How Can I Improve my Website?

Ben Moskel — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:08:40 +0000

We get this question quite a bit. I discovered that people are totally clueless when it comes to getting started.
Unfortunately, rather than focus on one topic, new affiliates often put up sites with dozens of completely unrelated offers (it’s probably not a good idea to sell web hosting and adult toys on the same site – true story by the way!)

Here is a question from Brian who is struggling to get started:

A brief introduction of me. In August of 2006 I lost my job of 19 years due to the company I worked for closing its doors, after giving my fellow employee’s and myself a 35% cut in wages and no formal warning that they were closing their doors for good. In October of that same year I got married to a girl I have know since kindergarten. We both had some debt and it only increased when we had to put her twin boys through a 9 month trade school, and we will be adding more to it in another year when her daughter graduates and goes to Ohio State (GO BUCKS!!!), sorry had to say it. I have borrowed money from friends and my parents from time to time just to pay the bills. It is almost 4 years later and I am not even close to making the money I was when I lost my job and now I am stuck in a job that I don’t like with an obnoxious illmanered ass for a supervisor.

I came across your program and watched your introductory video and was immediately impressed with what I saw and heard so I signed up. I am not the brightest crayon in the box when it comes to designing ad’s or web pages. I am trying to design my website www.shoperzone.com to cater to the crossover between home and business but am now wondering if I should scrap the whole thing and start over. I have quite a bit of knowledge of raising domestic rabbits, since our daughter is in 4-H and I also spent 12 years as a city fire fighter. I haven’t found to many affiliates in these areas. This is why I am writing to you for a little guidance and constructive criticism. I have three Google ad words campaigns, have left two voice mails with Pulse 360 and no replies yet.

I want this to succeed so that my wife and I can quit our jobs and spend more time with each other and the kids, have less stress and not have to worry about if we will have enough money to cover this months bills. We are living paycheck to paycheck and I could not come up with the money for your most recent seminar or to even purchase the DVD’s when they come out. I will not give up until I am making a six figure income.

Ben and Dave I want to thank you for your continued e-mails and supporting words of encouragement they mean a lot to me and I view them frequently. I will not give up until I am making a six figure income. If you know of anyone in the Canton Ohio area that might be able to help I would appreciate a heads up.

-Brian

Hi Brian,

Thanks for the note and the info. I am also an Ohio State fan. My relatives live around Columbus and we visit each year for Thanksgiving. (We ran the Turkey Trot around the campus this year in the cold!)

IN any event, I checked out your website. My suggestion is to make the site more specific. I’m not sure about affiliate programs in your niche, but you may consider writing your own ebook and selling it rather than send people to an affiliate program.

In other words, perhaps you write an ebook about raising domestic rabbits and keep ALL the commissions rather than share with an affiliate.

It is really easy to do an ebook. You can basically write it in Microsoft Word and then convert it to an ebook format with a free download. Or, give the Word file to a worker on elance.com (you might pay $100) and have them design a cover and do all the conversions for you.

You can them sell it with Paypal, paydotcom.com, or clickbank.com.

This is just an option, but probably a good one since:

(a) you know about the product and
(b) there are probably very few affiliate offers in that niche

I hope this helps,
Ben

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