Start, Grow, Engage and Monetize Facebook Groups

While it’s a great idea to run your own finely-tuned Facebook Group, make sure you take advantage of other Facebook Groups too—as a member. If you search Facebook Groups, you will often find groups that actively encourage you to promote either free offers or paid ones.

Do look carefully into these Groups before joining: Some are more effective (and more active) than others.

Avoid any Group that seems “spammy.” And check out these twenty-one ideas for making the most of Facebook Group monetization opportunities.

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How to Sell 10,000 Products on eBay

Imagine you can sell 10,000 different products on eBay, and the best part is, you don’t need to create, store, or ship any of them. Sounds intriguing, right?

I’d heard of this idea before, but never on this scale.

Here’s how it came across my radar this time: I was looking for a book, and when I Googled it, I found it listed on eBay. So, I made the purchase. Two days later, the book arrived in the mail, but guess what? The return address was not some random eBay seller but Amazon. That got me curious.

I dug deeper into the eBay seller’s profile and here’s what I found: They have more than 10,000 products listed, and every single one seems to be an Amazon item, priced $5 or more above what you’d pay on Amazon.

You know this person is making a lot of money because who in their right mind would find and list 10,000 items if they weren’t making serious bank?

Even if they just clear a buck from each listing per month, that’s $10,000 profit per month, just for listing and selling. Who knows, they might clear $1 per listing weekly, or even daily. The point is, they are clearly making money.

Now, let’s explore how this Amazon reverse arbitrage thing might work:

  • Finding Products: Start by looking for simple products on Amazon, like books.
  • Listing on eBay: List those products on eBay at a price higher than what you’d pay on Amazon, ensuring you make a profit.
  • Making a Sale: When someone buys the product on eBay, you can then purchase it on Amazon and have it shipped directly to the eBay customer.
  • No Financial Risk: Here’s the cool part – you don’t have to order the product from Amazon until someone buys it on eBay. This means no upfront costs or financial risk.
  • Shipping Covered: You won’t have to worry about packaging or shipping costs because Amazon takes care of that for you.
  • Handling Returns: If someone returns an item to you on eBay, you can simply return it to Amazon for a refund.

It’s like running your own online store without ever having to touch the products. It’s an interesting way to make money online with minimal risk. If you’re interested, give it a try and see what happens.

You’re Smarter Than You Think

This isn’t your typical online business guide, although you’ll find loads of helpful tips inside.

Instead, think of it as your personal confidence booster and cheerleader whenever you need a lift.

These are the methods, concepts, and ideas I rely on for my own business. You don’t need them all, but having more at your disposal certainly makes online success easier to attain.

The entries here are all mixed up and in no particular order.

To use this book, just think of a number between 1 and 150 and then flip to that item. Hopefully, it’ll be the message you need at that moment. If not, pick another at random or just keep reading.

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Blog Faster Productivity Checklist

While your blog is a powerful tool for your business, that doesn’t mean you need to spend all of your waking hours working on it. Here’s how to get more done in less time so you can focus on the other important pieces of your business…

Put a Plan In Place

Every serious blogger ought to have a publishing calendar. This is where you plan what topics you’re going to write about, and when you’re going to share them. For example, if you’re promoting an upcoming product launch, then you’d plan content and promos around that launch. This sort of planning saves you time and ensures your blog is working to meet your business goals.

Drip Content

WordPress gives you the option to schedule posts, meaning you can save time by uploading them today and letting WordPress drip them out over time. You can also use a more powerful content-scheduling tool for this task, such as HootSuite.com.

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How One Man Built a Fortune with Free Reports

This is the story of George (not his real name) who earns a high five figure per month income with free reports. George is allowing me tell you how he does it so long as I don’t reveal too many specifics.

Ready? I think you’re going to enjoy this.

How George Got Started

When George retired from his career nearly 20 years ago, he was bored and underfunded. He knew he wanted to do something to make more money for his retirement years but he had no idea what. He scouted around for a few months until he happened on a free report that told how to make money with free reports. Oh, the irony, right?

He took this report to heart and quickly wrote his own report. Not knowing much about internet marketing, he cobbled together a report titled, “The Ultimate Guide to Building Your Own 6-Figure Internet Business in Your Spare Time.”

$1,000 a Month with No Experience

He’s a little embarrassed that internet marketing was his first topic, since he really didn’t know what he was talking about yet. He had no experience in the niche and had to rely on what he read on internet marketing websites.

Still, the first edition of that report garnered him a list of over 4000 people in six months and a monthly income of over a thousand dollars. Despite not knowing what he was doing, he was doing just fine.

More Reports, More Money

Since then, he has gone on to create reports in many, many different niches. Odds are you’ve downloaded at least one of his reports at one time or another. He no longer writes his own reports, but instead hires someone familiar with the niche to write the “Ultimate Guide” on the chosen topic.

His reports are always free, and he gives them away through social media, as bonuses to other people’s products and through a few other venues.

He’s building a list in each one of these niches, and when someone joins his list, they receive an autoresponder sequence that mails 4 times per week for 3 years. He also sends out special offers to his lists. Most of this writing is done by outsourcers because he spends his time on the golf course.

Now Here’s The Trick

You’ve probably noticed we said that all of his reports are the “Ultimate Guide” to whatever the topic is.

Each report is written by a pen name who is also the author of the emails sent as well as social media posts. Initially it was just him but now he has virtual assistants who handle the social media posting, customer service and act as the pen name authors for him.

If you’re getting the idea that George has set this up in such a way that he does very little work, you’re right.

These ultimate guides teach how to do something valuable. Remember his first report was on how to start an internet business? Inside the report he tells how to set up a website, which webhost to use (affiliate link) which autoresponder he’s found is the best (affiliate link) and so forth. He gives these reports in PDF but also posts these reports online for subscribers. People click the links and sign up for the services.

Recurring and High Paying

Notice that hosting and autoresponders are billed monthly. 85% of the products George promotes through the reports are monthly recurring products and the other 15% are high paying products such as a $997 live course paying 50% commission.

He’s getting dozens of streams of monthly income from dozens of different sources along with some big one-time commissions.

Start with The Affiliate Program

The way George picks a new niche or topic is he finds something with monthly billing and an affiliate program that converts well, and then has the report written in such a way that it’s simply a no brainer to sign up for that program through his affiliate link.

His autoresponder messages are good information, usually from the reports, along with evergreen offers. The messages reemphasize the importance of getting the programs promoted in the report, too. The more times someone reads something, the more likely they are to take action on it.

And he sends out special offers to each niche every week or two.

He is actively working two of the pen names, and ironically one of them is a woman. His wife helps him write those emails.

All the rest of the pen names – one for each niche – are worked by half a dozen virtual assistants who post on social media. Each virtual assistant is assigned 5 to 10 pen names, depending on what they can handle and also their areas of knowledge. Every pen name has its own social media account. This could get confusing if you’re not organized.

He Does Little Work but Makes Great Pay

He outsources the writing of the autoresponder sequences, special emails and new reports.

And when I say he’s earning a high five figure income per month, that is after he pays all expenses, including virtual assistants and writers.

Each report has its own blog where the report can be found by subscribers along with other articles and product recommendations. And his reports are updated as needed.

Things to Consider

George has been doing this for 20 years. He wasn’t an overnight success, but he stuck with it, and it has really paid off for him. At the end of six months, he was earning $1000 a month, and in today’s money that would be more like $1663. The point is, it might not take long to see some income, but don’t expect to get rich overnight.

Choose your product first – it should convert well and pay well – and then write your report in such a way that it naturally converts into a sale of the product(s). The reports are NOT sales letters, but rather very good step by step instructional reports that George could easily charge $47 or more for.

You might want to start with a niche that you know something about since that will make it easier. Don’t take on a virtual assistant until you know what you’re doing and how to do it. Then you can create a system for the VA to follow.

I couldn’t tell you all the places where George gets his traffic since he wouldn’t let me, but I can tell you that you just need to keep your eyes open when you’re on the net and you’ll likely discover these places yourself as well as others.

Here’s How You Can Improve on George’s System

One thing George isn’t doing that I think would boost his income into the stratosphere is short videos on YouTube and TikTok. You might consider adding those to this plan if you decide to move forward with it.

Also consider using small influencers to create user generated content such as video on TikTok to drive traffic to your landing pages.

I think that about wraps it up.

Imagine earning 6 figures per year simply by giving away free reports. It sounds crazy but I can tell you for a fact that George is one of many who are doing this right now.

And if they can do it, so can you.