Real Ways To Make Money Online From A Teen

As you know if you’ve read my last few posts, I’ve taken a great liking to affiliate marketing. Therefore, I’ve had to set up tons of new landing pages all the time, testing them all, finding differnet ones…

Some of the times it’s a nightmare to find what works!

Now, by pure coincidence it just so happens that shortly after I run into this problem, Affiliate Theme comes out, which is.. ta-da… the solution to my problem!

It allows me to create a landing page using wordpress (which I was already using) and customize it in almost every way possible including color, layout, header and other really cool stuff.

So far it’s reduced the time I’ve had to look around for themes and increased my sales. Plus, my pages just look so damn snazzy.

Check out the video below for a quick walkthrough of what it does.

Affiliate Theme from Unique Blog Designs on Vimeo.

I could go on even more, but instead go ahead and check out the official video they put together. Very cool stuff. I highly suggest taking  a serious look at it.

See ya later, alligators!

All The Cool Kids Are Bookmarking It! Youre Cool Too, Right?

Hide Sites

This post is a followup on my last one about my two epiphanies. This is the result of them so far…

I just posted this in the Warrior Forum as well, so I’ve copied and pasted it.

—

I just wanted to share a little story with you to show just how quick you can go from nothing to making good money.

Around mid February I started learning about a traffic source called contextual advertising, or more commonly known now a days as Pay Per View. (PPV.)

I was bored with what I was doing (mostly SEO and organic traffic that needed lots of work… articles, yahoo answers, etc.) and wanted to try my hand at paid advertising.

Adwords never got along with me well, and I never had too much success with PPC besides a few choice networks that I saw success on. (Adbrite being one of them. I’m not using them as much anymore though.)

Anyway, I knew the power of paid advertising, and the power of PPV after learning about it, so I simply told myself “Self, I am going to make this work. I will make $10,000 a month by Decemeber 31st, 2009, and I will spend as much as I need to to make it work.”

So that’s what I did.

Here’s a little info on PPV for those who don’t know…

You target anything you want… websites or keywords. So if you had a site on knitting you could go to the top knitting sites and bid on them, so that your landing page would come up when the target goes to that site.

Your page is seen by anyone who has the contextual networks software installed. Normally it is installed by people who want to play games or do something else, and it is all compeltely volunary.

The bidding for everything starts at just .01c, so it is very affordable.

So anyway, I applied and got into TrafficVance, which is a PPV network I had heard great things about. (After being a member of more now, I tend to agree. Trafficvance is awesome.)

Looking at my stats it looked like the very first day I did anything was Feb 4th. So that’s about a month and a half ago.

I setup a campaigns around CPA offers, made some landing pages, and LOST a bunch of money… and I was very happy.

I knew I was going to lose money. It’s just part of the game. It was all fine because I was TRACKING everything. For those who are still having trouble with that, look into Tracking202. It will solve your problems.

Anyway, I was seeing losses almost every day, with a few days MAYBE coming out by a few dollars. Those days were amazing. My testing was working.

So, here we are, about 45 or so days later, and so far today I have made over $200. (Keep in mind this is all net.) Yesterday I made $300.

I’m using almost all the money I make, if not all of it, to reinvest into more traffic.

PPV is an amazing traffic source, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is looking to start paid advertising. You start at just .01c for an impression, which is nothing.

If you want to use the same network I did (Trafficvance, which I highly recommend. They are flexible, have the best customer base that I’ve seen and heard of, and are very fast at approving campaigns 24/7.) I suggest you get in contact with my manager Jonathan. (jonathan@trafficvance.com)

He’s a cool guy and will probably give you an easier time of getting in to the network.

So here’s a quick recap of how I went from $0 to a $300 day and around $200+ a day using just PPV.

1) Got into TrafficVance.
2) Got Tracking202 all figured out and setup. (Free, by the way. :))
*As a sidenote, I actually use Prosper202, which is the same as Tracking202 but you host it on your own server.
3) Grabbed a bunch of top converting CPA offers and sent traffic to them. (Make a landing page if necessary. Normally a review site or something of the sort.)
4) Lost money, figured out what converted, and took out bad keywords/targets
5) After finding out what was converting, it was just a matter of letting it run and moving on.
6) Rinse and repeat.

Easy! You just have to be able to take seeing your money go away while testing.

Anyway, I hope this inspires and motivates some people. Remember, before this I had practically 0 paid advertising experience, and had never even heard of PPV.

All The Cool Kids Are Bookmarking It! Youre Cool Too, Right?

Hide Sites

Hey guys,

So the past 45 days have been HUGE for me. I’ve had a few epiphanies. You know, those things you have when you finally realize something that has been missing, but never quite know what it is?

Well, I had mine this past month, and have been working like crazy because of it, which has left me little time to update my blog and do random IM related things…

BUT what were my revelations?

First - let me say that just like most of you I would like to make more money as well. I am also constantly trying to figure out ways to make more…

So, what finally “hit” me?

One - Paying for traffic is the easiest way to make huge money… you will just have to lose money first to learn it.

And I have been following this strictly. I have shelled out a few thousands dollars the past 45 days in advertising with PPC and PPV and will move to banner advertising as well in the future. Have I generated money? Oh yeah! Have I actually MADE net? No. I am still under….

So why am I so happy? BECAUSE THE AMOUNT I’VE LEARNED BY ACTUALLY PUTTING MY MONEY OUT THERE ON THE LINE AND BEING IN THE FIELD IS SO MUCH GREATER THAN ANY BOOK OR PERSON COULD HAVE JUST TOLD ME!

You have to be able to put your money out there and risk it. It’s really how you learn. Think of it as an investment. Even if you don’t make anything, you now know that doesn’t work so you can move on to another thing.

I’m almost over that hump right now. I have several campaigns that are profitable, others that are breaking even. I’m just getting it all managed. My current goal is $10k/month with this by December of this year.

So what was the second revelation? I’m kind of embarrassed about it.

You know how every marketer ever has said “track and test! Track everything or else you will be losing money lol!” Well, I never did it. Why? Was I lazy? Was I just a rebel of society? No. I just honestly didn’t know how. Sure, I heard outlines of it but I never really got it, so I never did it.

But, the past month I really finally understood it, and with it I finally understood why everyone says to do it!

Without it all my paid campaigns would still be in the mud. It is the only way to make a profit. Start broad in advertising, get tracking up and then kick out the ones that don’t convert! Boom! Easy! Then you’re just left with the ones that convert like crazy so you HAVE to make money!

So, what am I using and how did I learn all about it?

One program, one website. If you are serious about IM, I suggest you visit it NOW. (AND IT’S FREE!!!!! Multiple exclation points for added emphasis.)

Tracking202.com

That’s not even an affiliate link. In fact I don’t think they have an affiliate program.

But go there, look around, learn it and use it! It’s honestly the best and most effective program I’ve used… and it’s totally free! They are crazy!

Their support is also top notch. I had a few problems (some because I was trying to just understand it) and the support was friendly and fast. They use a forum for all their support, so you get in touch with everyone who uses the software.

So yeah, that’s it. Pay for advertising, and track. Those were my revelations really. Were you expecting something more exciting? Well, I think this is very exciting, as it’s changed my entire business.

Where before I was writing articles or paying someone to do it for me and submitting everywhere, now I look around for a campaign, pop it up, track it and lose money. After I lose money I see if it converted. If it did, I take out the nonconverting keywords and optionally create a custom landing page. Then I run it again and repeat until profit.

Cha-ching!

Good hunting!

Oh, one more thing, now a days I like to stay away from digital products. I do still promote them, but I vastly prefer CPA offers and physical offers. I’m going to update my membership site, Private Income Underground, with the exact techniques I’m using for this, so if you want to learn it you can join up here…

That’s actually the link for the One Time Offer, which you SHOULDN’T be allowed access to, but for making it this far down the post I figure you must be pretty cool and serious so why not?

All The Cool Kids Are Bookmarking It! Youre Cool Too, Right?

Hide Sites

The Trap that most newbies fall for. I did, and you probably did, too. I made a post about this before, but this version is much better.

All The Cool Kids Are Bookmarking It! Youre Cool Too, Right?

Hide Sites

A few days late, but still relevant.

Have you created your goals for 2009 yet? If you don’t treat making money online like a business and seriously, you can’t expect to get far.

Grab a peice of paper and write down what you want to achieve. Make $2,000 a month by the end of the year if you’re just starting? Or better yet, go for very difficult goals to push yourself farther… how about make $10,000 a month by the end of the year?

Just make sure you write down what you want to achieve! A new site? A better relationship? More free time? Hire an employee?

Now make this year your best ever!

All The Cool Kids Are Bookmarking It! Youre Cool Too, Right?

Hide Sites

There’s a trap that almost all beginners fall for when it comes to making money online. I fell for it, and almost assuredly you fell for it as well.

When you first become interested in making money online, was it because you heard that it was hard, or because you heard that you can make $10k+ a month in your spare time with almost no work?

While the latter will not come true right away (happens in some rare cases, though), I’m willing to bet you got interested because you heard something along the lines of the second statement.

So, that’s how your mind begins to think. You think that making money online is supposed to be incredibly easy. So, when you start to unpackage and try out this method you learned about that guarantees this success, and see you aren’t making anything, you figure something must be wrong and move onto something else.

And the trap is set.

You now have the thought that making money online is this incredibly simple, easy to learn and do process that you should be able to set in motion and reap the rewards from for years. (While this can be done and is done, it is NOT what you do when you are a beginner.)

So, you will move on to program after program, trying to get to that easy solution, because that’s the image that has been planted in your brain, and we do NOT want to think that it is actually a business, or it requires effort.

If you are still stuck in the trap, I have news for you.

Making money online is a BUSINESS. You will WORK. You will spend TIME. But in the end you will REACH THE DREAM!

It’s just not as simple and easy as they make it sound.

However, if you are like me, you will think aspects of it are FUN!

The key is to find one of those programs that says it will bring you success… and actually do it. If you aren’t seeing success yet, chances are you’ve never actually done anything from complete start to complete finish.

You may have bought a lot of ebooks. Did you follow any of them completely? If you did, there’s a good chance you should be seeing some profit now.

Finish what you start, and don’t get caught in the trap.

Now go make money!

All The Cool Kids Are Bookmarking It! Youre Cool Too, Right?

Hide Sites

I’ve been working nonstop the past few weeks on a few things… and here they are.

1) In case you haven’t heard, many people have reported that Clickbank has been having tracking issues and sales have been down. Now, as a warning, this should NOT DISCOURAGE you to keep using them if that is all you have access to. They are still great, but I’d look into using PayDotCom and other programs as well if you rely on affiliate programs.

That being said, I’ve completely taken off my reliance on them. I now use 1ShoppingCart and my own merchant account so I can accept credit cards directly. I do NOT recommend this approach at first. I only recommend this if you know you are going to be pulling in many sales from your own products.

2) I’ve also been secretly working on a brand new membership site that is perfect for anyone trying to make money online. It has interviews with people making money, money making methods, videos and more. I suggest you check it out here right now.

3) I’ve ALSO bought the rights to an absolutely AMAZING product that I myself bought and used. I contacted them personally for the rights to the product so I can pass it along to my subscribers for much cheaper than you’ll find anywhere else. Now, I need to recoup my costs for buying it and I do plan on making some money off of it (I bought it because I knew people wouldn’t be able to resist it because it’s so good) but you will find it from me cheaper than you will find anywhere else.

The product is called Residual Income Formula, and I invite you to check it out here… just read the headline and tell me if it isn’t awesome.

Now go out and make money!

All The Cool Kids Are Bookmarking It! Youre Cool Too, Right?

Hide Sites

So I got a brand spankin’ new layout and did a compelte overhaul to the site.

If you’re new here, you will probably never see the old one.

However, for my older readers, check out this new look.

http://www.supersuccessfulsecrets.com/secret.htm

and

http://www.supersuccessfulsecrets.com

I link both to you as a model…

These pages are very “clean,” and look great. This is what you want to model your pages after!

The squeeze page (where I capture name’s and emails) is actually a “reverse squeeze page,” or a squeeze page that gives information FIRST, and THEN asks people to sign up. It’s great to show that you know what you’re talking about and customers don’t have to sign up and hope they didn’t just get screwed over… plus it builds credibility!

If you have a site or are building one, feel free to look at those and “borrow” the layout ideas.

They work wonders!

All The Cool Kids Are Bookmarking It! Youre Cool Too, Right?

Hide Sites

So October 3rd was my birthday, and I’m 19 now.

It feels very weird. I don’t feel any different.. however, I no longer can use the whole “make money like an 18 year old!” thing… I suppose 19 is good too, but it doesn’t sound as amazing.

Reflecting, I feel very fortunate to be so young and to have already found out what I like to do out of life. I am really just a marketer, and I use the Internet as my means of marketing.

I sort of feel like I’m going through a mid-life crisis already though. I feel like I need to make more money than I already am, and I feel like I have to manage everything. I don’t know why, but at times it’s overwhelming even when I know I’ve really got it more or less under control and made.

Either way, here’s to my very last teen year… god I feel old.

All The Cool Kids Are Bookmarking It! Youre Cool Too, Right?

Hide Sites

Yup, I’ve just updated one of my pages, and it now more or less spills all the beans on great ways to really make thousands online. If you are a beginner… you’ve just hit the jackpot… and it’s all FREE information!

Read everything here!

Enjoy!

All The Cool Kids Are Bookmarking It! Youre Cool Too, Right?

Hide Sites