If you have entered the world of drop shipping or are planning to take a step towards it, then here are some tips, which could prevent you from dropping like a stone in this vast online sea.

Firstly, you need to source good drop shippers who can stock the right products at the right time and price for your customers. Once you have identified some drop shippers, get them to send you photos and prices of the products in their stock along with the technical specifications. If your shipper has a data feed, then it will be quite easy to transfer the data to your computer. Their prices should be such that you can add on a decent margin on them and earn some money out of it.

They should have proper warehouses to store their products and should have an efficient logistical team to ensure that the goods are shipped immediately and reach your customer on time. The shipper should also stick your company’s stickers on the products and should also ship the products using your name as the shipper, i.e. they should remain anonymous during the entire deal,  but have a contact number to solve customers’ complaints, again without mentioning their name while talking to your customer.

Ensure that they deal in branded and genuine products only since it is your reputation which can get sullied otherwise. The shipper should also accept payment through credit cards, PayPal etc, and you too will be required to do the same.

You need to be innovative while marketing the products. You should change the product description slightly and also the photo if possible, since this same data will be sent to other people like you by the same shipper. This will project the same product in a different way and you could also design your own Website to sell the Products.

Keep your site interesting, informative and uncluttered and include key words so that your site figures as one of the top sites in any search. This will ensure more hits and more hits mean more sales. Keeping it  constantly updated as per the list supplied by your shipper is crucial or you might end up getting orders for items that are out of stock. In case such a thing happens, try to procure the product from another shipper and if there is a possibility of a delay in shipment then call or email the customer and request for an extension in delivery time. If the customer does not agree, then do the gentlemanly thing and refund the money. If your shipper is constantly defaulting on deliveries then change him, or you could suffer. Sites like eBay have customers rating sellers like you so a bad rating will crush your reputation and result in decreased sales.

So, get your act together by studying and acting on the above pointers and watch your drop shipping business give you jaw dropping results.

John Thornhill has released another case study from a student who took part in his Masterclass . John tells me it is 100% unedited.

Name : Kathy Dobson

Blog URL :  kathydobson.com

 Website URL: crazycashmembershipsites.com

“As with many people visualizing a successful Internet business, I was reading everything that came my way, emails to my inbox, numerous sales pages. There is no doubt that I was on information overload! But the one thing I wasn’t doing the one thing that was missing was the most important element to my success. That element was ACTION!

It is not surprising to me that the word ACTION is actually contained and in fact is the last word within ‘Law of AttrACTION’ Until we take action in life no matter what our dreams are, nothing happens. Action is what completes the Law.

For two years I played around with the idea of pursuing Internet marketing. During that time I received notice about many coaching courses some charging figures as high as $10,000. These were simply out of my reach and I thought I would never get it! Then one day I received notice about John’s course. The first thing I noticed was how reasonable the course was in comparison to similar courses being offered. So, I did my homework. I studied John Thornhill, his blog and his reputation. I could not find one negative thing about this man or his coaching course, so I finally took the plunge and signed up for John Thornhill’s Marketing Masterclass. I have not regretted this decision one time. It is the single most effective and important action step I took to create a better life for myself in 2009.

When I entered John’s course, I had no website (blog), no product to sell and frankly not enough knowledge to put it all together into a working machine. When I reflect back from where I started to where I am today after finishing John’s course I marvel at what I’ve accomplished in 9 short months.

Simply put, John’s course not only taught me what I needed to know to succeed online, but more importantly, it connected all the dots for me! How important is that? It took all the pieces that I had been reading about and connected them into a fine tuned working machine for me.

Is John’s course perfect? No, there is no such thing. But, no one knows Internet marketing like John does and his ability to teach this to others and his willingness to teach it at such a fair price is a blessing.

Without John’s course I would not be where I am today. He has provided me the tools, videos and support that I need to move forward confidently in the Internet marketing world. It is up to me to consistently work towards my goals with these newly taught tools.

One last word about John. I honestly believe that John is a person who cares on a personal basis about each one of his coaching students. Our course was to last 36 weeks, but here we are in week 42 and John is still teaching! This shows how much pride and integrity this man has.

If you have the opportunity to participate in John’s coaching course I cannot recommend it enough. Don’t sit on the fence any longer, take action and make it happen! You won’t be sorry.

Thanks John Thornhill.

Sincerely with Gratitude,

Kathy Dobson”

John Thornhill’s Masterclass Launches at 3pm EST on Tuesday 26th January. This program only launches once per year and slots are extremely limited. Get on the early bird list, download your free report “Why You’ll Never Succeed Online” and see more case studies at www.johnthornhillmasterclass.com

John Thornhill has released this case study from a student who took part in his Masterclass  in 2009. John tells me it is 100% unedited.

Name : Stuart Turnbull

Niche : eBay & Internet Marketing

“My story starts some years ago when I discovered eBay, this site opened my eyes to the huge money making potential of the internet, here was a global marketplace that anybody could enter with minimal upfront costs.

I built a niche business and made a good second income on eBay but I developed a burning ambition to use the internet to earn all of my income and in doing so free myself from the 9-5 corporate jungle I had inhabited since I left school.

In the course of my eBay research I came across John Thornhill and began to follow his ideas.

In January 2008 John launched his first coaching course and this proved to be a turning point in my online ventures.

Through John’s easy to follow tutorial videos I created my first eBook “Prints make profits” which is a step by step guide to my eBay niche business methods. I built a blog at stuart-turnbull.com to record my progress and I began building my own subscriber list, this was a major (and steep!) learning curve for me as my tech skills were minimal so I relied heavily on John’s support.

Prints Make Profits proved to be a huge success and when John launched his Masterclass program I was keen to take my fledgling internet marketing business to the next level using John’s tried and tested methods.

Fast forward to today I now have a second eBook “Twitmasterclass” on the market and I provide a weekly newsletter to my subscribers through stuartturnbullnewsletter.com. My subscriber list is growing steadily and so is my online income!

Writing this case study has prompted me to look back and assess my progress. Before John’s coaching I knew nothing about domains and hosting, I didn’t know what an autoresponder was I had no idea how to create and market information products or how to drive targeted traffic, in short I was a complete internet marketing beginner.

As an indication of how far I have progressed under John’s guidance, before I sat down to write this case study I was working on coaching materials for my own students, yes, I’m now passing on my knowledge to my own subscribers!

So, as you can imagine my life is very different now to what it was like. I feel like I have completed my internet marketing apprenticeship and I now have the right tools and a road map to realise all of my ambitions.

John Thornhill’s coaching and Masterclass programs have provided me with these tools and more importantly John’s personal advice, guidance and assistance have given me the belief and confidence to realise my online potential.

It is a great feeling to know that no matter what problems I encounter as I move forward and build my IM business John’s expert help is only an email away.

I don’t use the phrase ‘life changing’ lightly but John Thornhill’s Masterclass coaching has been a truly life changing experience for me.

If you have similar aspirations to my own and you ever get the opportunity to enrol in John Thornhill’s Masterclass I urge you to grab that opportunity with both hands, I promise you you won’t regret it.”

Cheers, John

Stuart”

John Thornhill’s Masterclass Launches at 3pm EST on Tuesday 26th January. This program only launches once per year and slots are extremely limited. Get on the early bird list, download your free report “Why You’ll Never Succeed Online” and see more case studies at www.johnthornhillmasterclass.com

John Thornhill is about to open the doors on his 2010 Marketing Masterclass-fantastic!

As an ex-student of John’s, it set me thinking and its funny what comes to mind. It must have been about week three when I found myself writing a blog about having to write a blog!

Blog writing was a new thing for me (as anybody who has read my early efforts might agree), but I found it surprisingly therapeutic. I discovered the trick was to make it interesting, fresh and new enough to captivate the reader, and of course a search engine or three.

Having watched the videos, John felt like an old mate now and that was just as well because there was a long way to go. But you know what, looking back, I really enjoyed it. Everything was easy to follow and the downloads were really helpful, particularly the videos. I still remember wrestling with the best way to set up the categories and trying to think of interesting stuff to drive through them, hmm!

One of the really useful things to do, as suggested by John, was to check out other marketers blogs. It provides valuable contextual material both in terms of where you are now and where you might be able to take things in the future.

Oh yeah, and of course earn some real cash along the way!!

So, watch out for that new Masterclass starting on 26th Jan……..

PS  In the meantime, download a copy of John’s shock report that shows why some people will  Never Succeed Online right now!

Best wishes to you and yours!

Mike
PS Here’s my New Year resolution………..

Special thanks to Kris M.

I received this email from a trusted contact of mine and thought I would just copy it here:

Message starts:

I know there have been a TON of “gurus” throwing advice around about the FTC regulations. But this is the first interview I’ve heard with a “higher up” at the FTC itself. I’m listening to it as I write this

It is really good. If you are  involved in ANY sort of online marketing, I highly suggest you listen:

Message ends:

Go listen HERE,  & thanks Chad, I owe you one!

Let me really clear about this. I’ve tried it and  Double Click Blueprint 2.0 is like a breath of fresh air. 

In my view, this is because Rob Canyon takes a completely different approach to the thorny subject of making money online. His style is very hands on and you get the feeling that his students’ progress really matters to him.

In short, I found the whole process a truly rewarding experience.

Thanks for that Rob!

PS Take a look at Double click Blueprint 2.0 and let me know what you think below-ok?

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