Question: How should I best start an online venture which will have: An authoritative site, At least one backend product, and a secondary income stream. Background: I have experience with web design and seo. I also own perry's book on adwords (the pay version). Where I Have Questions / Concerns: I don't have an existing email list so I'll be starting from scratch from that standpoint. (aweber?) I would like to create my own product or use a service like nicherevolution. I don't want to sell any sketchy products like how to illegally made copies of DVD or whatever. I've worked with wordtracker but no matter what, my experience with trying to find good keywords hasn't been the best - it's hasn't even been that good. Is it worth buying a product like Keyword Elite? I do have "startup cash" to purchase products, hosting, etc. but I don't want to blow my money on anything that isn't going to give me good results or would be too much hassle. What should I get and what should I avoid? I know I'm asking a lot. I've built up one secondary income stream with a software product but it requires quite a bit of tech support (I'm working on cutting that way down.) and no, I don't have access to that email list. I'm ready to start another income stream and would like to go the information product route...my few google adsense sites just aren't cutting it.
Good Keywords is a free alternative. You can also use the keyword tool here. I would first get my feet wet before deciding on what to buy. You have to figure out what works for you first then choose what you'll spend your money on. If your going to do a lot of PPC marketing then keyword elite might be a good idea but if you're going to write a lot of articles then your money might be better spent on article submission software or services. If you're going to sell your own e-book then you might want to consider joining an affiliate program (as a merchant) and giving your affiliates a big percentage of sale (at least %50). Content makes a site an authority. I would pick up the free e-book "make your content pre-sell". It'll tell you how to write content that your visitors will appreciate. If you decide to sell your own book then they also have a book for writing sales copy as well. It's not free though.
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