Making the First Sale in Your Online Business
Initially it was disbelief that through all the efforts I had put in I was now at last making money online.
How did I do this? Back then my online business was promoting other peoples products through being an affiliate.
As this is one of my chosen methods of making money online I hope that this is not a shock to you.
And now you can start to see that the methods I am talking about, which have been around for a number of years and are actually proven to work for me and others are proven.
I started as an affiliate marketer and I am still making money as an affiliate.
How did I learn about being an affiliate marketer? From Rosalind Gardner who is one of, if not the web's most established and respected affiliate gurus.
In her book Super Affiliate Handbook she taught me the techniques she had been using for years to make a very healthy living online.
So that was in 2006 and today Rosalind is still making her living from being an affiliate and teaching us how to make money using her tried tested and effective techniques.
If you take this similar road to me and have Rosalind as your teacher when you have made your first sale or earned your fist commission the next step is to take a look at her Affiliate Blogger Pro which will teach you even more techniques for making money online as a blogger and affiliate all at the same time.
How long will it take to make that First Sale? This is one of the most common questions asked on the forums, the blogs, twitter and social networking sites.
I recently saw this question appear on a forum which was answered in a very interesting way.
Interesting because most of the hype on the internet about how to make money online is usually that with the correct technique and using the advice of the author or this special software or that e-book you can be seeing your first sale in hours, or days.
Sadly this is not normally the case.
The individuals who are making money on the internet from the methods I promote and talk about will tell you that to make money online will take time.
For me it took about three months for the first sale to be made.
A large number of affiliate programs will email you every time you make a sale or one of your customers renews.
It is a great feeling and a memorable moment when that email comes through because from that moment on you know that your efforts are paying off and now you have made one sale the next will be easier.
Getting to that first Sale To get to that first sale you will have to put in a great deal of effort.
The first is always the most difficult and if you think that it will be easy, making money online may not be for you.
However if you are patient, determined, focused and have a plan you can do it.
Good luck and stick at it.