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by Ruth Barringham, Rut

So many people turn to the internet as a way to make money. Yet many fail and they can't understand why.

What is it that the successful people do online? What is their secret?

Their secret can be summed up in four letters:

W-O-R-K

That's it.

That's the big 'secret'.

There are too many lies told online these days about how easy it is to make money on the internet.

And it's not that it isn't easy. It's just hat the lies are told by this or that so-called internet "guru" who will tell you that the only REAL way to make online riches is to buy their overpriced product.

Or some will even offer you a "free" money-making web site that they will set up for you.

Then they get you to go out onto the internet and drive as many visitors as you can to that site. But what they don't tell you is that your "free" site is only designed to make THEM rich and not you. After all, why would anyone want to giveaway web sites that make lots of money?

There's an old saying; "There's no such thing as a free lunch." And on the internet it's true.

Nothing is really free.

But that's not to say that everyone offering something for free online has an unscrupulous motive for doing so. Not at all.

People give away things for free al the time for simple reasons, such as to get more visitors to their web site or to help advertise their latest product.

But none of this free stuff or the get-rich-quick products will make you wealthy.

The only way to really explode your online income is with good old-fashioned work.

You see most people believe – and the unscrupulous "gurus" on the internet will also try and make you believe – that if you want to make money online, all you have to do is set up a web site and people will start flocking to it and make you instantly rich.

But it just doesn't happen that way. Just because you build it, it doesn't mean they will come.

You need to work on your online business to make it successful. Now that may sound tricky, but it's not.

The good news is that you don't have to work too hard. In fact you only have to spend a couple of hours a day on your web sites to make them extremely successful and financially rewarding.

But this will only work if you provide a really useful web site.

You see, people come to the internet looking for information or entertainment. And if your web site can provide what they're looking for then they'll stay awhile and you can make money.

Even if your web site is a small information site, you can earn money through Pay-Per-Click advertisements.

You just have to place ads on your site, such as Google AdSense ads, and every time someone clicks on an ad, you earn money, which can be anything from a few cents to several dollars per click.

Then once you've been working online for a while and you can see what works for your site and what doesn't, you can adjust what you do to fit the 80/20 rule. This means that 80% of your income should come from 20% of your work.

And that's the real secret to online success.

You can work less for more money.

And isn't that what you really want to do?

If you are new to internet marketing then you may not realize that one of the keys to online marketing success has to do with building a well targeted and responsive email list. Success will come allot faster when you take the time to build relationships with a large list of subscribers, but you must know something that your potential customers don't and then they must want to learn it from you.

It took many years for me to figure out that I can succeed much faster if I take the time to help my subscribers succeed.

Below are a few things you can do to get people to subscribe to your newsletter and build your own profitable email opt in list.

1. Trade solo or classified ads with other publishers. Before doing so make sure their subscribers are interested in what your newsletter offers. The other newsletter should offer content that your subscribers may be looking for. This will not only help you gain more subscribers but the other publisher to.

2. Publish your own articles. This will give you an advantage over other publishers by not only providing your newsletter with more subscribers but by also improving your search engine placement. How? Using the resource box at the bottom of your articles. Your resource box should contain a link to your newsletters subscription page and it should also include your major keywords. Submit your articles to article directories, announcement lists and to other publishers that need articles for their newsletters.

3. Offer a free bonus to your subscribers. You can create an e-book of all your articles or offer free software. The better the bonus you give the more subscribers you will have.

4. Join online forums and message boards and start posting on them. Only post on forums that are related to the topic of your ezine. Once people understand that you are experienced in your field they will visit your website and be interested in subscribing to your newsletter. Most forums permit you to ad a signature file when you post. This is a great way to get traffic to your website, so make sure you have a good sig file.

5. Submit your newsletter to directories. This will not only help you get more subscribers for your newsletter but will also help you find other publishers who may be interested in joint venturing with you. Just go to Google, type in "Ezine Directory" and start submitting.

6. Post an ad for your newsletter on ezine announcement lists. This will give you an easy way to promote your newsletter continuously.

7. Provide a sample issue of your newsletter. This will increase your subscriptions by providing people with an example of what you are offering.

8. Use your sig file in your outgoing emails to help promote your newsletter. Just about all email programs allow you to add a signature file at the end of every email you send. If not, then get another email program.

9. Run an ad in other ezines. Target your audience and only advertise with ezines that offer good advertising rates. By placing your ads in at least three consecutive issues you will get the most for your money. Repeat marketing is a good way to attract new subscribers. You can also place free ads in other newsletters if you are a subscriber to their publications. Track your ads so that you can then pay for advertising using only ads that you know work.

10. Place a subscription box for your newsletter on every page of your website. That way any visitor will be able to subscribe no matter where they come from.

These are just a few ideas that you can use to help get you started. Don't forget to have good content in your newsletter and always place your link wherever possible.

The main reason for building an email list is to constantly stay in close contact with your targeted prospects and eventually turn them into customers.

This is how successful internet marketers do it, and how you can to.

So, are you building your email list? If yes, way to go! If not, why not?

Copyright 2008 Joe Rispoli

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