The truth about making money online is very simple: at the beginning, follow blueprints that works, like in a recipe for an apple pie. As an example, if you will use e-mail marketing, the steps will be like this:

1. Create a website with an opt-in form to collect subscribers;

2. Offer an incentive - like a free e-book or report in exchange for the name and mail address;

3. Use an autoresponder to schedule messages to your data base;

4. Inform your data base regularly about your business, market news and build a relation with its members;

You see, people will not come and buy directly from a website without checking who is behind it or without having previous communication from you. The statistics say that a regular visitor will buy from a website after 7th visit. So, it takes time and dedication.

If you use article marketing for promotion of your websites or affiliate offers, the core idea is to gain top search engine placements with your articles. The interested readers will search, find your articles, read them, find in the resource box your website's details and will enter to visit it if interested. The resource box is the small part following every article published where you present yourself as the writer or add details about the online business. This resource box has to include a call to action like "visit our website" or " download our free report".

Social media, the new internet madness is also seen like a very good way to earn internet incomes. Yes, this is true. But, for succeeding in this you have to create information channels like niche accounts, pages and groups which will attract members through the quality of the content. If you will post only sales presentations, not only that you will not gain new members but you will be in danger of being kicked out. Force yourself not to spam and communicate in a friendly, informative way. People which are your prospects have to understand that you can help them with information and advices and if they will be sure of this will buy from you sooner or later.

You have to think of how do you prefer to buy from the internet. From somebody you already know and trust or from somebody you just met? Anyway, don't expect to make money online in 1-2 days after you start this. It can take 3 - 6 months or even a year until you start to achieve results. You will need consistency, patience, focus, discipline and the desire to succeed.

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