Beginner Guide for Internet Marketing

This article is about newbies searching for Internet Marketing guide. As a start, most beginners would ask the following question:

"I am an internet marketing newbie. All I am asking you to do for me is to introduce me to the internet marketing from scratch, that is leading me step by step to the internet marketing system. Presently, I have no website, no list and no business yet."

For all the internet marketing newbies out there, there are only 4 steps (or tips and tricks) to making money from internet marketing from scratch.

Step 1 - Make a decision

Step 1 is to make a firm decision that you are going to make it in internet marketing, no but, no however, no unless, no excuse!

If step 1 is not accomplished, there is no need to proceed to the other steps. Quit now and go back to your comfort zone. Internet marketing is not for you. Nothing is, until you make a decision.

Here's a little secret about the universe:

"Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Opportunities will be open to you. Ideas will come to you. Your saviour will appear.

So, before everything else, make your decision first.

Step 2 - Stop looking for shortcuts

Forget about shortcuts, quick cash or instant income. There is absolutely no shortcut in Internet Marketing. What does exist is leverage. Or taking advantage of the situation or make use of your strength.

To make money fast, you need to leverage. You leverage on advertising to bring you more traffic in a shorter time. You leverage on freelancers to save your time and provide skills that will otherwise take you time to learn.

Other than leverage, there is no shortcut. You have to take the down-to-earth 'boring' steps of building websites, promoting them and doing all the maintenance work.

I'm not saying internet marketing is tough. It is tough initially because you're still learning. Just like the first time you ride a bicycle. It was tough isn't it? But once you get used to it, it's as easy as ABC.

Step 3 - Decide on a business model

There are too many ways to make money online. You can make money from Adsense, PPC ads, Affiliate Marketing, Ebay, MLM, paid contents, coaching, etc.

So your 3rd crucial step is to decide on the business model that you want to adopt.

If you want to make money fast, one way is to become an instant guru or a coach!

I've seen many newbies who position themselves as a guru and start teaching people how to make money online. It works! Many of them who 'dare' to pretend to be a guru eventually becomes a real guru. But beware of the 80/20 rule of thumb: 80% of those are just pretender and 20% have some chance of eventually becoming a guru.

As a guru, you need to have your own website, your own product and your own affiliate program. That's why successful Internet Entrepreneurs invested quite a bit of money to create the free M.Y.O.B List Builder Script for their members. Make this script work for you and you'll become an instant guru overnight.

Read these two articles if you haven't done so. They will shed some light for you.

A simple guide to monetized your blog
How to make a living from blogging
What is the best way to get people to my blog?

Step 4 - Keep learning and keep working

Remember, there is no shortcut. You got to work hard and you got to learn fast while you work.

In offline businesses, you can hardly learn from other people because very few people are willing to teach you.

The good thing about online business or internet marketing is that many people are willing to teach you, for free or for a very small fee. As long as you have your own business set up and are willing to learn the ropes, you will eventually grow and become another guru.

Lastly, after today, don't ever call yourself an internet marketing newbie again. The faster you believe you are the guru, the faster you can succeed online.

Definition of Internet Marketing

Internet marketing, also referred to as web marketing, online marketing, or eMarketing, is the marketing of products or services over the Internet.

The Internet has brought many unique benefits to marketing, one of which being lower costs for the distribution of information and media to a global audience. The interactive nature of Internet marketing, both in terms of providing instant response and eliciting responses, is a unique quality of the medium. Internet marketing is sometimes considered to have a broader scope because it refers to digital media such as the Internet, e-mail, and wireless media; however, Internet marketing also includes management of digital customer data and electronic customer relationship management (ECRM) systems.

What is Internet Marketing?

* Plan and develop your Internet venture.
* Promote your Internet venture.
* Monitor its performance and make corrections.
* Ensure its success.


Above: The Internet Marketing cycle