Here are 3 business models that newbies can consider - pick one and stick to it!

3 Business Models Under the Spotlight

1. PPC to CPA Traffic Brokering

This involves brokering Pay Per Click Traffic (Adwords, YSM, Microsft Adcenter etc.) to CPA Offers and other affiliate programs with the intent in earning more from commissions that you spend on your ads.

Cost to setup: $1000 - $4000 (PPC software, PPC courses and lost Ad-spend)

Time Frame: 2-6 months before you make a profit as there is a steep learning curve. For complete newbies expect a longer time frame to hit a profit and a larger potential net-loss to start with. Budget and expect the worst case scenario and not the best.

Potential: Very, very lucrative with potential for a 5 figure monthly income in the first year.

Downsides: The downside with this strategy is that it is unsustainable because successful campaigns can often die for a variety of reasons and as a result you need to constantly check your stats to ensure all your campaigns are making money.

Additionally it is very hard and you will lose money to start with.

It is also very difficult to outsource the work involved without giving away your strategies, niches and successful keywords. I also find it very mundane work.

2. Article\Web 2.0 Marketing, Blogging & Affiliate Marketing

If money is an issue then try starting with article marketing mixing in Squidoo and other web 2.0 properties to promote your own blog and affiliate products (CPA Offers, ClickBank, eBay etc.).

Over time you should work on building up a really useful ‘product focused’ niche blog that provides true value to its readers.

This blog will create long term sustainability to your income and open up new revenue streams.

Look to add value to the reader and not just fill your site with crappy filler content and poorly written articles.

Additionally you should work on other promotion techniques (there are so many available) as this will greatly expand your business as you can get more traffic – and traffic is key.

This is the main strategy that I teach so if you want some more tips then join my mailing list.

Cost to Setup: $10-$20 (domain name & hosting).

Time Frame: Results can be seen in first 1-2 months but are usually quite modest.

Potential: If you work on this daily creating several articles each day and promoting them wisely reaching $100 a day over a few months is realistic. If you grow your blog to dominate its niche potential is higher but it’s a lot of work and results are slow and gradual.

Despite the long term effort required I prefer this out of the 3 strategies because it is so sustainable and very easy to outsource 90% of tasks making it very easy to semi-automate once the site is established.

You can literally create a $100/day profitable blog and outsource 90% of the tasks so you only need to spend 2 hours a week on the site dealing with freelance staff. That’s like $700/hr once you are set-up which is why I love this strategy.

Downsides: Can take a few months to build momentum to start seeing a decent return, but once past that you will never look back.

3. PLR eBooks & Membership Site

This is where you get lots of PLR eBooks on a certain niche and setting up a niche membership site where you give access to all these eBooks.

Promote your membership site in relevant niche forums and groups (like Yahoo Groups) using a signature link and making interesting posts (not blatent advertising) and possibly do some article marketing as above.

Use of a mailing list with an autoresponder is also important to help close the sale and drive additional sales.

Cost to Setup: $100-$800 (Buying PLR eBooks, Membership Script, Email Autoresponder, Domain, Hosting).

Potential: Once you have your membership site and an autoresponder series setup (about 2-12 weeks work for newbie) if you work extremely hard every day to promote your membership site to a targeted audience reaching a 4 figure ($xxxx) monthly income within a few weeks of launch is realistic - with experience you can rinse and repeat this method and get even better results.

Using a recurring membership structure will help with long term revenue.

Downside: Finding quality PLR eBooks can be extremely difficult. There’s lots of PLR out there but most of them are awful quality.

Additionally continuous work is needed to sustain income. Even with recurring memberships people usually cancel so your income will depreciate unless you continue with promotion or launch a new site.

While some work can be outsourced it is difficult to outsource some of it meaning it is hard to automate this business model in its entirity.

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