Now that you have an understanding of the basics of keyword usage, let’s go one step above and look at seven advanced keyword strategies that AI can help you with. These include: competitor, LSI, seasonal, product type, brand, comparison, and questions.

Let’s begin with competitor keywords. If you aren’t knowledgeable about what the competition is doing then you’ll never be able to outsmart them and keep up with them. The goal is not to copy them, but to perform better.

By having AI conduct a competitive keyword analysis, not only do you find out what wording they’re ranking for, but AI will inform you of any gaps in keyword usage that you can then exploit for your gain.

For example, you can paste in some of the content from a competitor’s website and prompt ChatGPT like this: “Analyze the attached blog posts and identify potential keywords they’re targeting related to survival shelters. Also give me a list of any gaps in keyword use that I can exploit.”

There are tools like SEMRush and aHrefs that can give you a specific site analysis. But you can use free AI tools with the prompts above and copy and paste content in for specific analysis, too.

When you do a search on the top blog discussing survival shelters and paste that into ChatGPT with the above prompt, it tells you they’re targeting phrases like: survival shelters, building survival shelters, types of survival shelters, survival shelter construction, etc.

It also gives you a list of keywords where there is a gap in use that you could leverage on your blog, including: DIY survival shelters, survival shelters for different climates, portable survival shelters, natural shelter building materials, and so on.

Now let’s dig into LSI (Latent Semantic Indexing) keywords. These are closely related search terms that search engines use to better understand the context of the content you have published.

As a content marketer, LSI keywords are going to help your content be more relevant to a certain topic, which can improve your ranking in the SERPs. You can prompt AI to help you with this endeavor like this: “I’m writing a blog post about water purification for survival. Give me a list of LSI keywords related to this topic.”

AI is going to come back with phrases such as: emergency water filtration methods, portable water filters for survivalists, DIY water purification techniques, survival guide to clean drinking water, boiling water for pathogen removal, etc.

The next advanced strategy for keyword discovery using AI is to have it help you conduct seasonal keyword research. In many niches, but not all, there are different times of the year where search volume spikes or decreases, depending on the trends of the season.

With a topic like survival, it's usually weather related, so you might prompt AI like this: “I need to create product reviews for the winter season in the survival niche. Please give me a list of seasonal keywords related to survival gear for winter in the United States.”

With this prompt, AI is going to give you keyword phrases such as: winter survival gear essentials, best cold weather survival kits, winter emergency preparedness, heated survival clothing, portable heaters for outdoor survival, winter survival shelters and tents, etc.

The next two types of keywords you want AI to help you discover are the product and brand keywords. Products are types of items consumers will be buying, such as solar powered gadgets, but they are not brand specific, while brands would be mentioning a specific producer or product by name with the brand attached.

First, you can have AI find keywords that are specific just to a certain type of product comment like this: “Identify a list of product keywords for solar powered survival gadgets.”

AI is going to give you certain keyword phrases such as: solar powered survival flashlight, portable solar charger for survival, solar emergency radio, solar water purifier, survival solar power bank, and so on.

With a brand keyword search, you can either have a specific brand in mind and ask AI for all of the keywords associated with that company or you can simply prompt it like this: “Give me a list of brand keywords associated with popular survival knife manufacturers.”

In this case, you are going to get specific brand related keywords such as: Ka-Bar survival knives, Gerber survival knives, ESEE survival knives, Benchmade survival knives, SOG survival knives, etc.

You can then take one of those brands and have AI give you a list of additional keywords for that brand by asking it to do this: “Give me a list of keywords consumers use when searching for Ka-Bar survival knives.”

That way, you have more specifics based on their intent and what types of knives they want to buy, such as the brand name plus the words: combat knife, fixed-blade knife, knife prices, survival knife with sheath, or knife sharpening (which would be informational and product-based).

Another type of keyword you can have AI help you look for in your advanced search is comparison keywords. This is important for consumers when they are trying to distinguish between different products they are considering.

So you might prompt AI like this: “Give me a list of keywords consumers use when they are comparing generators they are considering purchasing.” AI is going to return results such as: inverter generator versus traditional, heavy duty generator comparison, solar generator versus gas generator, whole house generator cost comparison, etc.

Lastly, you can have AI help you uncover question keywords. We mentioned this briefly previously, but you can conduct an entire research session with AI to find out what questions consumers want to know when you are developing your content.

For example, you can prompt AI like this: “For the survival prepper niche, give me a comprehensive list of questions consumers might ask related to solar powered cookers.”

You are going to get a long list of questions that you can use for blog posts, social media content, your FAQ section, product reviews, information products, and more. These will include questions such as:

• How do solar powered cookers work?
• What are the best solar cookers for survival situations?
• How long does it take to cook food using a solar cooker?
• Are solar powered cookers efficient in cloudy or overcast conditions?
• What types of food can be cooked in a solar cooker?
• Can solar cookers purify water for drinking?
• What maintenance is required for a solar cooker? (…and so on)

By having these questions readily available to you, it can help you step up and serve your audience in the best way possible because it will show that you are ready with prepared answers to everything they wanted to know.

If you also decide to be a vendor on Warrior Plus, you will want to save some time during your weekend hours to work on a product launch. This requires a bunch of different working parts, so it will usually be spread out over the course of several weekends, although some people are able to create and launch a product on the same day.

It all depends on what your goals are and whether or not you hope to have affiliates onboard, because they will want some time to prepare their promotions as well as their own bonuses.

Spend some time coming up with an idea that you feel will be a good fit for your audience or, if you don't have a following yet, something you know you can create that will be well received by another marketer’s list of subscribers..

For example, if you decide you want to launch private label rights products, but you don't have a list yet to tell you what topics they need, look to other PLR sellers to see what is performing well in the marketplace so that you can do something on the same type of topic, but uniquely set yourself apart.

You can also use tools like artificial intelligence to help you with the concept by feeding it some information about what else is selling and who the demographic audience is. Then, you can either use that same tool or take a DIY approach to outlining and planning the product.

You have to decide if you will be creating it from scratch yourself or outsourcing the process to a tool or individual. Sometimes, there might be something highly technical like the development of a piece of software that requires input from someone else.

You also have to decide, if it is a course, whether you will be creating it in text or video format (or even a hybrid of the two). Usually, when you are developing your own launch, you're not just creating a front end product.

You can also have upsells and downsells on Warrior Plus. That way, whenever someone purchases the front end product, they are taken to the next page in the funnel and given the opportunity to purchase that additional item.

If they say yes, then they are taken to the next item in the funnel until the funnel is complete. If they say no, they might be taken to a downsell option if you have one, or to the next upsell page to see if they want that add on.

It's a good idea not to overwhelm buyers with too many pieces in a funnel. There are some people who feel they can't escape when they are hit with a sales page again and again and continually have to say no.

You can develop your product using your own skills and tools that are available to you, such as artificial intelligence. You can also outsource it to a freelance service provider like a ghostwriter.

There are also private label rights courses you can purchase and tweet so that they are your own, if allowed, and then sell it to a hungry audience without the private label rights license attached to it.

As a vendor, once you have completed the product and ensure that it has value to your target audience to help build your reputation, you need to work on your sales page. If you don't have any experience with copywriting, you might want to create some swipe files to help you navigate things like headlines, storyline, and call to action statements.

You can also use artificial intelligence for this purpose, by simply feeding the AI tool details about your product and having it create things like headlines, storyline, bullet point benefits, and more for you.

You want to spend a lot of time on your sales copy polishing it up so that it converts well for you. It also needs to look professional. You will find that some amateur marketers have sales pages that look like they are from 1990.

You need to make sure that your sales page is using a page builder or theme that reflects professionalism, and you can see what that looks like by simply opening up some of the product listings on the bestseller list so that you can compare and learn how those are supposed to look.

Next, you have to create your Warrior Plus listings. You want to start by creating a product for each item in your funnel. If you have three levels of your funnel, you will have three products.

Then, you will create a single offer. This page has different boxes where you can start with your front end product and then connect it to each upsell or downsell in your funnel. You will be able to see a visual listing that shows you where the customer will be sent after each stage of their engagement with your offer.

Warrior Plus requires approval in order for your listing to be publicly available in the marketplace, which includes the calendar as well as the bestseller list. Therefore, you have to make sure that the HTML code is correct for the buy buttons before you submit it for approval.

This happens in different timeframes. Your offer might get approved fairly quickly, or it may take several days in order for it to be analyzed. So you want to make sure you have your product created and all of the moving parts ready on the sales page well before the date of your launch.

If you want to have a contest where you pay affiliates cash prize money if they have the most sales, you can set that up on your offer. Make sure that you keep enough money back to pay your winners so that you don't have angry affiliates after the launch ends.

At this point, you’ll want to create a JV page. This is a page that tells your prospective affiliates everything they need to know about your launch, such as the date and time it goes live and ends, what's in the funnel, their commission rate, contest details, and whether or not you have swipe file emails they can copy and paste to promote your product for you.

Once you’re finished, go to Muncheye and create a listing so that other online entrepreneurs can find and promote your upcoming product launch. This also may take a few days, so make sure you have this process completed well ahead of time.

Then, it's time for you to begin recruiting and approving affiliates who will promote for you. We've already talked a little bit about the networking and recruitment process. It's important that when you are reaching out to these individuals, you don't make the conversation drag on too long.

Make sure you give them a brief spiel about your product launch, a link to your JV page with more details, and a review copy of the product so they can see what the quality is like.

Then, besides a brief reminder at the time of launch, leave them alone. You don't want to constantly badger them and ask them if they are going to promote. You will be viewed as a pest and they will likely block you.

When it comes to approving affiliates, when your listing goes public, you will begin receiving requests from many different types of affiliates. Some of them will have a good track record on Warrior Plus.

You will be able to see their conversion rate as well as their refund rate and the number of sales they have had to determine whether or not you want them to promote your product.

You never want to approve someone who has a high refund rate because that puts your product in jeopardy. Don't go by the score alone, but look at all of the different components that make the score complete.

Your affiliates will also have the chance to add a note to you. You can take this into consideration if it is personalized and specific, just as you were taught to do earlier in this guide.

You have to be very careful in approving affiliates and not get desperate to have sales because if you approve the wrong people, it can put your payment platforms in jeopardy, and put your stats on Warrior Plus in jeopardy as well.

The next thing you want to do to get ready for your launch that's coming up is go ahead and schedule your social media, blogs, and emails for the promotion. That way, everything is automated and ready to go on the day of your choosing without you having to have a hands on approach.

Let’s get started by understanding how to uncover the most basic keywords you’ll be needing to use in your business. There are eight kinds, and chances are, you’ve been missing out on them – or not fully utilizing their potential.

The eight types of keywords include: primary, secondary, informational, commercial, transactional, navigational, broad, and long-tail. For the purpose of this report, we’re going to use the survival prepper niche as our example, and you can then apply the same concepts to your own niche topic.

Primary keywords are the main concepts of your niche topic. They’re the most relevant ones, and while they’re often broad (meaning short one or two word keywords), they can also be longer as long as it’s the core meaning of the subject.

Secondary keywords are those that support the primary one. It gives it more depth and detail about what the user is searching for. So if you were trying to target some search engine results page (SERP) rankings, you might prompt Ai to help you uncover the primary and secondary keywords to use in it.

Your prompt might read: “I want to create a blog post that ranks well for the topic of what to put in your bug out bag. Please give me a list of primary and secondary keywords to use in the content.”

AI is going to come back with ideas such as a primary keyword phrase like: “Bug out bag essentials” and secondary keyword phrases like: survival bag items, emergency bag checklist, best items for bug out bag, bug out bag survival kit, and so on.

After these two types of fundamental keyword phrases, you have more behavior specific ones. These tell you what the consumer is wanting from you and they are: informational, commercial, transactional and navigational.

Informational keywords will tell you what the user wants to be educated about. These often start with question wording like what, why, or how. From these keyword phrases, you can step up and serve the needs of your audience with step-by-step tutorials and details that prove and showcase your expertise.

To find your informational keywords, you might prompt AI like this: “Give me a list of informational keywords related to survival gardening for beginners.” AI will come back with wording such as: how to start a survival garden best plants for a survival garden, survival gardening techniques for beginners, and so on.

Commercial keywords tell you what users are researching before they make a buying decision as they research products, brands or solutions. It unveils the things that they find important, which can help you convey the right details to them.

To prompt AI for these keywords, you might ask ChatGPT to: “Identify commercial keywords relevant to water purification systems for survival.” The phrases will be: best water purification systems for survival, top water filters for survival kits, compare survival water filters, etc.

Transactional keywords tell you what consumers type in as they look to make a purchase. This is when they’ve made a decision, but they need to complete the action step and get the product in their cart.

Prompt AI to find these for you by asking it to: “Give me a list of long-tail transactional keywords related to buying survival food kits online.” The results will be things like: buy emergency survival food kits online, best place to purchase survival food supplies, order long shelf life survival food kits, and more.

Navigational keywords are phrases that help consumers find what they’re looking for. It’s usually for specific brands or products. You can prompt AI for these by asking it to: “Give me a list of navigational keywords consumers use to find reviews on survival gear.”

The results would be things like: survival gear review site, [Brand name] survival gear reviews, [Product type] survival review, survival gear comparison review, etc. Think of how you look things up and understand that AI can tell you how everyone is searching, so you have more options and ideas.

The last two are broad and long-tail keywords. These are similar to primary and secondary, but it’s more about length than relevance. Your broad keywords will be short, with high volume and lots of competition.

Long-tail keywords have more words, less volume of searches but also less competition, so they’re easier to rank for and be found for on social media, too. Both can be beneficial to your business.

To uncover these keywords, you might prompt AI like this: “Give me a list of broad and long tail keywords related to solar survival gear.”

The broad keywords might include: solar survival gear, solar survival tools, solar outdoor equipment, etc. The long-tail phrases might include: best solar powered survival gear for hiking, solar survival gear for emergency preparedness, portable solar chargers for survival kits, etc.

After you know what your upcoming week and month is going to entail, you'll be able to better take action on the affiliate and vendor tasks that you want to complete. There will be weeks when you look at everything that is releasing or that you want to release and realize that there's simply too much going on for you to do it all.

In that case, you can whittle it down to the best options for you to profit from. Usually, there will be products that are listed long after a launch that you can still promote as an affiliate.

Your customers may not be able to get the same launch discount pricing, but you can always go back to the vendor and request a coupon code that you can use with your audience if they will agree to that.

Your weekend tasks for affiliate monetization is to first decide on which products you've seen that are viable for your audience. Once you have that list, you want to compare each product to see which ones, if any, are worthy of a bonus.

If you are going to go to the effort of creating a bonus and an extensive promotion for the product, you want it to pay off for you as much as possible. A front end only product of $7.00 with a 50% commission is not going to cut it.

However, if you have a $7.00 front end product with multiple upsells, where the price and commissions increase with each level and there is a cash prize contest attached to it, that might make it worthy of the extra effort.

Sometimes, you can request review access so that you can get a sneak peek of the product ahead of time period this is especially helpful if you aren't familiar with the quality of the product of the person you are considering promoting.

That's an important distinction to make. You aren't just promoting a product, but the person attached to it. This person is going to have your subscriber on their list from this point on, and your subscriber is going to trust that you are sending them to someone that will treat them well.

That's why it's important for you to only promote top quality vendors and products. If they aren’t willing to give you free review access (because some freebie seekers ask for this with no intention of promoting), offer to buy it early.

You may not need to buy it, but it might help, depending on what type of review you plan to do. As time goes on and you have good stats as an affiliates, vendors will be approaching you and freely offering review access in hopes that you’ll promote.

If you plan on promoting, and making a bonus, be sure to tell the vendor that. The more information you can give them, the better. For example, saying, “I have a list of 5,000 subscribers and I want to create a bonus that complements your product,” might help get you approved with a review copy easily.

But don’t lie about it because once you’re found out, that won’t go over well with anyone in the community. Word of mouth can be powerful and you always want to be regarded as someone above the board.

Don’t sacrifice your reputation for a quick buck. Next, you have to think about what kind of reviews you want to create for the upcoming promotions. You might want to only do short teaser emails that pique their interest and make them want to click through to see the offer.

Sometimes, a more thorough review will be a better bet. Much of this depends on your relationship with your audience, their expectations and what is needed in order to help the product convert.

If your subscribers take your word for it, a short teaser might work fine. If they need more information, review it more thoroughly, but make sure you don’t give the product secrets away in your review.

There are also cases, especially if you’re creating a bonus, where a full case study would be a good strategy. There are two ways to d a case study. The first is letting them know you implemented the course and then sharing the results.

You’re not giving away the product information, just your experience with it. But you can also turn a case study into a bonus. It’s a very effective bonus, too because the buyer gets to go through the course along with you and follow along with what you did.

You get to be detailed because it’s a private case study and everyone participating will have purchased it, so you can talk freely about the strategies, etc. This is perfect for courses, but not as much with plugins, PLR, etc.

Because you’re building this profit plan on weekends, you may want to employ the use of as many time savers as possible. For example, if your goal is to queue up several emails, you might see if the vendor has any swipe file emails on the joint venture (JV) page.

Or, you can use PLR (private label rights) if the content is generic enough for you to be able to weave in mentions of the product. For example, you might find PLR about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and then promote a new AI tool within the readymade content.

Speaking of AI tools, you can use those to help you shortcut your affiliate marketing tasks that you are doing on the weekend. For example, AI can help you write your product reviews for a blog as well as your emails and social media content.

There are some tools that you can use that will let you automate the publishing of these reviews. For example, you can schedule your blog post to go live right when the launch happens.

You can also queue up emails to spread out over the course of an entire week or month on your behalf so that those are ready and working for you while you do other things. You can even use certain tools to cross promote your reviews on various social media sites by telling it the exact date and time you want your content to appear.

Don’t forget scarcity reminders when you are promoting as a Warrior Plus affiliate. In the cases where you are promoting something in the hopes of winning a contest or earning extra commissions with a bonus, you'll want to send out your initial launch promo email, but then also remind them until the launch ends that they will miss out on it if they don't purchase within that timeframe.

As an affiliate marketer, you never want to agree to promote someone if their product is not a good fit for your audience. Not only does it hurt you because your readers now feel as if you don't know what their expectations are, but it hurts the vendor because the traffic you send them will lower their conversion rates and repel other affiliates who might be a better fit.

All of the varying uses may sound fantastic, but to carry out this task on your own is time consuming and tedious. You would have to conduct a large amount of research, understand nuances in conversations and deep dive into online content to conduct comparative analysis before getting the right keyword strategy.

Instead of putting yourself through that, it’s important to save your time for other important entrepreneurial tasks and leverage the tools that are available to do it for you. AI tools like ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and others can deliver keyword research with a strategy to accompany it instantaneously.

In mere seconds, you can have a treasure trove of keywords to use in any way that you specify. And if you want to go the extra mile, you can ask for help integrating them into whatever content method you need it for – blog posts, social media, ad campaigns, product development, and so on.

There are three steps to being able to achieve this goal with AI. First, you have to understand the different types of keywords and how they can help you in your business. Second, you have to know the prompts to get AI to find them.

And third, you need to know how to get AI to help you apply them in your business. Soon, we’re going to cover the 8 fundamental keywords you’ll be using, 7 advanced keyword discovery strategies and several ways AI can help you use these nuggets of information.

From that point on, you’ll have everything you need to propel your niche content to the forefront of the competitive landscape, ensuring that you’re meeting the needs of your target audience precisely.

What’s great about this method of research is that not only can AI give you advice based on volume and historical data, but it’s capable of conducting an analysis that uses predictive insight to forecast what your niche audience will be searching for in the near future.

Now that you understand the importance of networking, you want to sit down and start planning how you're going to monetize this platform. There's a couple of different ways you can do this, and we're going to look at both affiliate marketing and being a vendor on Warrior Plus.

During the planning stage, you want to first look at what is launching in the next week or month so that you can get prepared. Once you have some statistics under your belt, you'll be able to get quick approval whenever you request to promote something as an affiliate.

You'll also likely have faster approval as a vendor, as long as you are making sure to stay within the guidelines and rules of what they are looking for on your sales pages and listings.

As an affiliate, you want to start out by planning your upcoming launches according to what is currently known to you to be releasing in the coming week and month. During your networking process, you will have gotten to know certain vendors, and you want to get on their list as an affiliate and as a regular subscriber.

Sometimes, they will send out messages where they mention upcoming launches, and you want to be in the loop about what's coming down the pipe so that you can be prepared.

There are many times where something is being planned and worked on by a vendor, but it's not yet listed publicly anywhere until the last minute, which doesn't give you a lot of time to prepare your promos and bonuses if you are working on the weekends only.

In addition to being on their list, there are a few other places you can look. Start by looking on the platform itself. Warrior Plus has a launch calendar that you can look at. As long as the product is considered public by the vendor, you'll be able to see when that is going to go live.

You'll also be able to click on the link of the listing on the calendar and be taken to the affiliate sign up page. On that page, you can request approval, see the launch date and time, get an overview and map of the funnel, click on the sales page length, and click on the link to the JV affiliate page.

Under the affiliate tab on Warrior Plus, you can also click on the link that says Contests. Not only does this page show you hot contests that are happening at that moment, but it also shows you upcoming contests.

This may be something you want to check so that you can see if anything is viable for your audience that you may want to compete for where you can win a cash prize to boost your income.

You can also check in other places, such as on Facebook in various affiliate marketing groups where people are listing their upcoming launches. Sometimes, they will be open to all types of launches, and sometimes they will be specific to a certain type of launch such as private label rights (PLR).

Another place you can look is Muncheye. This is a listing site where people from different platforms, including Warrior Plus, JVZoo, and other platforms can let affiliates know in case they want to promote.

You can also go to separate categories within Muncheye, if you only want to promote certain things such as private label rights. Sometimes, vendors will go here to create listings and reserve a spot for their promotion on a certain day in the future, which gives you time to get prepared with our bonus or promo.

When you are evaluating things that are listed on these calendars, you want to take into consideration whether or not the product you are considering is right for your audience. If you don't have an audience yet, you need to figure out how you want to position yourself because they will be looking to you for guidance on what they should buy.

Do they need courses? Software or other tools? Readymade content or templates? Look at the topics being taught or delivered to see if that is in line with what your target audience is seeking.

Never select a product to promote just because it has a contest or an attractive commission rate. You always need to think of your customer first and then look at the other elements that can influence your decision on what you want to choose.

Make sure you're not just looking ahead to the next seven days. You want to look ahead farther than that, especially if you are a newbie because it may take you longer to get approval.

If you are networking, you'll often have friends that you make in the industry put you on auto approve for their listings. That means you won't have to wait for approval, but as soon as you hit the request button it will approve you automatically.

The next thing you have to do when planning your weekend Warrior Plus profit strategy is to think about whether or not you want to be a vendor and release products of your own.

How much you take on will depend on many different factors, like how fast you are at product development or how much knowledge you have to share. You can launch one product per month if you are releasing courses to teach people, every few months if you are working on a tech gadget such as a plug in or some sort of software, or even daily if you are releasing something like private label rights.

Keep in mind that it's not just about brainstorming and developing the product itself, you will have other tasks that you have to tend to in order to get your launch functional, which includes the technical setup, the creation of an upsell funnel, sales copywriting, and recruiting your affiliates.

One step that you can do at anytime when you are on social media is networking with people who are either vendors or affiliates on the Warrior Plus platform. Some people may decide to only do that on the weekends, but others will go ahead and do a little networking while they are on Facebook during the week if they have a few extra minutes.

The importance of networking is to not only help you recruit affiliates and even customers as a vendor, but also allow you to get approval and perks as an affiliate if you are networking with vendors.

When networking with others, you're not only going to ensure that you get approved because they feel comfortable in knowing you, but you'll also have the potential to gain perks such as increased commissions, a spot on their download page, or even advanced access to their product before a launch all because they now consider you a friend.

Facebook is primarily the number one place marketers are engaged in discussions publicly, in groups and in private messages. But it's not the only place. There are other conversations that are done through emails, WhatsApp, and elsewhere.

Knowing who to network with is important period and sometimes, it will benefit you to simply lurk and read what people are saying. If you become friends with fellow consumers and colleagues in this industry, you will quickly learn who has a stellar reputation and who does not.

The last thing you want to do as an affiliate is begin promoting someone who may be able to launch products that receive a lot of hype, but who consumers are not happy with, because you don't want to have your commissions turn into refunds.

Likewise, as a vendor, you really don't want to be recruiting affiliates to promote from you if they don't have a good reputation because their initial commissions might turn into chargebacks and refunds or complaints because they are engaging in spammy behavior.

So how do you connect with people and how often should you be reaching out? This depends on how you plan to go about communicating with them. If you are simply watching and commenting on post that they put on their profile, you obviously don't want to look like a stalker by going back five years and liking every one of their posts.

But if they post something new, it's okay for you to like it and comment on it if it is relevant and you have something to say. You want them to get used to seeing your name and knowing that you are not someone hiding behind the scenes who is ready to try to take advantage of consumers.

If you are interacting with someone via private messages, you have to be a little more discreet and careful about how often you are intruding into their space. If you start spamming them repeatedly throughout the day, they will simply block you.

You have to develop that friendship initially in order for them to want to communicate with you that often. Don't make everything so strict and business oriented. Friendships with your Internet marketing colleagues are important.

Try not to engage in any drama that is circulating in the industry or marketplace. There will always be feuds among marketers, whether they are vendors or affiliates. If you see this happening in groups or behind the scenes, simply stay out of it and absorb the information so that you can make a determination about if and how it should affect your business.

If you are a vendor and you have identified some people who look like good affiliate prospects, start by engaging with their public content, and then you might reach out with an initial introduction that simply tells them you are developing a product and you think it might be a good fit for their audience.

Start the discussion, but don't browbeat them with repeated messages asking if they're going to be onboard for your launch. Likewise, if you are an affiliate, you can reach out to people and let them know what kind of promotions you want to do, and that you'd really love to add their product to your lineup.

 You want to become familiar to them first, before you start reaching out directly. If they are not on Facebook, then you can reach out through email, but again, because you are going directly into their inbox, you want to be careful about how often you are showing up with a request

As an online entrepreneur, your job isn’t just about picking a niche and business model – it’s about knowing how you’ll monetize it. There are multiple ways to generate revenue, and you can start with one and scale your business to include different ones over time.

You can add the various revenue models to your front end products, upsells, or cross-sells whenever you find the perfect opportunity for them to be presented. It can be overwhelming to understand the multiple income generators, so we need to dive into each one so that you can pair it with your business model and niche topic for the ultimate profit system.

This is a good way to shore up your finances in a precarious economy, when there are downturns and algorithm shifts that can influence whether or not consumers find your offers or are willing to spend money on them.

A well-diversified revenue stream helps mitigate problems and ensures you’ll keep your head above water financially in any unforeseen circumstances. Plus, it’s just good business to maximize your profit potential in any and every way possible.

Each option may not be a good fit for your current business, but it’s good to be aware of the options so you can apply them at a later date if you decide to pursue something different at a later date.

Each of these income streams has its own strengths and weaknesses. Additionally, you’ll have your own personal preferences, skills and strategy that might influence which methods you choose to use.

Single Sale Transactions

The first, and most common revenue option is a single sale transaction. This is a one time sale where revenue is generated from a consumer purchasing something from you and then going along their way.

This is used with both tangible and digital products both online and in the offline world. As a consumer, you have used this countless times period and it will benefit you as an online entrepreneur, as well.

For example, if you want to sell a digital download info product like an eBook or video course, this would be a single sale transaction between yourself and the consumer. If you want to sell stock photos, access to a webinar, or even a service like a ghostwriting project, you could sell these as individual transactions.

There are advantages and disadvantages to using this option. On one hand, it's very simple for you to implement and manage. It's easy to scale because they can then purchase other items that you sell in the marketplace.

You can price these attractively so that you not only cover your costs, but you are also generating a good profit margin. But it may also present some obstacles for you. For example, you have no promise of additional income from that customer after the initial exchange.

You may also find it harder to emphasize the value you will continue to give to your clients if you are in a one time transactional situation. Plus, there is more competition for products that have a single sale transaction model than those where they have the option to become members, etc.

If you are going to choose this option, you want to make sure that you pack as much value into that product or offer as possible so that this customer becomes a repeat customer, even if each time they come back they are engaging in a subsequent single sale transaction.

Do your best to upsell your buyers and, if they get on your list, cross sell other products or services to them so that you can increase the value of that customer. This is a revenue option that you will most likely be using at some point in your business, and it's the easiest one to understand.

Recurring Revenue Models

Next is the recurring revenue model. Here, you are going to be generating ongoing income from a subscription based situation. Customers will be signing up to things like a membership, paying for licensing to your product, or paying for access to your product for as long as they want to use it.

This is a revenue model that you have to work on building the number of leads you generate and retaining those customers for a long period of time. You do that by continually providing value to those who are willing to spend money with you month after month.

There are many subscription based models online, and you may pay for those yourself. These would be things like Amazon Prime, where you get perks like free shipping or faster delivery.

You probably pay for other subscriptions to streaming sites where you can watch shows, and there are different tiers of access, such as eliminating all commercials or adding on a different channel.

As an online entrepreneur, you can create a membership program or service that you will continually update and enhance over time. If you have a piece of software that people want to license from you, you can charge them an ongoing fee to continue to have access.

With a recurring revenue model, you're going to have a steady income, provided you continue to share value with your customers. Your obstacle will be in convincing people to commit to an ongoing payment, so you have to find ways to acquire those leads who are willing to do that, and then meet their expectations once they have signed up.

Freemium Business Models

The name may sound contradictory to building revenue, but a freemium business model can actually generate a lot of profits. This is where you present a product or service for free initially, with your monetization coming from premium features and access later or as an add on option.

Premium revenue models work very well because they are attractive to consumers who view the no cost option as something they have to have. It's very hard for many consumers to resist something that costs nothing.

Your goal, in this instance, is to convert those free product seekers into dedicated, paying customers who are willing to spend money because you have shown such good value with your free model.

One of the biggest perks about using a freemium option is that it creates a buzz and lowers the barrier for people to convert. Then, they will be on your list and you will be able to nurture their needs and convert them into customers who spend money.

This is a business model that can be upsold easily. They have not had to spend any money initially, but they have shown interest. Therefore, you can get them to sign up for a recurring option or even a single sale transaction once you have proven your worth to them.

The key in making a freemium business model work is for you to not only show value, but to have just enough features that make it attractive without eliminating the need for them to invest more for something better.

You might even want to give them a taste of a premium level option so that they can clearly see the difference between what they are getting for free versus what they could get if they were willing to spend a little bit of money.

Passive Income Options

With passive income, you are going to be generating revenue behind the scenes on autopilot. This is a wonderful option where you can do the work once and get paid for it over the coming weeks, months, and years.

This is an especially attractive option for those who want to work less and earn more. A recurring revenue business model will require you to continually show value to your users in most cases, whereas a passive income stream is a set and forget situation.

For example, setting up a line of info products once allows you to earn from them ongoing. Writing affiliate reviews for your blog one time and letting them gain ranking in the search engine results page and convert for you is passive income.

Ad revenue for content you write one time and publish on your blog is another form of passive income. These are easy revenue streams that, if you publish carefully and strategically with value, will pay off for you again and again.

You will have an upfront investment of time (and in some cases, a small amount of money like for a domain and hosting), but it’s easily scalable into something more. You do have the responsibility of upkeep and customer service.

Crowdfunding and Donations

Crowdfunding and donations are two different things, but they come under the pretense of people giving you money up front for projects or for appreciation of your content. They are not necessarily downloading anything initially, like a product or getting access to a membership.

With crowdfunding, you are benefiting from the collective power of a consumer target audience that is interested in contributing to your project. Some authors use this as a way to support them while they complete a book, giving perks to those who contribute, using a variety of tiers, depending on their investment.

If you are going to use this option, you have to make sure that you deliver and follow through on what was promised, whether it's a product, an experience, or something exclusive that they have backed you to complete.

Kickstarter is a good example of a platform that allows you to crowdfund for your launches and the innovation that you are putting forth with your business model. Donations are a bit different, and you will often see this on social media platforms where dedicated and loyal followers of influencers will donate as a way to support someone who puts out content that they appreciate.

An example of a platform that allows you to do this would be Patreon. This is designed for content creators to get financial support from their audience, and in exchange, you can give them early access to content, additional and exclusive content, and other perks such as in person group meetups.

You’ll often find bloggers who have the donation option on their website. It's either called a tip jar or something like “buy me a coffee,” and it is linked directly to a payment platform where they can contribute a nominal fee to help you offset your expenses and earn some profits.

With both of these options, you have to make sure that you're providing value consistently, achieving your content goals, and being very honest and transparent about how the funds are being used.

It's important that you are engaged and attentive to the needs of your audience. If you can build a community of people who are connected in their support for you, that will help elevate your earnings.

Now you have a better idea of the various revenue options you have available to diversify your earnings as an online entrepreneur. Go through each one and analyze how it would work in connection with your particular niche, business model, and personal preferences so that you can get started with your first one and add others on later.