In any case, the internet has opened up a world of opportunities for the entrepreneur-at-heart. Here are 21 businesses that you can start today and run entirely from a laptop and an internet connection.

Development

#1 Web Developer

According to SBA.gov, there were 29.6 million small businesses in the US and Ad-ology found that 46% of small businesses don’t have a website.

#2 Mobile App Developer

In 2010, the International Telecommunication Union reported that there are over 5 billion cell phones in the world and 1 billion of them have mobile broadband subscriptions.

#3 Blog Maintenance Provider

As tracked by BlogPulse, there were 126 million blogs on the internet in 2010 and most of them suck. Most bloggers think they just have to write, post, and auto-tweet. So if you know how to properly post a WordPress blog post, you can offer this as a service to serious bloggers.

Graphic Design

#4 Logo Designer

Since there are 29.6 million small businesses in the US alone, that’s 29.6 million potential logo customers. But most of them already have logos… Yeah, but very few of them have good logos.

#5 Web Designer

According to Pingdom, there are 234 million websites on the net. Like small business logos, most of these websites look terrible. And even the good ones, as you’ll soon see on Retire@21, know the value of continually improving the design.

#6 Book Cover Designer

Right now, there are over 32 million books on Amazon and every one of them has a book cover. According to UNESCO, over 1 million books are published per year. This doesn’t include eBooks.

#7 Mobile App Designer

Much like mobile app developers, there’s plenty of need for mobile app designers. Companies usually contract out to both developers and designers separately to create the app.

#8 Computer-Aided Designer

CAD drawings are typically 3D mockups and virtual prototypes that companies create prior to manufacturing a product. Pretty much every product design starts as a CAD drawing.

#9 Web Theme Designer

According to WordPress.com, there are over 53 million WordPress sites and about half of them are self-hosted. This means, WordPress alone has about 26 million sites that need themes.

#10 Videographer

In 2009, Zappos reported a 6% to 30% increase in sales for products with video. Website owners realize that video converts higher than any other form of content, so they’re starting to contract out for that work.

Writing

#11 Author

According to Authors Guild, a successful fiction book sells 5,000 copies and a successful nonfiction book sells 7,500 copies. Also, Jenkins Group (a premier publishing firm) reports that 70% of books published don’t make a profit. Don’t let these stats discourage you, but it’s hard to make a living as an author.

#12 Editor

Part of the reason books usually don’t earn back their investment is because they have to pay for an editor. You’ll likely earn more as an editor than an author.

#13 Copywriter

With 126 million blogs, there are 126 million websites that need content. If you’re a good writer and knowledgeable about a niche topic, reach out to the top bloggers in that niche and ask if they’ll pay you to write for them.

#14 Transcription

According to Worldwide Freelance, some industry estimates suggest that up to 50% of all non-fiction books are ghostwritten. Often, these books start as audio recordings and the ghostwriter transcribes and spruces up the content. This is just one way to make money as a transcriber.

#15 Translation

English is the universal language of business, but there are roughly 6,500 other languages in the world. Books, websites, manuals, etc. all need to be translated to other languages.

#16 Blogger

Much like authors, few bloggers make a living strictly from blogging. To attract advertisers, you typically need a couple thousand unique visitors per day. Think of a blog as a platform to attract other business opportunities.

Internet Marketing

#17 Search Engine Optimization

234 million websites compete to rise to the top of search engines. If you know how to optimize websites, you can help website owners save a lot of money on internet advertising.

#18 Search Engine Marketer

The other side of search engines is paid search. It’s not unusual for internet marketers to have $500,000 per month budgets for PPC (pay-per-click) and CPM (cost-per-thousand-impressions) advertising.

#19 Social Media Manager

Don’t let companies outsource their social media campaigns. But a service that helps people set up their Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus profiles is completely legitimate.

#20 Email Marketing Manager

Michael always tells you that the money is in the list, but it takes a lot or work to maintain that list. If you offer to create and automate the email newsletters, it’ll take a lot of pressure off their backs.

#21 Affiliate Marketer

To date, ClickBank has paid out almost $1.9 billion to affiliate marketers. Affiliate marketing is another way to make a living as a blogger and it’s the primary way that Michael makes money.

So what…

I know I gave you lots of big stats and that can be overwhelming.

To put it into perspective, Michael has partaken in or hired out at least 14 of these 21 services; this includes over $30,000 on web design updates to IncomeDiary.

There’s a lot of money to be made on the internet. If you have a laptop, an internet connection, and a working brain, the only thing holding you back is you.

Post written by Retireat21 writer, Nick Tart.

Ask any good business owner that understands direct marketing “what is the one biggest advantage that if you had it could make you millions?”

They are not going to say their list. Although it is a huge asset. Nor will they say there PPC campaign, or their blog.

All of these are great and essential.

And almost all the most successful people online have these.

But the one thing they will all agree on is their secret weapon is their copywriter.

Whether it’s the entrepreneur who does the writing… or if they hire out this work to a direct-response copywriter who has a proven track record.

If you already have your own in-house copywriter, do it yourself or get a ‘hired gun’ you’re already successful.

If you don’t then what I’m about to tell you will rock your world.

When I first started out as a writer 21 years ago, I got into by accident. I was a door to door commission only salesperson.

How’s that for a tough choice?

Imagine having to go up to someone’s front door you’ve never met and ask them to buy your stuff.

Well I was successful, so much so an entrepreneur asked me to work for him.

This was industrial sales. And when I tried cold-calling it didn’t work.

You had to have an appointment or you couldn’t see anyone.

Next I tried telesales. I don’t know if you’ve ever tried this, but it’s pretty soul destroying stuff.

Out of sheer frustration I wrote a letter and sent it out first class.

And guess what?

My phone started ringing.

They were calling me for an appointment.

I liked this. A lot.

I’ve never admitted this to anyone before, but it was so easy it was almost embarrassing.

This got me started on a quest to learn more about writing sales letters.

Over the years I’ve been able to launch new products fast and profitably.

I’ll show you were you can see examples of some of these successful sales letters later.

But for now before you write another piece of copy, or hire someone else, you need to know the number one skill the gives any writer the winning edge.

And I’m going to tell you what that is in a moment. But first let me tell about selling in print.

In order to sell you must get the interest and desire of the person you want to buy your product.

Next you must bond with them. They must see you as a real person.

After that you give some kind of proof.

Only now can you give them a sample of what you do.

So, that’s the foundation laid now to build a strong building you need powerful building blocks.

They come in the form of fascinations.

Just a quick aside here. If your copywriter doesn’t know about fascinations then you’re not getting anywhere near the results you could be getting.

What is a fascination?

It’s like a mini benefit statement.

Some people call these bullets… however they are far more than just bullet points.

They fascinate you to the point where you must have the answer.

Designed to tease but never to give away everything.

The question is often asked, “Why is lingerie sexy?”

Not because of what it reveals, but rather what it hides.

You may already know your job as a salesperson selling what you sell is to turn features into benefits.

That’s obvious right? Wrong! Most people turn their features into ‘functional benefits.’

In other words they’ll tell you the handle on the coffee cup (the feature) allows you to drink the coffee while it’s still hot without burning yourself (functional benefit.)

Do you see what I mean?

A successful marketer and copywriter will spend a lifetime coming up with better ways to talk about benefits.

The ‘what’s in it for me’ approach.

Until you can say that to the reader’s satisfaction they aren’t going to buy.

Let’s say you tell the coffee drinker that drinking coffee at the temperature you like it – not too hot, not too cold – but just right makes you feel really good inside.

I don’t know if you know this, but everyone craves heat. So talking about what the heat does for them before they get the buzz of the caffeine will help you sell the cup.

And that’s the part nearly all marketers overlook.

It’s the real benefit.

Now comes this question of which is better, long copy or short copy.

I think that’s the wrong question.

If you asked which is better more benefits or less benefits you’re going to get the answer you’re looking for.

Because you don’t know exactly which benefit makes your readers buy.

So putting more of them is almost always going to give you a better chance of making that sale.

So what’s the best way to state a benefit?

Say it in a way that fascinates your reader so much they want to own your product.

A fascination is an advanced way of writing bullet points. It gets to the core emotions of the reader.

It’s what I call ‘State of the Heart Selling.’

How to make this work for you

Let’s imagine your selling an information product.

Hire someone to read it and give it back to you with highlighted sections of anything that’s a benefit, or newsworthy or a breakthrough.

Especially anything that’s exciting or fascinating.

Now you take all of these statements and put them into a word document and reword them into paragraphs that make sense.

Essentially you’re just cutting and pasting at this stage.

Here’s my little secret.

Look for themes you can turn into headlines and sub-headlines.

That way you create desire and interest right from the start.

If you want examples of how I did this then go to my website http://www.scienceofgettingclients.com and look under the tab on my home page called portfolio.

Scroll down until you see the document reseveratrol 500.

On the first page you’ll see examples of fascinations. But even better is the headline.

This got me a 24% response rate.

That’s the power of these fascinations.

You come up with as many of these as you can and then design you’re whole promotion around them.

Before I end here today I want to give you the quintessential skill that allows you to come up with great fascinations.

I reverse engineer my fascinations.

Here’s what I mean:

In the reseveratrol promotion I give the bullet point. “What never to drink if you want to stay young.”

How did I arrive at this?

I looked at the ORAC value of dark chocolate. The ORAC value will show you the levels of anti-oxidants in the things you eat and drink.

Dark chocolate has one of the highest ORAC values at over 1200. But when you add milk to it the ORAC value is halved.

And the less anti-oxidants you have in your body the faster you age.

So there you have it… some of my best secrets only ever given here at Income Diary.

One last thing, then I’m out of here.

Once you’ve written your piece you show it to people who could buy your product. But DON’T as l them what they think.

Instead watch their reaction.

If they say, “Where can I get this?” You’ve done it.

There are however, one or two pitfalls in getting people to do this.

And it has to do with your language and they way you use it.

I have a recording I would like to give you called, ‘Why People Resist You and What to Do About it.’

All you have to do is write in the comment box below the word “YES” and I’ll give this to Michael so he can make it available to you.

That’s it for this month. You now have the unfair advantage to take you to the next level

Clive Cable

The Quintessential Copywriter.

PS If you want me to take a look at one of your benefits and turn it into a fascination you can email me: clive@scienceofgettingclients.com it won’t cost you anything. However I’m only offering this for the next seven days otherwise I’ll be swamped.

Hi Everyone

I am very pleased to announce that RetireAt21.com has partnered with my good friend and Top Online Marketer, Yanik Silver to offer:

Scholarship Attendance To The 2010 Underground Online Seminar

A Scholarship includes Free admission to Yanik Silver’s Underground Online Seminar® 6 to be held at a top-secret location in Washington, DC on March 12-14, 2010. ($3,495 value) plus a host of other benefits – see below….

You can find full details of the Young Entrepreneurs Scholarship here

Yanik offered scholarship’s last year for the first time and at least 5 of the scholarship attendees were RetireAt21.com readers. It was truly magnificent event and a year on many of last years scholarship recipients are reporting significant increases in income and growth in their businesses – indeed it was attendance at last years event and what I learned there that allowed me to personally move up to being a 6 Figure Blogger.

Q. Are you a super star emerging young entrepreneur (ages 13-23) who is ready to hang out, network and learn from with the world’s top online entrepreneurs?

Q. Do you have an entrepreneurial success story or drive already?

Q. Do you believe you’ve got what it takes to create the next Internet blockbuster?

If you answered YES – share your story and you might win a scholarship to Yanik Silver’s Underground Online Seminar® 6 Seminar in Washington, DC to be held March 12-14, 2010 (a $3,495.00 value)! Plus an incredible list of exceptional VIP extras to make this the ultimate young entrepreneurs experience.

What is it all about?

The Maverick Young Entrepreneurs Challenge for emerging entrepreneurs aged 13-23. We’re in search of the next generation of young thought leaders and Mavericks ready to make their own rules and build their online success story. We’re on a mission to find 10 lucky winners who’ll get the ultimate young entrepreneurial experience at the upcoming Underground Online Seminar® 6. Winners will be chosen based on an application process and a panel of distinctive business judges.

If you are one of the 10 winners of the challenge will receive the following:

* Free admission to Yanik Silver’s Underground Online Seminar® 5 to be held at a top-secret location in Washington, DC on March 12-14, 2010. ($3,495 value)

* Free admission to the “Underground Young Moguls” pre-day held March 11, 2010 with some of the smartest and most successful Internet entrepreneurs under the age of 25.

* Networking opportunities at the event with 300+ leading entrepreneurs and top Internet business owners including Web 2.0 Visionary, Gary Vaynerchuck and KIVA.org co-founder, Jessica Jackley & many more!

* Private VIP Lunch with Yanik Silver, multiple speakers from the Underground® and members of the exclusive Maverick Business Adventures® group. (Maverick Business Adventures® is a distinct group of 7-figure business owners committed to ‘giving forward’ to young entrepreneurs.)

* Special brainstorming sessions to help you create even BIGGER business opportunities with new or existing businesses.

* Exclusive Maverick Young Entrepreneurs Swag Prize Bag (Special resources and goodies from top online experts.)

* A true one-of-a-kind entrepreneurial experience that you are sure to remember for years to come!

Apply For A Young Entrepreneurs Scholarship Here (Apply Now – Closing Date For Applications 19th February 2010)

Last year was the first year Yanik held this scholarship and here are what a few winners reported back:

“I will be eternally grateful for what I experienced last weekend. I’ve connected with some really awesome people, namely Michael Dunlop who is working with me on some brand new projects I’ve got in the works.” – Tyler L.

“First off, thank you so much for the amazing opportunity. I met some awesome people, started and joined a mastermind, and am well on my way to building an information product on the power’s of outsourcing. My website is almost done, writing is in full gear, and I’m just implementing the first idea. Its all shaping together fast fast fast!” – Marshall H.

“First of all this experience has already changed my life. Beyond any monetary figures or anything tangible, my outlook and belief in myself has changed permanently….The presentations were great..I learned a ton…The people there were so helpful and open and I made some great, life-long friends there.

‘During the lunch with your Maverick guys, I loved the group mastermind idea (especially since I got to go up…true story: when I went to sit down in front of everyone, I had one outlook on my business and where it was going and by the time I left that lunch, I had a completely different idea of where my business was headed…put it this way, I’m able to conservatively project a 2,500% increase in profit in April compared to February…lol..that makes me smile)” – Alex M.

Apply For A Young Entrepreneurs Scholarship Here (Apply Now – Closing Date For Applications 19th February 2010)

Hi Everyone,

There’s an old Amish saying that goes,

“We get too soon old and too late smart.”

Well it seems that doesn’t apply here…

Yanik Silver has just announced a special pre-day before the main Underground® 6 event (March 11th, 2010) where you can learn from some of the smartest (and youngest) online talent.

This Young Moguls Day is something that Yanik and I are organising the day prior to the Underground Seminar.

You’ll hear from a young breed of upstarts who are completely and totally crushing it online! This new generation of young moguls grew up with a computer and their use of technology, marketing techniques and connection is unprecedented.

This additional day will soon be priced at $495.00 but you get to attend free right now if you register for the Underground before the Early-Bird deadline. (And this is on top of the other Early-Bird goodies like a special VIP networking dinner, Spy mission and lowest price going he’s got going!)

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Underground Online Seminar – Full Details Here
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The line-up for the Young Underground Moguls pre-day is still taking shape but here’s who Yanik confirmed already (with others being added each week)…

* Neil Patel – SEO Guru and Social Media Expert, CrazyEgg.com & QuickSprout.com

Not many people can claim to be both an SEO Expert and a Social Media Expert, but Neil Patel fits the bill. Neil is also the co-founder of 2 Internet companies: Crazy Egg, and KISSmetrics. Through these 2 companies he has helped large corporations such as AOL, General Motors, Hewlett-Packard and Viacom make more money from the web. By the age of 21 not only was Neil named a top 100 blogger by Technorati, but he was also one of the top influencers on the web according to the Wall Street Journal. He’s been paid $100,000.00/month to be on retainer for companies and you’ll see why when you hear him speak!

* Derek Johnson, Founder Tatango.com

Just like Bill Gates, Derek, is a college CEO drop out! His innovation was releasing an application in 2007 that allowed you to send text messages to groups of phones from the Internet, at first he offered the service for free but quickly moved to a paid model with over 10,000 members paying between $20 and $200 depending on the package they use. (And the best part is customers keep paying month after month!) He’s also been featured as one of Business Weeks top young entrepreneurs of 2009.

* Kieran O’Neil, Founder PSU.com

At just 21 years old and is already a serial internet entrepreneur with three huge successes online so far! Kieran sold his first website online for $1.25 Million at the age of 19 and launched a new gaming social network which he raised over $1 Million in venture capital investment for and runs one of the biggest PlayStation fan sites in the world with 209,000+ registered users!

As you can see you’ll hear directly from the movers and shakers who are blowing up social media, selling their Internet ventures for a princely sum and developing the next generation of mobile applications.

I truly believe this single pre-day could be well worth your ticket price for the ‘main event’ and I’ll definitely be there!

Sign Up For The Underground Online Seminar Now

Don’t kick yourself for missing out!

To Our Success,

Michael

P.S. Adding the Young Mogul day is just one of the reasons there are NO seminars like the Underground® event and why it’s become THE most exclusive learning, networking and ‘deal making’ event put on each year.

Underground Online Seminar

Many web business owners have also recognized the viability of affiliate marketing as an excellent promotional tool. Affiliate marketers are able to grow their earnings by directing traffic to certain websites and obtaining new customer leads.

If you want to earn additional Internet-based income, it is always possible to make money with affiliate programs.

Huge earnings from customer leads

It is true that many affiliate marketers currently enjoy excellent earnings, just by generating customer leads. Many affiliate programs require that you make recruits or persuade people to actually make purchases on their site.

However, some affiliate vendors are willing to pay you excellent money for every lead you gain, even if these leads do not actually convert to a sale.

It does not come as a surprise therefore, why many people have already taken up affiliate marketing as an excellent means for them to boost their incomes. A few really successful ones have already quit their day jobs and are now focusing on affiliate marketing instead.

How affiliate marketing really works?

If you are concerned as to how affiliate marketing really works, the equation is actually pretty simple. Before you can become an affiliate of any website, you need to build your own site first. If you don’t have a website and you plan on taking up affiliate marketing seriously, it is high time that you start creating a traffic-friendly site.

Once your site is up and running, you can start choosing from the many affiliate programs available on the web. If your site caters to a specific niche, it is highly suggested that you also choose affiliate sites which are related to your site’s content.

It will be easier for you to gain leads in this manner, since you know that the people who are checking out your site will be interested in the offerings of the affiliate program as well.

A few tips in effective and profitable affiliate marketing

If you want to be really successful in affiliate marketing however, you need to learn a few effective strategies in generating web traffic to your site.

The more traffic your site gets, the easier for you to enjoy bigger earnings from your affiliate programs. Nonetheless, successful traffic generation is often easier said than done. You need to put in the hours and learn to be more patient as you are slowly building up on traffic volume.

When it comes to generating traffic, there is no any other way but the legitimate way. Unless you want to be banned from the listings of search engines, you should steer clear of underhanded traffic generation strategies.

Choose who you want to be associated with.

Finding an excellent affiliate program is also important. Before you even think of earning from affiliate marketing, you need to make sure that the programs you have chosen to become affiliated with are legitimately operating and offer excellent rewards for your efforts.

The last thing you would want is to become affiliated with a web business that has no plans of compensating you for all the work that you do for them.

This is why reviewing each affiliate program is important, prior to signing up with them. If you can’t review each of these programs on your own, you can seek out affiliate program review sites such as Affiliate Scout.

Here you will find that most affiliate programs are categorized according to type, and you can also read up on their reviews. This will help you choose a program that is perfect for the market niche your site is currently targeting.

You may have to contend with tough competition if you’re trying to sell affiliate products, however there are many things you can do to make your site more distinctive and your promotional tactics more aggressive.

Affiliate marketing is one of the best ways to earn lucrative money from the web nowadays. By choosing the right affiliate program and building an attractive site, there is no reason why you should not become a successful affiliate on the web.

If you are creating a blog with the expectations of generating traffic then there are few means and tools to achieve it.

Though being a king in the contents’ quality is a default condition, it is not the only factor which will be essential to be successful.

Managing the contents and knowing those methodologies to attract/generate traffic will give you the kingdom where you can prove your supremacy.

Twitter is nothing but micro-blogging platform which along with the powerful tools, support applications, and plug-ins will be capable to create the much needed popularity for developing your blogs.

The possible ways in which Twitter can help you save and make money as an entrepreneur are that they can be fun filled and interesting, thus will attract more traffic and it goes without saying that with improved traffic your business will grow tremendously.

You are not required to make big investments with Twitter or spend extensively on other expensive marketing strategies, thus you can save money too. Online business with Twitter could have not got better than this.

Advantages of Twitter for Entrepreneurs

Twitters, in short, is very popular in social networking which enables the users to update their status which consists of almost 140 characters.

You can make the best use of this by using the updates to post interesting information about you or your business along with the URL of you blog/website. It is possible that the onlookers can get mildly interested in what you have got to say with your updates via Twitter and can eventually end up visiting your website.

Remember that Twitter is just the tool which will initiate the potential traffic to your blogs; it is to be understood that you should have good quality contents, attractive profile, browser-friendly options, and more importantly, stay true to your promises if you have to sustain the potential traffic generated by Twitter.

It is indeed an art to survive and succeed in this internet world where thousands of new blogs and websites are cropping up each day.

• Twitters are indispensible in bringing home long lists of prospective customers in a really quicker period. At times, it is arguably even better than the ezines or other similar websites as the visibility while participating in Twitter is quite noteworthy.
• The best part is that you can continue to stay connected even if you are not around in your office as some of the latest Twitter can be used even from the cell phones. There are innumerable features in Twitter for you to ease your work, for instance, the services which the options for you to set up the daily “tweets” while you can arrange for automatically sending them out too.
• Twitter plays an important role in informing your followers the details about you and helps you to have an identity for yourself. Though this is much possible with webinars, seminars, blog updates, or with the articles written by you, Twitter is more efficient and friendly.

As an entrepreneur, to ensure the maximum success with Twitter, you can resolve to tweet regularly and make attempts to go beyond just selling.

Few mistakes which are common while using Twitter are being too sales based, not updating your blogs/source as much you update your Twitter, and lastly, becoming a twit-addict.

Some of the popular Twitter shortcut tools which will save your time are Tweetdeck, Twellow, Tweetie/Twitterberry, Grouptweet, Monitter, Twitterfox, Twitthis, Hashtags.org, WhoShouldIFollow, TweetBeep, Twitterfeed, and so on.

Remember that time is also money and you can still make the best use of Twitter without having to spend much of your precious time.

As I think some of you know — I am attending Ryan Lee’s Continuity Summit this weekend in Stamford, CT

One of the nicest things about these events is not just the great speakers but the opportunity to meet and hangout with so many other passionate entrepreneurs.

One entrepreneur in particular that I am looking forward to hearing speaking and meeting again is Mike Hill – I have heard Mike speak before at Yanik Silver’s Underground Online Seminar in LA last year and he really is one of the cleverest and kindest men you are ever likely to meet.

Mike describes himself on Twitter as: a Daddy, Husband, Marketer, World Traveler, Freakazoid, Nerd and Human Living (not human being) (Now that is one of the best Twitter descriptions ever!)

More info on Continuity Summit at: http://www.ozworthlive.com

Mike Hill Inspires Young Entrepreneurs

Below is a short video Mike recorded with my Dad last January when they were both in Baja, Mexico.

You have just to listen to Mikes voice to feel that passion!! Very inspiring — thank you Mike.

Check out Mike Hill on Twitter
http://twitter.com/MikeHill

and his website: http://mymediabuyer.com

Website flipping is similar to real-estate, in that you want to create a property that is attractive and provides the owners with a quality site and a nice resale value.

By following a few tips for website flipping, you can take advantage of this money making technique.

Tips for Website Flipping

Design: Remember to use an attractive and neutral design that is geared towards your target market. If your website is about puppies then be sure to include playful colors as opposed to a gaming website which might have a darker color scheme. The aesthetic strength of your website will determine how other your buyers might value it.

Location, Location, Location: If you have a complicated web address, then make sure you play to the strengths of it. Remind your target market about keywords in domains, or explain how the extension benefits the name. You want to make the domain name as attractive as possible to your target market.

It’s All About Presentation: If your website has outdated code, is cluttered with ads, or looks disappointing in any way, then your potential buyers won’t want to take it from you. Make sure to clean up your site, validate all of your code, and do an inspection for anything potential buyers might look for.

As well, make sure to have all relevant information on hand for those who ask (Alexa, Google, Yahoo!, Revenue, etc.).

Features, Benefits, and Extras: Promote any extras that your site has when preparing it for sale. If you have a custom template, then hype that up. If you have an extremely unique concept, then discuss that.

The idea is to make the site look not just of high quality, but unique. Make sure you hype up the benefits that your target market would appreciate most.

Resale Value: People want to know that they will get a return on their investment. Let your market know that the websites you sell them can be sold for even more money one day. Discuss revenue patterns, traffic, and search engine rankings to show that your site is high quality. Give the people what they want and let them know that it’s a good investment.

Learn to Bargain: Always set your base price slightly higher than the price you really want to get for your site. In this way, when you begin to sell sites, you can drop the rate just to the price you expect, and seem open to negotiations as well.

Find the Right Market: Those interested in internet marketing will not want to buy a website based on classic arcade games. Make sure to market your website to the right people, so that you can find interested buyers willing to pay a great price.

Selling websites can be fun and profitable if you know how to use the right tactics. Learning to implement those techniques above will ensure your success in flipping website.

However, when it comes to ‘building a list’ there seems to be a lot of mystery about how to proceed. Do you sell the list to make money? (The answer to that one is NO!)

So how do you go about making money online using your new found mailing list?

If you’ve ever taken a marketing class, an e-mail list is a sales technique known as an “endless chain.” You call one person, they might not want to take advantage of your offers, and then you move on to the next.

With a mailing list, you can reach hundreds (or thousands, if you’re that good) of people to promote your new product, website, service, etc. Mailing lists are extremely versatile for promotions.

Before discussing specific ideas, let’s talk about how NOT to make money with your mailing list. Here are some things you should never do if you want to be make money with your list:

• Do not spam your subscribers! They opted into your list to get some helpful resources/offers, not to be spammed with all sort of craps.
• Do not fill your campaigns (newsletters) with affiliate links. Try to keep it down to one or two per newsletter, and always inform your subscribers that they are going to click affiliate links.
• Do not send multiple e-mails a day. Once a day is fine enough, and you might lose subscribers from those who don’t appreciate the multitude of e-mails you send them.

How to Make Money with Your List

There are several ways that you can make money from your e-mail list.

Consider your list to be the audience at a company meeting, and your e-mails to be your pitches to loyal customers. The best way to generate money from your list is to make your subscribers feel like the elite. Offer them things early, get their opinions, and give them special deals.

Aside from that, the best ways to make money with your mailing list are:

Promoting a New Website: Send your leads an intro of a new website and how it benefits them. Encourage them to sign up and maybe even offer a benefit for subscribers such as early usage of the
website or a free month of service, etc.

Promoting your new site will not only drive traffic faster and more effectively, it will drive people who are interested in what your site has to offer, and who will possibly recommend it to their network of friends.

Selling a Website or Domain Name: You can use your new list to advertise websites or domain names that you might want to sell. Make sure to make your subscribers feel as though they are taking advantage of a quick offer.

Just like real-estate, you have to make them consider all of the benefits your available website can give to them, and how it could go fast.

Affiliate Marketing: You can make money through affiliate marketing by picking a product to promote with in a campaign and sending it off to your subscribers.

Be sure to tell them how the product works for them, and if possible, create a special promotional code to give them a discount. For HTML e-mails, promote your affiliate link (but don’t go nuts!) and for plain text, promote the coupon code more heavily (so people don’t see the affiliate URL).

Donations: If your website is more towards non-profit, or provides a free service, then ask your mailing list (nicely) to support your efforts with a small donation or contribution to development.

This is probably the least effective marketing technique, but if you have extremely loyal leads and a good cause, this method could work well.  Just be sure to setup a “thank you” page!

Making money using a mailing list is easier than many might think. While a mailing list is not the magical end-all-be-all make money online idea, it is a tried and true method with various benefits for yourself and your website.

As it’s most often cited that “The money is in the list“. Now go build your list.

If you are new to the business of affiliate marketing, consider the following tips.

Write an Honest Review

The number one way to sell a great product is to write an honest review of it. Describe what you did and didn’t like about it and let your authority work for you.

Loyal readers will appreciate your opinion and buy the product, using your affiliate link. A good review includes pros and cons, and comparisons to other products in the niche. Show your readers’ how your affiliate product stacks up.

Use the Product in Context

If you’re selling an advertising publisher, why not use the publisher on your site to host your ads? Showing how the product works and looks in context will help your readers see how it works.

In addition, viewing a product on a blog with authority will have them wanting to emulate your style!

Promote the Product Away from Your Blog

If you’re regularly on twitter or another social media site, promote your affiliate product. Link back to the review on your blog and let people know that you support your product out of context. Generating word-of-mouth sales is a fantastic technique to make you more money online.

Leverage Your Mailing List

If you’re running a newsletter from your blog, be sure to include a section for “partner offers” from your affiliates. Sometimes those subscribed to your newsletter will not get out to your blog often, but will be more receptive to offers given from the campaign.

If possible, select a product specifically for newsletter subscribers and promote it in your newsletter. Rarity is an attractive quality and can generate a bunch of sales and get new subscribers to your list!

Create a Partner Product

If you have a shop on your blog, or you have a space specifically for affiliate products, create a free “partner product” to go along with it. This could be a simple free landing page layout, or a 5-page report.

People love free gifts and giving away something of yours will increase authority and loyalty. Just make sure that your product is of quality!

Create a Guide to the Product

Write a “getting started” guide to working with the product that you want to promote. Talk about how it is a solution to your readers’ problems, then show them how to use the affiliate product to do what it is they’re trying to achieve.

Guides are a fantastic way to promote products because it gives people a sense of usability and ease. Provide the means and the explanation to really sell your affiliate product to readers.

Give the Product Away for Free

If you can secure one free copy of your affiliate’s product, launch a contest to give it away and generate some buzz. Talk about how winning the product will change your readers’ lives for the better, and some of your readers will choose to buy it right then and there. As well, contests generate more traffic, which generates more leads.

Give the Product Away at a Discount

Some affiliate programs allow you to create coupon codes for the product. While this may take out of your commission earnings, giving away a few coupons and then asking for testimonials back will strengthen the product exposure and build up your reputation as well.

Create a Case Study

Explain to your readers how the product has changed your own personal life by creating a case study about how the product affected your blog. Show your readers some real statistics and changes over time.

Be sure to include personal anecdotes in your study to draw your readers in. Examples are a fantastic way to sell a product.

Finding the right affiliate product for your blog is only the first step in making a good income. A real affiliate marketer knows how to connect with his or her audience and make them find value and solution in the product that is being promoted.

To our success!