Referrals can be the Fastest & Easiest Money Making Service to Set Up.
All you need is a Business to 'Pay You' for a lead.
You are in a much more powerful position if you can address a person's 'needs' on your website, and refer them to a company for a solution. This is considered a recommendation referral which is the most powerful, and valuable lead you can provide.
All Businesses Need Sales Leads. . . Hiring Sales Reps, or Running Ads are $$$ Expensive with no guarentee of leads being generated. Businesses are open to paying for 'Leads'.
Think of it . . . A business may pay $1,000 for an Ad which may not generate any calls or visitors to their website. I know this because I've spent thousands of dollars on Ads that produced no results.
In comparison, if someone said that they would give me a 'Lead' with the Person's Name, Email Address and what they were interested in buying, I would pay good money for that!
But Companies are paying very good money for completely 'Unqualified Leads'. By that I mean No Consumer Contact information.Just linking a visitor to their websiteGoogle is a prefect example of the marvel of how much Companies will pay for 'Unqualified' Leads
All kinds of businesses are 'Bidding' on the 'Keywords' consumer's enter into Google's Directory, in the hope that Google will 'Link' these consumers to their website.Companies will pay Google anywhere from a couple of cents, to hundreds of dollars 'Per Click'.
Linking Consummer's from Directory Searches, like Google --> from Keywords --> to Websites = The lowest form of Lead Generation for a Business Owner.
Eventually, many businesses realise the poor quality of Google's links. These businesses would welcome better qualifed leads.
Ask Yourself. . . How much more money would a company pay for 'You' to send them a 'Qualified Lead' to their Website with a consumer's contact information and what they're looking for. From these type of leads companies can maintain contact with these consumers, and build a database.
This Video Demonstrates the Power of a Cell Phone Referral Service
Pay Per Click - While Google AdSense is a great way to start earning money on your website, remember that you only receive a small percentage of what Google bills the advertiser.To start increasing your pay-per click revenue I suggest you go directly to the advertisers who were appearing on your site through Google AdSense and tell them that you are removing Google AdSense from your site, but will provide them better referrals at less cost.
Why they may be interested - Most advertisers using Google's pay-per-click program are not aware of the 'Unqalified Clicks' they are purchasing. For example, a friend of mine has a website selling fire extinguishers and fire alarm systems. He asked me to review his pay-per-click program and I found out he paying good money for searches that do not have any hope of generating a customer. Please click on the link in the example below and you will see how with some very easy homework on your part, you can approach an advertiser and convince them to pay you more for a 'Qualified Lead'.
Do your research -You can find out which advertisers are paying Google . . .say $50 for an Unqualfied Link . . . why wouldn't a company pay YOU $50 or more, for sending them a Lead with the Consumer's Information and be able to contact them. Plus it's advantageous for the referred company to know that they're getting a lead from consumers requesting the next step of assistance.
. You don't have to be Google to demand huge money for leads.
You simply need to supply good leads to a business prepared to pay you for them!.
You do this simply by having a strong content enriched website.
Google loves content based websites which will help your rise to the top of their serach engines.
To Begin your Research in Creating a Profitable Lead Generation Business:
1) Finding out which industries are paying a lot of money to Google for a 'Pay Per Click' Lead, and
2) Which Companies Google is billing for these 'Unqualified Leads'.
Surprisingly, Google tells you this. All you need to do is use Google's Keyword Planner service. It's Free and easy to do.
Google's Keyword Planner service allows you to find out how much money company's are paying Google for a customer to be linked to their website. Google operates a Lead Generating Service where company's bid on words that match what their company sells.
When you enter one of these words, i.e., 'Mortgage' into Google's Search Bar, it will bring up the Advertisers in the top shaded area and to the right side of Google's page. You will also see their Bid amount when a visitor Clicks on their Ad.
To get priority placement with Google, companies will out bid each other on the CPC (Cost Per Click) to have visitors sent to their website.
These clicks can vary from a couple of cents to hundreds of dollars.
You will want to target industries that are paying good money for these referrals.