The title of this blog post says it all! I consider myself an “underground” internet marketer. I have not yet branded myself as a well-known internet marketer. This week, I am launching a ‘new’ website, Lifetime Internet Coaching. This is going to be a website for complete online business and internet marketing education for those that want to learn how to create multiple streams of revenue on the internet. So I was going through some pre-launch marketing last week and I contacted some “mainstream” internet marketing gurus to see if they would be willing to help promote this new website. I probably contacted a dozen of them through email and some even on Facebook that accepted to ‘be my friend’. I did not hear back from any of them. One of them did have their assistant reply to my email saying that “his plate was full and couldn’t take on any more projects.” I guess they’re not interested so I’m going at the marketing alone, at least for now. When the website gains popularity then I might be contacted by them (emphasis on “might”).
At first it really irritated me that these “gurus” that make money telling people how to make money online won’t help an internet marketer like me make money online. I do want to clarify that a Joint Venture Partnership with me on this website project would be just as beneficial for them as it would be for my business. It still bothers me a little bit but I can’t dwell on it. I have failed plenty of times when it comes to making money online (a few years back). I have learned a lot since then and one of the most important lessons is, you can’t count on anyone else but yourself when it comes to this type of business. I wouldn’t mind getting into the “mainstream” internet marketing sphere because I think that it really helps your credibility when trying to convince someone to buy your ’system’ because you can consistently make “$50,000 per month” and so on and so forth.
Another “secret” that internet marketing “gurus” don’t want you to know. For a long time, there really hasn’t been any new, revolutionary technique to making money online.
It all comes down to selling.
- Selling your products (ecommerce)
- Selling information (information marketing)
- Selling other people’s products (affiliate marketing)
There are new methods for the main types of an online business. In my opinion, the best method to sell in any of these business models is through your own opt-in email list. We’ll talk about building a list later.
I want to wrap up now by saying that I sort of expected the lack of acknowledgement from those internet marketing “gurus” and I don’t blame them because I know what it’s like to have a lot of projects to work on. If you’re reading this and you want to get involved in Lifetime Internet Coaching then please leave a comment on this blog or visit this page to find out more.
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