Been at it for almost a year and made nothing, Any Advice?

Try to drive leads from all possible sources out there. The more targeted subscribers you get, the more money you'll make over the long haul.

There are many ways to build your list including PPC, JVs, SEO, Offline Marketing, Etc. This is the "driving traffic" part. The other part is "converting traffic" where you send targeted offers to the prospects & make money.

Drive it. Convert it. Repeat.

outsource to the experts as much as you can... you don't have to know it all and you would be basically managing the whole production... you can outsource SEO, linkbuilding, product creation, even templates and article writing... and so on

I am going to point you to this article, because there are a few things I noticed in your posting
http://www.jvnotifypro.com/community...ic,6106.0.html just trying to help on a positive note.

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Originally Posted by Frank Hastings Jr

Hello, I am new to internet marketing and was wondering if anyone had any tips for me.
I have been trying my hand at internet marketing for almost a year now. However I have yet to
earn more than $100 total. Now I am new so I expected a learning curve, but for the good chunk
of money I have spent learning the ropes; I expected to earn a bit more in that time period.

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Hi Frank - I'm in a similar situation, albeit having two more years under my belt and earnt a few thousand dollars more. However, its not made me rich which is what I believed when first entering internet marketing.

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Great Stuff!
Paul

Hi Frank,
I can relate to your feelings as I have been there before........
What I would advise you is to follow one plan at a time.As you don't have a lot of time and money to experiement with less known niches,I would say that you should stick to proven niches like "weight loss", "Dating" or "Make Money".There is still a lot of room for newbies in these niches.

Next focus on one business model.You can either follow the affiliate route or create your own product.Regardless of which path you choose,you would need to have a list to generate consistent income.

In the beginning,keep your efforts focused on listbuilding.Create a simple squeeze page and drive traffic to it via article marketing,forum marketing ,PPC or media buying(if you can afford).Remember to develop strong,positive relationship with your subscribers.You can do that by sharing quality information with them for free.

Once you build a sizeable list(say 5,000-10,000 prospects for example),get on the JV scene by participating in a few product launches.You'll find it much easier to get your JV requests accepted(in the case you launch your own product) after getting on the JV leaderboard of a few launches.

In the case you don't want to create your own products(which I would highly recommend to do),you can simply keep on adding more subscribers to your list and making money by promoting affiliate products.

Whatever you do,I would suggest you to set short and long term goals .For example,your long term goal may be to make $100,000 in a year.Now it comes to around $300 per day.Suppose you are promoting a $100 product on which you get 50% commission on every sale.So your short term goal should be to drive enough traffic to generate at least 6 sales a day.

Just start small and keep scaling up by re-investing a portion of your profits.You'll find everything much easier,once you build a little momentum.

I appreciate all the advice from everyone here. I have been in a similar boat, however I believe that the answer lies in not being such a scatter brain as I have been. I am currently developing my own product and will be focusing exclusively on the launch. Until recently, I kept putting up different optimized sites that trickled in small amounts of income. Unlike some, however, I don't have the time to put up 200 of them. So, this has not proven to be the answer. Site maintenance also became a problem. Like other newbies, I am still searching for the answer. Though, what I am hearing is to "focus". Tell me, does the quality of the product matter? This is something that I believe will make a big difference in long term conversion. So, I am focusing on this as well. I would be interested to hear how product affects things. Thanks.