I know that feeling.

I began online in Feb 2008.

I didn’t make anything for almost 6 months. However as soon as I mastered one thing in particular — from August 2008 I began having regular $250/days.

And that one element that I worked hard to master…

…was CONVERSION.

When someone comes to your website – you will want them to do one of two things.

• 1. Sign Up To Your List
• 2. Purchase Your Product

One of the most common problems I hear all the time is from individuals all bent out of shape over traffic ‘…I need more traffic, I need more traffic…’

Well — there is a bigger deal going on that you need to address before this.

And that is CONVERSION.

You may well already be getting enough traffic to your site that could make you a good income…

…but if this traffic leaves with doing nothing, then traffic is not your problem.

Your problem is CONVERSION.

You need to spend some time before generating traffic — testing how your site converts.

Some Conversion Tips.

• 1. K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Stupid. Don’t over complicate your site. Make it obvious at your site what your visitor should do.
• 2. Have ONE option at your site. Do not offer a product for sale by ‘clicking here’ and then a free newsletter by ‘clicking there’. ONE option. ALWAYS.
• 3 Hold you visitor by the hand. Treat them like a 4th Grader. Don’t expect them to know what to do. If someone needs to fill in an opt in form to get a copy of your eBook, say ‘fill in this opt in form to get a copy of my eBook’.

K.I.S.S. Keep. It. Simple. Stupid.

What is your users experience like at your website?

Test your website! How? Get a second opinion.

You are probably far too close to your site to give it an unbiased appraisal. So ask someone else.

Or better still — post your site on the forum here and ask for feedback.

There are hundreds of different ways to get traffic to your site. What may work for one may not work for another. I am going to share with you what I have used to gather hundreds of subscribers in just a few short weeks.

Ready?Once you know your niche – it is time to familiarize yourself with forums in your niche subject.

Just Google ‘forums’ and the topic of your niche – and you will find all the forums you could possibly want on your subject.

Then start to get involved in the forums. Read posts. Ask questions. See who posts good content.

Start contributing!

If you don’t know what to say – just post a thread introducing yourself! You will get a lot of response from other members welcoming you. I clearly remember how nervous I was when I started using forums – even to say hello! But online forums are very welcoming – particularly to new members.

Very quickly you will discover you are amongst a safe and supported network of like-minded individuals.

You should aim to become actively involved with forums for two reasons.

• ONE: To learn as much as you can.
• TWO: to cultivate relationships with other forum members.

Look at other member’s websites.

APPROACH other members direct. I do this OFTEN. See a website you like? Email them and TELL them! Very quickly you will build relationships with others in the same niche as you. There is a good reason for this which I will come onto…

I spend just a few short weeks building relationships with as many people as I can in my niche, commenting on their site, asking questions, finding out how they started etc. HARDLY ANYBODY DOES THIS!!!

And it is by far the simplest way to increase a network of contacts/friends online. Who wouldn’t like an email from somebody complimenting their site?

And Now The Best Bit!

Once you have spent a few weeks getting comfortable with various forums in your niche, the real fun part begins.

This next bit will take a bit more work – but the results are well worth it.

A GREAT way to build your list – is to offer something of value for free. The simplest way to do this is to write a short report.

Now – PLEASE – do not panic if you have never written something before. Remember this is a business based on relationships. By now you will have a few relationships that you have cultivated in your niche. Using the knowledge that you already have in your niche (lets use out mortgage tips example from earlier) you simply put together a few short pages of USEFUL information.

In this case – you could easily write a short report called (lets say) 4 Mortgage Tips for Beginners.

Inside your report put a number of links to your website.

You also need to mention that people are free to do whatever they want with the report – pass it on – give it away – even sell it if they wish.

What do you do next?

You GIVE this report to those people you have already built a relationship with. Simply email them direct and tell them they can use it/read it/have it etc. I have done this many times, and most people are only too happy to get something of quality that they can use – for free.

Many of your contacts will already have a website – and if you have already built a relationship with them – most will be delighted for some good quality content for free. If they have a list, allow them to send your report to their subscribers.Post a thread on the various forums – telling of your FREE report.Long story short – GIVE AWAY your report for FREE. This will cost you ZERO money – just a bit of time and effort (3 weeks max).Before you know it – your report will be out there.On the front page of your report you will have something like ‘For more free information and more tips and tricks, sign up for free to www.yourwebsite.com‘.I used EXACTLY this method recently, and had 112 people join my list in just over a week, and it cost me NOTHING (except the time and effort I went to creating the report).So, to recap:

• Join the various forums (and ezines) related to your niche.
• Spend a few days learning how they work.
• Start contributing. Don’t be scared. Ask questions. Email members. Get involved.
• Start building relationships/friends in the various forums.
• Create a very simple, short, free report on the same subject as your niche.
• Post a thread telling of your free report.
• Email the new contacts you have made about your report.
• Watch as you begin to get subscribers to your site.

This is very, very difficult.

Most newcomers believe all they have to do is get a product online – and people will buy.

Wrong.

A lot of newcomers believe that just HAVING a prodcut on a site is enough.

It isn’t.   10 years ago maybe — but not now.

Question:  Do you know how the MAJORITY of people make money online?

Answer:  The sell direct to their own list.

Read that again!!  And think about it.

They sell to people who are ALREADY on their database.

And how do they have their own database?  These marketers work hard to capture our details when we visit their website in the first place.

The Money Is In The List.

These savvy marketers spend time and energy building their list, and then EVERY TIME they have a product, thay bank out an email to the list.  And because they have spent time cultivating and building a relationship with their list… sales ALWAYS follow.

This method has been proven time and time again as so much easier – than trying to sell “cold” to a first time visitor to your site.

The money really is in the list.

97% of people wanting to make money online – fail.

97%!

Why is that so high?

I’ll tell you.

Because – in all honesty – 97% of people online don’t really understand what they are doing?

And if you’ve been in that situation — that’s ok.  Don’t berate yourself – just admit it — today’s a new day – now lets move on and do something about it.

What I am going to teach you at this blog – is not some radical, new underground super doper mystical technique.

In fact the opposite.

What I am going to teach you — is a battle hardened, money making method that marketers have been using for years — both on the offline.

One of the reasons I have done well in a relatively short amout of time — is because I gocus on the fundamentals.  I creae systems that work and I repeat them.

This eliminates many of the bumps and hazards that many make in this business.

I am going to teach you a system — then when UNDERSTOOD –and IMPLEMENTED — works.

There is a road map to make money online.

Success leaves clues.

I can attribute my success online to three little words:

BUILDING A LIST

What does this mean?

Let me tell you – and when you understand this – this will make the difference between failure and success online.

97% of people online will try adn SELL straight away.

WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG!

Any successful web business works in fundamentally the same way — and that is creating a website that is of a certain topic.

Then you GIVE SOMETHING AWAY FOR FREE — to BUILD A LIST.

This is the step that 97% of people MISS OUT!  They are too busy trying to make a sale immediately.

Once yu begin to have a list. — you finally market related products to your list.

Now of course – there is a little bit more to it than just this (like generating traffic to your free offer) – but if you understand the above – you understand more than most online.

I hope I am conveying exactly how powerful this is.

I teach this technique all the time – yet I still see many try and sell straight away.

If you understand the power of BUILDING A LIST first – and then nurturing a relationship with your life BEFORE you try to sell (ie treating people as PEOPLE – NOT cyber credit cards) – then you will do well online.

The best part is I won’t even ask you to spend a dime.  Go ahead scroll down to the bottom of this page you will see I am not asking you for any money so put your credit card away.

What you are abour to learn is very powerful and you will get it for free.

One thing I learned as a Internet Marketer is to provide something valuable by helping others get what they want and not asking for anything in return.  The free report will be the start of something within you that has been waiting to happen.