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Aug212010

Being Aware Of Affiliate Scams

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Do not be fooled, the old fashioned affiliate scams are dying out!

Recently the Shoemoney System and Bring The Fresh mentioned that Affiliate is now, not like what it used to be. Affiliate 2.0 as we now call it does the almost opposite of the old school way of affiliate marketing. To give you an idea of the way Affiliate Marketing used to be, was more or less a way to bring fear and scare tactics into an offer. Some of these include,”There is only 232 copies left” or “Buy before 2am tonight eastern time” or “Having a clock ticking in your offer to show time is running out and to act quickly.These kind of tactics known as Scarcity is dying a slow miserable death.

Affiliate 2.0 is the way of the future

These days in Affiliate 2.0 its more about building client relationships and long term trust, so that your visitors come back and recommend your products to friends. It is not about being rich quick and then having people chase you. Affiliate 2.0 is about giving away free offers, this may include giving an ebook or a premium video away, even a voucher or gift, anything of value away to get members on your email list. Email lists are king and it is where all the money is at!

Look past the smoke screens

But for those newcomers online that want to create an business online that makes money, it is very confusing for them as their are millions of websites and systems out there to choose, it’s very confusing I know, but what is not confusing is choosing the right product once you know of the red light signals, once you know and can detect the red light signals it is very easy in the future when you buy into anything to know what is a scam.Affiliate Scams

I’m sure you have heard all this before where systems promise you the world and your time has come, and nothing is more beneficial then the program you are about to buy from their site. Just be aware, even if they offer a money back guarantee you need to be just as cautious for even wasting your time signing up to the product. Do you receive money back for all the countless hours you spend researching to try and find the best answers and ways to profit without having to buy into their silly sales pitch? No you don’t. So always remember money is time, and I’m sure you don’t want to be still researching on the best ways to make money online after months or years.

As soon as I can smell a sales tactic that I don’t like I am usually gone, another example is when you sign up to a system and paid your money and after the thank you page, and before you get to your product or be able to even login to your members area, you have to scroll through another 5 pages with all other sales text and hype on buying other modules, or upgrading. This is one of the biggest scam tricks in the world today. Here you were thinking you would buy a cheap product that could do it all, and then all of a sudden you are hit you with other offers that they claim is more valuable then the offer they already sold you on.

We have all been victims and it is only normal to be stung a few times, but if you have some stories that you would like to share please do, do not feel shy to share in any way. I would be happy to advise and discuss further!

Aug202010

Top 5 Online Money Making Programs

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The top online money making systems for 2010

This year there has been an overwhelming amount of make money systems and very powerful programs, so because we are nearly already at the end of the year (yes I know this year has gone past quickly), I thought what better way to give everyone some highlight of what I found to be the best money making programs out there.

You will find that most of these systems revolve around SEO, Affiliate Marketing, Internet Advertising, Social Marketing and Blogging.

Here is a list in no particular order of what I found to be the best so far this year:

1. Carbon Copy Pro

Mainly for beginners, this formula which was recently presented by John Chow giving Michael Force the opportunity to discuss the system. The system shows you the very fundamentals in getting your internet business career started.
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2. Blogging To The Bank

Although this system is very good, I recommend this mainly to more advanced internet users. Really it’s a system that combines all of your niche blogs into one very powerful automated blogging platform that generates big cash.
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3. Bring The Fresh

Kelly Felix founder of The Rich Jerk and Mike Long put an amazing amount of very powerful video discussions together, explaining actual action steps on how to acheive high rankings on the search engines and getting quality traffic through article building and where to go to get this kind of traffic, using amazing tools. Even advanced internet marketers will gain a lot from their system.
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4. Clickbank Wealth Formula

This system has loads of modules mainly informative slideshows and lots of talking so sit back and make sure you have quite a lot of time spare, it is really for beginners to intermediate, but there are quite a few tricks and tips that advanced internet marketers can gain as well.
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5. Shoemoney System

Jeremy Shoemoney is no doubt taking the mark when it comes to being one of the leading affiliate marketers out there today. His Shoemoney video system gives you an inside look at how you can profit by using Facebook advertising and much much more.
More information here

Aug122010

Make Money Online As A Merchant With ShareASale

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Have you been looking around for an affiliate marketplace to promote your products?

ShareASale are one of the oldest affiliate networks around, and seem to be still holding strong. One thing about ShareASale is if you have your own product or website and want to be a Merchant it is very cost effective to set up compared to affiliate networks such as Commission Junction who charge Merchants around $6,000 for set up and to be listed in the marketplace.

With ShareASale it’s just $550 for the network access fee and $100 for the minimum deposit, then there is a $25 a monthly cost which seems to be pretty reasonable.

I myself have used ShareASale for quite a few years, and am always happy about their tracking reports and payments, they are very reliable on sending money.

The good thing about having a Merchant account is:

  1. Setup your account in a matter of hours. Determine your commission amount
  2. Upload creatives for affiliates to use. Banners, Text Data feeds, Videos and Widgets
  3. Affiliates generate traffic to your site. You pay only on generated leads and sales

What is unique about their Merchant system and different from any other is that you as a business can add your own promotional Videos to the system for affiliate marketers can promote, they are exclusive to ShareASale. So after someone clicks your video this

Here is a static example of the video (pretty smart hey!):

On the other hand if you are an Affiliate and would like to earn commissions then ShareASale is a good start paying around 20% on most affiliate programs.

If you have had some experience using ShareASale and would like to give some feedback to the readers, feel free to leave your comment below.

Aug122010

Bring The Fresh: Kelly Felix & Mike Long

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If anyone remembers The Rich Jerk and how much of a success it was, then you will easily click with this new Bring The Fresh System.

Kelly Felix founder of The Rich Jerk, going from behind the scenes, not showing himself for so many years, broke away from his original business some while ago and decided to give his audience more of a one on one relationship and to help others and show his true self, almost the opposite of what he was doing, he did a full turn around, and says he feels rewarded when he can give his members this kind of service and no longer has to hide in a shell.

Kelly Felix and Mike Long partnered together and wanted to put together something that would give their members insight in a short amount of time not spending days and weeks to learn, just few hours on how to make money online and using SEO techniques and affiliate marketing strategies.

I have recently became a member and I must say I was very impressed, Both Kelly and Michael go through into some pretty amazing detail. Some things that newbies in particular would be so appreciative of. It saves newbies a few years of getting to know how to make money online and do SEO  in literally a few hours.

What was interesting about Michael is he gives you great insight about how to write and put up great articles and how to get a nice email list using Aweber.

Kelly on the other hand is really good with giving clients information about SEO and how to get on 1st page using certain techniques along with where and how to put up affiliate pages and even how to get your own affiliate products.

In a way when i first joined I was not expecting as much as I thought I would get, but it turned out I got a lot more out of it. There were certain things in particularly on the affiliate marketing side that I picked up and learnt, so for me it was very worth while becoming a member. The other thing for me that I was so motivated after watching a few steps inside the membership area that I took action almost immediately and set up a couple of quick mini sites and started trying to rank for certain keywords and to generate some sale.

The other most impressive thing is they are not like other membership sites you join, in fact with their system, they give you a private forum and even their mobile number and email to make contact and speak to them directly, what professional would ever allow you to contact them directly for a small membership fee? Pretty good deal right? Just $97 for the membership. So what are you waiting for guys? Honestly this is worth every penny…

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Aug52010

Zubin Kutar Professional SEO Blogger Interview

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I have recently had the opportunity to do an interview on Zubin Kutar founder of WebtrafficROI, who is very well known in the blogger world and was voted top internet marketer and blogger in 2009.

I hope that by doing this interview my readers will gain some insight in the industry and perhaps get a few tips along the way.

(DL) Could you share with my readers your background, where you were brought up and how long you have been involved with affiliate marketing and SEO and how long it has been since you have been running your own personal blog.

(ZK) I grew up in India where I did my education and them moved to Canada, I presently live in Toronto, Canada.

I’ve been involved with the internet and SEO since 2000. I was working with a start up travel portal at that time. I started the blog in 2008 to sharing my experiences and knowledge on internet marketing. I got involved in affiliate marketing once I started the blog. Since then blogging has been a passion, today the blog broadly covers all the topics related to Internet Marketing and Making Money Online.

(DL)  They call you the top commentator in the blogosphere, what would you say that is the best part about commenting, and what motivates you to be a top commentator?

(KT) Ahh, I did not know I had a name in the blogosphere :) , I started commenting as an experiment to see if I could get any traffic to my blog as I did not know of any other way that you get targeted visitors at zero cost. The biggest cost involved in commenting is your time. The traffic that you get on the blog by commenting is as valuable as the traffic that comes from search engines and through paid ads.

(DL) I see you are very fortunate enough to be living in Canada and not too far from John Chow, furthermore I see you have been networking at affiliate events with Pros such as Shoemoney, can you tell me about your experiences and what you have picked up from being involved with these guys.

(ZK)  I have been blessed to be living in a beautiful country, if I would have not been here I would have not had a blog. I happened to read about John Chow in Entrepreneur, a magazine I picked up from the public library. I was amazed when I read that he was making $40,000 from a blog. I started following his blog and then had a chance to meet him in Toronto, he has been a good friend ever since. I was also fortunate to meet Yaro in Toronto last year. These guys are just amazing, its a different experience talking to them and being around them. They are full of positive vibes. I hope some of it has rubbed off on me :)

(DL) You always seem to be up to date with what is going on in the affiliate community and therefore seem as though you never run out of ideas to blog about on a daily basis, what kind of tips could you recommend for other bloggers or affiliate marketers out there that struggle in finding fresh topics to post about daily?

(ZK) As a blogger you need to be updated on the latest trends, topics and the strategies that work online , else you wont be able to write and educate you audience about it. I can only recommend you to read a lot of books, blogs and sites related to your niche, it will help you get lots of ideas for your blog.

(DL)  I see you have a huge fan group in Facebook, how have you achieved getting such a high amount of fans? Have they become fans naturally from your blog, or have you been using social marketing techniques to gather fans from other sources?

(ZK) I am surprised at that too, Ive never done any activity to increase my fans , in fact its been only 2 month since I added the FB widget..I sent out a newsletter to my email base when I added the widget, I am yet to write a blog post telling user to join my fan page.

(DL)  What would be the best advice you would give to any new blogger getting started, or someone that has some experience but has not yet achieved their personal goals. Are there any useful tips you could suggest to get them more motivated and ramp up their sales?

(ZK) Money is a by product of any entrepreneurial venture, it will follow. Have a bit of fun with your venture. Dream, Build a Dream and Sell the dream.

(DL) I see you are very passionate about SEO along with affiliate marketing of course. What are some examples of real traffic building you have accomplished in the past for your own site? Have you done any successful campaigns that are worth mentioning through forms of internet marketing?

(ZK)  I spend a lot of time on building traffic through search engines, that drives majority of my visits. I recommend users to work hard on quality building links for your blog posts. Once you write a post market it across your network and across search engines to drive traffic.

(DL) How long has it taken you to make a good income, and would you mind sharing how much roughly you make from blogging and how much time each day you spend on blogging and how far would you like to take it in order to be totally satisfied?

(ZK) I made my first dollar from the blog after almost six months of blogging, if you are willing to wait for 6 – 8 months of continuous blogging and marketing yourself then consider it. I spend about 4 -5 hours a day blogging and marketing my blog.

(DL) Would you be willing enough to share with my readers your most memorable moment both online or offline and related to affiliate marketing or SEO?
(ZK) The moment is yet to come when I cross a five figure income from the blog each month.

Note: As you can see from this interview being a top blogger is possible if you follow your dreams and are passionate about what you post. Zubin is a good role model for those who wish to have someone to look up to.

Other Interviews I have done in the past are:
Interview With Professional Blogger: Yaro Starak
Interview with Copywriter / Internet Marketing Guru: Gavriel Shaw

Jul312010

Make Money Online Promoting Clickbank Products

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I have mentioned earlier that one of the highest paying commission affiliate networks is Clickbank. There are tones of affiliate marketers that make thousands upon thousands of dollars, I am talking up to hundreds of thousands of dollars per month using Clickbank. You only have to see how powerful it is through the CB Wealth Formula to understand the true potential. So if you are not yet registered then I encourage you to do so here.

With Clickbank you get to choose from one of the most comprehensive marketplaces around, usually from choices such as ebooks, courses, video presentations and powerful marketing products. The potential to earn loads of money is easy. I myself have been using them for some time, and have made a very good living just from the products alone.

The beauty is you don’t even need a website you can sign up with them and send out emails to your friends to use certain products and you will still get commissions.

You can of course sign up as a vendor or affiliate. If you sign up as an affiliate you are simply going to be able to promote other peoples products and get a commission. On the other hand if you have your own product you can sign up as a vendor and your product will appear in the marketplace for other affiliates to promote!

Usually when you promote products commission can be as high as 80%. I have my own SEO ebook listed in the marketplace so I know that for me I have been making some good money with it!

If you have had some positive experiences using them please let me know, I would be happy to also share with you my experiences too!

Here is an Introduction to the Marketplace: