Weekend Internet Money Project - Internet Vending Machines

Weekend Internet Money Project - Internet Vending Machines

 by: Iszuddin Ismail

Do you remember when you were a kid and you have that little piggy bank. Every now and then, your mom or dad, or your uncles and aunties come by and drop in a few coins for you.

What if I can show how to have that again - even if you are 70? That would be great right? No saving effort, yet you have a small little saving that you put a way every now and then.

Infact, later I will even show you how to turn this piggy bank into a line of vending machines, scattered all over the internet. You will have money thrown at your everyday, around the clock.

So here's your weekend internet money project, generating that little change for the rainy days.

I have been on the internet since 1997 and I think that now is the easiest time for you to make money from the internet.

Of course there are many ways for you to make money on the internet. But the easiest would in a way which you don't have to do a lot of things - no money handling, processing orders, no shipping or any of those things.

And even in times when you have to work, why not be it something that you like doing.

Consider this famous quote -

"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." - Confucius

And I think it is true. Doing something that you love is never a work. It is never a job - it's passion.

Now back to the weekend internet money project.

Why don't you start considering what is it that you love and passionate about. What you should do is share with the world about it. How? - Build a website.

Today, building a website is child's play. A seven-year old can show you how to build a website. And even if you are totally blur about the internet and computers, there are many tools and software that can help you with this.

Let's not go into detail on this. Let's talk about how to make money.

The big question is - How to generate money from your website. Now this is no secret. There are only two ways to make money from you website - the easy way.

1. Google Adsense (http://www.google.com/adsense)

2. Affiliate Programs

Let's talk about Google Adsense. When you have build your website, register for Google Adsense program and start earning money for every clicks that you refer to advertisers. Just sign-up, get the advertising code and put it in your website. And that's it.

Google Adsense has a technology that will show relevant ads on your website. If your website talks about babies, Google Adsense will display ads on baby products. This will indeed increase clicks on the ads and increase you earning from Google Adsense.

Before you know it, this little website IS your little piggy bank. But instead of having you mom or dad fill it in, you have somebody that you don't even know, willingly giving you their spare change.

I can't say how much you can really earn. Some clicks give you $1.23 and some just gives you $0.06. That all depends on the industry and how competitive that industry is advertising. But whenever anyone gives me a spare change, I take it.

Now, let's talk about affiliate programs. How does this work? This is again about advertising, but instead of earning by every click, you earn bigger money, but for every sales that occur.

The miracle of the internet has been able to track visitors from your website and being able to tell whether or not they purchased anything at the advertisers' website.

Unlike earning by clicks, a sales doesn't occur as often. But with affiliate programs, you earn more. You may be earning $0.23 for a click but you can earn $50 for a sale.

There are numerous affiliat programs on the internet. Some of the famous on would be like the one I list below

1. Commission Junction - http://www.cj.com

2. Linkshare - http://www.linkshare.com

3. ShareASale - http://www.shareasale.com

4. Dark Blue - http://www.darkblue.com

5. ClickBank - http://www.clickbank.com

   ... and there are more ...

What you should do with affiliate programs is choose the most relevant affiliate programs to your website, and then start promoting them in your website. If you have a website about babies, find an affiliate programs on baby products. That is the way to do it.

Some affiliate programs indeed offer the $80 commission per sale but if that product is not related to your website, I doubt that any sale is to occur.

Now, we've talked about the opportunity of the internet and building your small piggy bank ... now let's talk about the action plan.

1 - Build Your Website

This is easy. Here are some tools that you can use that will help you make building and maintaining your website almost effortless.

Hosted Solution

• Site Build It - http://www.sitesell.com

• Website Wizard - http://www.websitewizard.com

• Third Sphere Hosting - http://www.thirdsphere.com

• GoDaddy! - http://www.godaddy.com

Free WYSIWYG Web Page Editors

• Amaya - http://www.w3.org/Amaya/

• WebPage - http://webpage.vendercom.com/

• WebMatrix - http://www.asp.net/webmatrix/

• 1st Page 2000 - http://www.evrsoft.com/1stpage/

2 - Always Update Your Website With Fresh Content

In your free time, always write more about the thing that you are passionate about. Just let the ideas pour in and write whatever it is that you are thinking about.

Some Other Tips I Can Share

Now, is there more things that I share? Well, yes! Just consider the following.

Tip #1 - Is There a Market for Your Topic?

Try considering how many other people have the same interest as you. If there are many people that have the same interest as you, they are your possible visitors. What you can do the check this out is to check how many people are searching for the related field.

Try out Overture Search Term Suggestion Tool where you can check out how many times a keyword was searched for the previous month. If there aren't many, you may have a website with no visitors.

Run through all the keywords relating to your passion in the tool and see. You might even find a topic that you can really focus on rather than a very broad topic. If you like cats, try cat food, cat care, cat clothing ...

If there are about 5,000 searches minimum for that keyword, you can go with that.

http://inventory.overture.com

Tip #2 - Learn a Little Bit of Search Engine Optimization

This is the skill in which you try to get good listing in search engines.

Now, don't get too hooked up on this. Just do the basics. Learn a thing or two and start implementing it in your website. You can about this at the following website.

• http://searchenginewatch.com/

• http://searchguild.com/

• http://www.lilengine.com/

Tip #3 - Get People To Link To You

Now, on top of writing fresh new content for your website, why not every now and then, find another website and ask that website to link to you. You can even ask them to link to a specific article that you have.

You benefit in two ways from this. One, the visitors on the other website can know about your website and come over. Two, search engines like websites with many incoming links. So having many incoming links can boost your listing in the search engines.

Tip #4 - Turn Piggy Bank Into Vending Machines

Now, here's a big tip. Because when everything is up and running, you don't really have to do much - you can build more website. Each of this websites is like another piggy bank. But because you have so many of them, in every corner of the internet - it's like having vending machines in every corner of the town.

Now - how great is that?

In fact this is better than having vending machines. You don't have to refill them, you don't have to get out of your house - it's great.

Infact I myself is in the process of building my own small vending machines all over the net. I have a site on paintball, I have a site on airsoft, I have a site on computer cases, and a few more. And I want to add more.

When ever you feel like it's time for a new website, just think about what else you are interested in and start the work all over again.

So I guess that is all. To sum it all up, here is a short summary action plan for you.

1. Find a field that you are interested in

2. Qualify with Overture Search Term Tool

3. Build your website

4. Build links

5. Build more content

So ... I wish you well. Start building your piggy bank ... err ... I mean your vending machines.

Iszuddin Ismail a.k.a. Kidino, the Web Marketing Techie is the editor of MoneyClicking Newsletter where he helps netpreneurs with their website building for internet marketing. Join the MoneyClicking Newsletter Today. Free ebook - Build Content-Site for Internet Income. http://www.moneyclicking.net.

Vending machines won't make you money!

I know some of you running a vending business are thinking is this guy off his rocker? Vending machines do make money, they're a 24-hour employee that never sleeps, eats or asks for a raise. And to an extent you're all correct but has it ever occurred to you that the vending machine is only your tool of choice to earn your living? Construction workers use a hammer, truck drivers use their truck, and venders use their machines.

So what's the point? The point is the type of machine your using isn't the be all end all of your business. The first vending machine sales person I ever encountered was selling a new design of Bulk candy machines. The kind you'd see in a department store or mall. He preached about the increase in sales his clients were seeing, but the cost of the machines was astronomical. I asked him a simple question about how a machine could increase sales, and voila I had found the hole in his pitch. It can't, if a machine has M&M's in it and accepts quarters either an older style or newer type of machine has the potential to close the deal.

So what makes you money in the vending business?

The magic ingredient is you! A simple scenario, you have three snack machines. You pay a locating company to place these machines, and you run around town collecting money and re-filling them. After about 6 weeks of doing this you realize that the amount you collect each week is barely worth it for the running around you do so you decide to sell the machines and chalk it up to the vending industry just wasn't for you.

With this example you're involvement in the business is more or less an employee. You'd be doing the same thing with the same level of involvement if you worked for the large vending company in your town. How can you turn this around? Simple, your vending businesses success depends on you. Your job is to place machines, and provide the best customer service possible. Are the machine placement company's interests in you? Nope, they get paid whether your machines make money or not, the profitable accounts are dug up from your hard work, networking, and sales abilities.

So what more can you do to have your best shot at success?

Don't use a placement company to get locations. It's not the nicest part of the job, but everything is sales. You need to network, watch new businesses moving in, new developments. Let everyone know the business your in, you never know who's office is having difficulty with their current supplier, or who's brother is moving to a new office down the street.

Take care of the accounts you have. It can be easy to become complacent with your current accounts, you have them, each week there's money in the machine you fill it back up and away you go. Remember your best account is your competitor's number one prospect. Always interact with employees at your locations, find out if the location is satisfied with its mix of product in your machine. Let them know who you are, leave your contact info on your machine.

Last but not least always look professional. Remember what you're supplying may not be the most important part of a companies inputs, but there are also others that can do it. By handling yourself and appearing professional in dress and behavior you increase the chances of earning referrals to new locations, new machines at current locations, and decrease turn over. It's always less expensive to keep a customer then to gain a new one!

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A Guide to Snack Vending Machines

Snack vending machines come in a number of different formats and styles. Most snack machines are see-through or glass-front merchandisers. This is because the customer likes to see what he or she is getting, and likes to be able to browse. Soda machines are usually solid, because most people know what a can of soda looks like and exactly how big it is; however, even that is changing as more manufacturers realize that most consumers think with their eyes. This is especially true of vending machines, where almost every purchase is an impulse purchase. On the other hand, some employees of companies that have vending machines on-site rely on those vending machines every day for a lunch break snack. Some snack vending machines have closed-faced interfaces, but that is rare.

You can buy snack machines that dispense only six types of snacks, or you can obtain a machine system with hundreds of choices, that can take up an entire wall. It is important to make note of how much traffic a location is getting. This will assist you in deciding what size machine to buy. It is also important to note the d?cor of the room or area your machine will be occupying, and to match up the style with its surroundings.

Most manufacturers offer snack vending machines, but not all. For the Cadillacs of vending machines, go with Automated Productions International, Crane Merchandising Systems, or Seago Manufacturing. These companies offer the most current machines, with sophisticated computer chips and mechanisms for ascertaining money validity, pricing, vend mechanics, sales tracking, ease of restocking, and more. These companies often offer lifetime warranties for parts and labor on their machines.

But these are not the only companies that offer snack machines. There are others that offer less-sophisticated models for a lesser price, and the snacks in them are just as good as in the other, more expensive machines. Customers know this too. So match your machine to the ambience, and you're set.

Vending Machines Info provides detailed information about the vending machines business, focusing on candy, soda, snack, coffee, gumball, and dvd vending machines, as well as vending machines for sale. Vending Machines Info is affiliated with Business Plans by Growthink.

Soda Vending Machines - The Best Money Making Machines

Soda vending machines are one of the easiest ways to make money in the vending machine business. However, like all other vending machines, you do need to offer a selection of beverages, such as soda, juice and bottled water. You also need to have them placed in strategic locations. The location is the key to making money with vending machines, no matter what type of machines you have. There are several ways you can go about getting the soda vending machines that you want for your business.

Soda bottling companies often provide the soda vending machines free of charge. However, you do have to sign a contract saying that you will only purchase the supplies for the beverage vending machine from this company, which can cut down on your profits. When you buy from the company, you will receive discounts, such as one free case of soda for every ten cases that you buy. The downside to buying all the sodas and other beverages from the company is that you will pay full price for the supplies.

Buying a used soda vending machine is one way that you can realize higher profits. You can save up to 50% of the cost of the machine when you buy used. Most times the vending machine distributors have refurbished soda vending machines at a much lower cost than that of new machines. When you own the beverage vending machine yourself, you can purchase your products wherever you want. This allows you to take advantage of sales offered from various wholesalers and quite often you can get the soda you need at the supermarket for less than wholesale price. When you restock your used soda machine in this manner, you will have higher profits.

At one time, schools were strategic locations for soda vending machines. With the laws now in force banning these vending machines from schools, you may have to rethink the type of products that you want to sell through your beverage vending machine. Soda is not the only beverage and in schools there is a great need for beverages such as fruit juice, milk and bottled water. Converting your used soda vending machines to handle these products will still keep you in business.

Airports, shopping malls and other strategic locations where there is high people traffic are prime places for soda vending machines. Often when out shopping, people want a cool refreshing drink and they don't want to go into a restaurant and sit down. With the beverage vending machine, you will find that at certain times of the year, business is better than others. Summer is the time when cold soda sells best from the soda vending machines, so you do have to be prepared for a slow down in business when winter arrives.

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Buy A Vending Machine ? What To Watch Out For

When you want to buy a vending machine, you have to be careful of what you?re buying. Sometimes a deal that sounds too good to be true is just that and you may end up buying a vending machine that will not be good for your business. There are ads for vending machines as a part of a package deal where the machines are already in place and you purchase the whole vending machine business. Before you buy any used vending machines, you do need to inspect them. You might also want to take someone with you that knows about these machines when you go to buy a vending machine.

Something that you have to be cognizant of when you buy a vending machine is the ease of use. If the vending machine is simple enough for children to operate, then you have something that will help you succeed in the vending machine business. Buying vending machines with a lot of gadgets and knobs may look really nice, but if it is difficult to operate then you won?t have many sales.

Another factor that you have to look at when buying vending machines is the area where the product comes out. You have to really look at the vending machine to see if customers will have difficulty reaching in to take out the products. You also need to check that the machine is safe for children to use. If an accident should happen to a child, then the storeowner may ask you to remove it from his/her property. There are more things to consider than the size and shape of the machine when you want to buy a vending machine.

Since each vending machine is manufactured to dispense a specific product you need to have some idea of what you want to sell when you buy a vending machine. This means doing your homework in advance as to how easy or difficult it will be to get the supply of products that you want and of course, how much they will cost. Buying vending machines also means that you have to know how they work so that you can do the repairs yourself if something goes wrong. You should also spend some time in an area where there are vending machines to see which ones the customers like the best.

When you buy a vending machine, you are giving yourself a start in a home based business that you can operate on your own time. You don?t need to invest a lot of money by buying several vending machines. Just start off with one and then gradually work your way up. You will need to continue in your regular job until you do get established so it is best if you use your weekends for the servicing of the machines. After you see the profits starting to roll in, you might want to buy a vending machine for a different product or continue with the same products as you have.

Vending Machine Manufacturer ? The Source Of Your Vending Machine

A vending machine manufacturer is the company that makes a specific type of vending machine. You will not come across manufacturers of several different types of vending machines, such as gumball machines and drink machines. This is why when you want to get started in the vending machine business, it is best to work through a vending machine distributor. The distributor purchases the machines you want from each vending machine manufacturer to offer you a selection of machines for your route.

Most people start out in the vending machine business start out with one or two gumball machines. This gives them an idea of whether or not they can survive in this type of business and the kind of money that they can make if they decide to expand. You will need to find a reputable vending machine manufacturer that makes coin-operated gumball machines. A gumball machine manufacturer usually has several different designs of machines for you to choose from.

Doing an online search is the easiest way to find a vending machine manufacturer with the type of machines that you want for your business. Usually a gumball machine manufacturer also has vending machines for selling all kinds of candy, small toys in bubbles and dried fruits and nuts. You can choose a gumball machine that dispenses one bubblegum, one candy or a handful of candies. You can also get these machines from which you can sell packages of candy.

The gumball machine manufacturer you choose can preset the vending machine to whatever price you want to charge for your product. When you purchase the machine from a vending machine manufacturer, you also get a warranty for a specified period of time so that if anything goes wrong, the repairs won?t cost you any money. Along with the purchase of a vending machine, the manufacturer will provide you with an instruction manual so that you know exactly how to refill the gumball machine and how to make any minor repairs on your own. The warranty is something that you do have to really look at when you are investing in vending machines.

Although it is best for you to deal with a distributor, you need to do your homework about the vending machine manufacturer to make sure that this company does make good machines. The distributor will also help you install the vending machines so you are not left completely out in the cold when you are trying to get your vending machine business off the ground. A vending machine manufacturer only makes the machines ? it will not help you get the best locations. That is also an important step in having a successful business.

A Vending Machine Distributor - Find Out What How This Person Can Help You

A vending machine distributor is a person that sells and delivers vending machines of all kinds. If you are planning to get started in the vending machine business, you do need to start with a distributor in order to get the machines that you need. The distributor could be a single person that sells the vending machines out of his/her basement or it could be a large company with salespeople and a catalog that you can browse through. The vending machine distributor works with the vending machine manufacturers to bring you the machines you want to use in your business.

When you want to start a vending machine business of your own, the first thing you need to do is find a vending machine distributor that has the type of vending machines you want to start with. The problem is knowing how and where to find the distributor and what vending machines are right for you. Many of the distributors you contact can give you valuable advice about what types of vending machines would be best for your area. The distributors that deal with your area will also be able to give you advice about getting into this type of business opportunity. Vending machine routes may be available where the machines are already in place.

As an independent vending machine business owner just getting started, you may not be able to deal with the manufacturers of the machines. This is where a vending machine distributor can really help you. These people know the manufacturers of all the different types of machines and may be able to put you in contact with someone that has used vending machines for sale that are in excellent condition. Since the distributor is usually a good client of the manufacturer buying many machines, for you and others taking advantage of a vending machine business opportunity, he/she will also be able to get a better deal on a new machine.

The Internet is your best source of finding a vending machine distributor. When you come across a business opportunity, vending machine distributors will be able to get you any type of vending machine you want. These people may also be able to supply you with the products that you need for stocking and restocking the machines. This is one factor that you do have to consider when you want to start a vending machine business - how difficult or easy it will be to get the products that you need. You also have to consider the location of the distributor in relation to where you are so that the costs of shipping the machines and the supplies will not be too expensive.

Just looking at the website of the vending machine distributor will give you a pretty good idea of whether or not this person is right for you to deal with. Check to make sure that the distributor keeps the website up to date and that he/she does have the latest vending machines available. Once you find a distributor that you think you might be able to work with to start a vending machine business, you should contact him/her by email or telephone to get further information. In addition to finding a vending machine distributor, you do need to check the references to make sure that you will be dealing with a reputable distributor.

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