, Kelvin - great comments, but if you guys are all the same person then maybe you could stick to one persona per lesson
It’s cool, just don’t over do it.
Eric - I like to say a great big thank you. My wife and I have really, really, benefited from your candid “tips”. We are new to starting anything on the internet in a business sence, and what we’ve found so far is that everyone wants our credit card number, but after that there isn’t much they are willing to do for us. Your well thought out plans, and explaining everything without any “pushing”, is just what we’ve needed. We look forward to each and every email you send. Thanks again, and I trust that as we get further into the following emails from you, that we’ll actually learn how to put money in our pockets, instead of spending, spending, spending. All the best in Beleize
Hi Eric,
As always you are giving more than we need.
Thanks,
Andy
Yes, it’s going to be more interesting onwards of your lessons. We looking forwards to learn more from you.
Really sometimes, we didn’t know how to thank you even the lessons is still far beyond our success.
Thanks
Regards, Mohd.
Eric!! That was sort of a tease…..don’t you think? Even though I’ve chosen business owner as my route, I know I’ll learn everything I need to know from you. Patiently awaiting lesson #8.
Thanks for all you do.
Mary
Yes I suppose you could call it a tease
but I did need to explain and justify the business model I’ve chosen to teach.
Please help me, I want to know what is the best way to name web pages. For example is it better to use hyphens eg: sardine-run.html Please tell me what the the most benefitial way to name web pages in terms of getting a better rank from search engines.
Thaanks
Keep up the great work
Oscar
Hi Oscar,
I don’t claim to be an SEO expert, but I do follow the latest SEO news from the experts. In the past, it was apparently easier for a search engine spider to read the keywords in a domain name if it was hyphenated.
However, that is no longer the case, and in fact, hyphenated domains are considered ’spammy’ by some search engines. So you’d be better off to leave out the hyphens on your (root) domain names.
However, on web pages (extensions) like you mention, I don’t know if there’s a definitive answer, but on Wordpress blogs, which are SEO-friendly, the extensions (pages) are usually hyphenated, e.g. http://www.thisismyblog.com/all-about-me.
More important for ranking, though, is to concentrate on backlinks and on-page optimization, like good keyword-rich content (but not keyword stuffing), meta tags, and so forth. Get some backlinks directed to those inner pages instead of just your home page.
Thanks for the Info…I find SEO hard as well and took a look at the link you provided.To me it’s been one of the hardest things to accomplish.
Brian has some good points, and the short answer is that you want to name your page…
1) based on the most important keyword on that page, if your goal is SEO
2) based on something sensible and memorable if your goal is user-friendliness
So far so good Eric. I have low capital, so what you’re suggesting sounds ideal, I have attempted your Writing Cash Program, but don’t have a scooby about adwords and the products that claim to teach ”how-to” beat adwords - are obviously unreliable and expensive; to me anyway. I don’t recommend anyone purchase any type of product related to beating adwords, unless you can 100% rely on the source, of which the product is coming from. I have a Microsoft powered website and don’t know how to make some E - books downloadable from the site, can any one help.
All the best to everyone on their venture!.
I would have sponsered your charity cause, as a Christian I believe in supporting others that have limited resources and prospects.
As I said in my last comment I have limited capital, although I aim for that to change, I have faith in your program - since it seems to be one of a kind and down to earth, and step - by - step tuition, I evaluate it as genuine and reliable information - based training.
Thankyou Eric.
Thanks for your help, and I hope my lessons can help you too!
Can I sell( promote) other peoples product from clickbank on ebay? I’m very keen on learning abt ebay and starting that biz along with what I’ll learn from you.
Not really. Ebay no longer allows digital products. However there are definitely ways to incorporate affiliate marketing with ebay. Ebay can be a great traffic source. I think some affiliate marketers who use Ebay for traffic tend to bend the rules of Ebay’s TOS, but there are definitely some legitimate strategies, particularly if you’re willing to be a real Ebay seller as a side business.
You are a great Teacher Eric
I will do this simultaneously as you do.I was always able to find leads but not much luck in selling or converting them.
Info Based Products - Great.
I host a Creative Website in Ireland basically advertising Writing Contests (the site was the by-product of a contest I ran for my club some years back)
At present I am trying to launch a Blog aimed at the Irish exiles in America and can see how info products fit in there. Unfortunately the numbers are not that big at the moment
and I really have not worked out what topics/issues I should be aiming at. If there are any Irish exiles reading this why not drop me a line and let me know what you would like to see.
I’ve been a fan of Eric’s for many years now and am really looking forward to this course, especially as it is Free!!!
Kevin
http://www.worldwide-infomedia-services.com
Hi Kevin..
Wow…all the way from Ireland. I’ve been reading post here on Erics tips from people all over the world…how exciting. Just read one from a nice young lady in India. Best of luck to you!
How do you get your videos to stream so quickly on a slow connection? (And without an apparent loss of size or quality.) I’m struggling with that on my own site.
I use camtasia, and they are fairly compressed. On these screen capture videos, I typically only export them at 1 or 5 frames per second, which keeps the file size much smaller. If there’s not a lot of action on the screen, you can get away with such a low FPS rate. I’ll try to cover most of this in a future lesson. If all else fails you could in many cases just use a free video host like Youtube or Revver.
Hi Eric,
My wife and I have had a bricks and morter business for 25 years. The overhead is aways a battle… the online business model is a great opportunity for your readers. The biggest battle for most of them will be to overcome what I call “the junk marketers.” Anyone that gets 50 or more spam emails a day is turned off by the hype and deception.
Thanks for your honest approach… it is badly needed
Hi Eric I am still pump up for the remaining lessons,Thank Eric.
I forgot Eric did you receive my mail? If not I will be sending it again
George- due to the amount of email I receive daily, I typically do not respond to it, and often i don’t even see it. The best chance of getting feedback from me is here on my blog, and if you have any problems with any of my products, then the best thing is to submit a ticket at my helpdesk.
Hi Eric, the tips you’re giving here are great. Just a note to everyone who’s new to business: Why is it important to produce the product at zero cost?
Say you have a lemonade stand. You make a pitcher of lemonade for $3.00 and sell 5 glasses of lemonade for $1.00 each. You’ve made $2.00 profit, or 67%.
If you didn’t manage to sell anything (which is possible, considering it might rain that day), you’ve lost money, your investment of $3.00.
If you grow your own lemons or pluck them from your neighbour’s tree (with their permission of course) and you borrowed the sugar, you have zero cost. Even if you don’t sell any glasses, you haven’t lost money! You can drink them all yourself. If you sell 2 glasses only, you’d still PROFIT $2.00 because your cost was zero. And how many days can you keep on selling lemonade this way? Unlimited!
Cool analogy
LOL…wish I could print that one out! Great point!
Hi Gary,
I see tons of blog replies on Eric’s Tip blog from you. I curious, are you affiliated with Eric in some way? It seems like you’re his backup replyer.
He’s not affiliated, just very active in the discussion. Actually I wish more people would get involved like him
Hi Eric,
Info product business is highly profitable and affiliate marketing as well.
Nice selection.
The picture of the baby is cute.
Thanks for sharing.
Best Wishes,
Kannan Viswagandhi
http://www.growing-self.blogspot.com
Hi Eric,
While I’m not totally new to IM, it’s good to review some of the basics and learn something new. Like I never could distinguish self-employed and business owner. Always thought they were one and the same. Now I see the difference, thanks to you.
Cheers,
Ryan
Erik, your info is great. I have signed up in many lists but I only remain in yours. My problem with your lessons is that English is not my primary language so I would prefer to read your lessons because listening is harder for me. Keep this in mind
Thanks!
Hola Guita, como esta en Chile? Muy frio ahora, no? Usted puede leer todas las lecciones en ingles, en el Forum. Estoy haciendo un escrito de un resumen de cada una de las lecciones. Usted las puede leer en el link arriba. Creo que usted entiende algo de ingles escrito. pero si tiene alguna duda, yo le puedo ayudar. Pura Vida! Nico
Hi Nico, yes, I understand quite well spoken English and perfectly when it is written
Estoy en Perú, y voy a visitar tu foro, gracias por transcribir las lecciones de Erik. Son buenísimas, ¿verdad? Un abrazo!!
Hola amigos
Hola Guita, yo también soy de Perú!! Ya somos dos, jejeje… suerte con el curso, un abrazo!
- Gonzalo
i have been getting erics tips for a while..i am interested in having an e-business..i am going to listen to all the lessons..but for the life of me i cannot figure why anyone would give meaningful info for free..so far the lesons have been very basic, but they are true..so i listen and watch…and still wonder whats in it for you..tis rare a person thats cares and even more so one who gives away something of value for free..jw
This explains it for the most part:
http://www.ericstips.com/tips/whychange/
I’m doing it for free because I really do want to help people. At the same time, I am making money from it… the difference is that I’m not hitting you over the head with offers.
Wow Eric…I never saw that article before. You sure have your priorities straight….not to mention a lot of integrity!
I’m so excited. Could it be possible that I can make some money????? I’m not very computer smart so I fall beneath most of the emails you are receiving. I’m willing and ready and have a product in mind. Thank you so much because I could not afford to pay for lessons. Thanks again. Louise
I have watched the well put together previous 6 and now I cannot watch the seventh, because I cannot get the update for the player!!! I tells me to shut down FireFox and I still cannot do it. Any suggestions? Thanks.
That is strange. I wish I knew how to fix that issue. In the mean time maybe you could try a different browser, like Internet Explorer…
While you may have traffic but if there is no plan to capture the mailing address of your visitors, you are giving away the goose that lay the golden egg.
Jaunesk
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sorry, but i disagree with that Eric, i think all your lessons are so valuable. I really miss my lessones each day but i understand a day of rest to so thank you so much for being back today. Info is perfect for me even if you’re just interested in a subject you can read other materials and produce your own, especially if you already hav e a blog running.
Your soon trip sounds so worthy, I wish to say, please take our hugs and well wishes to the children you will be helping. Let them know they are not forgotten in our prayers. And a safe trip to you and yours.
hurry home
Liz
hehe, I appreciate the enthusiasm, but I need a day of rest for me
I’m planning on getting a couple more lessons posted before I leave for Belize, then don’t worry I’ll be back in action as soon as I get back
Hi, Eric!
I can’t receive Lesson #7.
I see only ‘Loading Video…’
but nothing happens.
HELP!
Pinchas
21/06/08
Maybe try closing all programs on your computer, clear internet history and try again…
Hi! Eric,
I just received your 7th lesson. I am in process of mind builiding to start on-line business.
My inbox is flooded with e-mails telling me how to get rich in 15 minutes to 15weeks.
At the end of every mail there is a product to be purchased for some dollars.
There is none to offer to start business without paying them i.e. without giving them Credit card number or paypal account detail.
This creates doubt in mind.
Your lesson is good to make up mind to start on-line business.
Many thanks Eric.
Regards- Iftekhar Hussain
Hi There,
I completely agree…Isn’t it nice to be talked to rather than talked at with niothing more than just a sales pitch?
You said we have to make our own product, what kind of product we have to make I thinks it’s difficult for us as beginner to make our own product to sell
It’s not as hard as you may think. But I will also be covering ways to have someone else create it for you…
Hi Eric,
This weekend I succeeded to catch up with your lessons because you send them daily and I have enough time each time to stay on the net.I just posted twice (Lesson #1&2) my comments and questions but you never answered me.
Now I hope you’ll read my comments and questions and reply your answer.
What is time when we are sure you see our posts?
Your lessons become more and more interesant.
Are you going to cover step to step all 18 ways to start an online business?
I like both kinds of online business my own product and affiliate programs.
I’ve Writing Cash membership and learned to create my own product but to sell it less. I still didn’t create its sales letter.Also I learned to set up and promote affiliate products (writihg cash,HyperVre…) but I never earned commissions because bids for keyword there are too expensive and I paused my ads.I never got bids of $0.05 for keywords.
I hope you’ll cover some more details for affiliate programs to sell them.
I hope your action steps will be more and little for each lesson from now on.
Respectfully,
Petre Tudor
If you want me to see your reply, then you generally need to post your comment within 48 hours of when I post the lesson. I will not be covering all 18 ways of making money online, Only the ones mentioned in Lesson #7. Thanks
Hello Eric!
Thank you for putting all this in a very organized way. I am like that too-I have to know first things first and have a road map. There is a lot of information on the web, but it is all disjointed. You have put it in its proper perspective. Any body looking to have an online business should pay close attention to your lessons. I am! Thanks a bunch!
Eric,
Perhaps it’s providential (ok…likely it’s a God thing) but your lessons are coming along just as my wife and I, through no fault of our own, just lost our teaching jobs. We didn’t intend our careers to end like this after almost a combined eighty years in both public and Christian schools, but that’s the way it is.
I believe your tips and training will be the mechanism that God uses to at least supplement our social security, and hopefully, even replace our lost teaching salaries.
Thanks for the obviously sensitive spirit and energy you portray as you teach us good stuff.
John
I admire all your years of service, and i’m sure you were a blessing to countless students. I hope my lessons can help you.
Eric,
Thanks for your attempts to teach us how to make money online through info. products. I have always been much interested in this line of business but lack of the technical knowledge has so far hindered my from progress. I for example already have an ebooks website but can’t operate it successfully because I do not know how to effectively bring traffic to it. The company I paid to provide to bring traffic claim to have sent over 70,000 traffic to this website but there is zero evidence to support this claim.
Well, I hope to continue with your lessons to explore the possibility of making a break through in info. business.
Meanwhile, keep it up Eric and greetings.
Michael Ogu
http://www.ebooks4amazingsuccess.com
Hi Eric, I’m a computer programmer/instructor and I’m very much enlightened with your topics about sales and marketing.. I hope that I can learn more from you and I want to personally THANK YOU for sharing your ideas FREELY!
God bless you and your wonderful family!
Hi Erik,
Just one word-”wonderful”!
Thanks,
Gary
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Eric Im needing this kind of help. I a newbee in the Internet Marketing Business. I need to learn how to get traffic and a how to do a blog and Website.
Hi Eric:
My only wish is that I would have known you sooner.I have been trying to get some kind of business going to give me income as my place of employment closed.I only have 2 years to 65 and I know the government isn’t going to be too concerened about that. Well Eric I appreciate you helping people like me to better themselves.
Best of luck to you in the future,
Gus
Hi Gus,
Its so nice to see people in retirement wanting to learn internet marketing…I think it’s wonderful! I say that because most the people I know in that age group(including my mom and day)think they could never learn it and that it’s to hard.Good for you…just hang in there and best of luck!
Thanks so much. I’m already starting to dream of my product. So this is good!
Sounds good to me Eric !
My view on this is that traffic, website building, search enginine optimisation, blogging and now social marketing etc are good models - and now having your own product - is suggested too.
The thing is that I haven’t succeeded yet in any of the other things listed, so succeeding in marketing my own product seems a little out of reach.
We need to learn from proven methods and proven ways of going about things. Reinventing the wheel isn’t on at all.
It’s just that writing articles and bombarding the web with content still seems a bit hit and miss to me. So those other models re: emailing, couses etc sound reasonably possible.
Here’s my website where some discussion about these things is welcome from those who want to take this a bit further.
http://wealthyaffiliatepage.com/
Hello Eric,
That’s great, I am personally very interested on how to get traffic, let’s say without Adwords.
Thanks,
Stef
http://stefgrandi.com
Hi Eric;
I work the second shift,get home about 11:30 and come straight to my computer to check out your next lesson. I listen to them two or three times and keep hoping that another will be on my e-mail when I click back.
By the way I’ll send you the $49 before you leave for your mission trip.Wish you the very best. Thanks Warren
Hi Warren,
I feel your excitement as well. It’s nice opening up a fresh new lesson knowing that we are learning from one of the best.Good luck to you!
Hi Eric,
Excellent materials, I can hardly wait for the next lesson. Is there a way I can save these to disk so I can watch w/o being online? I have both Apple and Windows platforms.
Thanks again for excellent information.
Bob
Thanks Bob, currently I am not offering them for download, but I might when they are all done.
Greetings Eric!
Can I download your lesson videos?
I really appreciate what you are doing here; it’s exactly what I need to get started. I also appreciate the fact that you are a committed Christian.
Eric, I hope that 48 hours isn’t up yet for responses. If so, I’ll post again in lesson 8. I would love to buy your ebooks and help the cause. Since I don’t have an appropriate web site (mine is a business opportunity site) for info products, would you suggest getting a domain name, building a weebly squeeze page and then driving traffic to it?
Good stuff,
I wish i had the know how and finacies to carry it out
Hi There,
Hopefully you can stick around. Eric mentioned you need only about $200 total to get buy with completing this workshop. As far as the know how…Eric will take care of that also with these great easy to follow lessons. Best of luck to you!
Just a line to say that I dont yet know how to use the PLR Eric is offering as fundraisers as I am only a beginner.
Any suggestions?
Hi Eric,
I’m anxiouly waiting to receive and start learning from you what you have to teach about these 2 internet biz. In the meantime is it possible to receive from you recomendation about the GURU whom you think is the best in teaching ebay nitty gritty and from whom you would learn too. Why ebayfor me? It is very much in line with what I do right now ie match the buyers and sellers but do it physically. Thanks for your help. Cheers!
Hi Eric,
THANK YOU for these great lessons, and for your down-to-earth honest approach. Lesson 6 has been my favourite so far (because of the rich content, careful explanations and advice), and I’m really glad you chose an info product because it’s what I prefer too (for the same reasons you stated).
I have a problem! I bought the package you’re promoting for the fundraiser (the musical/self help package), and I STUPIDLY closed the window before claiming it. At the paypal confirmation page I clicked on “go back to Eric Holmlund” but when I got the “third parties can see the information being sent” warning I figured it’d be safer to close it, since I had the lessons page open on another tab. As soon as I closed it I realized my mistake, and I haven’t received anything else in my paypal email inbox (if you need it to confirm my purchase, it’s the same as the one I listed above; just replace the “gdi” with “paypal”… yeah I love yahoo’s disposable addresses, lol)
So can you help me? How can I download the package??
Thanks, and keep up the awesome work!
- Gonzalo
Just post a copy of your receipt in a new ticket at my helpdesk and we’ll give you the download link. http://www.ericsupport.com
I am sorry to be the squeaky wheel, but I have got to tell you, Eric — this training is moving way to slow. It may be hard to gauge what newbies really need when you have been in the game for a while. Perhaps you have taken newbie complaints of info overload and paralysis too literally and gone to the opposite extreme. But I am here to tell you that the amount and pace of info you are providing is too small and too slow for all but the dullest tool in the shed. Shift into higher gear, my friend, so we can feel that we are moving forward and not spinning our wheels.
I know there are probably quite a few people who feel this way, and I appreciate your input. But for now, I’m doing the best I can. I keep a busy schedule, and I have to balance family/work, and other things. This week I’ve been focused on getting ready for our trip to Belize.
New subscribers who join Eric’s Tips in the future will have the benefit of going through the lessons as fast as they want, but since I’m posting them as I make them, there’s not much choice for now.
Even though the rubber hasn’t hit the road yet, I don’t want to skip any of these foundational issues, because lack of this knowledge is a big part of why a lot of newbies fail. However, after about another 10 lessons the action steps will get a lot more time consuming which will make it feel like you’re moving more.
Hey Squeaky Wheel…….what Eric is doing for FREE, may I remind you, is exactly what we newbies need! Please be patient and don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
Ditto….thank you very much! Exactly how I feel!
Hi Eric, sorry but I did not know where else to ask this. I saw your testimonial on Web Traffic Machine and Article Underground. Which would you recomed I start with on a budget?
One more question, Eric…
I assume you’re going to include the process of setting up a payment method on the website we’ll be creating. Roughly when do you plan on talking about this (I mean, if it’s close or far off still in terms of lessons)? Because I’ve been looking on paypal for options on receiving payments that aren’t having someone send a payment directly to your email address and can’t find the way. I want to know how to set it up so they click on, say, a paypal button and to take them to the pay page (or how to accept credit cards too). If you’re already planning on touching those points, then great! I’m really just curious as to when you plan on explaining that aspect of an online business. I imagine it’s a bit later on still, right? How much later on?
Thanks again! Oh and I got the download link I needed from Micah, thanks for the quick response!
- Gonzalo
Eric, you should come teach your lessons at Notre Dame
LOL, glad to see you’ve taken a brief moment away from your studies
Now get back to work!
E
LOL….thats funny!Best of luck at Notre Dame!
Hello and thank you for your efforts in teaching online business. There truly are so many scams about making money online. I appreciate what you are offering to us who want to learn and hopefully earn! My question is about Affiliate Marketing, and I am wondering how in depth you will be going into this topic. I have spent money on a number of books, and I have spent some time learning a bit about AdWords, but feel I need much more in depth information and understanding, because I haven’t made a penny.
Thanks,
Erika
Thanks Eric for your valuable info on how to make money online. I think I would like to add something about starting an online business. For me there are 3 kinds of methods in building an easy online business. You can ask Eric about this, he’s expert on every online business, isn’t that right Eric?
1. Affiliate marketing. Try : http://www.affilantis.com.
2.Drop shipping - selling other people’s products.
3. Buying reprint and resell rights.
And if you are interested in starting your own arts and crafts business online, you can try http://www.easyartscraftstips.com.
Eric, thanks for the great lessons. I am intrested to be a domainer (selling of web sites). I am already into real estate buisness, so am more intreseted to enter into internet real estate.
Please suggest me how can I get info about it.
Hey Eric,
As well as my own products and website. I’m also interested in doing some affiliate sites. I’ve recently been introduced to SmartMoney Websites affiliated with Alex Mandossian, who I greatly admire and am a member of his teleseminar secrets.
My question is …Is anyone familiar with SmartMoneyWebsites and what do they think about it. Could I be doing something else… more or as effective with the same functionality for less, when it comes to affiliate sites or even my own product sites? It sounds really amazing, but I’d like some input before I jump in.
Aloha and Mahalo,
Melina
http://www.SeminarSwagBag.com
Today for the first time I was able to differentiate between “Information Marketing” and “Affiliate Marketing”.
Thankyou Eric
Brett
[…] in lesson 7, we established that the type of online business model I’m going to be teaching is primarily […]
I was hoping you would choose those two business models: Information Marketing & Affiliate Marketing. My favorite online learning subjects.
Enjoy the Day!
hi eric,
first my request for support on
the designing and emailing the newsltter;
i need to have lots on screenshots and videos included on this newsletter.
whats the best way of knowing how to do it.
once i started going through your newsletter, i am hooked. though i always had the presence on ebay, i was hardly selling anything. Now with a lrger perpective, i am getting ready to take a nose dive into this.
Email newsletter i swhat i intend to start with.
Ineed to know how can i get this up and running.
Thanks a ton for your putting these lessons.
Regards
Vijay
A BIG THANK YOU FROM manna4success. I highly appreciate it.
Eric,
Once again, fabulous information. Looking forward to lesson 8.
Eric, Wow,
I’m really enjoying finding some one at last who tells the truth, about how to do things online instead of leaving me hanging:
Thank you very much George
I am already fired up Eric. You have chosen the two areas I had already decided to go into before I started watching the videos. It is refreshing to see someone willing to share his knowledge and help those of us that don’t know where to turn to learn to put the pieces we have together.
Thank you for the ongoing lessons…they are very helpful…God Bless you and yours…
Great! Really easy listening, and easy learning…
Waiting for more!
Thanks Eric
-Nilufer
THANKS, ERIC.
i wil like to be in any kind online buseness
Ready!
I’ll be waiting brother!
Cesar
Eric: I got a very special impression of you at the very inception, seems to be up my street on very many counts. Then you mention rest on the seventh lesson, that’s a good sign you are a compatriot, a fellow sojourner, great. By the way the dates posted on these massages to you tell that all these leassons have already been given. I am at leasson 7 and this is January 12th, since these lessons are simply repeats can I just have them all at once speeding up the process this side. Whatever comes with granting that request please, please, I simply want to move the process quicker. Hope we can get together sometime, internet, telephone or otherwise, much in common, ie we seem to have the greatest values of life in common
the dates on these
I’m working on it. I hope to release the full course in one package within the next few months. You can work ahead by going to the LESSONS category on this site, up to the most recent one I’ve posted (I’m still working on the series).
Thank you for another good lesson. Enjoyed.
Dan and Deanna “Marketing Unscrambled”
Waiting for more info next week.
Hi Eric!
Thank you for lesson #7. Your kid looks cute. I guess you must be very proud.
Do you have or recomend a WP theme which I can use to setup a website portal to promote affiliate programs. Would that be a good approach?
Yes a WP blog is a good approach. You can use any theme that you like… but since it’s for product promotions I would make sure it’s a CLEAN looking theme, not cluttered, with easy-to-read font. I’ll cover WP in more depth later in the lessons.
what a great place! I am glad I found you, thanks for all this valuable information. I like the small bits - this is much more fun than reading hundreds of pages. Is there an archive where I could go back to review previous lessons?
Best regards
Elin
Yes: http://www.ericstips.com/tips/category/lessons/
also be sure to sign up
I see I am months behind most of the commments! I guess the course has finshed now (Feb 2009) but I am still looking forward to your perspectives which fit so well with own experience.
Best regards
Guy
Staying focussed with: http://tinyurl.com/bu39on
Eric,
I’m just starting. No blogs, no website, have not joined any a affiliate program yet, a total newbie if you may. Already bought several blueprints, ebooks and your PBMarketer. Trying to find out which ones will give me the best education to learn online business. So far, yours exceeds the rest. I’m diligently following your no-nonsense lessons and tips and steadily learning from them. You’re doing a noble undertaking! Hope to start my own online business very soon!
Thank You and Have a great day,
Ariel
Eric I’d just like to thank you for being so helpful to all of us in need of this valuable information. Thank you
Thank you for the ongoing lessons…
Hope to start my own online business very soon!
thank you for the lessons they are very much appreciated. I just have a quick question for anyone that might know the answer. has anyone heard of synthasite.com. its a free website with a subdomain name. it seems a little better than the free website i got from the home cash course. is this a good place to get practice for a newbie like me before i go out and start buying domains and web hosting.
again thanks for the lessons.
in general I do not recommend free hosting. As I explain in lesson 23 and 24, it’s important to have your own domain and on your own hosting account. You could practice on free hosting, but I’d rather practice on your own domain… because then you’ll “own” it.
I already have a site, my question is with the C-panel information. Should I share this info with someone working with me, or just the Administration site? Love your advise, can’t wait to hear from you and thanks so much for what you share
It just depends on whether you trust them. It’s good to have someone you can trust who has access to your site. If someone is working on my site, I generally give them access to it.
Erick, I have been following your lessons for sometime now and I must be sincere with you, that I never thought someone can give this much without asking for a dime. You are a God sent to help people succeed online. Am proud to join your community.
OK ERIC!
READY;…SET;…..GO!
Thanks for number seven!
I’m with you! Oh, now i see, i will be competing with myself!!!! COOL!!
Thank you for this course. I noticed you tithe, and you suggested resting. Do you rest one day a week?
I generally take Sundays off
Eric,
I love your training, and take it very serious. I am sick of running all over the place because I really don`t know what I`m doing. But I have to tell you that your music at the beginning and end of your tips just crack me up!! lol Keep up the good work! (Don`t go and change the music). Thanks Eric just for being you!
Patty
Hi! Eric,
This is Kelvin. I just subscribed to this course and have gone through few lessons up till now. I found out that your lessons are really down to earth and easy to understand.
Thanks.
Hello,Eric My name is Steven King,I’m no computer wizard nor do I have a background in sales and marketing. Infact I’m just now getting very serious about owening my own onlie bussiness. Thank You for your help and guidance on this journey .
I would like to see a link that would show all the past video tips on your blog in one place.
Here: http://www.ericstips.com/tips/category/lessons/
So far I’m still here and waiting the next lesson. My spelling is not the greatest will that be a problem?
I don’t think that will be a problem. There’s always spell check
If you have a friend who is better at spelling and grammar than you are, it is a good idea to have that person read your manuscripts before you go live with them. The spell checker is good for catching many typos; however, it will not identify when the wrong word is used — such as from instead of form. I had a typing teacher many years ago say “never proofread your own stuff.” Since your eyes work with your brain, you tend to see what should be there instead of what really is. Another person will not have the preconceived idea of what you meant to say.
Hi Eric,
Just finished lesson #7. I am not too sure about this information marketing; however, I am willing to give it is shot since the profit margin is so high. I will continue working my e-commerce stores and, hopefully, I can find gems in the lessons that will be of great assistance in these areas.
I already created a autoresponse email on AWeber, but I have no confidence in it. I am looking forward to the individual steps. I feel like I jumped into the middle of things on AWeber and am totally confused. I am sure future lessons will straighten things out.
Speaking of investing, when starting out and in debt up to one’s earlobes (mostly mortgage), is 10% of sales a good jump-off place to begin investments — as in a separate savings account until it accumulates enough for a CD. At almost 60, I do not see much advantage in an IRA.
I got it first try
Hi Eric,
Is it safe to say that you’re a fellow Christian like I am? You have alluded on a number of occasions to God and things in a biblical context and I think that’s awesome! Just wanted to say that I’ve been enjoying the tips and I’m looking forward to learning from you. Keep the faith!
-Sung Kim
Redding, CA
Yes I am
thanks!
Hi Eric: For some reason I did not receive lesson #6. Could you please send this lesson if possible. Also you create a relaxed atmosphere for learning through this website - keep up the good work.
Thanks
That is the model blueprint I had in mind for some time, Though I am super happy to have you as my teacher mentor because you call it how it really is.Thanks eric
i posted on your lessons one and five still going thru all the lessons still waiting to see reply. since you have probly finished writing this course do you still go back and read old post from newbies i’ve never seen this question asked before. i’m sure every newbie has there doubts i do know sending a help ticket works real well thats how i finally got my ebooks now if i could only remember were i put them.oh well i’ll find them.i do so look forward to your lessons and if i don’t recieve any answer from lesson one or five i’ll just post it again.
Yes I still do go through them and reply, it just takes me a while to get to them sometimes
when you come out with this course on hadware will we have to epurchase them or are they included with this?
When I release it as a home study course it will include more than this lessons and it will cost money.
Hi Eric, I am very excited about working on my own product. That is what I really want to do! I’m a writer by nature and was an English major in college always reading books and writing papers! Can’t wait to get started.
thanks for more good information for us newbies.
dyuane
Hi Eric,
Yes, I would like to create my own information product. I am just not sure what topic to start. It seems a lot of topics are covered already. What would make mine unique? Is the question. I know of topics that are not written about , that I see however is there a market I guess I will have to ask google?
Hello Richard,
Here is the lesson where Eric teaches how to choose a niche:
http://www.ericstips.com/tips/lesson19/
yes i love you, good work keep it up and God bless you.
I gonna like this. Thank you.
Thank you very much for these videos Eric. I have just watched 1 through 7 and cannot wait for the next one. At the moment I am creating an e-book on diet & weight-loss. Until next time. Olivier
http://www.thedietchronicle.co.uk
Thanks again Eric ,
As Always,
Jason
Alright! We’re going to build our own product! And do affiliate marketing! Cool!
Hi Eric,
No comment today. I am resting.
Regards
Butch
Hi Eric Prince here. Great lesson. I have a question. If you are new to online marketing, don’t you think it makes sense to first start as an affiliate before creating your own product? I always thought it costs money to create your own information products and the and time effort it takes to create the contents. Please I like to hear your feedback.
Thanks for being a good teacher.
Hello Prince,
Starting as an affiliate works out great for many new marketers. Eric found a lot of early success in affiliate marketing. We recommend that you check out his free course at:
http://www.writingcash.com/
thank you,Eric
the lessons are very useful.I can’t wait for the next lesson.
Regards
buren
Hi, Eric
this was very useful. Thanks again!
Hey Eric,
Can’t wait for the next lesson.
After trying my hand at an online income for sometime now. This is what it seems to me, Product,Website,Great sales page/squeeze page,Traffic,traffic,traffic. Oh and the almighty list. Thats all i hear about is “the money is in the list”.
Everything up to having “The List” has been acheivable for me. Hope you cover how to start a list.
Thanks,
Yes I will be covering list building in depth
Eric
Thanks for all the great lessons and advice so far. I live in Spain and have extra time when the children are at school, therefore if at all possible I would love to be able to get your lessons more frequently, as I am all fired up and cannot wait to really get started.
Thanks again for the great advice and lessons.
Hi Eric,
thanks for useful information;there are a lot of things to learn, because I’ve been only tinking about writing itself.Besides,some time ago I’ve send “Jackpot” to your contest
Hi Eric noticed that the dates are 2008 haven’t seen any 2009 dates. I also would like to advance a little faster doing 4 videos a day instead of one is that possible now it is November 2009. By the way am really enjoying your videos great job. Really am anxious to start earning some money on the internet.
looks like you have to go to the bottom of the list to see 2099.
As I read through the posts, I came across a link to your reasons for going “Free.” You wrote of CEO’s and high level execs and the idea of chasing money. It reminded me of a recent 60 minutes story on that shows founder Don Hewitt. He lived and breathed for journalism and his legacy, 60 minutes. He did not not compromise or sacrifice the ideal for the dollar. We need more people like him in our society, especially running our financial economy. My hat is off to you for wanting to leave behind a legacy. It is inspiring.
Hi Eric,
Fantastic product/lessons. I have tinkered - in a hard work kind of way for years. I know there is a way to that I can help others online with what I have learned in my professional field. The clarity you are providing through these lessons is well-invested time. Thanks so much.
I am really looking forward to learn about on how to make a own produkt! I am also very interested on how to build an e-mail list.
Thanks Eric,
Arne
I’ll be covering both of those topics
Great… I am looking forward to
dear Eric I am so glad I bought the trading package just to get this lesson are so so so great loved to learn and you are a great teacher I wish I could get 3 lessons a day thanks you so much ……and hopefully I’ll be able to sell the product of trading i bought from you also soon.
there are so many down loads And I am lost how to start but I am so ready to start my own business and I being a self employed all my life so that’s a given again and love to learn more how to invest soon I start to create money on line thank you Barbara
Great stuff. I can’t wait to hear from you on getting traffic to my website. I know some things about building a site and some things about traffic but I can always use more knowledge
I have been studying about these two tools for sometime now but just cannot make it work.Their seems to always be a missing link.I am here to learn and am ready for your help.Please help!
Great info so far.
Pierre
Thank you for the concise and educating lectures. I find myself improving with each lesson. Keep it up!
Hello sir,
Due to some reasons i did not receive your 6 lesson so plz can u provide 6 lesson
Thanks
http://www.ericstips.com/tips/lesson6/
I ordered your monthly membership pack this week.in hopes of learning the correct way to set this up.excellent package.
But i have been unable to get the 8 instructiob\n videos to play. i updated adobe and still can not get them to play.
Any suggestion or ideas on how to proceed.
Best Regards
Yancey Billingslea
Thanks for your business. Please try the solutions listed here:
http://www.ericstips.com/trouble-viewing-flash-videos/
Great Eric
I like that kind of bus and that is what I have been working on thanks so much for doing this.
I am looking forward to the next lesson thank you
Juergen