Mark Hendricks

Hi –

Mark Hendricks here.

Someone wrote me this morning with this question, and I thought you may want to see everything I told him too.

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He wrote:

mark, i have been upon your mail list for some time andhave enjoyed your emails,and have learnt from some of thethings you have come up with; to this end i ask if you canhelp me out ; i am severely internet challenged althoughi love to learn even if some of my lessons have been a bitpainful, any way to the point; i have a website that i needto promote but find that all the gurus out there are full ofsh-t if you know what i mean? i need some strategy that i canslowly and methodically instigate to bring an income throughmy site through methods that you could possibly illustrate;should i become an affiliate and work for somebody else tobenefit or where do i go?, what are the best programs out there?like commission spyder; contact list builders club etc are youa member of any of these things? sorry to take up your valuabletime but i would appreciate your honest reply……….so iwould value your ideas so long as you dont recommend a programjust so i can be your down line if you know what i mean — thanksagain…kindest regards
[His Name]

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I wrote to him:

Hi [His Name],

Building a business, internet or otherwise, always comesdown to this….

- Finding people who want to buy something

- Finding or creating that product they want to buy

- Let them know that you can provide it to them or act as a distributor (affiliate) for that item

So, you’re job is to focus on 1, 2, and 3… with option 2 being:

Find the product, rather than creating it (first)

This is what affiliate marketing is all about, and it’s thequickest and easiest way for you to begin.

You don’t haveto create the product, you don’t have to create a salesletterthat sells, you don’t have to deliver product, you don’t haveto deal with refunds, etc — it’s the best way to learnto build your own internet business off the efforts of others.

Some tools you will need (most are free):

Find out what people are searching for:

http://www.hunteridge.com/download/overtool.exe

Find top-selling products in hot markets:

http://www.cbaccountmanager.com

Get a ClickBank account setup for yourself:

http://www.hunteridge.com/clickbank.htm

These tools get you started on the right track in betterunderstanding what people want to buy, which should beyour starting point (not what you want to sell).

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Now, you will need to get a website going and put some pagesup on it (do not go with free on this stuff, your businessis depending on reliable tools and services):

Recommended Hosting:

http://www.hunteridge.com/hosting.htm

Recommended Webpage Editor (free 15-day trial):
http://www.market-soft.com/123ww/trial.html

I personally use both of these.

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Get targeted traffic coming to your site using PayPerClickads (these are not free):

http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/

http://adwords.google.com

http://www.overture.com

http://www.kanoodle.com

http://www.searchfeed.com

Here’s some resources that get you up to speed on usingthese PPC services (these are not free):

http://www.hunteridge.com/perry.htm

http://www.hunteridge.com/gaw123.htm

http://www.hunteridge.com/amt.htm

All of the above are good resources, they will save you a lotof time and money trying to figure this stuff out.

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Learn how to get free targeted traffic to your pages on thekeywords of your marketplace (this is free):

http://www.hunteridge.com/download/7DaysToMassiveTraffic.pdf

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Build your list as traffic comes to your site by offering afree report on the topic the visitors are interested in. Ifyou’re not much of a writer, go find articles on the topicand compile them into one file, giving credit to the authoras stipulated in the article resource box.

You will want to use a pro-line email system to manage yourlist and to followup with your prospects and customers, Ihelped design and use this one (it does cost money):

http://www.market-soft.com/bypass

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Learn how to A/B Split Test for best results on everything youdo (this is a free one):

http://www.hunteridge.com/download/sima.zip

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Once you get the hang of it and start producing income, lookfor another market niche and do it all over again, and again,and again to build multliple streams of income from every hotmarket niche you can find.

One closing thought, in learning all of this stuff, you canprobably figure it all out for yourself if you have more timethan money.

If you are short of time, and have some money, then the cheapestand quickest way to learn is to buy some resources and toolsthat have proven to work.

If you have more time than money, look for free stuff.

If you have more money than time, buy someone else’s knowledgeand put it to work for you quickly.

Hope this helps you too,

Mark Hendricks

PS – some people have found this apprenticeship program valuable,maybe it’s right for you, maybe not: http://www.internet-success-system.com/