Do you ever think about going to I.M gatherings but never do? Do you realize that your success hinges upon your connections and relationships with other marketers? Think about what it’s like to start talking online to a well known figure in I.M. Feels pretty good to think that you may be able to do a JV or something with them, right? Yeah – you and all the other thousands of people that email them! Now…take that feeling, and think about what it’s like to meet them in person, to sit and have dinner or a drink with them…you have their undivided attention. They have a face and a voice with the email now. They know you. What do you think you could accomplish if you had an hour or so one-on-one time with, say, the Rhodes Brothers? or Tim Castleman?

Try a whole weekend my friend!

Go to this site to read more about the speakers. You won’t be disappointed.

So, here’s what I want you to do. I want you kick your doubts to the curb, sign up, and get your seat. It’s happening May 21-23 in Las Vegas. Don’t plan on leaving the hotel; you’ll spend every waking moment networking. Trust me – I was there last year and I didn’t sleep. Here’s the good thing – Vegas is cheap. You’ll get your seat, a hotel, and airfare for about a grand. I’m serious. It’s time for you to do the same. Sign Up NOW. No more excuses.

I’ll be there, Come up and say Hi. Let’s talk shop over a drink!

We are excited to announce that, effective immediately, we are increasing the commission from 30% to 33% on all direct sales. That’s up to a 10% increase in your check! Thanks to the productivity and profits you have generated over the years, we now have the opportunity to offer this powerful direct sales incentive to you in the New Year!

As a result of this new incentive, your compensation program will have one tier, instead of two, and more effectively support and encourage your direct sales activities. We hope the increase in commissions will make it possible for even more million-dollar affiliate program earners!

Here are some frequently asked questions (and answers) you may have about this change:

1. Does the commission increase apply only to GetResponse, or to other Implix products I can promote as a GetResponse affiliate (WebsiteWizard, EbookGold, Hypertracker)?

The increase will apply to all Implix products ? your commissions will now be 33% instead of 30%.

2. Does the commission increase apply only to new sales (generated after the increase was announced) or to all commissions that I currently earn as an affiliate?

The increase applies to all 1st tire commissions ? we are increasing your check by up to 10%.

3. I used to have 2nd tier commissions – what will happen to them?

As we have removed the 2nd tier from our affiliate program, you will no longer receive those commissions and they will be removed from your account. However, your direct sales commissions will be increased from 30% to 33%.

4. Why did you remove the 2nd tier?

After careful analysis of affiliate feedback, we realized that the 2nd tier was no longer popular, and changed the program structure to better meet their needs.

As always, we are here to answer questions about the commission increase or any other concerns you may have. Just let us know if you need any help!

Regards,

Ola Kudzin
Affiliate Manager
GetResponse

http://www.getresponse.com

5 Bucks a Day (a.k.a. “5 Bucks a Day, Jr.”) is the story of how Dennis finally realized not only his initial lofty income goals, but more. It isn’t about a new scheme or skill, so much as it is about a mental approach. 5 Bucks a Day is best described as a strategy. Once you understand the strategy (the same day you read 5 Bucks a Day for the first time), your life might change the same way mine changed when I envisioned this strategy for the first time.

Now you can own this strategy for less than a decent dinner…and it can reward you for a lifetime.

Buy now for only $7.77!

This somewhat deceptive practice is called “Negative Option” marketing and is usually attached to free trial offers or free merchandise, such as DVD’s, etc. Although this practice exists in many niches (and has been around for a long time – ever bought a cassette from Columbia House?) , it is prominent in “Make Money” type products.

The FTC and Visa/Mastercard are cracking down on it. Visa and Mastercard are now actively declining merchant account applications from companies that do this sort of business, and going back through existing merchants and cancelling the agreements of those companies that are already established and practice this type of marketing.

Yes, some of these companies disclose very clearly up front that if you get the free whatever, in 7 days you will begin getting billed 399.99 a month on your credit card automatically for the idiot of the month club…but when you try to call and cancel, the line is busy, disconnected, or worse…and you have to send 5 different emails and a postcard to cancel…and by the time you do, the time has elapsed to cancel, you get billed, and there is no recourse other than a dispute or chargeback.

For more information on negative option,  check out the FTC’s site on it here.

If you’ll recall (if you’ve been reading my blog for a year or more) I attended the first Earn1KaDay summit in Orlando, Florida in January of 2009. There I got to meet and mingle with Willie Crawford, the Rhodes Brothers, Jaime Mintun, Dennis Becker, and many more. Well, it’s happening again, and I want to meet you there.

The details aren’t firmly packed down yet, but we’re looking at a May date in Las Vegas. Earn1KaDay is where my business and life changed. The contacts I made there and the time I spent with all of these fine people were invaluable. And I plan to go again.

If you haven’t joined Earn1KaDay yet, I urge you to get in now…some more new things have just been added, and there are even more to come. Take action, get out of your “comfort zone” and make 2010 happen for you.

UDRP

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Here is a great little pack of 11 preformatted eBook templates for use in Word or Open Office, complete with headers. These make a great addition to the toolbox of any info product creator, or even for someone who just wants to make a Word or Open Office document look goooood.

Price? Just $7.00. Instant access after payment!

Jim Edwards did an interview with an FTC assistant deputy, and the interview is quite informative.

I recommend you watch… The sky is not falling and the FTC will likely NOT be on your doorstep on December 2 with a warrant.

Here’s the link:

http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/ftc-change-interview/

1. Dave’s Cool Little Website

Dave’s Cool Little Websites were a hosted website service, that provided a templated combination eBay-Clickbank website. All you needed to do was pay the $97 bucks for a site, and register a domain name to point to their server. Once all this occurred, you had your own website and received 100 percent of the sales revenue. You could also make affiliate income promoting the Cool Little Websites. You should already see the pattern here – your only investment was the one time site purchase. There was no more revenue going to the Dave’s Cool team. If they had a month with no sales, they were eating the cost of hosting and maintaining the sites. After the “hot” factor dies down, sales die down, and so does the money. Bad news for the developer, and it became bad news for the site owners as all the Cool Little Websites were shut down, with no prior notification to the buyers.

2. Reprint Rights Every Month

Louis Allport is one of the internet pioneers in video based infoproducts. His “99 Minutes To Internet Success” video series was (and still is) an incredible series of products, and I think Louis was quite ahead of his time. His Reprint Rights Every Month site was a monthly membership site where you could purchase these with resell rights. I sold many copies of videos from Louis in my day. But there was a problem…

When you purchased the videos, you didn’t actually receive videos. They were EXE’s (and later PDF’s) that linked to the videos hosted by Louis. These packages came with resell rights; once you bought you could resell and keep 100 percent of the money. Louis’ licensing stated that you could NOT resell the videos unless you were a member of Reprint Rights Every Month, but unfortunately that was hard to enforce and his videos spread all over the ‘net like wildfire. The videos became devalued, eventually ending up as the infamous 99 cent eBay auctions. More and more people were getting these videos, and the only income Louis had was the first layer, the Reprint Rights Every Month subscribers. I would hate to see the hosting bills Louis had once the bandwidth vs. income chart went the other way.

So, take these business models into consideration should you plan to pursue any kind of ongoing service or info product. Such a business can prove to be quite lucrative, even the businesses above; but you will want to make sure that your business will continue to provide for you down the road, not just for the short term.