Their slogan can be loosely translated as: “Life is good when you know that you are the fastest”.

While the clip is funny and delivers the message, it also radiates a bit of the typical monopolist’s arrogance.

This is a post from Affordable Internet Marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

Marketing Humor on Saturday Night

membership sites generate recurring income!

And just because of that recurring income, membership sites allow you to survive bad times, like the economic recession we experience today and the yearly seasonal low sales in summer and begin January. After all, members are committed to pay and they will happily do so as long as you deliver more value than you charge in fees.

To set up a great membership website, you’ll need to go through these ‘4 Pillars’:

1. Preparation
In the “preparation” stage you will make important decisions regarding your site: market selection, choosing a theme or topic, determining a delivery schedule.

2. Presentation.
In this stage you will structure the visual appearance of your sales process: domain registration, web site hosting, salesletter, providing access to your autoresponder, setting up a download page.

3. Production.
In here you will create your first article lesson to load to your autoresponder, and you will brainstorm ideas for future articles to send to members.

4. Promotion.
In the “promotion” stage you will begin getting the word out about your new membership site and attracting your initial subscribers, as well as developing an ongoing marketing presence to continually funnel in new subscribers.

This membership website that I’m building right now is not like traditional membership sites. Instead, it will be a “Fixed-Term Membership”.

I’ve learned that from a well know membership sites expert: Jimmy Brown.
You see, about a year ago I signed up for one of his newest membership sites, a fixed term one called Membernaire.

I’m almost finished with the course and I like it a lot. So much, that I want to endorse it to you (and receive a recurring commission from Jimmy doing so).

Why did I sign up for Membernaire?

Because Jimmy D. Brown really IS an expert when it comes to membership sites. I’ve been a member of Nicheology (initially called Profit Vault) from day one (and still am). That site was established and run by Jimmy.
So he definitely knows what he’s talking about.

So, better than I, Jimmy can give you 5 reasons why traditional membership sites really are a bad idea. (Did you notice the disclaimer above? )

At that page, Jimmy says that you can take orders 48 hours after starting membership sites. Personally, I think that’s too short a period, because you definitely have to prepare more than 1 article upfront. You certainly got to have a complete overview.

But it can be done very fast. Within a week is very well possible. Jimmy shows you how to do that and leads you through the 4 Pillars fast, very fast.
Membernaire is a great course that I can recommend to anyone who wants to generate a recurring income too using membership sites.

This is a post from Affordable Internet Marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

Membership Sites Mean Recurring Income

You may know that people who suffer from asthma may use an inhaler.

Watch this great instructional video below to learn how to use them.

This is a post from Affordable Internet Marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

Saturday Night Humor

While I was thinking about writing a post about the topic, Debbie Dragon hit me with a guest post request, sending a contribution about getting more blog readers.
That’s what you’ll find below. I’ll let Debbie do the talking.
Enjoy!

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It’s far easier to set up a blog and write for it than it is to find readers for that blog.

There are hundreds of thousands of blogs who’s only reader is the blog writer – and that’s because most people who set up their blog have very little knowledge about search engine optimization strategies and other methods of finding blog readers.

For beginners or blogs which are not intended to make money – hiring an SEO company can be too expensive. Luckily, there are several methods of increasing your blog traffic that won’t cost you anything more than your time.

Update Your Blog Regularly
A key element to getting your blog indexed by the search engines (and otherwise increase your chances of people searching the internet stumbling across your site in their online journeys) is to provide new content for your blog on a regular basis.

Blogs are typically quicker to get indexed than a traditional website, because the search engines see a blog as providing regularly updated, fresh content.
Post at least twice a week to keep your site updated.

Participate in Blog Carnivals
Part of boosting your internet presence is to receive incoming links to your blog.
Links allow people to click on them and come to your site; and they also play a role in how a search engine determines where to put your site in the search listings when people are searching keywords related to your blog topic.

One method of increasing your blog’s incoming links is to participate in blog carnivals.
Carnivals are similar to an index or table of contents in a magazine or book in that they are a listing of blog articles all on a particular theme containing a link to the full text of each article on the blogger’s own website.
For every blog carnival you participate and get included in, you receive a link to your site.

When people reading the carnival post like the topic of your article, they’ll click the link to read it (therefore giving you a new blog reader); and if you participate on a weekly basis you’ll start to see your blog readership increase due to these new incoming links.

Make Use of Article Directories
Another way to increase incoming links to your site and gain new readers to your blog is to write content that can be published on article directories.

There are thousands of article directories online that allow writers to submit articles on any topic and include an author’s resource box, or byline, which includes a link back to your site.

Each time you publish an article on a directory, you get a new incoming link to your site – and since article directories exist to provide reprintable content for website owners, each time your articles are reprinted on another site you receive another incoming link to your blog.

The most effective way to use article directories is to write articles on topics similar to what you write about on your blog. That way, when people are browsing content to reprint, only sites that are on similar topics as your own will find your articles and want to reprint them.

You get your link on sites with related content (great for SEO) and also increases the chances that readers of the site reprinting your content will click on your link to learn more about you and what you write about.

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Debbie Dragon is a freelance writer providing articles for Trace Media – an SEO New York company specializing in getting websites up, and making sure they perform to their full potential through the use of search engine optimization services.

There you have Debbie’s advice.
What methods do you use to get more blog readers?
Post your comments below.

This is a post from Affordable Internet Marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

3 Easy Ways To Get More Blog Readers Without Spending Money

Want proof?
Watch this hilarious video below:

While this video only is just a way of delivering my point, telling a story does deliver your message!

Try it!
Just search the web and you’ll find thousands of great resources.

Here are a few that I found very interesting:

• How to Write a Story That Sells
• How to tell a story about yourself without sounding like an ego-maniac
• How To Tell A Story
• Ode: How to tell a great story
• How to Tell a Multimedia Story, Part 1 (The Interview)
• How to tell a Great Story

This is a post from Affordable Internet Marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

Tell A Story, because… Stories SELL!

I think his contribution will be very useful for a lot of bloggers, so that’s what you can read below. I’ll let Bryan do the talking.
Enjoy!

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So, you have a blog and you write in it but you have seen no results?

This is a common problem among millions of bloggers. Some people don’t mind though because they are not trying to make money from their blog. It is those that are trying to make money online that get frustrated. In order to make money from a blog you need traffic.

Here are some tips to get tons of traffic to your blog so you can make some online money.

Photo Credit: sushi?ina

1. Make a quality post to your blog every day.
Why would people keep visiting a blog if nothing ever changes and there is no new information on it? They wouldn’t.

2. Join in conversation on other blogs.
Leave useful comments and link back to your blog. Of course, do this in a category that is related to your blog.

3. Let your readers post comments on your posts.
Not only will this create more traffic but you will learn about your writing and what your readers are looking for. If you give your readers what they want they will keep coming back to your blog for a long time.

4. Find forums that are related to your blog topic.
Make a link in your signature file that points back to your blog. Give something away to people who visit your blog. This will make people more willing to click on your blog link.

5. Submit articles about your blog.
Article marketing is very effective. In the resource box of your article include a link back to your blog. The more articles you write the more traffic you will get.

The best thing you can do is have a plan.
For example, comment on 5 blogs per day. Write 10 articles per day. Participate and make 5 posts in forums each day. That should take you about 1-2 hours per day and will get you some very good traffic.

Here is my favorite tip:

6. Capture email addresses.
Here is why this will get you more traffic. Once you have someones email address you can have pre written autoresponder messages loaded. Now that you have their information you can email them anytime you want.

I know that when I send an email to my list I get at least 500 clicks or more because people are interested in what I have to say. It doesn’t take long to start building a list and if you are not then you are missing out on huge traffic and money.

If you do nothing else then at least start building a list of subscribers. No matter what your niche is, it is very profitable to have a list of people who show an interested in what you are selling.

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For a free guide with step by step directions on how to get started visit Make Money Online in 8 Steps

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So far for Bryan.
What are your best tips to make money online?
Post them below.

This is a post from Affordable Internet Marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

5 Hot Tips For Making Money Online With Your Blog

It’s their intention to protect potential buyers by disclosing the relationship between advertiser and endorsers, specifically on blogs.

While the FTC explicitly states that…

The Guides are administrative interpretations of the law intended to help advertisers comply with the Federal Trade Commission Act; they are not binding law themselves.

…it would be very wise to follow the guidelines to prevent yourself from getting into troubles.

If you think that’s complete nonsense and nothing like that can happen to you, or if you’re interested in knowing how it feels to be sued by the FTC, then read this blog post by Frank Kern:

Frank Kern FTC

As you can see, Frank didn’t expect to be sued either. But it happened!
And when this happens to you, you’re toast!

While you’re there, also read Frank’s advice about these new guidelines mentioned above:
New FTC Thing Is A Bigger Deal Than You Might Think.

Thanks to my friend Joel Bomane from Marseille, France, for both links.

And another great friend of mine, Dr. Mani, pointed me to a blog post published by lawyer Whitney Hoffman, who, wise as he is, begins his post with:

…read from my viewpoint as an attorney, albeit one who does not currently practice in this field professionally.

And that’s were my main problem lies with these guides.

They’re too ambiguous.
In this new Final Guides Governing Endorsements, Testimonials they try to protect innocent users seeing specific results mentioned in testimonials and endorsement as ‘typical’.

But if, in Frank’s weight loss example, Annie says she’s lost 950 pounds and Jenny would mention a loss of only 150 pounds, what result would be ‘typical’?

You just don’t know and one other thing…

I don’t know how many Ex FTC Lawyers you can consult.
I don’t know one of them. And IF I knew one, would his advise prevent me from going wrong? I doubt it.

Fortunately, Whitney gives us some great examples of good disclosures.

My guess is that more examples will be available soon, so keep an eye on the topic.

Finally, I also found a post about FTC Fake Bait & Disclosure by Andy Beard. It seems he has an old Wordpress disclosure plugin that shows a (short) disclaimer for certain keywords. It’s contextual and I don’t know how it exactly works, but Andy asks if there’s enough interest in using this plugin.
Check it out and if you’re interested, write a comment.
If there are enough people interested, Andy may update the plugin.
Could be useful.

Oh, almost forgot:
Don’t take anything in this post (or anywhere else) as legal advice. I’m not a qualified legal advisor! Just expressing my opinion for your entertainment.

Related articles
What You Don’t Know About The New FTC Rules On Disclosure
Is This The End of Affiliate Marketing?
FTC Values Sponsored Conversations at $11,000 Apiece.
Websites And Law Across Borders (FTC versus EU)
Regulations Advertisers in USA and EU Should Know About

This is a post from Affordable Internet Marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

Testimonials and Endorsements Subject of New FTC Guide

Fortunately, when using Wordpress, creating a daily backup file isn’t that much work. In fact, it can be fully automated using the WP-DBManager plugin.

You just click the ‘Manage Backup Database’ tab and fill in your back up variables.
The plugin will send you a backup file by email, that you can use in case of an emergency.

But there are other emergencies…, those who you never give a moment of thought, especially when you’re young.

You see, I’ve just recovered from open heart surgery.
The doctors placed 5 bypasses, so my heart functions well again.
I hope to add a great number of years to my life, only…

…it was close!

Our family doctor discovered my heart failure by accident.
A couple of months or even weeks more, and I might not have been here anymore.

That’s another kind of emergency, wouldn’t you agree?

It made me make another back up list.

Of running accounts, that have to be closed in case of fatal accidents.
Like PayPal, subscriptions, autoresponders, hosting and so on.

And it made me think what to do with all of my websites running.
The obvious solution is to sell them, but who’s going to do that?
Fortunately I’ve found someone who’s willing to do that, so there’s another backup list of sites to sell.

That’s my final backup.
Do you have one?

This is a post from Affordable Internet Marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

The Final BackUps!

Elke Stevens, Case’s 13 years old daughter

PS
I disabled the comment feature temporarily.
It will be back up soon.

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Silence

So, although I absolutely don’t want to underestimate your marketing capacities, chances are that you just NEED “Need to Know”.

And that’s what I’m going to sell to you!

Yes, I have to sell it to you, for two reasons.

The first one is, because, at this very moment…
…you may not WANT it… yet.

I know you NEED it, but right now you don’t realize you really WANT this.
Hence, I have to sell it to you.

Let’s, as an exception -this IS an exceptional product- do that backwards.
So let me start with a strong guarantee:

So, how about the price?

Well, that makes it a bit crazy. You see, actually there shouldn’t be a need to SELL this product. Know why?

Because it’s FREE!

All it ‘costs’ you, is an email address (hence my guarantee above, just 1 click to get rid of this product)!

Despite the fact, that this product is completely free, the other reason I have to sell this to you is, that…

It just looks like one of these ‘too good to be true’ offers.

With the exception that this ‘Need to Know’ offer IS true. Free, highest value!

Implementing the information in this product will allow you to become highly successful on the Net. Doesn’t matter in what niche or what model you use. It WILL happen. Just apply what’s in there and you’ll see.

Yes, you really want this, believe me.

So, what do you get with ‘Need to Know’?

TWO things:

1. Need to Know manual. There is a table of content listed on the product page, so no need to repeat that here.
2. A subscription to one of the most valuable newsletters (if not the most valuable one, but government rules don’t allow me to say that) available on the Net.

And that’s all you really need (to know!).

If online marketing hasn’t worked out for you yet, if you’re still looking for that one secret to become successful online, or if you want to make it big, download this product and subscribe to the newsletter.

Believe me, you’ll definitely want this product!
It’s one of the best available right now.

The reason this is one of the best, if not ‘the best’ newsletters online is the no-hype, in-depth, crystal clear explanation of the processes that selling anything on the Net exists of.
As the author, Paul Myers says: “It’s all about clarity.”

This newsletter is in its twelfth year of existence now. You don’t publish a newsletter that long if it wouldn’t contain valuable information.

For example, in the latest newsletter issue -if you’re not subscribed yet, you’ve missed that one- explained “Why Johnny Can’t Sell”. Another splendid, 40+ page guide on why you’re not selling and how to change that.
It’s just an example of the high value that comes with this newsletter subscription.

And if you think that doesn’t apply to you because you’re doing all right, then closely examine this headline from that guide:

“If You’re Doing Okay, You’re Not Selling Well”

Honestly, you WANT this!

Here’s another argument.
Reading the best self improvement pages on the Net, we’ll nod our heads if we read something like “All it takes to accomplish something is a little willpower”, right?
Not according to Myers.
“Willpower is the least efficient, and most difficult, tool you can use to accomplish anything. It is very rarely more than a waste of time.”
It takes a power, but a different one. If you only read through the very first chapter, Becoming Unstoppable, you’ll know more about yourself and your self improvement options than you can learn anywhere online.

Do you fear selling? No problem, Myers takes care of that too. As a former sales instructor and mentor, he knows better than anyone else how to handle fears and how to overcome objections.

Yes, you definitely WANT this!

There are many more examples, but it’s decision time.
Find out yourself about the high quality and the value this newsletter delivers.
Get your copy now.
It’s free!

Let me close this post with my headline:

Either Learn What You NEED to Know
Or You’re Nuts!

Yes, I realize, more than you can imagine, I’m biased. Cause I’m a great fan of this newsletter.
But YES, you’re absolutely nuts if you don’t take this offer.

(Climbing of the soap box to watch your comments.
Tell me how much you enjoyed Need to Know!)

PS
Just got an email from Paul Myers, and he allows me to distribute his outstanding “Why Johnny Can’t Sell” report, mentioned above.

To get your copy, just do this:
1. Sign up for Need to Know and the newsletter and then

2. download “Why Johnny Can’t Sell“.

Let me know if you agree about the quality!

This is a post from Affordable Internet Marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

Internet Marketers: Do You Know What You Need To Know?