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AGAINST
ALL ODDS
Secrets of starting at 15,
achieving million dollars sales and
financial freedom before 21

DESMOND ONG
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Thanks to my parents who raised


me to overcome any obstacles in
life, thanks to my grandparents who
raised me to believe in myself and
thanks to my team at ChromaBit,
for making this happen.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 10

Chapter 1: Now Im Here 15

Chapter 2:
iHustle 32

Chapter 3: Contacts Create Cash 54


List Building

Chapter 4: All Roads Lead To You 65


Creating A Backend Funnel

Chapter 5: Line Em Up-Buying Traffic 76

Chapter 6: Unleash The Machine 84


Automation

Chapter 7: The X-Factor You 90


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Chapter 8: The Neverending 99


Success Story

Chapter 9: Action Plan 104


#Whats Your Goal 107
#Pick A Niche Market 108
#Build Your Opt-in Page 109
#Driving Traffic 112
#Thats It! 114

Website Directories 116


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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION 11

Before We Begin..
My name is Desmond Ong, and right before I decided
to write this book, to tell you my story and tell you
exactly how I found my success, I was thinking if this
would work

Would you read my story?

Would you apply my methods?

I wasnt sure.

But I said, Screw it! and wrote it anyway.

See, life is all about taking actions.

Those who succeed took actions. Those who dont take


actions get left behind. Easy as that.

Remember that pretty girl or guy that you wished to


be with, but you were maybe a second too late because
another person ask him or her out first?

Same here.
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The faster you take action, the faster youll see


SUCCESS.

When you read my story Read it as a fiction. Dont take


it too emotionally. Its my life, and yes its controversial.
And yes, its different.

When you read my method on making money online,


I want you to write down notes.

If you bought this book as an eBook, print it out. Write


notes.

Feel free to stick Post-It notes and scribble all over this
book.

When I was writing this book, I asked myself

Whats the intention of this book?

I asked myself this plenty of times over the months I


spent editing and adding more details

And finally I understand why this book is here in


front of your eyes right now.

As you read this book, youll understand why.

Youll understand why exactly this book is going to


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change your life for the better FINANCIALLY.

Im going to give you my system, my methods, what I


am using everything.

My goal with this book is to make sure you make at


least enough to quit your full time job with my system.

Thats it.

Before you continue on with this book, please go to


www.desmondong.com/bookbonus to claim your
book bonus.

Ive prepared a special bonus that you can get for


100% FREE.

No catch.

This bonus is about Wealth Mindset setting.

I know it sounds boring already, but to get wealthy,


the first thing you need to change is not your bank
account its not your website its not your cash.

It starts with your mindset.

You need to know how to think like a rich to get


rich.
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Simple as that.

So make sure you go to that link to claim it now before


I take it down.

You can also follow me at:

http://www.desmondong.com

(my blog where I rambles)

http://www.twitter.com/realdesmondong

(my Twitter)

http://www.fb.com/thedesmondong

(my Facebook Page)

Ill be constantly posting updates and free bonuses, so


make sure to follow me there.

For now, keep reading this book and let it change your
life for the better.

Regards,

Desmond Ong
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CHAPTER 1:
NOW IM HERE
The only way to do great work
is to love what you do.
- Steve Jobs
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I did it.

It was a definite moment of clarity in the fog of the


evenings festivities. A satisfied smirk crept across my
face as I savored the thought.

As I left MGMs exclusive Hakkasan club on that crisp


Vegas night, I rolled one of the few sober thoughts I had
around in my head like expensive cognac in a crystal
decanter.

Life was truly great, and it was all because of me.

Most men go their entire lives without having a night


like I had: a $5,000 table behind the red ropes, top-
shelf bottle service, a girl copied straight out of a
magazine and pasted on my arm the whole night

I was truly living the dream. From my home in the VIP,


I had a perfect view of how far I had come. I rubbed
elbows with celebrities and socialites while shot after
shot of premium vodka lubricated everyones spirits.

In a past life, I would have dreamed about getting the


time of day from the busty cocktail waitress, now she
lingered well after each round was brought to the table,
thoroughly dazzled by my champions swagger.
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Her sweet scent rolled gently around me as she bent


close to compliment my fine Swiss timepiece in a
charged whisper

I was into it.

Enough so that I almost forgot about Miss Russian July


parked on my lap, who was a bit jealous.

Oops.

These are the problems you have sometimes when


youve truly made it.

The party went on well into the morning, but for me,
theres always another day to celebrate Besides, you
always want to leave them wanting more.

After a short walk back to


my suite at Caesars Palace,
I found myself wanting
to check my affiliate
account.

Its a habit I have more than


anything. Its not like I had
to check in with a boss or
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put in any work after such an amazing night.

When you have your revenue streams set up the


right way, you can be confident the dollars are
rolling in no matter what youre doing and that
includes whatever the hell you want.

Regardless, I never go to bed without checking on my


baby. I tried the wireless at the hotel only to find out
there was a $20 fee.

Of course, if you were in a coffee shop or bookstore and


found out it cost 20 bucks to use the Wi-Fi, youd be
tempted to pack up your latte or novel and tell them
exactly where to shove their modem. As an everyday
person, I think its a total rip-off.

However, as a revenue stream creator myself, I had


no space to knock the hustle. I quickly made the
investment and logged in to find $1,250 new dollars
in my account All while I was out loving life instead
of in some office hating it.

Its nice to make an average of $125 for every shot of


liquor that rolls down the tight young body of some
poor mans daughter into your mouth on a given
evening.
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As I started to wind down from the night of a lifetime,


my mind began to wander to my schedule the next day
behind my closed eyes. Maybe Id sleep until noon or
later.

Maybe Id head on over to Fashion Mall and blow a few


thousand for fun. Maybe Id stay in my suite and watch
the cooking channel, find a good hangover recipe to
custom-order from room service.

Either way, Id be making more money than most


people do putting in 40 hours a week. Obviously, I
was doing something right.

Satisfied with the nights results, I settled into the kind


of sleep only a person who controls his destiny can
truly enjoy, dirty shirt and all.

Knowing that the man responsible for your success is


in the mirror is a high you can never buy, a priceless
feeling many people have died trying to achievebut
here I am with the rest of my life ahead of me to enjoy
the fruits of my labor.

The only thing more intoxicating than a nights worth


of body shots courtesy of a Russian pin-up girl is
the feeling of success that being self-made brings
although, the attention is a nice perk.
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Ive had all kinds of women, tall, short, fake tits, real
tits If theres a kind of woman I havent been with, I
either dont want her or they havent invented her yet.

Let me let you in on a little secret that may seem kinda


obvious to most people: chicks dig a winner.

Oh, theyll tell you they want nice guys who will hold
them in their arms as they fall asleep, but they wont
tell you theyre so tired because of long nights with
guys like me.

Nice guys finish last I was done with her already.

A lot of men have problems attracting females, I have


trouble keeping them away long enough to think.

They can smell a winner from across the club.

Theyll come find you, and from there its up to me


to decide which ones I want as part of the private
entertainment later that evening. Its just part of the
lifestyle.

Being a success is like sitting at the cool kids table as


an adultdamn near every man wants to be you and
just about every woman wants to be with you.
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People just want to be seen with people worth seeing,


and a lot of the ladies I come across in my work (I
have trouble calling it that because it doesnt seem that
way) will do anythingand I mean anything--to shine
in my light for however short a time.

I can hardly blame themwho wouldnt want to live


this way? Im glad I could get here on my feet and not
my back.

I find my position in life especially sweet because I did


it my way. As you may notice, I come from an Asian
familya very traditional one at that.

The Tiger Mom effect


is very real for us, and
for generations a formal
education has been held
up as the beginning and
end of any discussion
relating to having a decent
life.

Think of how important your parents said it was that


you brush your teeth every day. Now multiply that by
10, and you have the predominant attitude toward
attending college in my culture.
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Its not like in America where grooming for college


doesnt really start until at least 9th grade, I and most
other kids I grew up around were forced into prep
courses and practice exam books while I imagine others
were out playing baseball, flying kites or whatever it
was kids are supposed to be doing.

I watched a lot of the people crack under the pressure.

My mother and many other family members spent


decades drilling into my head that the only way
I would have a job without a paper hat is to go
through a traditional four-year college and get my
degree You know, go by the book.

You know the problem with going by the book?

Everybodys got the same book now, and its


outdated.

Sure, once upon a time, a college degree was a virtual


guarantee of a high paying job and a good standard of
living.

Thats when everybody got one, because that does


sound like a pretty good deal.

Now college degrees are well on their way to becoming


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as common as high school diplomas You can even


get one online in a few months.

Its why you see so many highly qualified Foot Locker


employees The college diploma is losing value faster
than ever.

As another nail in the campus coffin, the biggest


companies are always looking for ways to cut the
exact entry level jobs people wait 4 years and
spend hundreds of thousands of dollars waiting
for Or at least, turn those jobs into internships.

Maybe being paid in experience works for some people,


but you sure cant pay off those student loans with it.

The colleges sure wont tell you that But theyll be


happy to lighten those pockets of yours with a few
dozen courses and books.

I saw the racket for what it was at an early age, but


good luck convincing the old school.

Even as my bank statements were showing that I had


made more doing things on my terms than I would
have spent on school, my family wasnt satisfied with
my progress.
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If that doesnt show you how serious this was to them,


they even threatened to sell their only asset in this
world, the family house, to help put me through classes
I didnt need.

The only way I could show my family that my


disinterest for college was in my own best interest was
to hit whatever I ended up doing out of the park, but I
realized I was going to need to keep up appearances in
the meantime for their sake.

Almost purely for the sake of convincing my parents


not to live on the street as educational martyrs, I
decided to plod ahead with school while I set about the
business of making my position impossible to argue
with.

My first million dollars seemed to be evidence enough


My family finally relented and I was vindicated.

Youd think a million dollars would be sweet enough


on its own, but we never really outgrow the subversive
pleasure of proving our parents wrong, do we?

I know I didnt, and if youre anything like me, being at


the forefront of the workforce revolution is something
you can truly be proud ofand if that doesnt do it for
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you, you could always get a new Jag with all that money
youre not wasting on student loans.

Before we go any further with this, please realize Im


not writing this to stroke my ego or shove down your
throat how great my life is.

Im not here to tell you I was born special, or that


Im smarter than you, or that you can never get to
my level because Im the best in the world at what
I do.

In fact, Im here to tell you the exact opposite. The


reality is you can do exactly what I did because
virtually anyone can.

Honestly, if you were in my position, you might be less


than shy about discussing it too.

This book is to help you get on the road to where I am,


and do it without making the mistakes that I made
and you can bet I made them.

One of the mistakes I made early was paying to


hear people talk.

It sounds a little crazy, doesnt it?


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Well, when I got started the word was that you shouldnt
even consider considering getting into a solo venture
before you attended some seminars from experts so
you could learn about what youre going into.

These seminars cost thousands to attend, and despite


what you may think, they usually sell out pretty fast if
theres a well-known speaker.

Dont get me wrong, theres nothing more valuable


than the kind of firsthand experience someone who
has been there before can give you, but theres a way
to get the same effect without spending more than the
cost of a nice dinneractually talking to the bigwigs
themselves.

That actually brings me to


the reason I was in Vegas,
not that a night of hedonism
in one of Sin Citys hottest
spots isnt reason enough.

I was actually in town for


an event called Affiliate
Summit, a social gathering
just for the movers,
shakers and noisemakers
in an industry.
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Now theres a place to learn, interacting with real


people off the record on a personal level, not
sitting in a conference hall like a community
college student.

I had dinner at Gordon Ramsays steakhouse the


next night, which served as a few semesters worth of
high level business courses with a side of truffles and
roasted garlic potatoes.

Let some other sucker put out a months salary for a


live podcast.

Id rather take my thousand bucks and experience


the worlds finest cuisine while rubbing elbows with
captains of industry.

For most people, its an unnecessarily extravagant


dinner. For me, its an investment in keeping the right
company.

If youre curious, Beef Wellington tastes a lot better


than potluck macaroni salad at some seminar in a high
school gym.

If you havent noticed by now, in order to be rich,


you have to be around the rich.
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Birds of a feather flock together, and millionaires


share a lot of flights too.

Rich people also party a lot because they can, and the
fact is that most everyday people simply cant hang
financially.

Theres no better place to meet someone than on


their leisure time Thats where you meet the real
person instead of the professional representative who
wears their face.

In order to get access to the people who matter,


you have to be in the places that matter, and thats
probably going to require some changes you might
not be expecting.

Success can be as much a curse as a blessing, and


if youre not ready for both, you should probably leave
the whole thing alone.

Heres something I have to let you know before I get


into the real specifics of anything Im doing: youre
probably going to lose some friends.

Its not your fault. Its just that rich people know how
to stay rich: what you have to do, who you have to know,
where you have to be, the moves you have to make.
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How do you think families like the Rothschilds or the


Kennedys stay rich for generations? Its not what you
know or who you know, but who is willing to say they
know you, and thats why its so important to hang
around the kind of person you want to be.

In contrast to the rich, poor people generally do a really


good job of staying poor.

Theyre satisfied with hand to mouth living, complacent


with less than they deserve, and lack the ambition to
do anything but complain about their circumstances.

Poor isnt a financial state, its a mindset, one that


most people fall victim to because they simply dont
know any other way.

I almost became one of those people until I decided one


day that the only life I was willing to lead was exactly
the one I wanted, and thats the kind of thought that
would get you called names in my old circles.

Thats right, if you do decide to take your shot at getting


what you deserve and begin to find successand you
will if you can follow instructionsyou may find that
you dont have as many friends as you thought you
did.
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Mouths you thought would spread congratulations


instead spread rumors, and pretty sure most people
that you know will think that youve changed.

You have, of course, for the better But they wont see
that.

All a hater in disguise will see when he looks at your


achievements on your terms are a reminder of their
own failures and wasted potential.

Whether you realize it or not, some people will take


that as a personal insult.

These people quickly become a cancer and must be


cut out of your life, or they will do everything they
can to destroy you and everything youve worked for.

Ive had to make some painful personal decisions on


my road to success, but whenever I get down about it,
a night like the one I had really helps.

All that brings me back to that thought that pierced my


mind like a midnight sunray while sitting in my hotel
room after that crazy night.

The thought that I did this, the prize that no one can
ever take away, the accolade that cannot be denied. I
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did it And more importantly, you can do it too.

A lot of people will try to convince you that you need


them.

From employers to fake friends, and especially anyone


who stands to profit from you, people will tell you that
they are necessary, directly or indirectly, for you to
enjoy your life.

This book is not only to tell you that the only person you
need in your corner should always be there anyway, but
to give you real knowledge that you can use to your
advantage and finally achieve real freedom.

After all, being rich isnt about bank balances, its


about time.

Invest a little time with me now learning how to


become self-sustainable, and youre sure to have a lot
for yourself later.

Who knows, maybe we can trade success stories on


some future Vegas night


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CHAPTER 2:
IHUSTLE
Fail cheap, fail fast
- Unknown
CHAPTER 2: IHUSTLE 33

By now Im sure youre wondering exactly how it is I


ended up in scenes from The Great Gatsby from my
humble beginnings as just some kid with no college
education.

I dont mind telling you the road wasnt easy and


went through some pretty dark neighborhoods.

Some people might read my success story riddled


with tips, tricks and tactics and assume that Ive never
done an honest days work in my life, but those people
couldnt be more wrong.

In fact, it was my experience in the workforce of the


normal that gave me many of the tools that made me
so successful.

I knew that I wanted to work for myself, placing all


my creative and productive energies into something
that benefit me personally instead of some company
that couldnt care less about me, but the old saying
goes that you have to spend money to make money,
and I just didnt have any to invest in any venture
whatsoever.

So, I waited and bussed tables at some local greasy


spoon for a while, gaining access to all the limited tips,
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wages and opportunities the career path could offer.

Although the work was hard, the pay was low and the
fulfillment was nonexistent, keeping my mission in
mind made my time in the everyday workforce a lot
easier to deal with.

I knew nobody else was going to hand me the capital


I needed to start my business, so I saw the job an
opportunity, a kind of training for my eventual career.

Every dirty dish, every order sent back with an attitude


like I cooked it, every crayon-streaked, crumb-laden
table where somebodys toddler had free reign while
their miserable parents tried to enjoy a meal became
a stepping stone on my path to seizing everything I
wanted in life.

I also learned a lot about what it takes to run


a business: determination, patience, insight, a
commitment to customer service, and above all, a
quality product.

The lessons I learned one dinner rush at a time turned


out to be some of the most valuable I would ever learn
in any environment, and I believe I wouldnt be the
person I am today without them.
CHAPTER 2: IHUSTLE 35

In any event, I set my sights on the throne at age 16,


when I decided that shining shoes, delivering papers
or cutting lawns were not ways I wanted to spend my
free time, but I wanted money anyway.

So I started selling free


BlogSpot blogs to the type
of person who is born about
once per minute.

Im not exactly proud of it


now, but hey It worked
and they were happy with
the product, so I could sleep at night just fine.

I had no experience selling anything back then, but


I knew that blogs were a product that people wanted
and that I could get, and I
didnt figure there was too
much more to it than that.

Thats when I discovered


AdSense and I thought my
ship had really come in.

I was already making up


to $50 per day selling the
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blogs, which is pretty much a fortune for a 16 year old


with no bills, but if I could pull in just $5 per blog per
month with the ads, it would add up fast.

I was doing pretty good volume with blog sales, so


if I could get my plan working with 1,000 separate
blogs, thats $5,000 every month! Thats more than
date and sneakers money, thats high school bachelor
pad money.

My imagination ran wild as I crunched the potential


numbers, thinking that I had basically found a license
to print money.

I dont think I have to tell you it didnt work out that


way. Only one or two of the blogs made any money
from AdSense to speak of, the rest just lay idle and
worthless.

And of course, I didnt actually go all out to crunch out


1,000 blogs.

I tapped out at 36. What can I say, it was tedious If I


wanted to spend hours doing some repetitive task for
a few bucks at a time, I would have pursued my dish-
washing career with much more interest.
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Nevertheless, most people would have just chalked the


experience up to failure and moved on to their next plan
to take over the world, but luckily my ingenuity gave
the sites some worth, and many of them thrived.

I started selling off the


established blogs one by
one and made a few dollars
doing it, so I decided to
start my own business
making and selling small
blogs Legitimately, this
time.

I guess doing the right thing does pay off, because


going straight was a good decision for me.

In time, I was doing over


$3,000 in business every
month All before my
17th birthday!

I would provide my clients


with hosting services, help
with server migration, and
even some very simple graphic design made with
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PowerPoint What do you want? Photoshop was a bit


out of my price range at the time.

Either way, my customers were happy, the money rolled


in, and I just continued to build my skill set from there,
teaching myself as many elements of web design as I
could while still in high school, where I really should
have been learning it, but thats another discussion
entirely.

I learned almost everything I used at the time from


Google searches and YouTube videos because I
couldnt afford any formal training As it turns out, I
didnt need it.

I even learned HTML


during intense overnight
study sessions while most
of my classmates were
cramming for some exam
or sneaking out of each
others bedrooms Guess
which activity turned out
to be directly profitable?
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Anyway, the ride was nice for a while, but eventually


the golden goose stopped laying eggs.

It was hard to start with, as I built the pages from the


ground up with a team of one. Construction for a single
blog often took days.

The market for blogs in general also cooled off, and my


numbers quickly started sagging.

I realized at that point it was time to find my next


venture, and to do that I would have to set out on my
own for the first time.

I packed up my life, assured my family Id be fine and


embarked upon this grand adventure I can now call my
life.

My first attempt at ex-


panding my repertoire
was in network market-
ing. I figured my techni-
cal background would
make me a natural fit for
it, but underestimated
the necessary interper-
sonal skills required for
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any kind of marketing.

At the time I was a stutterer, a limitation Im proud


to have since overcome.

Im also not very persuasive, as most of what I do


speaks for itself and Im not used to having to make
chicken salad out of Well, you know.

In any event, that career path didnt work out, and


I was forced to carry a healthy cargo of humility on my
search for greener pastures.

My next foray into fortune was a small information


business. I know data was the next big commodity
and have always been a bit of a gambler, so I put
everything I had in savings into the company and
waited for the future to come.

I created an information product in an area of my very


own expertise: selling free blogs for money.

I was living proof that my techniques worked, and so


I could present my method with the confidence that it
would make a quality product.
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To my total lack of surprise, it did.

I pulled in $5,000 the first month, but my lack of


knowledge on how to drive traffic was my downfall.
The second month was...not exactly a repeat success.

Soon after, I made the deci-


sion to cut my losses and
try to sell the website on
SitePoint Marketplace.
I was all ready to cut bait
and look for my next op-
portunity when my current
path took a compelling
new turn.

A buyer on SitePoint emailed me for collaboration


instead. It turned out to be fairly lucrative, doing
$6,000 in sales the first month. I had to know what
this guy was doing right that I wasnt, and so I started
to pick his brain.

Over the next few months, I got to know the buyer as


Jimmy, copywriting expert, industry insider, and after
a while, friend.
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I was able to absorb so much knowledge from


Jimmy about the best ways to run an information
business and the power of building a professional
network, and he soon noticed that I was a quick study
and asked me to speak at dinners and events about my
experiences and insights.

Jimmy was my first model of a consistently successful


Internet entrepreneur and I owe him an eternal debt
for his guidance Without him, my story may have
ended in this chapter.

Encouraged by his influence, I tried to create niche


products in the most profitable specialized
markets: weight loss, heartburn, growth supplements
of all kinds and lost money every time.

It was undeniable that info marketing had the potential


to create serious cash flow, but I realized that my
nonexistent skill at driving traffic would always
limit what I could earn, and honestly those arent
words I prefer to read together in a sentence like that.

The formula to success in the online information


industry is simple
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And sales equals money.

I knew then that I had to do one of two things: learn


to drive traffic or learn to increase my conversion
rates.

Since copywriters were charging up to $10,000 for


sales copy PLUS 10% of sales, I came to the conclusion
that I could write sales content for much cheaper
than that.
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I got the idea to learn the


copywriting trade with
the knowledge that even if
this didnt end up with me
doing my best imitation
of Don Draper from Mad
Men, I could always offer
my services independently at a discount.

Although, spoiler alert, copywriting didnt turn out to


be the silver bullet, but its still an incredibly useful
skill to have for anyone involved in marketing.

The first thing I learned is that your competition is


your biggest ally here.

The words that help your competitors stay so much


better than you are likely similar to the ones that will
help you close the gap.

Imitation is the sincerest form of ambition, and


seeing what theyre doing right is a quick way to find
out what youre doing wrong. I found ClickBank to be
extremely helpful in this process.
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ClickBank is the worlds


largest online market-
place for information
products think Amazon
for digital marketing and
the products are catego-
rized by type.

For instance, if youre


developing a weight loss
product, you can look at similar products to identify
the best marketing strategies.

Another helpful tip is that your copy is never good


enough. You might think that snappy headline and
punchy description you spent hours obsessing over
are great, but it can always be better. Thats why its
important to re-evaluate the performance of your
copy on a regular basis.

After your first 50 sales or so, challenge yourself to


come up with a better intro to your sales content.
You only get one chance at a first impression, and
so an intro effectively decides whether a customer
will take action in the first few minutes on your page.
Constantly evaluate the quality of your copy along
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with that of your competitors to ensure youre giving


them a unique and superior experience.

All great copy does five main things: Engages the


customer, explains a problem they have, explains
how your product or service can solve it, outline how
your offering does the job better than comparable
alternatives, then calls them to action.

Thats the exact step by step system, and a single


skipped step means you miss out on many more sales
because if it fails to do any of them, it will probably fail
to do all of them. You cant just trot out the same tired,
formulaic copy style youve been using for years, either.

Dont be afraid to experiment with humor (if youre


good, hire a professional if not) or surprise to grab
your prospects attention so you can more effectively
deliver your message.

Remember, your sales message can be a sales


video, which you can record out of your smartphone
or simply a sales letter.

Another important aspect to copywriting is to sell as


much as possible.
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It may seem to go without saying, but theres a reason


McDonalds employees often ask if you want fries with
that, and it aint because theyre concerned about
whether you have enough food.

Its because successful companies understand that


the easiest person to sell to is one who is already
spending money with you.

You should always make


sure that you have
additional products or
add-ons available that
add value to the consumer
and cash to your flow.

We call it upsells and


backends in this industry.

For example, if youve sold a product about losing body


fat by dieting, it would make
perfect sense to follow up
with your customer and
sell them a product about
muscle building.
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And this applies to every niche out there.

If youre still stuck on not knowing what to sell, just


research your competitors.

The best way to learn anything is to familiarize


yourself with those who do it best.

I studied all the greats and when I thought I was


good enough, I decided to create my own information
product about blogging, selling the sizzle with the skills
I picked up. I thought it turned out great. I surprised
myself a little with the quality of my finished product,
and took it live expecting big results fast.

Another swing, another miss.

It was a disaster. I had no traffic, which of course


means no sales. I needed to give my numbers a boost,
so I gave affiliate marketing a try.

Affiliate marketing is an arrangement between a


vendor and a publisher, or affiliate, that rewards the
affiliate for business brought into the vendor.

Affiliates drum up business through traditional


advertising like banners as well as new-age
promotional techniques such as reviews and social
media awareness actions.
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Unfortunately for me, nobody wanted to offer that kind


of exposure. I was new and unproven, so I cant really
blame them for not jumping at the chance. Regardless,
the situation was bleak.

The problem was that I had great copy, the kind


people happy shell out thousands for, but who was
reading it?

I thought I saw a way to turn it all around. If I could


just get my visiting numbers up, I could finally get the
formula worked out and start making money on my
terms.

I took a leap of faith and invested my last $100 into


traffic generation ads (back then I was using Google
Ads), then held my breath and waited for the verdict.
It was the last chance I had to make my vision happen.

Everything I had worked for since I was 16 was riding


on this last, admittedly desperate move. If I failed here,
I would become a laughingstock amongst my family
and friends, the story of my life bearing the title I Told
You So.

For a man like me, it represented the ultimate defeat


and I hoped fiercely that my saving throw meant I
would never have to experience it.
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Thankfully, my faith was rewarded. I quickly made


two sales of $97 for a 94% profit.

Every $100 I put out brought back $194. I knew I had


finally hit on the magic formula.

I finally understand the concept.

Every $100 I put into the paid ads, I get to keep $94 in
net profits. So if I increase my paid ads expenses by
10 times, so would my net profits!

And it did exactly that!

All I had to do to create cash was develop a valuable


product, make sure people could find it, and show
that it had value once they did. It sounds incredibly
simple, but if it was as easily done as said wed all be
millionaires and I wouldnt be writing this.

Products add tangible value to your business unlike


being an affiliate, which is an indirect way to make
money at best. Why hawk somebody elses wares for
a piece of the action when something you create will
give you the whole pie?

In fact, creating a product is the easy part, contrary


to popular belief. You can create a product simply by
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interviewing an expert on the subject and selling the


information you get as an eBook, which have next to no
development expenses.

The first step in creating a product is to choose the


right market. They say if you love what youre doing
youll never work a day in your life, so if possible,
you want to go with something youre passionate
about. However, keep in mind that youre marketing
this to other people, so if your hobby is something like
yodeling, you might want to consider picking a market
with broader appeal.

Anything in the wealth-building sector like stock


trading, Bitcoin guides or real estate is a safe bet,
because youll have a hard time finding someone
with no interest in making money, especially in this
economy.

Relationships and dating advice are always big


because people are also constantly looking for ways
to lose money as well. From bodybuilding to acne
cures toother enhancement productsjust think of
something that people will always want to do, and
then charge them to find out how.
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A little research goes a long way here. If you want


to find out if your chosen market is lucrative or you
dont really care what youre marketing as long as it
sells, check ClickBank to see the most popular
categories.

Check Google for forums on the subject, as they


are an unmistakable indicator of communities with
active interest in your product (as well as an excellent
marketing opportunity). Browse through the posts to
see if theres any consumer feedback that could give
you an advantage.

Copy is a bit more complex, but still manageable.


I would recommend that you either learn effective
copywriting techniques yourself or hire a
professional if the time investment is too prohibitive,
as stilted or poorly done copy can hurt the sales of even
the best products.

That said, you can always update copy to drive more


sales. Once you have your product all set up, the copy
should help it sell itselfthat is, if youre getting the
traffic.

I found out the hard way that getting traffic is the


key to running a successful internet marketing
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venture, and it was some of the most expensive lessons


I ever had to learn By reading this chapter, yours is
much more affordable.


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CHAPTER 3:
CONTACTS CREATE
CASH- LIST BUILDING
Sales cures all.
- Mark Cuban
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Now that I had finally


discovered that traffic is
what truly drives sales
online, the challenge shift-
ed to the best way to get
that traffic. A lot of the con-
ventional wisdom will tell
you to look at a keyword-
focused SEO campaign,
which increases the chanc-
es your site will pop up whenever a user enters a cer-
tain search term into the engine.

Keyword targeted traffic sounds good, but what they


wont tell you is that if Google was a person, theyd call
it schizophrenic.

Updates to the algorithm that decides what sites and


content are most relevant based on the search term
entered are constantly being updated In laymans
terms, Google changes the way it thinks every so often.

The investment you make in increasing traffic


could be a big loss for you if you dont know what
separates different kinds of traffic. The most
common form of traffic is traffic from search engine
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results, which is free and determined by the content of


your website, but can take months to have an effect and
could be severely impacted by an algorithm update, so
that comprehensive SEO treatment you get for your
site can be wiped away overnight.

Paid traffic from PPC


sources requires a com-
mitment of resources,
but is much more stable
than standard SEO.

Paid traffic delivers fast


results and is guaranteed
to bring folks to your site,
but carries a risk because of its cost. If you cant move
your products to make up for your traffic expenditures,
you could have just offered each visitor a dollar to click
on your site and get about the same result.

With so much risk and reward at play, I knew that making


the right call was the difference between success and
failure. After doing some research, I decided to focus
on list traffic, which is an arrangement where I pay
popular newsletters in exchange for promotion to
their email recipients.
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Seems like a pretty sure thing I get a comparable


amount of guaranteed eyeballs at a much lower price
than running a big PPC campaign.

Thats when I figured out how to make it an even


better thing: since traffic was apparently so valuable
to what I did, I figured it would be worth something to
others as well So Id just build subscriber lists of
my own and sell products directly to them!

See, by that time, my experience in the field had given


me an understanding of metrics far beyond my 17
years. Every click on a website is a potential sale,
and that means it has value to the business that owns
the site.

Its fairly simple. Common rates are around 10 to 20


cents per click, but just as a typical example, I can
purchase 1,000 clicks for $1,000, a pure trade of my
money for the attention of potential customers.

If half of these clicks eventually become subscribers


to my services, I just purchase the list of subscribers.
These subscribers pay $20 or more monthly for my
products, so as you can imagine, theyre worth far
more than the pennies they cost.
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I had put in a lot of legwork over the past year or so


pricing traffic for my own purposes, so I had a pretty
good idea of the fair market value for a prospect.

I started building a list by going through a paid list-


building resource. The subscribers cost $0.80 each
to acquire, but each of them was worth about $1.60
to me. This basically means Im getting $0.80 profits
per subscriber Not a lot, but this adds up over time as
long as they stay in my list.

Hence, I understand that its okay to spend some money


to acquire some subscribers as long as Im either
breaking even upfront (knowing that I will make
my money back in the future maybe a week later) as
long as I dont lose money to acquire a subscriber.

To calculate a cost of subscriber acquisition is


plain simple. You take the total cost, divided by
total subscribers you got during your preliminary
test campaign.

So lets say you got 100 subscribers from spending $50


on Facebook Ads. That simply means it costs you $0.50
to get one subscriber from Facebook Ads.
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Now, to calculate your value per subscriber, you


need to tally up all the sales, and divide that
number with the number of subscribers. So for
example, from the same Facebook Ads campaign, out
of the 100 subscribers, 10 decided to buy something
at $50. Thats $500 in sales. Hence, each subscriber is
worth $5 to me.

After my initial success, I looked for ways to increase


my profit margin on this easy source of income. I found
out that the best method to try was to cut my cost
per subscriber acquisition, so I began to look at some
less expensive markets

After all, the people on the lists buy more than just one
thing, right?

I chose the pet care market since the prices were really
reasonable, and that worked out even better. I went
for it again with a market I thought would be pretty
popular, dating and relationshipssame result. At
that point, I knew I was onto something with this list-
building thing.

List-building done right is a surefire way to


generate cash because as long as there are things
to sell, sellers will want people to sell them to. The
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best part about lists is that I can sell to them over and
over again. If you dont like my products, well maybe
youll like these. Either way, I profit.

And the best part is, you can be anywhere, as long


as you have the internet, you can send out an email
and easily bank in $100 $1,000 or even $10,000
depending on how big and responsive your list is.

All with just one click of send.

Another awesome and


fast way to build your
list is through a process
called adswap.

The idea is simple. You


find someone like-minded
(possibly someone who was also smart enough to read
this book), and offer to do an adswap. You send to your
list of subscribers about his or her free offer (which
the web users will give their emails away to claim the
free offer) and him or her will do the same.

Hence, you two will be able to grow simultaneously.


And the more people you swap with, the better.
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In only a year I had 30,000 total subscribers and an


open rate of well over 10 percent. If 3,000 people are
interested in what you have to say on a regular basis,
you stand a good chance at making some money.

I found another great way to build my list through


solo ads. Solo ads are an arrangement between a
marketer with a message and a marketer with a list
where you come up with something you want to say,
and he sends it out to this list. This usually takes the
form of a special offer, for example someone who runs
a dating newsletter sends their subscribers a special,
one-time-only, omg-gotta-get-it offer on one of my
dating products.

The beauty of solo ads is that subscribers trust the


word of the listmasterafter all, he made it to the
inbox instead of the spam folder for a reasonand I
profit from his recommendation, just like when Shaq
tells you to drive a Buick. He may or may not drive one
himself in his spare time, but the illusion that he does
has sold more than a few.

Between my budding lists, all the new traffic, and the


sales that resulted, everything was going just great
And then came my first legal issues.
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Dont worry, it wasnt anything I did, I was living the


clean life by now. No, this little imbroglio concerned
a product I had recently created detailing the most
effective online sales strategies.

It was a quality product and it did really well, grossing


over $20,000 in just the first 48 hours. After seeing this
quick payday dangling in front of me, I couldnt resist
trying to take the loot and run20 grand is pretty
decent beer money, no?

With that in mind, I decided to sell the cash cow on


Flippa. I was pretty satisfied when the site sold for
$10,000. I was all set to migrate the site onto the buyers
server within 7 days as I promised in the listing and
collect my money in returnthe buyer, however, didnt
make it that easy.

Instead of paying me like people who do business


legitimately, he chose to go the claim seller is a fraud
and request an undeserved refund route. Worse, he
wanted this refund WHILE HE RETAINED RIGHTS TO
THE SITE, which isnt any definition of a transaction
Ive ever heard of.

I really hate to do the red tape dance because some


stiff doesnt know how capitalism works, but I had
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no recourse but to file a claim on PayPal, respond to


the Flippa issues and deny his refund. I hoped they
would see it my way, but couldnt shake the very real
possibility that I was about to lose my valuable site for
free.

Luckily for me, justice was served. I won both


claims.

Talk about your sore losers, though. The buyer,


offended by my attempts to conduct business fairly,
created dozens of websites trashing me in an attempt
to destroy my credibility. All manner of things were
said about my integrity, my business practices and my
mother. Not a word of it was true, but I could still feel
the effects.

Its really not fair that some mouth-breathing scam


artist can drag your name through the mud just because
he wasnt able to swindle you, but apparently it was
what it was. This kind of thing could happen again as
easily as it did the first time, and I kept thinking about
how I could end up with my actual name in shambles
due to works of pure fiction.
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Thats when I got the idea: since many authors use


pen names to protect their identities, I would do
the same. I came up with a nom de plume for my
works and have been using it ever since.

Years later, I recounted the story to a business mentor


of mine over a glass of brandy and learned that this
was a common concern. He told me that unscrupulous
veterans in the industry will often try to prey on young
upstarts like myself and con them out of their blogs,
sites and other assets with false fraud charges and
similar scams.

Its a harsh reality of business, but the deeper


waters are full of sharks. The grafter guy woke up
pretty early in the morning to try scamming me
Luckily, I dont sleep all that much.

The experience was one of the scariest I had ever been


faced with, but I learned a lot from it. It helped me to
realize I had the strength and resilience to get through
a tough situation where it seems like everything is
working against you. Most importantly, it taught me
that I had a lot to learn about my craft, and I was going
to have to overcome some shady people to do it.
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CHAPTER 4:
ALL ROADS LEAD TO YOU
- CREATING A BACKEND
FUNNEL
Patience, persistence and perspiration make an
unbeatable combination for success.
Napoleon Hill
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The problem with doing so well at something like this


is that after a while, you have all the traffic youre going
to have.

My solo ads numbers were hitting plateaus, but I


wasnt satisfied with my earnings potential yet When
youre not looking for the next way to expand your
revenue streams, youre leaving money on the table.

I thought about my next move, then decided to


take another run at Google AdWords, thinking my
new experience would help me make the service work
better for me this time around.

I quickly lost over $500.

With my most lucrative sources of income stagnating


and the prospect of bleeding cash looking for my next
vein of gold staring me in the face, I knew I had to roll
the dice again in the hopes of scoring big this time.

I thought and thought about what I should do. I tuned


out conversations and neglected a lot of everyday tasks
for days on end as I considered the importance of my
next investment.

Thinking long and hard about the next clever method


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I could use to reach out to valuable prospects began to


consume my life.

Eventually, I decided I was overthinking it.

Since all the indirect mediums had begun to lose


effectiveness, perhaps I needed a more overt
approach. I rolled all my courage into a ball and
stepped out into the unknown: Direct advertising.
Fuck itwhat did I have to lose besides everything I
owned?

It was a risky move, no doubt. Sure, Id be side


stepping the middleman, but my knowledge base in
the niche wasnt as strong as it was in other areas at
the time, and after my various misadventures with
AdWords and other utilities, I was a little gun-shy
about making another significant investment in an
untested area.

Still, I needed a big play at that point in the game, and


sometimes you have to just throw it up and pray. With
that in mind, I funneled most of my list-building
resources into direct advertising projects for the
products I developed.

I didnt know much about direct advertising starting


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out, but some things just seemed to make sense. I


promoted my dating products on relationship forums,
my pet products on pet lover blogs You get the drift.
I hoped my combination of marketing savvy and
common sense would be enough to not lose me any
more money at the very least.

The results were beyond my wildest dreams. By


using my resources intelligently, I was able to get over
50,000 visitors per month for just $50 at one point!

That kind of value is unheard ofand after a while,


webmasters wised up and made sure you didnt hear
too much more about it anyway. Over time, more
and more layers began appearing between my
potential visitors and my product sites. Pulling in
visitors directly got much more expensive fast.

Once again, just as I started winning at a game, the


rules changed.

I needed to find a way to make the deal more profitable


for myself, because after a great success, decent
numbers just dont cut it anymore. In the end, the
answer was clear. I had to have more control, and
the only way to better control the fate of your
e-commerce venture is to make sure as many roads
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as possible lead to you.

I set out to create an end-to-end system that would


funnel prospects toward my products, but also make
the traffic profitable each step of the way. That way,
even if a person decided they werent in the market
for whatever I was selling, I will have made something
from them either way.

The way I discovered to do it turned out to be pretty


simple. I would gather emails through my usual means,
then I would increase my chances of keeping them as a
subscriber by making them an offer they cant refuse
something like an exclusive informational product for
just $9.95.

When they take advantage of my irresistible offer,


I start sending them emails offering them my
premium $97 products, and by then theyre usually
so impressed with the value I offered before that
theyre much more likely to pull the trigger.

If theyre not immediately inspired to action by my


quality products and generous nature, I just send them
emails containing testimonials and success stories
related to my product and that usually does the trick.
Its called email follow-up and I do it because I know
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I will be able to sell more after building trusts.

I ended up paying about 90 cents for each subscriber,


but each of them boosted the value of my list by almost
$4. If you cant see how thats a sweet deal, Ill trade
you one dollar for every four youre willing to give me.

I wasnt finished there, though. I learned earlier


that contact information is extremely valuable
because it can be used for more than one sales effort,
and I figured out a way to add even more value to my
subscribers while making more money from each one.

I collaborated with some professionals in a few fields


such as pet care, weight loss and real estate and began
to position myself as an expert opinion ambassador.
All I had to do was ask my prospects permission to
match them up with an expert, who would offer them
guidance and advice that might cost them hundreds or
thousands through traditional means.

The subscribers won because they had industry


professionals at their disposal, the experts won
because they got targeted leads, and I won because
the experts would pay me a commission on sales
they make from the leads.
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It works in virtually any industry If youre selling a


product about investing in money market funds, you
can gather leads with your product and make them
available to an investment banker or established
independent trader with permissions from your
subscribers.

One of the most common scenarios sees me offer expert


advice and discounted services to my subscribers from,
say, an orthodontist. If theyre interested, they can
email me back, I can connect them with the doc and
they can work things out from there.

When business transacts, I get a cutusually 20 percent,


often more. The easiest way to make money is to sell
a service to those who value it most Let me know
when service providers stop needing new clients.

Ive been doing this for years now, so I could practically


sell ice to Alaskans online using this proven process. It
all starts with building a killer opt-in page to collect
emails.

Email addresses are the lifeblood of any Internet


marketing business because they give you a direct
line to your subscribers so you can sell them your
products again and again. Imagine being virtually
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guaranteed repeat business from anyone who makes


that first leap. Thats the power of your opt-in page.

An opt-in page should be the most prominent on


your site and include a clear space to enter emails
and attention-grabbing copy to make sure people
stay long enough to enter them. You could easily
build a simple opt-in page with a site like LeadPages,
but if you really want to wow visitors, you can invest
in an experienced freelance copywriter on the
cheap with a site like Elance or even Craigslist. (Yes,
seriously.)

Ive gotten many professional quality landing pages


built for under $50, and you can bet they were well
worth it.

You want as many people as possible to give you ways


to contact them, so a good opt-in page should be
easy to use and navigate.

People dont like to put too much effort into


something theyre not sure about, and if they have
to fiddle around on your page to find a place to give you
their information, theyll probably just scrap it and see
whos on Twitter.
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Once you capture the addresses, you can use a


service like GetResponse or iContact to manage
your list and track the performance levels of your
email campaign.

Naturally, you want your numbers to be as high as


possible no matter what, but it becomes even more
important if youre paying for your traffic, because
every visitor who leaves without giving you their email
is like that girl at the bar you bought a drink and didnt
see again that night A total waste of money.

If your paid traffic opt-in page isnt converting


at a minimum of 50 percent, you need to rethink
your content strategy. Traffic can get expensive, and
if you pay $500 for 1,000 clicks and dont get at least
500 subscribers that are open to hearing about your
product, your chances of making your investment back
are slim.

You can track the success of your opt-in page for


free with a service such as Google Analytics or
Visual Website Optimizer and drive traffic to those
pages that convert best.

Sometimes its the little things that can have a big


effect on sales. Something as simple as accepting
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payments through PayPal or ClickBank makes you


much more accessible than any competitor that only
accepts cards.

People love a good visual, so consider making a


sales video to promote your product and be sure to
put it on YouTube as well to increase its ranking on
search engines.

Getting the initial sale is great, but for those who want
to make the maximum amount of profit from each sale,
upselling is the key.

Upselling is as easy as developing a complimentary


product that takes what youre offering to the next
level If you like these health and lifestyle podcasts,
youll love this phone consultation with a dietician for
just a few dollars more And you can get both from
me, see?

Its a concept as old as commerce

You think the worlds first workforce wouldnt try to


upsell you with a blowjob or something with their
main service?

Any good salesman is going to make sure his customers


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leave his place of business with everything they need


to get the most out of what he sold them, and I refuse
to be called a bad salesman.

A reliable sales funnel takes a comprehensive


effort, but only basic ideas. Creating sales funnels
made each of my subscribers exponentially more
valuable by allowing me to profit from them multiple
times.

For me, it was the discovery that took my career to a


new level

For you, it could be the difference between pulling


down 10 grand and 100 grand monthly.


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CHAPTER 5:
LINE EM UP-BUYING
TRAFFIC
When your life is on course with its purpose,
you are your most powerful.
- Oprah Winfrey
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Before I continue with this autobiographical


infotainment, I want to take a minute to highlight
a concept I believe in strongly.

As with a lot of my perspectives, not everyone agrees


with me, but as far as I know, the only way to get where
I am is by doing what I did, so check this out.

A lot of people new to online marketingand I


guess some unambitious veteransconsider buying
traffic a big risk. Let me tell you now that that is
almost never the case.

Sure, there is the remote chance that youll put up the


money for the traffic and get no buyers, but if its easy
to miss the big picture if you look at that possibility too
hard.

See, while it is true that buying traffic is a lot


like throwing shit at the wall, its also true that
something is pretty much bound to stick.

Lets go for a quick example. Say you shell out $5 for


traffic and it gets 50 people to your page. Its a fairly
reasonable expectation.
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Now, this is where your opt-in page takes center stage.


If its good enough to convert traffic into leads at 50
percent, thats 25 new emails you have as list-building
resources, and thats before anyone even buys any of
your products, which for expediencys sake well say
you sell at $50 a pop.

If just one person buys something as a result of your


investment, youve more than made your money
back But lets say you have a really good product and
you sell two with the traffic you bought. Thats 100
dollars, giving you a profit of $95 after taking out the
$5 in traffic cost. You dont have to be very mathletic
to know that could be a serious profit margin.

If you could turn what amounts to a foot-long sandwich


into $100 with a little maneuvering, would it take you
until the end of this sentence to give up the $5? Didnt
think so.

Of course, you wouldnt just invest 5 bucks then, would


you? Thats why an important part of establishing
a successful traffic boosting campaign is being
willing to scale up your investment.

Think about it If you put $50,000 into traffic, youll


be all set to rake in a million dollars in profit. Thats
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a number that gets pretty much anyones attention


Hell, the only easier ways to make money will all land
you in federal prison.

There are many places you can make solid investments


in buying traffic, but instead of throwing your resources
everywhere, its best to decide on only one or two
most effective methods and focus your attention
there.

Solo ads have been a gold mine for years with my


products. Pay-Per-Click ads are rock-solid, used
properly.

When a lot of people hear media buying, they think


of some million-dollar national TV ad campaign, but
really it could be as easy as buying a banner ad
on a website to get a percentage of their traffic
guaranteed.

I always found that media buying could be


especially effective when the ads are placed on a
site in my products niche.

To get started, look for a relevant site with an active


community forum (lots of threads, lots of posts, lots of
exposure) and contact the webmaster about a monthly
arrangement to display your ads.
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You can get a banner displayed on a website for as little


as $10 or $15 per day just to see how it performs. Sites
like SiteScout.com and BuySellAds.com are another
good resource for media buying and ad exchanges, so
be sure to look at those.

Millions of people log on to find out what their friends


are eating for lunch every day, and so ads on Facebook
and Twitter offer access to an unprecedented level of
exposure.

Facebook in particular allows you to target


your audience based on their job, activities and
behaviors, so although you may not actually be a
friend of the prospect, youll know him like one.

YouTube has increasingly become a source people


turn to for helpful information instead of just musical
cats, groin shots and other dumbassery, so if youre
on a tight budget you could always make a couple of
YouTube videos talking with an expert about a subject
in your niche.

Those have the potential to go viral if viewers see


educational or entertainment value in them and
you cant buy that level of promotion.
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Each of these methods has positive and negative


aspects depending on what youre selling, and
there is no one universal solution.

No matter what promotional technique you choose, be


sure to have it direct prospects to the opt-in page so
they can give you that all-important email address.

Once you actually have the subscribers, selling your


products (or those of your affiliates) is all about
proving your worth to the consumer. We usually warm
up our new recruits with free, exclusive content
like original or archived YouTube videos delivered
directly to their inbox for a week or so.

Then, we tell them about our premium offerings,


something like an hour of phone time with a niche
expert for $100 or an online course for a few hundred.
People figure since weve been sending them email
they actually want for free, the information that we
sell must be even better.

They must, because I dont usually have a problem


selling after we run that play.

As I said, the most valuable thing about a list you build


is that you can sell to them as many times as you
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want, or in my language, keep it monetized.

Once you know where to find your customers, you


can keep in contact with them whenever you have
something new to offer. We keep selling our products
to our subscribers, and as they learn we offer real value
they become much more open to our recommendations,
which is great for monetization.

When you have the trust of your subscribers, even


if your products arent doing so well because of
saturation, timing issues, lack of interest, or anything
else, you can just head over to ClickBank and find
something new to promote

You already have all your leads right in front of you.


How many other things besides web traffic can you
buy and use over and over indefinitely?

With a brick and mortar store, location is everything. A


new bakery that makes the best pastries in the city will
be out of business inside of a month if no one knows
where it is and cant even smell their wares from the
remote location.

Traffic plays a similar role in Internet marketing. Your


content and your product undoubtedly play a role
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in your success, but without traffic, your show is


over before it ever gets started.

I built everything I have mainly through making smart


traffic purchasesif you dont trust my advice, why are
you reading this?
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CHAPTER 6:
UNLEASH THE
MACHINE AUTOMATION
Simplicity is the ultimate
sophistication
- Leonardo Da Vinci
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Long ago, it was a badge of honor to hold the same job


for years or even decades at a time.

Folks punched their clocks every day, did their daily


tasks and collected a steady paycheck for their troubles
until they got a nice gold watch and a supermarket
sheet cake at their retirement party.

Sure, the pay would rise as the cost of everything else


did, but effectively, most people worked the same hours
making the same money to afford the same standard of
living for their entire careers.

You know what I think? I think that sucks.

Ive always believed that you can gauge the success


what you do for a living by two main factors: how
much you make, and how long you spend making
it.

People always talk about how time is money, but they


never really sit down and think about it If youre not
either making more money or working less as your
career goes on, youre wasting both.

That brings me to the next part of the process,


automation. You want a business that you have
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to maintain, not micromanage. The ideal result of


automating your ventures is making money worth
talking about in only a few hours a week.

Automation is like a cheat code for real life, and Im


about to show you exactly how the game works.

Any successful automation process starts with hiring


a capable team to do all the detail work while you
go about the business of being a big deal.

Does Bill Gates sell laptops out of a van? Do you see the
CEO of Burger King on fry duty? Does the owner of an
ATM greet you when you pay $2 to access your own
money or come out to service it when it eats your card?

Not in this lifetime. Thats why hiring a team to


keep your business running from day to day is so
essential.

You might hear me say that and wonder if Im going to


lend you some staffing money or something because
theres no way you could ever afford that, but you
might be surprised.

The Internet is a great place to find good help these


days, and sites like oDesk and Freelancer are filled
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with talented hired guns that can give you unreal


return on investment.

I have a virtual assistant that has been successfully


turning the keys on my entire information business
since 2009you know, the one that pulls down
thousands in pure profit monthlyand his salary
requirement is only about $125 per week. You wanna
talk about valuable employees?

After you gather enough worker bees, youre going to


want the most profitable products possible so they
can keep making that honey. Recurring products are
those that only require one investment from you,
but that continue to generate income for years
after that.

An example of a recurring product is a paid membership


in a coupon club or a monthly subscription to an
information product like a blog or podcast, all of which
are very easy to set up, especially when you have your
foot soldiers doing all the legwork.

When you have a recurring product with real


value on the market, you could potentially make
thousands a month from the warm embrace of
your most comfortable chair.
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What kind of sorcery is this? Its quite simple, really.

Lets try an example: You set up a recurring product


that people want Say, a newsletter on making
money online. You gather info from experts, make an
outline of your content, hire a writer to paint the color
commentary into the big picture of the month for a few
bucks, and poof, you have a newsletter.

You sell 100 of these subscriptions at $20 a month


(theyre worth a lot more, right?) on a 6-month cycle.
After the cycle, only 20 of them decide to renew. Bad
news, right?

Wrong. Even those 20 people will give you a steady


$400 per month that you didnt lift a finger for.

However, were after more than just weekend money


thoughThats why you want to set up multiple
sales funnels, which we talked about earlier. Drive
traffic to your product pages, offer subscriptions
in a newsletter, create a social media page and hire
someone to manage it, all that good stuff.

If you set up just 10 sales funnels which generate 20


recurring sales each, all of a sudden youre making
$4,000 a month working smart. Its not a fortune, but
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itll get you a nice house or let you finance that Benz
youve had your eye on as well as put you well on your
way to never answering to anyone again.

If you want to really get cooking, you could set up


even more funnels or sell a separate recurring
service the same way. There is virtually no limit to
the money you can make through automation, and
thats because youll have plenty of time to do it.

This aint a theory, by the way. This is something


that actually works. Remember how I told you about
those dating advice products I put out?

Well, for that we just send daily podcasts and interviews


that deliver valuable information to the people that
need it most For that service, theyll happily pay $20
monthly, but I let them slide for $19.95.

Even with my generosity, with 800 subscribers my


dating products are making nearly $16,000 in recurring
revenue monthly

I dont have any problem getting dates now, so maybe


I should start including this advice in the dating stuff.

(Well, maybe notits sold separately.)


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CHAPTER 7:
THE X-FACTOR YOU
Dont ever let someone tell you that you
cant do something. Not even me. You got
a dream, you gotta protect it. When people
cant do something themselves, theyre
gonna tell you that you cant do it. You
want something, go get it. Period.
- Will Smith, Pursuit of Happiness
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Information is only as powerful as the person who


holds it.

Its one of the most important lessons I learned in


college, and it definitely wasnt in a classroom. I didnt
find the educational aspect of it profoundly significant
in any way

In fact, I was ready to start the next chapter of my life


before I finished the part where I went to college.

Sure the parties were great, the ladies were plentiful,


and the fraternity scene was everything youve seen in
the movies, except more fun because I was doing it.

I might even go back and finish things out one day


maybe. Im only 12 credits from my diploma, maybe
Ill go back for a semester and give it to my mom as a
birthday present one year.

Regardless, at the time I couldnt help but to feel like


there was more for me off campus, so I decided to
forego the rest of my senior year in favor of a trip
back home to Kuala Lumpur.

Part of it was because I wasnt learning anything


worth thousands every few months (and thats
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before the cost of books, room/board, lab fees Maybe


I should start a college, they have a pretty good racket
going) and part of it was because

Well, I kinda like the concept of being an elite-


level dropout. Its like a 3-foot-long middle finger to
everyone who said Id never get past the graveyard
shift at 7-11 unless I paid some school a quarter
million dollars for a sheet of paper that claimed that I
was good at one thing.

One day, Im even going to name something of mine


Dropout. It could be the title of my eventual book
Maybe even my own line of t-shirts made for dropout
entrepreneurs. I dont know really I just know Im
going to profit somehow.

For now though, here I was sitting in the full bustle of


LAX like a rock in a rushing river, strangely alone as I
pondered the significance of my journey. Back home,
we lived a very poor life. Even maintaining a basic
standard of living was a constant struggle, and it was
this experience that not only taught me the importance
of financial security in a way most Americans can
never truly appreciate, but inspired me to do my part
in delivering others from the substandard way of life
so common in Malaysia.
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When I discovered a method for creating a real income


that practically anyone could follow, I knew it was my
duty to offer others this opportunity so that some
children out there wont have to grow up the way I
did.

I wanted to build a platform so that other people


like authors, specialists and technical experts could
publish their information products on the Internet
with what I had learned.

Everyone, from dietitians to personal trainers to


childcare experts, could benefit from my marketing
skills and experience to profit from their unique
knowledge. It was an idea that started as a spark
and gradually smoldered into a burning desire, and
now I finally had the resources to make it possible.

I hit the ground running as soon as my flight touched


home soil, and soon I had built a team and started a
company.

Before long, I realized that I was happier than I had


ever been.

Not because of the profits, but because of the


people.
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It gave me true joy to be able to assist these passionate


teachers and experts in spreading their knowledge.

Yes, I was helping them get more sales and exposure,


but I was also enabling them to help more people.
Watching as my clients products grew, their messages
spread and their lives as well as those they touched
changed was a humbling experience, and I consider it
one of the highlights of my career.

My time in Kuala Lumpur taught me a lot about myself


as well. I learned that one of my deepest desires
was to make the world a happier place.

The finer things in life are a nice bonus, but helping


people understand that they can improve their lives
drastically using little more than what they already
know is a powerful feeling.

A simple idea with the right resources behind it is a


formula for changing the world in the right hands, and
everything I did after college was in an effort to prove
it.
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This brings me back to the importance of you in this


process. I could show you, step-by-step, everything
it takes to make a million dollarshell, thats what
Im doingbut you need to know that if youre not
committed to it with every fiber of your being, youre
destined for disappointment.

See, you dont need anyone to hold your hand to find


your success in life. Sure, it helps, but your odds of
finding someone who is truly out to help you for free
are slim to none, and I know I didnt have one on my
way up.

Did I fall? Plenty. But I didnt fail. Falling is a part of


running the race of life, but you only fail when you
dont get back to your feet.

Ill give you an example of the kind of determination


you need to seize everything you want in life. A while
back, I sprained the metatarsal on my right foot, which
eventually led to shin splints and knee pain as the rest
of my leg tried to overcompensate for the damaged foot.

Its not like I didnt have enough foot problems already,


as I was born with an oddly shaped foot that causes me
to stand unevenly by default, and now this.
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In case you dont think this story gets any worse, Im


also an avid soccer player, and its kind of hard to play
football when your feet dont work properly.

After running around the pitch in agony for a few weeks,


I finally visited a physical therapist, who basically told
me to sit down for a year.

Unacceptable.

I sought out a second and a third opinion, but Im


pretty sure they all talked because each gave me the
same answer: I should avoid unnecessary walking
for a while, let alone the beautiful game.

My spirit was crushed as I slowly realized the sport


I loved was lost to me for a long time. Imagine the
devastation when, after a year of rehabilitation, I
still found myself in no condition to play.

My injuries permanently altered my game. I couldnt


control the ball like I used to, or even kick it in the right
direction sometimes. I was constantly falling down,
which was never embarrassing or inconvenient in the
middle of a game, and to put the cherry on the shit
sundae, the old shin and knee pains were back in full
force.
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Suffice it to say nobody confused me with Messi during


my comeback.

Still, I fought through it because I know it would be


the only way Id ever play again. The results were far
from immediate After a few games, the coach of my
amateur team wanted to bench me for my lackluster
performance. I always got back up whenever I fell,
shooting pains in my leg be damned.

The failure made me angry at myself, angry that I


couldnt live up to my own standards. This drove
me to push harder.

I heard practice makes perfect, so I signed up for 2


more amateur teams as well so I could get all of it I
ever needed. I even went out and joined practice with
a local pro team once a week to sharpen my skills.

Hardened against failure in the fire of succeed, I


had no choice but to get better because giving up
was not an option.

Just 2 months later, I helped my team win its first


amateur cup ever. No, we didnt win the Champions
League or anything, but the journey to the hardware
felt that much more special because I put everything I
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had into it.

Thats arguably the most important factor in whether


youre cut out to hold your fate in your own hands.

If you give up, youve defeated yourself Or more


accurately, the loser in you wins. You can never let that
happen.

Yes, if you decide to follow your own road to the


promised land, theres a chance you will trip over one
of the yellow bricks. It happens to the best of us.

However, every time you fall and stand up, you give
the loser in you a nice, stiff slap across the face. Your
goal is to slap that dead weight so many times that he
finds someone else to hang out with Im sure youve
seen people with a double dose of loser.
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CHAPTER 8:
THE NEVERENDING
SUCCESS STORY
All my life people have said that I wasnt going
to make it You can never quit. Winners never
quit, and quitters never win.
Ted Turner
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The quality that most great people share is that theres


always something next for them. They dont just rest
on what theyve accomplished. They constantly
work to build their legacy.

Einstein could have hung it up after the theory of


relativity, but he went on to become one of the fathers
of nuclear energy (for better or worse, its big).

Michael could have unlaced his Jordans for the last


time after ring #3, but why not go back for a few more?

Zuckerberg could have just kept Facebook as a Harvard


thing, but he followed his ambition to become one of
the richest people in the world in under 10 years.

Im not putting myself in that class yet, but you havent


been reading this book if you dont think I aspire to get
there sooner than later. Thats why there always has
to be something next for me.

Yes, Im satisfied with the money Ive made and the


success of my business ventures, but satisfaction is the
first stop on the trip to mediocrity. With that in mind,
where does my next road lead?
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Even big shots like Dallas Mavericks owner Mark


Cuban and real-life maverick Sir Richard Branson are
always looking for their next opportunity. Its because
they need to keep that competitive fire that will to
succeed, burning at full strength.

No matter how much you may be in love with your new


business venture at the start, you will inevitably get
bored with it.

Ive gotten where I am in life by staying hungry for a


new challenge, and Ive decided my next arena will
be investing.

Really, its the only logical step. Ive made all the money
I could ever need to finance my lifestyle, why have the
rest just sitting around idle? I consider practically
everything in my life an asset, including my money
Why should any of my assets not gain value?

By putting my discretionary income into lucrative


investments, Im making a bet I cant lose. If I win, my
assets appreciate in value. If things dont go my way, it
doesnt hurt me at all and I can also consider it buying
a lesson in what doesnt work. Either way, I come out
smarter than when I went in.
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Whether its playing the stock market, investing in a


mutual fund, buying government bonds or all of the
above, my next goal is to make the money I made
not working make more money by not working. It
makes all the sense in the world to me.

Angel investing is another


potentially lucrative area.
Angel investors look for
million-dollar ideas from
individuals who need about
that much to put their
grand plans into action, and
then they finance their start
in exchange for a cut of the
profits.

For example, once upon a


time, a little boy named Bill
went out with his big ideas
looking for some investors and was refused by many
Eventually, some lucky investors made the call of their
lives and gave him what he needed.

Betcha some of those early rejectors wish they had


another bite at that Apple.
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I know whats probably not nextlove. Funny thing,


running a diverse network of online businesses doesnt
leave you much time for finding the onewhich is
okay because she probably doesnt exist.

I definitely sacrificed some long-term romantic


connections in my pursuit of happiness, and honestly
Id do it again. I have no regrets about that, as I have a
much easier time controlling money than a girlfriend.

Besides, that asset probably will only go down in value


anyway. Its something you may want to consider if
youre planning to follow in my footsteps. Notice how
almost no one I mentioned in this book is married?

In any case, while my future is less than certain, my


present isnt. I know exactly what my near future
is going to look like: whatever I damn well please. It
takes a lot of time and dedication to type that sentence
and mean it, but there it is on the page.

What separates people like me from every other Joe


isnt that I was born rich, worked harder or necessarily
have more talent than the next man. No, the only thing
stopping anyone from being in my position is not
knowing what I know... Now that you do, whats your
excuse?
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CHAPTER 9:
ACTION PLAN
Your seeds of success wont grow unless you
plant them. Intentions wont produce the
results you want.
Clay Clark
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Ive prepared this step by step action plan to help


you to get started.

I understand you might be overwhelmed with many


information right now and you might not know where
to get started.

My goal with this book is for you to start something

Whether its to build your first 1,000 subscribers list


or to make your first $1,000 online It really doesnt
matter.

Napoleon Hill, in his book, Think and Grow Rich, states


that action creates wealth.

Back when I just got started, as you read in the


first chapter, I didnt make my first thousand
immediately. It took me some time.

So, dont expect to make thousands of dollars


immediately. Take time to learn and explore your
options.

If Thomas Edison stopped inventing the lightbulb at his


1,000 failed lightbulb, I doubt we will have a lightbulb
today.
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He went on to try out 10,000 different lightbulbs, and


burning down one factory before coming up with
the lightbulb we use today.

Choose to be phenomenal, and stop choosing to be


average.
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Step 1: Whats Your Goal?

First thing first, in order for you to start making money


online, you need to know what you want to get at
the end game and also how to get there.

Assuming being wealthy is your end game, you need


to understand how do you want to get there.

Do you want to sell plenty of products on eBay?

Do you want to use the internet to get clients for your


real estate business?

For this book, our goal is to build you a list of


subscribers that you can mail to again and again to
generate easy profits.

As mentioned in the tale of my past, my email list really


saved my online career.

Even if anything happens to your website, at least


youll have an email list that you can sell to again
and again to generate quick profits.
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Step 2: Pick A Niche Market

Youll need to pick a niche market to be in and theres


not many choices really.

Yes, you have all those weird, small niches like


teaching parrots how to talk, Reiki healing and how to
fold origamis or you can target the highly profitable,
huge markets like health, wealth or relationships.

Some examples of health niche markets are like yoga,


alternative medicine, home remedy, how to reduce
high blood pressure and how to lose body fat.

Some examples of wealth niche markets are like forex


trading, stock trading, make money online and paid
home jobs.

Finally, some examples of relationship niche markets


are like get your ex back, how to seduce women at a bar,
how to keep a man, how to be in a happier marriage
and better sex life.
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Step 3: Build Your Opt-In Page

The first thing youll need is an opt-in page (a lead


capture page) so you can capture the email address of
your traffic.

This is crucial because having a list will be between


making $100 per week and $10,000 per week.

Every single successful internet marketer I know all


have a list and thats not an accident.

Best part about building an opt-in page is that the


simpler it is, the better it will do for you.

So simply build something simple that will not distract


your traffic from doing anything else.

Heres one of the design weve built thats really simple


and does really well
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If you cant afford a web designer, you can always use a


free software like NVU (for Windows) or Kompozer
(for Mac) to design something really easy up.

If you cant afford to invest your time, you can go on


oDesk.com or eLance.com to hire a web designer to
build you a simple opt-in page for $50 - $100.

Next, youll need a service to help you capture, store


and broadcast your email list.

Theres plenty of services like this out there but I


highly recommend you to try out GetResponse (the
same one were using)

Its cheap and really reliable.


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http://www.getresponse.com/

Your web designer should be able to help you integrate


the GetResponse web form code into your opt-in page.
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Step 4: Driving Traffic

Driving traffic is probably the toughest part of the


whole internet marketing process.

Theres really just two ways to do this.

Method 1: Slow and Risky

You spend a lot of hours every day optimizing your


website for the search engine.

Youll see results after 3-5 months.

The risky part comes from spending months and


only seeing results a few months later.

Method 2: Fast & Easy (My recommendation)

I highly recommend you to simply buy advertising


online through Facebook and Google.

My personal favorite is Facebook because you can


target everything from language spoken, marriage
status, location, favorite music, favorite food etc.
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But thats not the best part. Facebook is also ridiculously


cheap and you can usually able to get traffic in a couple
of hours.

You can check out Facebook Ads at:

http://www.facebook.com/ads/
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Step 5: Thats It!

Now that youve set up your own system to make


money online, all you need to do is sit back and watch
the money comes in.

Constantly find new ways to drive traffic to your opt-


in page to make sure you get as many subscribers
as you can into your list.

Your goal should be to build a 10,000 subscribers list


every 4 months.

10,000 subscribers list can usually yield about $8,000


in profits, in a year, you should see, $32,000 in net
profits.

Thats assuming you keep your growth steady and


theres no change in growth.

Once you have 10,000 subscribers list, everything


would be much easier because you can now explore
more options to drive traffic like product launches,
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adswap and even leverage YouTube.

For now, keep it simple, and build your main system


to collect email addresses first.

Once youve done that, please join our Facebook Group


for this book and lets work together with other readers
to scale up your new online business.

Join our Facebook Group here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/against.odds/
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Website Directories

Against All Odds Facebook Group

http://facebook.com/groups/against.odds/

Blogger

http://blogger.com

Book Bonus

http://desmondong.com/bookbonus/

BuySellAds

http://buysellads.com

ClickBank

http://clickbank.com
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Desmonds Blog

http://desmondong.com

Desmonds Facebook

http://desmondong.com/thedesmondong/

Desmonds Twitter

http://twitter.com/realdesmondong/

Elance

http://elance.com/

Facebook Ads

http://facebook.com/ads/
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Flippa

http://flippa.com

GetResponse

http://www.getresponse.com/

Google AdSense

http://google.com/adsense/

Google Analytics

http://google.com/analytics/

Google AdWords

http://adwords.google.com/

iContact

http://icontact.com/
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KompoZer

http://kompozer.net

LeadPages

http://leadpages.net/

NVU

http://nvu.com

oDesk

http://odesk.com/

SiteScout

http://sitescout.com

Visual Website Organizer

http://visualwebsiteoptimizer.com/
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