In the film ‘Field Of Dreams’, Kevin Costner’s character was told ‘If you build it they will come’. Providing you have done the necessary search engine submissions, this will be true for most websites – eventually! Problem is, most of us want it done faster and more easily than that, which is why affiliate schemes are hugely. However, the key, as it is to any business, is to attract (and keep) customers quickly. Problem is how can you do this if you have next to no budget?
I have had a Plug In Profit (PIP) site for a couple of weeks now. I chose PIP because I truly believed (and still do) that it was the best of the ‘internet guru’ schemes and the most likely to make me money. However, due to a very small budget (and little available time) I have had to think long and hard about how I attract visitors, and more importantly targeted traffic, people who are likely to ‘sign-up’ (and make me money by doing so). Although the suggestions below refer to PIP, you could apply them to virtually any internet scheme you are running.
The strength of PIP is that it has been established for so long – there are many PIP sites out there, there is a strong support network and it is a proven product. However, its strength gives new PIP members a problem, especially if their budget is limited. How do you get people to sign up to your site if there are many PIP sites out there? This is a classic Catch 22 (if you’ll pardon another film/book reference) – how are you going to attract visitors if you have almost zero budget, and how can you attract new customers who haven’t ‘seen it all before’?
Basically, if you are going to commit to and run your PIP site to its full potential you really need to sign up to all the affiliates on offer. Add hosting costs and you don’t have a lot of change from $100/