Obviously there are arguments on both sides regarding the price hike.

It is my hope that it slows down the “slide” of offers from page 1, and reduces the amount of “crap” offers that get posted. Will those objectives be reached? Time will tell.

The discussion continues on the Warrior Forum.

Will provide more information as I get it.

EDIT: Buy.com is moving to LinkShare. Personally, I look forward to using some of LinkShare’s feed tools with Buy.com

Here’s the original email:

Buy.com would like to thank you for promoting the Buy.com program through Commission Junction. Buy.com will be closing its affiliate program through Commission Junction as of September 30, 2010. Please take some time to remove any links or banners promoting the Buy.com program through Commission Junction before September 30, 2010. Buy.com will continue tracking sales and submitting batch files through November 2010.

All inquiries regarding Buy.com after the program is closed with Commission Junction should be directed to:

Melissa Salas,
Director of Marketing, Buy.com
melissas@buy.com

Again, thank you for all your promotional efforts of Buy.com through Commission Junction.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

After a refreshing night’s staying up (Nope, I didn’t really sleep. Too many things rolling through my brain!), the second day of the conference was equally as exhilarating as the first day.

First up for Sunday was arguably my favorite presentation of the whole show – Michael Gunn’s “Part Time Profit Club”. The reason it was my favorite was that it really hit home and covered a lot of my problems with my IM business. Part-time profit club covered many issues related to working full time, supporting a family, and trying to run an internet marketing business. Mindset, strategies, systems, balance – it was truly remarkable how I found myself nodding “yes” each and every time Mike brought up an issue. If you “do IM” part time, THIS presentation is THE one you will want to see.

After Michael was a good friend of mine, Wil Mattos (Creator of S3FlowShield). His presentation was all about creating info products. We actually created a group information product during the presentation – it was quite cool. The presentation covered all the how’s and the why’s of creating your own information product. Anyone should be able to create their own product in a relatively short time after seeing this presentation.

Next up was Jason Fladlien. If you’ve ever seen Jason present, or listened to one of his audios, you know how dynamic he can be…and how much value he delivers. This presentation was no different. “A Simple Membership Model” was a literal step by step method in setting up a membership website – why, how, the pitfalls of, etc. It was extremely informative! I’m taking much of that information and putting it to use in my upcoming PLR video website (oops, did I just let that slip out? ).

James Jones usually needs no introduction; he’s a super affiliate and master email marketer. You might know his product, MicroNicheFinder. He provided valuable information on building profitable email lists. You know, the ones that can create tons of cash on demand. He gave us a method to create a list of 1000 people in 30 days. Not every day you get something like THAT handed to you. If you aren’t building a list, you should be – and you should definitely see this presentation!

The last presenter was Kevin Rockwell, master of all things Video. He’s owned 2 video production companies, and he has 18 years as CNN San Franscisco chief videographer. So, anything this guy says about video, I’m taking as gospel. There are still a LOT of people out there who are not doing any sort of video marketing. Kevin basically took any hesitancy out of everyone at the presentation. Everything from the right camera, to lighting, to editing, to setting up slideshows – it was all there and all relevant. I felt a lot more comfortable about doing videos afterward.

To say the weekend was productive is a gross understatement. The time I spent with all of the wonderful people at the conference both during the day and all of our “mini-conferences” over dinner and into the night. Chinese dinner and a limo ride with Tim Castleman, Jason Fladlien, and a bunch of other awesome people… Walking down the strip to grab some fine Italian food with a large group of successful and like minded people – you are FORCED to shift to a successful mindset.

For this reason, I hope to see YOU next year at the 2011 Earn1KaDay summit. You’ve simply got to come. You can’t afford NOT to.

Day 1 – Saturday, May 22

First up were the Rhodes Brothers, Matt and John. They are very well known in the internet marketing  world; runnign websites such as SimpleCashBlog and IMSimple, among many others. They spoke about systems and outsourcing to make hands-off cashflow. They covered principles of outsourcing, where to find the right workers, the principles of systems and their creation, then a discussion on combining systems and outsourcing – knowing why your system will work in addition to how. John has a very strong head for business and analysis – he went into detail about building specific systems to essentially replace you in your business. They provided an all inclusive takeaway – a practically complete business plan that incorporates building a system and outsourcing the work.

The second presenter was Steven Resell.  Steven’s kind of a quiet guy, but his sites are packed with incredible information on affiliate blogging; which was the topic of his presentation, Undercover Affiliate Marketing. He explained what affiliate blogging was all about and how to do affiliate marketing by creating assets – a website with original content. I felt like nothing was left out and had quite a bit of takeaway from his presentation. I was fortunate to get to spend time with Steven that weekend. The guy’s got integrity all over him.

Next up was Tim Castleman, someone whom I’ve quickly come to admire and respect. His presentation, “How to get #1 in Google in 34 days and for less than $100″ was a live, step by step implementation of exactly the process he used to get in Google. He took a business (one of the attendees’ businesses) and did all the steps to get them listed in Google. Now, if you watch the seminar videos, I’m the one that got the chair massage and provided a testimonial. Damn that massage felt good… if I lived in Vegas I would certainly be a repeat client! Tim has a method of content delivery that will keep you laughing, and glued to the material at the same time. I spent quite a bit of time with Tim during the conference, and he is definitely the real deal.

Up Next, Leanne King, the WordPress Queen. She joined us from Australia…and despite bouts with food poisoning on the flight, she was a trooper all weekend. Her presentation was ALL about WordPress and getting it to do what you want it to do – over and over again. And I learned that there wasn’t much that WordPress can’t do. It added considerable knowledge to what I learned at the 2009 Earn1KaDay seminar when Ron Davies covered WordPress.

Last but definitely NOT least for the Saturday lineup was Earn1KaDay‘s newest partner, Rachel Rofe. “Outsourcing – Perils, Pitfalls, and Best Practices” was an in-depth view of outsourcing work. It expanded on what the Rhodes Brothers covered in the morning session. She has a LOT of experience with outsourcing; she launched an outsourcing website called Burn Your To Do List and went through all the trials and tribulations of outsourcing. And, as I’ve heard a lot of what went on with it – if something bad could have happened, it did – and Rachel took it all in stride.

Tomorrow, I’ll sit down and cover day 2… equally as awesome as day 1. Stay tuned!

The trip out was uneventful. I spent some time on the plane writing down some things I wanted to accomplish while I was there, since I knew once I touched down there, the weekend was going to be a fast waterslide. I first set out to correct some mistakes I made in the 2009 E1K conference in Orlando…

This time around I was going to take notes in OmniOutliner (as opposed to trying to write them all by hand) on my laptop.

I’ve got to hand it to the organizers of the conference. Tim Castleman had been bugging Dennis Becker (The guy behind 5 Bucks A Day and Earn1KaDay) to hold a second  conference for some time, and I”m glad he went ahead with it. The conference facility was considerably better than the inaugural conference in ’09. The Tuscany in Las Vegas is a very nice hotel. If you’ve never stayed at a hotel in Vegas, it isn’t like going to another major city. Rooms are cheap. Food is very reasonable. The accommodations are quite nice for what you pay. The flip side of that coin is that you will get nickel-and-dimed everywhere else. WiFi isn’t free (Unless you are in the lobby or conference areas). Use of business center computers or printers will cost you a few bucks. I’m not complaining by any means, just giving you the full scoop. If I had one complaint, it would be about one of the restaurants in the hotel. They really seemed to have 2 speeds; Slow and Stun. And oddball wait staff who obsess over something for a long time. (George – think she’s still talking about the extra mushrooms on the omelette?)

Friday evening was the meet and greet. Dennis was kind enough to spring for the initial drinks for everyone, and provide some munchies for us. That evening, I spent time with Matt and John Rhodes (it was great seeing them again), many of my fellow Earn1KaDay members, Jason Fladlien, Leanne King, and I was fortunate enough to sit in on some of Tim Castleman’s stories. And I FINALLY got to meet Rachel Rofe’ in person, something I had wanted for years. All of the above are amazing people. If you get the chance to meet them and hear them speak, take it. You can hear their presentations, by the way, on the E1K 2010 Conference Videos – you’ll love every minute!

Before I go into detail about each of the presentations, the 2010 conference felt much more coherent to me. In 2009, the speaker’s topics felt somewhat random. This year, however, each speaker seemed to build upon the concepts and ideas brought forth by the previous speaker. Things seemed to “click” much better this year.

So, over the next few days I’m going to give you a high level overview of each of the presenters, er, presentations. I wish you had been there if you didn’t make it – I have a year’s worth of things that I want to do now, all thanks to 2 measly days in Vegas.

Talk soon!

There is a hitch to the affiliate program. At this time, you have to have a registered copy of Market Samurai. Meaning, you have to buy it before you can promote it. They’ve got a price hike coming, so this is a good time to get in if you are interested.

Check out Market Samurai Here.

The Affiliate signup page is Here.

Happy 4th of July to my friends here in the USA. Please make it through with all of your fingers attached!

Facebook gets TONS of traffic. Seriously. If you aren’t doing some sort of advertising on Facebook for your business (or providing a Facebook service for local businesses in your area), you are missing out. Take a look…

• 45.5 Million Uniques in May 2010
• 245 Million Video views in May 2010 (5.4 video views per viewer)

…and growing. It’s something you just can’t ignore.

To top it off, businesses have seen the value of Facebook in their marketing – and it is something that smaller, local businesses can’t ignore either.

So, here’s a tip: Start offering Facebook Fan Page services to small businesses in your area. They don’t know how to do this stuff, they just want more business to come through their doors. Fortunately, my friend Jason Fladlien put out a video series on how to make cash with these fan pages. And it’s cheap…and you can take the knowledge and make money with it.

Grab the videos now!

Seriously, for less than 10 bucks you can’t go wrong.

There is one thing that sets this conference apart from the others. E1K isn’t a pitch-fest. The speakers aren’t going to leave stones unturned by telling you that you have to buy their products to truly succeed. This really is a no holds barred event.

And the seminar itself is only half the value. There will be tons of after hours networking, idea sharing, JV making, and more. You owe it to yourself to get involved.

On the schedule to speak:

Tim Castleman, Steven Resell, Michael Gunn, Jason Fladlien, Wil Mattos, Kevin Rockwell, The Rhodes Brothers, Leanne King, James Jones, and Rachel Rofe. I’m sure the head honcho (Dennis Becker) will say a few words too.

Personally, I’m looking forward to spending more time with Matt and John Rhodes, and meeting Tim Castleman and Rachel Rofe. Not to mention Leanne King,  a WordPress goddess, and she’s coming in from Australia.

E1k 2009 was the first online marketing conference I have ever attended. I was skeptical. I was doubtful. I didn’t think I would come away with anything.

I was so wrong.

So, get in now. Rooms are cheap. Flights are still relatively cheap (Try Orbitz or Travelocity – I found a good price on Orbitz). Food in Vegas is cheap. Sign up now and I’ll see you there.