2. Using WordPress to Create
Multiple Income Streams
WordPress as the Foundation of an
Online Business
Presented by:
BRETT NAPOLI
Dean of Website School
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3. Background: Brett Napoli
• Founder and CEO of Ambition Insight, Website
School and CollegeCures.com
• Developing Online Properties for 10 Years
• Using WordPress for 3 Years
• Favorite Domain: WebConsulting.com
• Personally own more than 250 domain names
• Sold over 20K in Domain Names, over 250K in
Websites & Web Services
• My first WordPress website reaches 3+ million
people per month, as high as 880,000 Pageviews in
1 day (1/21/13)
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4. Don’t Be Mistaken, It Wasn’t Easy
• Love & Passion
• Don’t Be Afraid to Fail or Start Over
• Can’t Stop
I've failed over and over and over again in
my life. And that is why I succeed.
- Michael Jordan
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5. What It Takes
• Time
• Money & Investment
• Risk
• Dedication
• Equipment
• Research
• Expertise & Experience
• Connections
• Consistent, Balanced Learning
• Motivation, Planning, Self Direction
• Planning, Planning, Planning, Planning
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6. Fun Facts: Am I In the Right Industry?
First Half 2012 Stats
• Internet advertising revenues, all-time high of
$17 billion
14 percent increase year-over-year
• Mobile Ad Revenue up 95% to 1.2 Billion
• Video Revenue: 18% year over year, 1 Billion
• Search Revenue: 8.1 Billion, up 19%
• Display Ads: 5.6 Billion, 4% increase
• Retail Advertisers earned 3.4 Billion
• Automotive: 2.2 Billion
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7. Did You Know
• The current number of internet users is
2.2 billion. In 2002 there were just 600
million. That’s a 367% increase in a
decade.
• Facebook accumulates over 500
terabytes of data daily. This includes 2.7
billion likes and 300 million photo
uploads.
Internet World Statistics, eTForcasts, Domo, CNET
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8. Did You Know
• Every month Google handles 100
billion searches. 40,000 searches a
second.
• There are more devices connected to
the Internet than people on earth.
• In The USA 78.3% of the population
uses the internet.
• YouTube users watch over 3 billion
hours of video per month.
IBT, Daily Telegraph, and Internet World Statistics
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9. Did You Know
• Every Minute of the day $272k is spent by online
consumers.
• The Internet influences $5.77 offline for every dollar
spent online.
• Online shoppers spent $54.47 billion dollars this
holiday season. That’s a 16.8% increase from last year.
• 97% of consumers use online media when researching
products and services in their local area.
• The most expensive Domain Name ever sold was
Insure.com, it sold for $16 million.
http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/data-never-sleeps_b24551
http://www.funnyjunk.com/channel/science/Most%2BAmazing%2BInternet%2BStatistics%2B2012/umiNGhz
http://www.internetretailer.com/2012/09/17/online-holiday-shopping-will-increase-17-year
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11. Ok, but how do I make money
with my WordPress website?
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12. Golden Rules of Success:
How to Make Money Anywhere
Solve Problems
Reduce Costs
Create Value
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13. Revenue Opportunities: Services
• Build Websites for other people &
companies, Website Reviews & Critiques
• WordPress Training & WordPress
Consulting
• Web Hosting – Resell, Affiliate, Hosted
Solution
• Domain Names – Management,
Registration, Renewals, Locking,
Premium Sales, Brokerage
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14. Revenue Opportunities: Services
• SEO, SEM
• Social Media Optimization, Social Media
Marketing
• Web Design, Graphic Design
• Logos, Print Collateral
• Upsell Stock Photography
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16. Revenue Opportunities
• Social Media Posts & Social Media
Sponsorship
• Email Blasts – Newsletters, Build a
Database
• Membership Site – Access to info
product, Access to Resources, Recurring
Billing, Per-Page or Per-Post Access,
Temporary Accounts
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17. Revenue Opportunities
• Music or Digital Delivery Goods – eBooks, Webinars,
Interviews
• In Video Advertising, Pre-roll Video Advertising
• Sponsorships - Background Sponsorship, Section
Sponsorship, IFrame
• Lead Generation
• Create Software - Create Plugins, Create Themes,
Create Addons, Create Image Packs
• Related Posts, Social Discovery, Widgets (nrelate,
Disqus)
• Consumer Data: Tracking Pixels & Cookies, Email
Addresses & Customer Information
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18. Revenue Opportunities
• Google Custom Search (Search Results)
• Affiliate Products & Services: Plugins, Themes,
Enhancements
• Niche Websites
• Get Free Products, Review Them, Sell Them
• Barter
• Meetup Sponsorships, Event Sponsorships, Swag
Sponsorships
• Video Production
• Offer Skype Consulting of Any Kind
• Referrals
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22. Revenue Opportunities
• Specials, Discounts, Groups, Expiring
Offers, Offer Terms, Lengthened Terms
• Make the first dollar
• Creative Value
• Make a Business Plan First
• Respond to Every Single Email
• Go back to old emails
GET CREATIVE!
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Notas do Editor
Internet World Statistics,eTForcasts, Domo, ZD Net CNET