Quick Money From Your Internet Skills
Often I don’t talk a lot about making fast or quick money online. A lot of the strategies we cover build up slowly over time. For example, growing a list takes time (building a relationship with that list takes even longer). Establishing a successful blog takes time. Creating strong joint venture relationships take time.
Building an internet business takes time. It’s not done overnight.
Recently a coaching client asked me how he could make some money quickly. What was my response?
I told him to go to some local businesses in his area and offer to help them with their websites and lead generation. Even if you’ve only been studying my blog over the past few months you are light years ahead of the majority of people in your area.
You’re in the top 99% of people in your knowledge of how the internet operates. Those business owners in your area don’t know jack about websites, the Internet, or even what they’re missing out on every day right now.
Who is going to tell them the truth about how to generate leads from the Internet? Do you think the Yellow Pages representative is preaching about the wonderful opportunities the Internet presents (and how they can get more leads for less online than through the Yellow Pages)? No I don’t think so.
What about the website designers? No offense intended for any of my readers who are designers, but the majority of designers are clueless about the purpose of a website. There are some great designers out there who do know the importance of lead generation, but they’re the minority. The ones reading this blog I’m sure would be a part of that minority or they would have left in disgust long ago.
The majority of website designers think it is all about the artistic elements. They’ll charge that local business owner $5,000 to $10,000 and hand them a beautiful looking site that doesn’t get the job done. It doesn’t produce leads who are ready to do business with them.
You’ve been learning about the Internet. You know this is where business really takes place. And you’re learning how to generate traffic, convert visitors into leads and sales, and even how to use more advanced strategies like video. You also know “70% of U.S. households now use the Internet as an information source when shopping locally for products and services…” (Source: The Kelsey Group)
For a long-term Lifestyle business I recommend creating your own products that can make money for you even while you’re sleeping.
But what about that quick cash while you’re building the long-term business?
Get out there in your local area and use the skills you’re developing to help local business owners. Words like autoresponders, HTML, multivariate testing, blogs, etc. are like an alien language to them. You can be the expert in your market.
Not only can you become their expert, but they desperately NEED your help.
Design a lead generation site for them. It doesn’t have to be complicated.
You could even set them up a Wordpress (blog) site using a theme such as the Revolution Real Estate one by Brian Gardner. With a little coaching from you, they’ll be able to edit their own website through blogging software.
Put together some content and articles for them to get started (some search engine juice). Get a few incoming links to their site and watch how easy it is get them a good position on the local search engine results.
How much could you charge for something like this? If you’re just starting out, you might go for $1,500 to $2,500. Then you’d raise your price as you get more experience and testimonials from the business owners you’ve helped. It takes a lot of $10 ebooks to equal that fee.
How would you get your first few clients? Print up some business cards. And simply talk to some of the small mom and pop businesses you already regularly go to in your area. Hands out a few of your cards to your friends who may know some business owners (in other words ask for a few referrals from others you know).
Join the local business groups such as the Chamber of Commerce and network with the business owners who are soon to be your clients.
If you’re up for it, offer to do a 20 to 30 minute presentation for to groups in your area. They’re always needing speakers. You could put together a simple speech on how any business can generate low cost, high quality leads from the Internet.
It’s a lot easier than you think, because most readers are going to compare themselves to the experts. They’ll say, “Well I don’t know as much as ______.”
So what? If you’ve been paying attention, you know a whole lot more than those in your local area. You could even take a few of those articles you created that get lost in article directories online and submit them as articles to your local newspaper.
Quit worrying about everything you don’t know. I don’t know it all either or else I wouldn’t have to test. Start concentrating on what you do know and use it to profit.
If you want to know more about the importance of Internet marketing for local businesses, check this out…
I call it Next Generation Marketing Magic. It’s a package I put together with Sharon Odom Fling, author of “How to Promote Your Local Business on the Internet.” And not only does it cover how to promote any local business online, it also talks about creating your own local lead generation business.
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That is great advice. I have a friend who started making money online by going to local businesses and helping them get started. It is definitely a quick way to make money online and it serves a huge need.
I want the long term Internet Lifestyle BAD. But, I do know it takes time! I am in the process of creating my own products and have some knowledge with lead generation – probably more than I think and more than local businesses around here. I’ve been looking for something I could do that would replace my job income and I think this might be it. Thanks for the seed!
Lisa
This is a great strategy for emphasizing strengths. I especially like the part about giving presentations and speeches. I’ve been building up to this….
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Terry, this post is dead on, but you fail to reveal the engine which is behind of successfully marketing to small and medium sized offline companies. Because unlike online companies, which are usually single people trying to make money with some kind of autopilot program, offline companies really are companies that are used to spend on advertising and other services to boost their sales.
Now if you are able to communicate this idea to offline company, then you got your customers. It is not about charging less money than your competitors. Give your prospects a tool to tough up your competitors by talking about lead generation, ROwI (hey, it’s website), visibility, customer service. When that local offline company understands that beautiful website without traffic is like AD designed newspaper ad lying in a drawer, they make the choice of spending to webbusiness development instead of website design development.
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Excellent post and totally agree that internet business takes time… but at the same time 99% of business owners don’t know anything about internet…. all they know is that they need to have a website – and most of them do – but at the same time – most of their websites are there lost in the web space – and as an internet marketer – if you can go and explain how you can find a purpose of that website, attract right audience and generate leads online – then those 99% of people will be looking for you and asking for your help… so get started as Terry suggest with your own area and help those small business owners with their internet marketing – they will be thankful to you.
-Renato
Internet Marketing Coach from Phoenix AZ
You hit this post right on. So many people don’t understand the “internet” even some of the so called experts. I have heard so many people that think once they have a website they are set for the online marketing world. Little do they know thats just the beginning.
Its refreshing to read something doesn’t simply state a get rich approach. It is much more realistic,and satisfying to give a clear and concise picture when it comes to Internet Marketing.
It was a pleasure to read
Megan Vaillancourt
Founder of Internet Marketing and Mentoring Organization – Mentors 4 U
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People are so disillusioned by the idea of this huge worldwide market out there waiting to buy from you. If you don’t know how to reach those customers amongst all the competing sites then you simply drown. Staying afloat in this business is an on going learning curve. It’s about building firm foundations to grow on, like any successful business.
Chris
YourNetBiz Mentor & Coach