1.
Search engine submission – This should be your first step
when you
create a website. Avoid any services that charge you to submit to a
number of sites. Most of these sites are too small to bother with and
you can find the larger ones on your own. Also submit to niche sites,
such as search engines for your area or industry.
2.
Linking – Establish a links page on your site as soon as
possible.
This will allow you to swap promotion with other relevant and quality
sites.
3.
Blogging – This form of updating your site is a wonderful way
to stay
in touch with clients and potential clients. You can post as often as
you like and the more posts you have, the more hits you will get on
search engines when people search for the topic of your post.
4.
Newsletter – This is one of the best ways to build a loyal
customer
base. You can start an informative newsletter that will go out to a
targeted audience. Start a sign up box on every page of your website to
let people submit their email addresses. They will pass the newsletter
to others if it is of good quality.
5.
Viral marketing – Viral marketing is the use of products sold
online
to spread the word about your site. You can sell ebooks, samples, and
mini courses that will include links and references to your website.
6.
Forums and bulletin boards – Post regularly on forums and
bulletin
boards that target your potential customer base. You are not allowed to
promote your site in these posts, but you can use a signature that
includes your web address or perhaps some link to a viral marketing
product. Check with the forum guidelines before you post.
7.
Article distribution – Write some articles with your customer
base in
mind. They will consider you an expert and refer to you for future
needs. You will get a signature section where you can tout your
expertise or promote your product and link to your site. You can find
article distribution sites by searching on the web.
8.
Article swapping – You should always allow for rewrites of
your
articles with the inclusion of your bio at the bottom. This will spread
the word and allow for multiple publications. Also reprint the articles
of related experts on your blog or in your newsletter to encourage
reciprocation.
9.
Cross promoting – You can also start partnerships with other
websites
that allow you to cross promote your services, newsletters, and other
products.
10.
Networking – There are online business networking
opportunities
available today that allow you to join and reap the benefits of
swapping articles and job leads.
Our income on this site is served by three distinct sources:
1. Our own products and services which in a good month can be very profitable.
2. Google Adsense - You see their ads posted throughout the site. In a typical month, it brings in a few dollars. 'nuff said?
3. Click Bank - CPA Advertising. We get paid if you click an ad and buy the product or service on the ad. We have tried all sorts of combinations, and on this site, we have brought in very little income from this source during a 18 month period.
2. Google Adsense - You see their ads posted throughout the site. In a typical month, it brings in a few dollars. 'nuff said?
3. Click Bank - CPA Advertising. We get paid if you click an ad and buy the product or service on the ad. We have tried all sorts of combinations, and on this site, we have brought in very little income from this source during a 18 month period.
Do the math, and you will see that the income from this website, which gets roughly 50,000 page views a month is not exactly going to purchase the ocean front home we are looking to buy. In fact, it is pretty much small potatoes,
Then Came GoDaddy which has already paid out millions of dollars to it's resellers. We have a site out there with a similar focus that concentrates on the GoDaddy Reseller program. The income potential from this site is huge. The reason for this is renewals and residual income. Unlike all of the hosting affiliate programs out there that pay big bounties to their affiliates, GoDaddy does not. What they do, however, is give you a nice cut of all the future business from every customer you bring in. This goes for everything in their product and service lineup... everything!
For example, someone ordered an SSL certificate through our site last month. We made $12.00. Not a big deal, but next year it will automatically renew and we will get another $12.00. Someone else ordered their Deluxe Hosting plan, and we got a $36 bounty. Next year when they renew, we get another $36. One customer ordered GoDaddy's Express E-Mail Marketing service through our site, and that one order brings us $21 a month. We currently have several hundred domains that have been registered through our site, and every time one of them gets renewed, we get a a percentage of the renewal.
All in all, we are now just getting started promoting the site. I am talking about putting up a few links just to see what happens. The bigger point is that every sale we make will keep coming in even if we take all of those links down because we keep getting it as long as people are renewing. So by building more sales, it just keeps increasing.
You Set the Prices
This is the part that I really love. When you sign up, you get access into a VERY comprehensive reseller control panel. They show the base cost of all the products and services they offer, and you can choose to set standard prices, or fully customize them. If you want to make your prices lower than GoDaddy's published prices, go for it and work on volume! If you want to be more expensive, go for it. You can set prices across the board or product by product. They have interfaces for special promotions, coupons, and much more. Whatever GoDaddy offers the public is available for you to sell, and it literally takes minutes to set it all up.
They Provide the Website & Marketing Tools
As you set all of the pricing, you can also customize the look and feel of your storefront. Yeah, they do it all. You don't have to build your own website. When you want to go live, you just go live. Plus they have a full set of marketing tools available to you: Canned press releases, newsletter templates, affiliate management, e-mail blasts, etc.
They do ALL of the Backend Work
You don't need credit card processing, you don't need technical support... nothing. GoDaddy does EVERYTHING as part of the service. The phone number on your site rings to them (unless you want to handle it yourself), and the support e-mails go to them, but you still get your commission.
Their Payments are On Time and Reliable. The GoDaddy experience has beena pure pleasure.
Signing Up with the GoDaddy Reseller Plan
They do charge a fee to join the program. I was hesitant at first, but I now justify this because of the fact that they are offering residual income. I think this is their way of limiting it to people that are more serious about it. Of course, you can go straight to GoDaddy and click on their Resellers link, or you can go through our reseller site (Here comes the plug). If you go through our reseller site, you save yourself $20.00 and RECEIVE THE EXACT SAME PLAN AND BENEFITS THEY OFFER.
1. As I mentioned earlier, you can set your prices lower than those that GoDaddy charges directly. We have done that. We have set our prices $20 cheaper for their Pro Plan ($179.00 instead of $199.00), and $10 cheaper for their Basic Plan ($89.00 instead of $99.00).
2. If you want to go with their 'Super' plan, which allows you to sign up other resellers, it will be cheaper to buy through our site, than to purchase from them directly (again you receive the same plan and commissions from Godaddy and we don't get any cut of your sales as this is not multi-level). CLICK HERE NOW AND SAVE $20!
So, if you want to give it a go, click here to have a look at it, and happy selling to all!
Dale W. Woys is President of AdbayUSA.com and AdBayUSA Mobile. AdBayUSA.com offers Classified Ads, Banner Advertising, Targeted Website Traffic, SEO, Social Marketing Services, Vacation Incentives
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