What tactics are working these days?

Different things work for different people.

Whatever you were doing before, should
still work for you now.

For me it is affiliate marketing, website
development, digital downloads, this and
that. But I have been at it for 20+ years
and all of my methods were established
over time with tons of effort.

I suggest that you assess your skills and
experience, and figure out how to apply
them to an online business, that is the
only way to know which tactics work.

Tactics: an action or strategy carefully planned to achieve a specific end. From the Oxford Language Dictionary.

If this definition is agreeable with you...you need to take ACTION on a PLANNED strategy to reach your GOAL.

So, what is your goal for getting back into IM?? Is it a financial goal? Is it a time goal with a certain monetary achievement attached?

Setting things up from the GOAL to now is known as either reverse engineering or backward chaining. If you have a clear goal in mind it makes it much easier to create a map on how to get from today to your goal in the future.

Successful tactics don't often change. In marketing, or IM if you prefer, you need to have exchanges of value. That is a basic fundamental. You can create or acquire. Which will you do?

If you have another meaning in mind, such as the latest trend, gimmick or hot strategy of the day, then that is a different animal altogether.

Goal. Time. ADJUSTMENT. Action Steps. Adjustment. GOAL beginning.

Good luck if you want to make IM a lifelong tactic, and better LUCK if you are looking for the latest daze craze.

GordonJ

I don't really have a tactic for you, as much as a personal mindset. And despite the changing times and changing mediums, in the last 25 years my process has never failed me...

Find a market. Have a product the market wants. Sell the product to the market.
Test, track, measure...

Rinse and repeat until acceptable results are achieved.

Everything works if you can get the right data to make it work.

They are many methods that work these days as you put it, but the main ways for me or methods is blogging you tube and email marketing, mainly because for example if you are on facebook or twitter you are playing by the platform rules, but with blogging it is your own website and you are in charge and you can choose to provide valuable content, and if u stay consisent you can write good quality articles, the same for your email list instead of pitching all the time, you can provde value in your writing on how you can actually help them by sending good quality emails focusing on your subscribers and providing value, for you tube produce 3 or 4 videos a day, i notice you tube share your videos when u post on a regualry or dailly basis, hope this helps.

Yup: ask a better question, get a better answer.

No magic bullets.

Just a target market, an offer, and you assessing how good that match-up is.

I've been saying what I'm about to share next since 2011, and guess what...the fundamentals never go out of style.

Everybody, including you, who wants to make money needs a

LEAD GENERATION system.

You also need a QUALIFICATION system.

Then you need a CLOSING system.

And, finally, you need a FULFILLMENT SYSTEM.

The kind of question you asked at the start, I suspect, is related to the first system. Lead Generation. Well, this is a choice. It is based on knowing who your audience is, and where they hang out.

Everyone trying to make money online needs a way of attracting their ideal customer, and enticing them to move over to their little bit of the internet.

In technical terms, this is knowing your traffic source, and having them "hop" to a landing page, aka squeeze page, and give at least their email address in exchange for something.

What's that? You expected to send them directly to the sales page, maybe as an affiliate? Bad idea. That would be skipping the next step, which is

QUALIFYING that lead.

This means filtering. Many people aren't a fit for the offer. They never will be. When I inform sellers that some people will simply never buy, no matter how much you hammer them with your offer, it's a revelation to them. So you want to identify these people ASAP and get them off your list.

In contrast, you also want to identify who IS a good fit for your offer, and get them onto a segmented part of your list where they'll get more opportunities to see the offer as well as what I'll call "supporting evidence".

That's right: newbies send the lead to the sales page only one time. And then it's over.

Experienced sellers know to qualify and nurture that lead, giving them several opportunities to see the sales page over the coming days or weeks, and therefore more chances to buy.

Which leads us to the CLOSING system.

You need to decide how you will help qualified leads become buyers.

Depending on the offer and your comfort zone, you have choices. A text-based sales letter with a buy button at the end. A video sales letter with a buy button at the end. A phone or Zoom call with an offer at the end, and a walkthrough by the salesperson to take payment. Some other method.

And then you need some kind of consistent way to give the buyer what they paid for: the FULFILLMENT system.

If you were to take a piece of paper and write down in plain language, just one or two sentences each, what your choice is for each of these four systems...well, you'd be ahead of nearly all of those people who call themselves "online marketers".

You wouldn't be flying blind.

And if a particular system didn't work out based on the evidence over the next 2-3 months, you can erase what you wrote and replace it with another method.

Yup, a three day period doesn't count as genuine data gathering to find out whether something works or not. You have to stick with it longer. Most people don't. They fly blind, by knee jerk reaction and what "looks cool" instead of by any actual plan.

As an affiliate marketer, you abdicate the Closing and Fulfillment systems to the seller. But this also means you don't have to invest in developing them. If they're proven to work and customers are happy, this could save you a lot of effort.

I started to say above that what most people are asking when "what's working?" is the question, when you drill down to it, is about the Lead Generation system. But leads alone are not enough. They are unqualified. They could be from the wrong target market. And so devotees of this kind of blind flying are throwing a lot of garbage traffic one time at a closing method they've probably never thought about, and end up wondering why it doesn't convert.

If you'd rather do better than that, apply what I've shared.

Choose a specific route you going to take
e.g Building your email list etc
Than Focus on that totally . Many often get distracted by the next shiny object .
Focus and specialize
Avoid jumping from one thing to the next
Choose one

Why did you drop out ?

Welcome back to Internet Marketing! To get back into the game, stay updated with the latest trends, refresh your skills in SEO, social media marketing, content marketing, etc., and join online communities for valuable insights. Set clear goals, start small, and test your strategies before scaling up. Network with industry professionals, be adaptable, monitor metrics, and prioritize compliance and ethics. Continuous learning is key in this dynamic field, so attend workshops and conferences to stay ahead. Embrace the opportunities and enjoy re-immersing yourself in the exciting world of IM!

Some would say that nothing has changed, others would say that we are living in a new era. The tactics are the same, but the way they are implemented is different. Artificial intelligence has changed it dramatically.

Whatever you were doing before,
May not working for you now

I used to got 40-50 flesh leads a day using a software
to automatically posted to 50 different facebook groups

But it's not working anymore.

You have to spend sometime to take a look
on the big picture and study carefully what works

To me, affiliate marketing and mainly paid ads
still generate me sales

Bing ads and solo ads

Same tactics that worked back in 1800 sans the electrons.

infinite scroll is
an abominable state
to find yrself in

See?

I birthed a haiku 'bout alla this schwango.

Such is my diligence despite I forgaht what this post ABOUT.

Short form TT and IG videos- these 6 second videos bring me in between 5-10 k a month.! Yes really!

Choose a niche
start creating content ,help people and answer questions people have
Dont forget to build an email list and build a relationship with your list
Promote good products related to your niche
Rinse and repeat

Nothing's impossible, you just have to work on your strategies and all the other useful points.

The New Way of Working (NWOW) is all about breaking down the traditional barriers between work and life. That includes management styles, workplace design, communication, and collaboration.

list building
blogging
net working

Your value proposition is interesting but raises immediate questions:

For example: have you helped anyone achieve this before?
Is this for people in all countries or the US?

Your idea sounds great. Some warriors might find it trivial, but remember, not everyone here is a ""successful warrior"". Many of us are ""aspiring warriors"", who need a nudge in the correct direction. Your course could be that nudge!

I think the key here would be how you frame this course. Maybe something along the lines of - ""Turn your digital hustling skills into a lucrative tech career"". Just a thought. And where would we find these courses? I'd recommend Youtube. I know it's tough there, and the competition is high. But such a course would be great content. To make it easier to get on top of the algorithm, you could use the list on this site to buy Youtube subscribers. It's a great way to gain popularity, especially for those just starting their Youtube career. More subscribers = more views = more money.

my first reaction to this would be....why not?.

might be interesting for sure