A few days ago the creators of Wealthy Affiliate did something completely unexpected… they made access to WA completely free! Yes, you read that right, F R E E! I already wrote how much I love their website and how it turned my life around, now giving free access to the community simply proves how confident they are about their service! Now, you get access only for 10 days and then you decide whether you want to become a paid member or not but I believe 10 days is more than enough to evaluate WA. When I first joined and started learning about making money online, it only took me a week to make my first dollars. It took a month to make $300, it took another month to make a $1,000 and so on.

Well, I won’t keep on bragging, at this point I’d suggest you check out the Wealthy Affiliate Website and get your FREE 10 Days Full access!

Happy Money Making,

Sincerely,

Alex

U.S. consumers spent over 1.25 BILLION dollars in one single day; the Cyber Monday – November 18, 2011 (ComScore). How much of it went to your pocket? If you’re an internet marketer or an owner of an offline business you certainly took advantage of this shopping spree… or did you?

We all hear about the bad economy yet U.S. online shoppers spent 22% more in 2011 than in 2010 and this simply means that more and more people shop online. In fact Lab42’s survey showed us that 49% of people did their shopping in stores, 43% online and 8% opted for catalogs and other methods. Almost half of U.S. shoppers left their money online – and this number is growing!

1. Be Social

8 out of 10 consumers receive advice about a product through the social networks. You need to have people talking about your brand on Facebook, Twitter and the others. Your potential clients expect to see your promotions while browsing social networking sites, they also want to “LIKE” and “RETWEET” your promotions. Back in the day it was simply called “Social Proof”.

2. Get Reviewed

77% of online shoppers use reviews before making a buying decision. They will search what others are saying about you on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. If you have a social presence online – you will know who the major reviewers are and you will be able to help them review your products/services. Do a simple Google search for your product/service/company name – chances are you are already getting reviewed by your customers. Find those bloggers, give them free samples of your product and get more reviews.

3. Be Creative

Over 72% of online shoppers get the gift ideas from Facebook. If they visit your Facebook page (assuming you have one) will they find a clever gift idea?  Even if you do not offer a product or a service that would classify as a “gift” – you can still make your clients appreciate your effort if you post “10 incredibly romantic gift ideas” right before St-Valentine’s. This simply shows that you care about your customers and that you truly enjoy being social.

4. Go Viral

The best way to get lots of people interested in your brand is going viral. Calm down now, you do not need 47 million views on your YouTube video in order to go viral, it can be done on a much smaller scale yet very effectively. You can offer a free product, or a gift card, or some other cool prize to the person who tweets (or posts on their Facebook wall) the coolest thing about your company. I can assure you the phrase “XYZ is so awesome, they are giving me a free iPad just for tweeting this” will get a lot of attention a lot of buzz! You can require the participants to “Like” your Facebook page, or Re-Tweet a message or do something else in order to participate – there are even free services that will automate this for you. I personally used it a few times and it works wonders!

5. Be Active

People don’t like spam but they will forget about you if you aren’t active enough. Share pictures, videos, promotions, cool facts and funny stories. Let your customers associate you with positive things. Better yet, let your customers participate. I must admit I do not post as often as I should on all of my social profiles simple because I have too many websites and some of them are being left out. I actually see the effects of this “inactivity”; the less active I am – the less active the users are. Don’t let them forget you exist!

6. Be Proud

A few weeks ago I had a chat with a local business owner here in Montreal; he was trying to convince me that social networking is bad for business because when you create online accounts you expose yourself to negative comments, critiques and bad reviews. This is true. Another truth is that a business owner who is proud of what he offers would never think that way. If what you sell is great and your service is of high quality – you will get positive feedback from your consumers. And even is there are a few unsatisfied clients, I am sure you would be more than happy to hear from them and make it right. We are in business because we want to help people solve their problems. Are You Proud of your business?

7. Be Real

Auto-posting to Facebook decreases likes and comments by 70% (InsideFacebook). In the past few years I have read many Marketing Books including the classics from Dan Kennedy and Joseph Sugarman and they all claim that customers can smell bullsh*t from a mile away. If you run a small company or if you are the only one running your business – take some time to produce a little bit of authentic content for your fans and followers. If you are running a bigger business and really don’t have any time for social networking – hire someone who can do it for you (hint; your IT guy is great at deleting a virus and installing the new printer, however he probably isn’t a social marketing specialist). Don’t take the whole “social thing” lightly – it is worth the extra money, effort and time.

… I wrote the blog post mostly because of that printer I talked about in the beginning of the article. I knew nothing about printers prior to buying one. When I decided on functions I needed in a printer I’ve read through at least 5 review blogs, I tweeted 3 questions about some printers and got dozens of responses, I became a fan of a printer manufacturer and 2 online stores on Facebook and only then I made my purchasing decision. I bought an HP color printer through NewEgg; free shipping and it was delivered within 24 hours!

Only a few days after I started using the paper-eating machine I realized the incredibly HUGE role the Social Marketing played in my purchasing decision. Marketers, business owners – get social and don’t forget to let me know you questions and opinions on this subject.

-          Alex

this will be a historic event in the world of Internet Marketing.

I have been a member of WAU since October 2007, along with thousands of other members, almost  half a million posts on their exclusive forum – this should tell you something about the quality of Wealthy Affiliate. From November 25 to November 28 2011 you can become a member of WA for a full month for only $1! And that gives you FULL access to WA, not some restricted limited partial access but a FULL THING. If you like WA after the trial (and I am sure you will) it will cost you only $47 per month to be a member, that’s about $1.50 per day – less then a cost of a cup of coffee! However, if for any reason you decide it’s not for you – simply cancel. It’ll still be a well invested dollar.

What exactly is Included for your $1?

Everything at WA.  I am going to tell you exactly what you are going to get in this upcoming month when you join WA for $1.

• 4 Live Video Training Sessions
• 4 Live Chat Sessions (Hosted by Carson and Kyle)
• 30 day success club, with daily actionable tasks
• State of the Art Web Hosting (for up to 3 domain installs)
• 3 WordPress Express website installations, install an awesome looking website in seconds
• Access to us (Kyle & Carson) personally if you have any questions
• Over 500 training videos, manuals and resources
• Our database of over 60 hours of Live Video Training
• Your own social profile, your own space, and your own WA blog
• Our famous forum, with 447,168 posts!
• Ability to create LIVE chats on any topic and join 100’s of active training discussion
• INSTANT support.  If you need help, there will always be someone there!
• Acclaimed keyword research and niche finding tool, in fact FIVE of them
• Article Writing tool, keyword density checker
• Link cloaking and traffic analysis tools
• Campaign and task management tracking
• Network with 1,000’s of other Internet marketers
• Hot Affiliate Program finder, find the trending affiliate programs
• Facebook and Twitter revenue generation system (click a button, earn money…really!)
• WA Jobs, outsource your work or get paid to do jobs right within WA.
• and this is just the start…

This is ALL included for your $1.  I know, seems unbelievable right?  No jokes, no hidden fees. $1, one month, full access to Wealthy Affiliate!

This is an incredible value for a buck but I will make this deal even sweeter by adding a few amazing bonuses. No rehashed stuff, all unique content from me and guess what, if you decide to not stay at WA after the trial, you still get to keep all of my bonuses!

Wealthy Affiliate Bonuses

1. My Internet Marketing Video Course ($197 Value!)

I am selling this video course for $197 a piece. It’s detailed and it has helped hundreds of people not only to make some extra money but to start full time businesses, realize their dreams, travel the world and so on! I am also constantly updating this course to fit the present situation when it comes to business and online marketing. In this course, I take you step by step to building a successful online business, on video! Even if you are just starting out, this course will be of great help!

2. Local Business Gold ($97 Value!)

I will give you a copy of Local Business Gold (LBG). LBG is a video training course that I have created and it’s sold for $97 a piece. This guide helped hundreds of people to make at least $1,000 in a few days! It’s truly powerful and you will get your copy for free!

So what is this bonus exactly?

You see, I have discovered rather simple way to make money by simply helping small local businesses in my town. The first deal brought in $1,300 for me after only 2 hours of work, the following contracts I charged more. I turned this system into an easy to follow step by step video course and it has sold many copies since I first put it for sale!

3. Secret Website Ranker ($27 Value!)

How to Rank on Google’s First Page – this guide talks about a mix of strategies and tools I constantly use to get my most profitable websites to rank on the top of  Search Engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo. This guide alone could make you very profitable!

4. The Cpa Secrets ($27 Value!)

This guide has been published a few years ago but I am constantly updating it to make sure it includes all the new information. CPA is huge these days and some folks are making $millions$ every single month with CPA… I am not anywhere close but a $100 days are pretty common, using basic strategies and very little amount of time. I have some CPA sites that are very profitable and some others that make a lot less money. Recently I built a site promoting a CPA offer and the site was making about $4 per day. Not much, but it was on complete auto pilot. Imagine that, you do nothing at all and make over $100/month! I quickly sold it for $1,200… that’s another thing you can do with CPA sites; build it, make sure it’s earning something, sell it!

The CPA Secrets guide will show you exactly what I do with CPA offers.

 That’s over $350 of bonuses when you sign up to Wealthy Affiliate for the $1 Trial!

How to get these bonuses?

It’s actually pretty simple

1. Get a Wealthy Affiliate Discount Membership here  or  through any other link to WA within this blog.

2. After you join WA You will get an e-mail with your WA Order ID (Subscription Number).

3. E-mail me this WA Order ID to:  bonus@extra-paycheck.com

4. After I verify your order I will grant You instant access to all 3 bonuses!

5. That’s it! Enjoy it

Reminder: The Wealthy Affiliate Throw Back Offer is only available until September 19th, so hurry!

Success to all,

Alex

is probably one of the most awaited sales events by all marketers, web designers and developers around the world. Every year, for 1 single day – Black Friday, HostGator offers an amazing 75% discount on most of their hosting plans. In the year of 2011 the Black Friday is falling on Friday November 25th. Unfortunately in 2011 Hostgator is offering a 50% discount instead of the expected 75% – which still makes this offer great! This year Hostgator is not providing coupon codes but rather a special offer pages:

Click Here to View the Hostgator Black Friday 2011 Special Offer

The usual Hostgator price for one year of “Baby Plan” hosting (unlimited bandwidth, unlimited domain hosting) is about $120, however with this coupon code and only on Boxing Day you can get that same plan for $50-60, that’s more than 50% off! This is an amazing deal, I have became a Hostgator customer that same way, on a Black Friday, at 50 % discount.

Click Here to View the Hostgator Black Friday 2011 Special Offer

Why Hostgator?

I have tried several hosting companies in the past but never found anything that comes close to Hostgator; price, quality and support. I have been with HG since 2007 and I haven’t has any major issues. Any time I had a question about my hosting account or needed help doing something within the account, I simply called HostGator or used their online chat support – always got the help needed withing minutes, 24/7. I also monitor the performance of all of my websites and I have not seen ANY downtime with HostGator, it really is the best hosting you can get at the lowest price possible.

The coupon code will be made available on Friday, November 25th.

As I mentioned at the beginning of the post, this year Hostgator is not using “coupons” but rather special Black Friday offers pages. Please note this offer is ONLY AVAILABLE for 1 DAY! Friday, November 25th 2011!

Click Here to View the Hostgator Black Friday 2011 Special Offer

Wealthy Affiliate is offering a $1 full month trial for 4 days this year; November 25th to November 28th. This is by far the best Black Friday discount you could find when it comes to internet marketing and starting/running a business. Make sure you do not miss this!

Click Here to Try Wealthy Affiliate for only $1!

— Following is Original Post from September 13 2011 —

Hello, folks! I wish you’re all doing well! I am in a great mood today and very excited about writing this post!

As you might already know, I’m a proud member of the Wealthy Affiliate University (WA), since October 2007 – in about a month I will be celebrating my 4th year at WA as well as 4th year as an Internet Marketer and a business owner (I had no clue what Internet Marketing was before I joined WA). This means I have paid about $1,500 in membership fees for the 4 years – and I consider I got an amazing bargain! Here are just a few things I was able to do because of WA:

- A trip to Europe for my and my (ex)girlfriend in 2008
- A $30,000 car which I changed to a $40,000 car in 2010
- A 7 (Seven!!!) months trip around Europe, and the coolest thing is I actually shipped my car from Canada to Europe for that trip!
- Several smaller trips to Vegas, Amsterdam, Berlin and other places, whenever I feel like it
- I work whenever I feel like it, I go out/travel whenever I feel like it
- I don’t have to worry about my rent, bills, etc – I know the money’s coming in constantly

Now I will be honest with you; simple fact of getting a membership at Wealthy Affiliate will not be enough to live a lifestyle you WANT to live. You will have to put in your time and efforts, you will have to take action and especially a lot of action at the beginning. The good thing is, with time you learn how to work SMART instead of HARD so you end up working less hours, spending less time and effort on boring tasks and actually making more money. If that’s what you’re after, keep reading.

Wealthy Affiliate Discount a.k.a Throw Back to 2005 Offer

Wealthy Affiliate is celebrating its 6th year anniversary until September 19th 2011 and they’re running a promotion baptized “Throwback”. WA membership for a $359.88/year instead of the regular $1,164.00/year! In fact if you try to sign up through their home page, you will be asked to pay the regular price of over a thousand dollars! So you must use This Wealthy Affiliate Discount link to get in for $359.88 which comes out to about $0.99 per day!  Folks, a cup of coffee a day costs more than that (although it doesn’t teach you much). The discount price is the same as it was in 2005, when Wealthy Affiliate was brand new and was only offering keyword lists!!! I think this price actually stayed the same until the end of 2007 but then started going up, so this is your chance to grab a Wealthy Affiliate Discount membership at the 2005 price!

The days of “Keyword List Website” are over and WA offers a lot more in 2011, and constantly adding more value to it! Before I forget to mention, if you sign up at the discount price now, the price will be locked for you forever! Price increases will not apply to you and you will be able to always renew your yearly membership for a measly $0.99/day!

• One-on-one personal coaching
• Beginner Training
• Intermediate Training
• Advanced Training
• Instruction on getting started
• Website building tools
• Web Hosting
• Community Support Forum
• Keyword Tools
• Niche Finding Tools
• Competition Spy Tools
• Blogging Tools
• Ability to work with the Owners
• Provides a Real Education
• Daily Success Stories
• Daily Training Updates
• Video Training
• Job Marketplace
• … a Lot More

… and that’s just the tip of the iceberg! Wealthy Affiliate is ranked at the top of Internet Marketing training programs online with thousands of happy members and loads of amazing education and tool to help a brand new marketer as well as an advanced marketer to succeed online. As I already mentioned earlier, there is a reason why I’ve been paying my membership at WA for the past (almost) 4 years -  it’s simply worth it.

This offer is also valid to existing members who pay $97 per month ($1,164/year). Renew your Wealthy Affiliate subscription now and lock it at $359.88, that’s less than $30/month, an amazing 70% Discount! Don’t delay because this offer is only valid for the next week or so and WA is known for keeping their deadlines.

There are a lot more detailed benefits and features inside the WA University, you can check ‘em all out on Wealthy Affiliate website.

Wealthy Affiliate Bonus

As if the amazing 2005 offer (about 70% OFF the current price) wasn’t great enough in itself, I am going to offer some really cool bonuses for everyone who signs up to Wealthy Affiliate using the links on this blog. Yes, I will get a commission for every sale that comes from my blog, I am not hiding this fact. We are all here to make money and I am sure my bonuses will encourage you to take advantage of the Wealthy Affiliate Throw Back Offer even more!

1. Local Business Gold

I will give you a copy of Local Business Gold (LBG). LBG is a video training course that I have created and it’s sold for $97 a piece. This guide helped hundreds of people to make at least $1,000 in a few days! It’s truly powerful and you will get your copy for free!

So what is this bonus exactly?

You see, I have discovered rather simple way to make money by simply helping small local businesses in my town. The first deal brought in $1,300 for me after only 2 hours of work, the following contracts I charged more. I turned this system into an easy to follow step by step video course and it has sold many copies since I first put it for sale!

2. Secret Website Ranker

How to Rank on Google’s First Page – this guide talks about a mix of strategies and tools I constantly use to get my most profitable websites to rank on the top of  Search Engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo. This guide alone could make you very profitable!

3. The Cpa Secrets

This guide has been published a few years ago but I am constantly updating it to make sure it includes all the new information. CPA is huge these days and some folks are making $millions$ every single month with CPA… I am not anywhere close but a $100 days are pretty common, using basic strategies and very little amount of time. I have some CPA sites that are very profitable and some others that make a lot less money. Recently I built a site promoting a CPA offer and the site was making about $4 per day. Not much, but it was on complete auto pilot. Imagine that, you do nothing at all and make over $100/month! I quickly sold it for $1,200… that’s another thing you can do with CPA sites; build it, make sure it’s earning something, sell it!

The CPA Secrets guide will show you exactly what I do with CPA offers.

How to get these bonuses?

It’s actually pretty simple

1. Get a Wealthy Affiliate Discount Membership here  or any through any other link to WA within this blog post

2. After you join WA You will get an e-mail with your WA Order ID (Subscription Number).

3. E-mail me this WA Order ID to:  bonus@extra-paycheck.com

4. After I verify your order I will grant You instant access to all 3 bonuses!

5. That’s it! Enjoy it

Reminder: The Wealthy Affiliate Throw Back Offer is only available until September 19th, so hurry!

Success to all,

Alex