7 ways to monetize your wordpress website
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7 Ways to Monetize Your Wordpress Site
Mark Tune
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Mark Tune MBA, CPA
o Operating on the internet since 1996
- My first website- Buying and selling domain names
still have over 2,000 names
o Started blogging – 2001
o Local meetup – Nashvillemeetups.com
o Main business – Ecommerce- Private Label- Amazon FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon)
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If you are given a choice between money and sex appeal, take the money. As you get older, the money will become your sex appeal.“
- Katherine Hepburn
Why do you want to make money?
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Success Story
Ryan Oakley
Picked a product to promote
Gives Value - teaching how to do something
Present Offer at end - using an incentive
Makes over $10,000/month - on autopilot
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Every site needs 3 parts
1. PLATFORM - with a way to capture emails
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Get your own domain name
Use a .com name
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Facebook, Twitter, Youtubeare not your platforms
Install Google Analytics
Use Email provider
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Every site needs 3 parts
1. PLATFORM - with a way to capture emails
2. NICHE – large enough market to serve valuable content on a consistent basis
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NICHE
Health – weight loss, fitness
Wealth – investing, get out of debt
Relationships – dating, education
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Every site needs 3 parts
1. PLATFORM - with a way to capture emails
2. NICHE – large enough market to serve valuable content on a consistent basis
3. OFFER – your product or someone else’s
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a) Affiliateb) Product less than $97c) At least one product at $497d) Back-end product at over $2,000
7 Ways to Monetize Wordpress Site
1. SERVICES
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SERVICES
Anthony Green makes $1,000 per hour tutoring kids of Fortune 500 CEOs over
Skype
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Caroline Moss/Business Insider
testprepauthority.com
SERVICES
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Businessgrow.com
SERVICES
Get free products or get paid to review products
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One2onenetwork.com
Blogher.com
tapinfluence.com
7 Ways to Monetize Wordpress Site
1. SERVICES
2. AFFILIATE MARKETING
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Ryan Oakley
Photographyontheside.com
AFFILIATE MARKETING
$500 $1,000 $5,000 $10,000
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AFFILIATE MARKETING
7 Ways to Monetize Wordpress Site
1. SERVICES
2. AFFILIATE MARKETING
3. INFO PRODUCTS
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INFO PRODUCTS
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nathanbarry.com
7 Ways to Monetize Wordpress Site
1. SERVICES
2. AFFILIATE MARKETING
3. INFO PRODUCTS
4. MEMBERSHIP SITE
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MEMBERSHIP SITE
$19.95 per lesson
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$100 million in annual sales
MEMBERSHIP SITE
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Recently sold to LinkedIn for $1.5 Billion
MEMBERSHIP SITE
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7 Ways to Monetize Wordpress Site
1. SERVICES
2. AFFILIATE MARKETING
3. INFO PRODUCTS
4. MEMBERSHIP SITE
5. ECOMMERCE
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Ecommerce
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Ecommerce
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7 Ways to Monetize Wordpress Site
1. SERVICES
2. AFFILIATE MARKETING
3. INFO PRODUCTS
4. MEMBERSHIP SITE
5. ECOMMERCE
6. ADS
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Ads
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1. GOOGLE ADSENSE
2. RETARGETING – Admedia.com
3. AD NETWORK
a) Chitika.comb) Zedo.comc) Doubleclick.com
7 Ways to Monetize Wordpress Site
1. SERVICES
2. AFFILIATE MARKETING
3. INFO PRODUCTS
4. MEMBERSHIP SITE
5. ECOMMERCE
6. ADS
7. COMMUNITY
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Community
1. Setup a paid Forum
2. Setup a paid Mastermind group
3. Accept Donations
4. Sponsoredtweets.com
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7 Ways to Monetize Wordpress Site
1. SERVICES
2. AFFILIATE MARKETING
3. INFO PRODUCTS
4. MEMBERSHIP SITE
5. ECOMMERCE
6. ADS
7. COMMUNITY
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$1,000,000 per month example
Would you like to see it?
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Source: digitalmarketer.com/6-million/
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• Blog website – passionate audience
• Have a membership site with:• Monthly magazine• Interviews• EBooks• and video courses
• Charge $19.95 per month. They have 19,563 subscribers that is $390,282 per month.
• Upsell courses for $47 up to $297
• Sell affiliate products
Example
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