Today more and more people turn to the Internet to earn more money, replace their previous income, or to simply create a walk away passive income. Making on the Internet today is easier than it has ever been before. Online Marketing is no longer for the "gurus" of the trade but now it's an easily attainable skill to the average Joe/Jane. As long as they are willing to learn and do what it takes (discipline) to create a lucrative income online. Nowadays virtually any task can be performed by a system, tool or worst case scenario be outsourced for pennies to someone overseas. To keep this post short and simple I won't get into what niches and industries to make money online with, that you can figure out on your own since you might have already your niche of choice. If you don't, there a lot to choose from and here are just some without going into great detail; Network Marketing, Blogging, Affiliate Marketing, Email Marketing, etc. Regardless of your niche and industry I will give you 3 important steps that MUST be done in order to create a long lasting, substantial and passive income  on the Internet. 

Basic Steps To Making More Money Online

1. Build Your Brand. Your brand is what will separate you from your competition. It's not about your MLM company, it's not about your affiliation with a parent company, it's about YOU, INC. If you're in MLM, than your competition is not only distributors from other MLM companies but more importantly your competition are 10s or 100s of thousands of other distributors from YOUR MLM company. So the question you should be asking yourself is why would someone want to join YOU or your TEAM? People join other people because they like them and trust them, they DO NOT join companies (this is often illustrated when a top leader leaves one MLM company to go to another and takes a large chunk of the company, team or downline with him/her, because they were loyal to the leader NOT the company. DO NOT get it wrong, the company is just a vehicle and the  leader is the safe driver. You can put that driver behind ANY vehicle and the passenger will get to the destination). Develop a highly intriguing USP (Unique Selling Proposition).  Your USP, often times, is the answer to the question posed by a prospect "What do you do?". If your USP doesn't intrigue or wow your prospect then you should change your USP. Your brand, ideally, should make the potential prospect go "hmmmm, how do you do that???" or "How can I benefit from what you do?". Regardless of the industry you're in, make your USP sounds sexy, appealing and welcoming. I've seen some bazaar branding for individuals, team and the whole marketing. Names like "International Marketing Guru", "Team Hustle and Grind", "Team No Sleep". Really??? Normal people do not want to not get any sleep to achieve success. Normal people when they see International Marketing Guru know that that individual is a self proclaimed guru…and "International"??? LOL. You get the point, lets move on to step 2.

2. Build Your List. When you just open up your own business or become and Independent Contractor (MLM, Real Estate, Mortgages, Various Sales gigs, etc) it's always a good idea to make a list of people you know (hopefully that know you well) so you can contact them about your new business and let them know about your new profession. Eventually, you will run out of people to talk to from that list and you will start relying on referrals…or even worse start buying expensive, washed up, dead beat leads that are a bunch of tire kickers. Referrals are great, but I don't want to wait and count on referral to build an empire. One of my mentors told me a long time ago "don't ever leave your financial success in your prospect's hands". So what's the solution? Build your own list. A list of people WANTING what you have so you don't have to chase your prospects and spend countless of hours doing 1 on 1s and 2 on 1s all over town spending your precious time AWAY from home when it's supposed to be a HOME Based Business. Get an email auto responder, there are free ones like MailChimp.com or you can get paid one like GetResponse.com, Aweber.com, iContact.com or ConstantContact.com. You usually get what you pay for so I recommend choosing a paid Auto Responder. Personally, I like using Aweber for it's simplicity, delivery rate and customer service.

The most effective way to generate leads (build a list) is by blogging. Some people think of blogging as keeping a diary. In a business world, blogging means delivering value to your readers. No one wants to know what you had for breakfast or how many times your cat littered that day.  Even many of the top celebrities today, big corporations, athletes and news channels have a blog as part of their online presence. Why? Because they understand the power of value based marketing. Relying on a static website that shows people what you do and what your company represents is a sterile, unemotional and selfish way to market to your audience in the 21st century. If you're too lazy to build your own blog or lack the technical know-how then I recommend using this already built for you blog that's extremely highly ranked on the search engines, saving you time and money www.DominateTheWeb.info.

3. Build a relationship with your list. Just like you would build a rapport and eventually a relationship with someone you met at a networking event or some party, you would need to build a relationship with your list of subscribers. Let them get to know you. Connect with them on Facebook. Invite them back to your most recent blog post. Connect on Skype if possible. Email them some updates on the industry relevant to what they subscribed to. Invite them to a webinar that can add more value to them. This all goes back to the notion of people do business with people they like and trust. Here is the thing you have to keep in mind, people will unsubscribe from your list…for various reasons. Just like people in your life that are no longer friends with you or you seldom see them unlike before. It is what it is and you shouldn't try to change that. It's a thing called life. Get on with it.

Making money online is really this simple. Will there be tools you will need to support your Online Marketing business? OF COURSE! What handy man or a business man in the traditional world do you know of without tools that help him run the business? But the concept is simple. Just establish a budget to run the business. Find your niche market and give them what they want…not what you think they need.

Recap to Make More Money Online in 2013

1. Build YOUR brand. Create and master your USP.

2. Build your list. People that WANT what you have, not the people that you think NEED what you have.

3. Build a relationship with your list. Connect, deliver value, be transparent, engage.

4. Build your check (business). Get paid, get paid, get paid.

I wish you a prosperous 2013 and remember, knowledge will only keep you informed but ACTION will determine your results.

Your partner in success,

- Raphael Mavi

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