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Is learning how to make money online difficult

2008-06-06T10:34:00.000-07:00

Is Leaning How To Make Money Online Difficult?

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Top Ways To Create a Positive Buzz on Your Blog

Written by Garry Conn Republished on June 2nd, 2008

Blogs are like bubbles and the only way you can get your bubble to grow is to fill it up with something. Bubbles need air or gas to expand. Blogs are a little more complicated. Your blog, just like a bubble needs something to fill the void, content. However, the other added element needed, unlike blowing up bubbles, is traffic.

How do you get traffic? There are many ways. For one, you can pay for traffic. I've never done that, but many people do. However, what can you do to get traffic to your blog if you can't afford to pay for it? How can you get free traffic to your blog? You have great content, you've got a nice looking blog, but you don't have traffic... how do I do this? How do I get traffic?

That is where the buzz factor kicks in. There are many ways to generate a buzz. Some people offer contests, some people create blog memes and others write posts on controversial topics. Along with the various buzz building tactics comes a reaction. A reaction is the result of blog buzz. The reactions are either negative or they are positive.

Depending on what kind of buzz tactic you use will warrant which kind of reaction you get. So the key to getting traffic is by creating a buzz. But, within that, it is advisable that you create a buzz that scores a positive reaction. Otherwise, your create one hit wonder traffic, which are people who visit your blog and don't like what they see and never will return again.

So far you have learned this:

A blog needs content to grow just as a bubble needs air to expand.

A blog has an added element in growing, unlike a bubble, and that is traffic.

Traffic is generated by creating a buzz.

A reaction is resulted from a buzz.

A reaction can be either positive or negative.

A positive reaction is what you should set goals towards achieving.

How Do You Create A Positive Buzz?

Here are a few off the wall ideas on how you can create a positive buzz on your blog. A positive buzz will convert visitors into regular readers. Regular readers create what I call a "Bubble Environment". A bubble environment is an environment that is encased by boundaries. It is a place that people feel safe and some can even call it home.

A bubble environment is something you want your blog to become for as many people as possible. The more people who are in your bubble, the bigger and stronger your bubble gets.

To create a bubble blog environment, you have to understand that basics needs of people in regards to what people look for in blogs. I call this, SEMI.

Use SEMI Buzz Tactics

Stimulate. People want to stimulate their brains. Our brains are filled with thousands of pulsing receptors that need to be stimulated at all times.

Entertain. People want to be entertained. Why else do we have The Comedy Channel and a million and one Blond Jokes?

Motivate. People want to feel good. They want to be encouraged and supported. People want to be motivated and pushed towards achieving things.

Informed. People want to be aware. We want to know whats going on, how did it happen, who was the cause of it, when did this happen and where do I go?

Now, in the process of creating a positive buzz, you should remember SEMI and ask yourself this, "Is my post going to stimulate, entertain, motivate or inform people?" If you can get a yes for all four questions, you then have yourself an excellent post!

Now doesn't that sound great? Much better than your typical random ramblings, cheesy blog memes and link list posts. It doesn't matter what topic you have chosen for your blog, you have an audience. The best way to reach out to your audience is to give them SEMI!

Take what you have learned in this post and write one today that follows the basic rules of SEMI and watch the traffic start to pour into your blog.

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Make money online

2008-02-27T02:16:00.001-08:00

Millions of individuals are taking full advantage of the Internet these days to make money online . And they should considering how many great ways there are to earn extra cash. Some even make the decision to earn a living completely from home. Far too many folks are sick and tired of dealing with major companies and random lay-offs. You simply never know when it might be your turn to go. Therefore they begin making money online. Now, there are several ways one can go about this. Some people choose to start their very own Internet business, which can likely be ran from their home. While others dabble in adsense and make cash off of daily web traffic. Believe it or not, there is a great deal of money to be made this way.

It's crucial to consider what you need to avoid if your goal is making money online. Along with all the wonderful options at your fingertips, there are scams galore. I can't tell you how many scammers I've spotted online selling their hoopla. They pitch a great game about making money online. Virtually all of them will tell you how much can be made on the web if you do this and this, and then they proceed to pitch a product they're selling. Most likely it's a DVD or some sort of bogus software. This is where you have to stop and think for a moment. If they can really make so much cash doing what they're encouraging you to do, then why are they spending their time and effort pitching something to you? Wouldn't they be off making money online themselves? Instead they've chosen to sell a gimmicky product, which basically just amounts to some information. Obviously they weren't doing to well.

When striving to earn cash via the web, avoid product pitches that guarantee riches. You can attain the crucial information you need for starting an online business, building websites and earning adsense revenue, or selling products via auctions, just by scouring the web. It's all free. Begin by contemplating how you want to start making money online and what aspect of web-business you'd excel at. The more time and effort you put into your online money-making, the more turn-over you'll surely see.

Get Home-Based Internet Marketing Business its Celebrity Status through Effective Online Promotion

2007-10-19T05:05:00.000-07:00

Doesn't it feels good to be an ordinary employee.... Sure does, as long as you are well-PAID and you have benefits that are entitled to you.

What's even better is if you have side jobs after office hours or during weekends where you will be able to make some extra money to finance you and your family’s important expenditures. You know BILLS, Kids hockey or sports, those activities you want to put your kid in but need the extra money for.

However, there are those times where you come to think that the income you receive both from your regular and side jobs, part-time work is still insufficient to cover your expenditures given the fact that the prices of basic life needs and other necessities are consistently increasing.

AND There is no chance that your salary will also increase every time the prices of the basics also increase.

It is your responsibility to sustain the needs of your family.

During those times, there are employees who are brave enough to face the risk of getting into a home based business. SO they can "fire their boss".
Or in some cases Retire So they can collect the necessary cash benefits due to them, and use this as their starting capital for their home business venture.

Most of them get into home-based business where they start selling products to their neighbors and later selling such items to the business district within their locality.

There are also employees who realized that establishing a home-based business is still not capable of sustaining the needs of their respective families.
It still requires hundreds to thousands of dollars of capital and they need to work on a double effort so that they can sustain the needs of their home-based business. With regards to selling home-based products to the business district within their locality, they stressed that it needs additional capital and several employees who will handle the business outside your residence.

That is why these employees are getting involved into home-based Internet marketing business. They clear some space inside their house that will serve as their “business office” (they also makes use of their bedrooms as offices) and purchase a single personal computer unit that is connected to the Internet. What they typically do is to surf the net, research for several Internet-based earning opportunities that does not require huge starting capital, and learning the strategies needed to succeed in this type of investment.

Home-based Internet marketing business is advantageous for individuals who start with minimal capital input. There are also various Internet-based marketing programs that do not require you to purchase products and sell it to interested individuals over the net.
For instance, there is the affiliate marketing program where you need to have your own site registered in your own domain name as the “affiliate” for the program.

What you have to do is to advertise the assigned merchant’s website to your own site and you will earn several dollars for every click that will be generated by the affiliate merchant site’s URL placed in your own website.

One of the secrets of skyrocketing revenues generated from home-based Internet marketing business is the promotion that you employ.

You need to let the world know that you have a website where they can find interesting products to solve problems or provide solutions and useful information and they need to click on different online advertisements placed into your site to access such useful information. The success of every Internet-based business is vital especially in terms of promoting it to the Internet community.

What are the effective promotions available for your home-based Internet marketing business? Take a sneak peek on the following and determine what kind of promotion is best suited for your business.

1. Search engine. This is one of the ways of getting your website popular to Internet users. Your site must appear on the top pages of every search engine results made by Internet users. Without your site on the top pages of search engine page results, it is hard for you to attract potential clients to visit your website.

2. Online advertising. This is one of the best methods of getting your website popular to Internet users. All you have to do is contact online-based advertising companies and let them do the job of advertising your site for a corresponding fee. Of course, it is relatively cheaper compared on advertising your home-based business outside the Internet community.

3. Article directories. If you are looking for some “free promotions”, then this is for you. You just need to write articles about the contents of your site and submit it to article directories. You will be required to include a brief description about yourself as the author and the URL of your website. This is one of the effective marketing strategies used in online-based businesses.

It feels good when you are earning without spending too much money and exerting too much effort. However, you need to determine the best promotion tool for your home-based Internet marketing business so that you will be able to achieve success despite of the risks involved.

Your Home Based Internet Marketing Business and the Freedom Attached with it

2007-10-17T12:22:00.000-07:00

There are various reasons why there are many individuals who want to start their own home-based Internet marketing business.
Some are saying that the amount of money that they are earning from Internet marketing is higher compared to their monthly salary from their regular work.

It even comes to a point that they are earning money similar to or more than the salary of their managers and department heads! This is relatively true, since there are Internet marketers who are earning as much as a hundred thousands of dollars within a month.

Other reasons that these Internet marketers may include in their list are:

their differences with their respective bosses,
spending more time with their spouses and children,
the chance of traveling which is virtually impossible if they are just ordinary employees,
the chance for an improved quality of life, and others.
There may be other reasons behind their determination to start and continue their home-based Internet marketing business, but these are all under a single theme.

All individuals starting their home-based business really look for one thing—and that is FREEDOM!

If you have your own home-based Internet marketing business, you will gain freedom from the pressure of your work.

There will be no boss who will tell you what you need to do and what you need not to do.
There will be no alarm clock that will wake you up and go to your dead-end work that does not pay you enough to let you do what you want to do.
You will be able to tell your children that all of you will be going to Disneyland during Yuletide season because you have enough money.
You will be able to watch your favorite musicals or play your favorite sport since you do not have work to attend to.

Yes, it is about money. However, if you do not have the freedom with the things that you want to do and you always act as if you are a robot who will follow everything for the sake of earning more money for your family.
By starting your own home-based Internet marketing business, you will be able to ditch your boss, your bedside alarm clock, those coats and ties that you wear, the gripping clients, and other pressures that prevents you to enjoy your work.

There' this Internet marketer who confirms that the freedom offered by home-based Internet marketing business is really fantastic.
He starts his day at 10 o’clock in the morning, going to his “office” on his favorite lay-around-the-house clothes. After doing all of his Internet marketing-related task in the morning, he will sleep again and will wake up at around 4 o’clock in the afternoon, do some grocery shopping on the nearby grocery store, and checking his personal computer unit if there were any updates with regards to the deals he had made early in the morning. He can do all of this because he is the boss and in-charge of his home-based business. There was no real potential loss since he can make it up on the next day.

That is freedom—even in the strangest way possible. You do what you want or what you need to do without asking permission or worry about what will happen to your pay slip if you leave work earlier… or probably take a day or two off completely.

However, there are few individuals who realize the benefit of freedom in starting a home-based Internet marketing business. Most of Internet marketers just sign up on a particular Internet marketing program and make all the money that they could.

Another freedom that you will enjoy in starting you home based Internet marketing business is carrying your “office” on other locations aside from your bedroom or the basement of your house. Even you are in Disneyland, the coastal areas of Florida, or in the casino haven of Las Vegas, you will be able to close deals and earn lots of deals. You will feel more relaxed if in between your relaxation or vacation on other places, you are thinking of a business that is giving you salary no matter what you are doing.

Start your home-based Internet marketing business now and declare yourself to be the BOSS—doing what you love to do without the fear of being FIRED and LOSING!

The thirty day challenge

2007-08-21T17:50:00.000-07:00

If you're looking to to make money blogging you should really check out the thirty day challenge.
Go sign up its free and you'll get a mind numbing amount of great information about how to choose a niche how to do keyword research the right way how to use web 2.0 to get

traffic
SO far using this technique I have a few tumblr blogs
using the 30dc method.
http://howto-improve-memory.tumblr.com/
http://howtoscrapbook.tumblr.com/

The Second Tier Affiliate Training Center

2007-06-10T10:26:00.000-07:00

The Second Tier Affiliate Training Center

Have you been dealing with affiliate programs that won’t accept your application because your site isn’t perfect or that don’t provide you with enough tools to wow your readers into buying? If you’re looking for an affiliate program that takes it to the next level then you’ll be interested in reading on…

From: shane higginbottom

It’s your first time filling out an application for an affiliate program. You fill in your name, address, business, then WAIT! It wants to know what your website is like and says it will only accept a site that is top notch and already working.

But you only have a domain name and a great idea that is going to make you serious money... that is IF you get accepted for the affiliate programs in your niche market.

Has this happened to you? The frustration of getting denied for an affiliate program just because the company is worried it will reflect badly on their company is a real hurdle that marketers have to get over.

Actually, let me rephrase that… it’s a real hurdle that marketers had to get over until Russell Brunson’s TheSecondTier was introduced! You never have to worry about getting accepted by the Second Tier, even if all you have is an idea for a great website and don’t know the first thing about getting started. Plus, it recently underwent a complete information and visual makeover meaning it has more tools that are easier to use than ever!

The reason Russell allows anyone to be a part of the Second Tier is because of his unique philosophy that affiliates should have the resources they need to learn to be more effective internet marketers in addition to promotional tools that help sell the products. Hence TheSecondTier is not just an affiliate program but an affiliate training center.

What other affiliate program would teach you:

• How to choose the right product for you to promote - One of the biggest mistakes that almost all affiliates make when they first start out, is that they try to promote too many things at once. This video will show you exactly how to choose the right one or two products that will make you the most money.

• How to set up an "Affiliate Squeeze" page - Less then 2% of all affiliates use this powerful technique, but after you implement it into your affiliate promotions, you will see your commissions grow exponentially.

• How to drive targeted traffic to your "Affiliate Squeeze" pages for FREE - Once you learn this simple (and free) concept on how to drive traffic to your "Affiliate Squeeze" pages, you will be able to start literally writing your own paychecks.

• How to build an huge targeted opt-in mailing list - You will learn how easy it is to build an opt-in list, and use that to exponentially increase your affiliate commissions EVERY week!

• How to strategically place "Affiliate Land Mines" and watch your profits EXPLODE! - Follow this one simple strategy and you will start getting checks in the mail every month!

• How to dominate your Pay Per Click ad campaigns - It's very powerful if you learn how to do it right. This video will walk you through the process to get high converting PPC ads!

• How to use teleseminars to close ten times the clients in 1/2 the time - One of the secrets to selling a lot of products as an affiliate quickly is doing teleseminars. I was nervous when I did my first few, but now I can't stop because every time I do one, my affiliate checks from that day are anywhere from $2,000 - $15,000 (and it's a lot easier then you'd think).

• How to broker JV deals and make a fortune on your 2nd tier - Many of our affiliates earn thousands of dollars each month from the efforts of others. These videos will show you exactly how they find super affiliates to add to their second tier.

• How to protect your affiliate commissions from thieves while increasing your conversions - One of the number one concerns that affiliates have are people stealing their commissions. You will learn the techniques that will protect your links and also guarantee that even the worst thieves will gladly give you their commissions instead of keeping it for themselves.

• and a whole lot more....

The information provided will make beginners feel experienced and experienced feel like experts. You are given all of the tools and training (like training videos, audio advice straight from Russell and the affiliate managers’ blog) - all that is really needed is the desire to learn and try.

For years affiliate marketing has been growing in popularity as a way to make a residual income. The ease of setting up a site once makes it very appealing for anyone from college students with no money to retirees looking to keep a constant flow of cash coming in.

Unfortunately, only a small percentage of people who think about affiliate marketing take advantage of it because they don’t know where to start and don’t have money on hand to pay for a product that teaches them how. That’s why Russell made the decision when he created the Second Tier that anyone who wanted to be a great affiliate marketer would have everything they needed completely free.

Plus, his affiliates have access to other unique incentives and tools like a two tier system that gives them a commission when someone they refer sells a product and rewards for top selling affiliates. To be a part of this one-of-a-kind program visit the link below and fill out the form without worrying about getting denied and get instant access to the affiliate training center of your dreams!

TheSecondTier is a free affiliate training center for those interested in learning how to make money online as an affiliate marketer. You can get your free account today by registering at:
The Second Tier

Internet protege boot camp scratch and dent sale

2006-12-26T14:25:00.000-08:00

Last week, I tried to arrange for you to receive a slightly damaged copy of Derek Gehl's "Internet Millionaire's Protégé Bootcamp" videos... but I don't think you got them?

Since these copies are available for a DEEP discount, I didn't think you'd care about a couple of scuff marks on the package covers because all the actual DVDs are fine....

In fact, the package I've had saved for you is practically brand new!

It still contains all the same information you need to start and grow a wildly profitable Internet business...
including the SAME strategies Derek's been using behind the scenes to make over $60,000,000 in online sales and help literally thousands of people make MILLIONS of dollars with their Internet businesses!

So if you don't want the DVDs that I've had put aside for you, that's fine, but please let me know your decision by tomorrow morning at the very latest...

Because I'm getting swamped with calls from people who can't believe Derek's giving away these slightly damaged copies for a massive $100 discount off, and I feel bad putting them off much longer.

Derek only gives away his "slightly damaged" stock once a year, and even then, he rarely has more than a couple hundred copies available...

... so if you DO want me to have this copy sent to you, please visit:
Internet Millionaire's Protégé Bootcamp

P.S. By the way, Derek is also going to throw in $2,342 worth of free bonuses and "extra resources" that he doesn't 
normally give away with these DVDs, even though you're already getting a ridiculous discount, because he wants 
to make sure you have everything you need to apply the SAME strategies his other students are using to make 
$100,000 to $2.5 million plus per year with THEIR Internet businesses.
You can hear their success stories, too, at 
Internet Millionaire's Protégé Bootcamp

What to look out for when promoting affiliate products

2006-12-20T08:07:00.000-08:00

This is a great thread I discovered at http://www.a4uforum.co.uk
Idealistic i know, but not unreasonable for affiliates to get paid for each and every sale/benefit to the merchant that we generate. After all, this is only if we do it, not for any other reason.

This year has been strange, a merchant telling me point blank he will not remove the number because he earns too much money from it. Other merchants trapped into a corner they finally admit most of their sales come via phone.

This all stems from the networks, you can not blame the merchants. If it was a requirement to start a program it would be done but i fear this year has seen a quality decrease over the last as more networks are frightened to ruffle merchants feathers for fear of other networks winning a precious trophy title.

Do not get me wrong, i am not griping but i would networks to stand up a little bit more next year and install program quality managers to look out for our interests, there is no excuse any more not to have one and to report the benefits of achievements to affiliates.

We will not mention any names but let 2007 be the year that merchants are actually told what is expected, from the survery of 12 merchants i just called today only two of them were aware of the telephone number issue, 3 of them said they would sort it out by the end of tomorrow for us.

So, here is the list.... i will add more as i come to them, as a positive thread i thought we should list the good as well as the bad and see which networks can come back with results to this thread,

Anyone else with merchants that they want to list go ahead, lets see if we can keep it simple and factual:

Unfriendly leakage merchants:
247 electrical - Massive "order by telephone" text right near the add to cart button
abound - Not so in your face but still available "0845 300 505"
additions direct - Not so in your face but still available "0870 413 5000"
AJ electronics - Huge telephone number and email address in header and has refused to remove telephone number for a year now. Coupled with massive rejection rates compared to anyone else we deal with
Alternative MP3 players - Email address in the header, tested this and was willing to take order by other means than ecommerce tracking
Apple Shop - Freephone number "order online or call" prominent top of left column
Appliance city - Massive offender, animated freephone number constantly moving in the header, huge huge number on the index page
and call us on every product page with price match details.
Appliance Deals - Sales & Advice line 0870 458 74 74 right column and animated
Appliance Direct - 0113 2547580 left column
B&Q - Lots of brochure requests not paid for etc
B&Q Appliance warehouse - Massive telephone number in the header
Be Direct - Telephone number on index page but not on individual product pages when you deeplink
Bennets electrical - No obvious telephone number purely for online ordering but most results pages have numbers to their stores
Boots - added by "monkeyman" Links to other stores down left hand side
Boots kitchen app - 0870 number in the header
Comet - huge offender, 1 pound click and collect leakage, "order by phone" in the header and storefinder
Co-op electricals - Phone number in the header
Conrad Electronics - Popup newsletter signup on entry covering half the page
Currys - Order by phone and links to other sites
Dell - Telephone number in the header
DVD.co.uk - added by adrian - I was promoting a product and sending traffic both to DVD.co.uk and Amazon. When DVD.co.uk went out of stock they put up an Amazon affiliate link.
Dixons - Telephone number normally though it seems to of been removed (probably too busy) still banners to other sites I honestly expect to see the telephone number back after xmas again.
Duck - Number on full display "call us on xxxxx" or click here to web chat
Electrical discount UK - Really bad offender now, even after this guy removed an order by phone link on the product pages we are still back to phone number flashing in top left column and also telephone number in bottom right column on product pages too. The man is very active so perhaps he will take a bit of time to rectify this finally for us.
Euro PC - History of bad rejection rates anyway but telephone number in the header and also popup newsletter box on entry
Focus - Big 0845 number on display on every page of the site
Great Universal - Freephone number in the header
HP - Call to buy
Jessops - Links to snapfish that dont track
John Lewis - As soon as you add your items to cart a large telephone number appears in the header
Kitchen science - Said they removed telephone numbers but i just clicked on an affiliate link and its there like yesterday
Kodak - Absolute pisstake, links all over the place to currys, dixons and everyone else through channel intelligence!
Laptops Direct - Not the greatest of affiliate programs anyway but massive telephone number in the header
Littlewoods - Shop online or call xxxxxx in header
LX Direct - Huge telephone number in the header
Marshall Ward - Number in the header although small, still there
Miller Brothers - Come on, telephone numbers right underneath the buy now button!!!
Misco - Huge huge freephone number in the header
Neat ideas - Telephone number in yellow text in the footer, enough to be visible at least but not the worst offender
Novatech - Catalogues, newsletters, "for business", quite a lot of leakage points on this site
NTL Shop - Telephone number showing in left column on products pages
Pixmania - Telephone number in header and nasty popups on entry despite massive protests over the last years
Ryman Office supplies - Freephone number in the header BUT sales tracked via buy.at no update from other networks if they are on those networks at all.
Sainsburys appliances - I made it clear we do not promote programs that have telephone numbers...MONTHS AGO...
Savastore - Telesales number in top right of header
Studio - Cant order anything over 150 pounds online, despite if the customer wants to pay for it, tested the over 150 rule and its rubbish, you can order over 150 if you pay like normal. I dont care about conversion rates, each customer is my customer and i wish to be paid for each sale, just because you convert well does not mean anything to me, it is your job to convert well.
Digital camera co - Big telephone number in header
Top appliance - Big freephone number in header
Toshiba - telephone number in left column
Trade appliances - Huge number in header
Tribal - telephone number in header
STA Travel - added by monkeyman, Prominent phone number in header, and advised to call on most pages. 'Top offers' often lead to contact us pages.
Sport-e - Buy.at - added by 1BIZLIST Phone number at top of page with "HELP LINE 08705 xx xx xx Order before 2PM wear it tomorrow" written right below it.
Truffleshuffle - awin - managed by Jess - telephone number and email address in the header

Affiliate friendly
Advanced MP3 Players - Not a phone number in sight and no third party banners
Appliance Heaven
Argos
Cameras2u
CD-R Media
cheap telly - Though they do have a live help feature, not sure what the process is to keep people online
dabs - But also super low commissions
Digital Direct - Super clean, concentration on the product
Ebuyer - Clean but poor commissions
Electric shopping - Clean
Empire Direct - Clean
EPC buyer - Clean
Euro Office - Clean
Freemans - Clean
Game - Clean
Grattan - Clean
Halfords - Clean
HMV - Clean
Ibitstore - Clean
Lowestone - Clean
M&S - Clean
Look again - Clean
Micro direct - Clean
Panasonic - Good girls and boys - Clean
Panther online - Clean
PC Next day - Clean
PC world - Currently clean
Planet vision online - Clean
Play - telephone number is present in footer but i didnt see it until i really looked for it so is ok.
Robert Dyas - Clean
Satnav2u - Clean
Screwfix - Clean
Sound and vision - Clean
Staples - Clean
Tescos - Clean but worried about lots of issues of cross tracking not taken into account
Dolphin Music TD - Clean added and managed by paul wright - numbers hide on affiliate entry
Healthy Direct TD - Clean added and managed by paul wright - numbers hide on affiliate entry
Kiddicare - buy.at - Clean added and managed by paul wright
Buycosmetics.com - buy.at - Clean added and managed by paul wright
Goldsmiths.co.uk - buy.at - Clean added and managed by paul wright
Fancydress.com - buy.at - Clean added and managed by paul wright
Trainer Station - webgains - Clean - added by 1BIZLIST
Newitts - awin - Clean - added by 1BIZLIST
Buycheapcomdoms - Clean - added by buycheap condoms, thanks for the contribution
Car hire 3000 - Clean - added by car hire 3000, thanks for the contribution
ForbiddenPlanet - (affiliatefuture) - Clean - added and managed by scifind, no other affiliate links. New site coming 2007
WarnerBreaks - Added by Mitchy - No telephone number. Any tel number on site is a web-only number, where customer calls and is then directed on how to use the web booking engine.
Parcel2Go - Added by Mitchy - No tel number

Room for improvement section - as suggested by 1BIZLIST
SweatBand - added by 1BIZLIST Theres a phone number on all pages but its half way down the left hand menu and its not very large either. Would be even better if you just had that section as a contact us link though! if anyone from the company is reading this! and if not WHY NOT!

Amazon.co.uk - Rescued for the fact that they are an exceptional retailer they still do release items like credit cards and other services that they simply do not pay for from time to time. Would be nice for them to finally nip that in the bud. Sponsored links and banners show from time to time. Amazon credit card available through buy.at but not paid for through amazon associates. 1 day cookie really needs to be changed to at least 3 - 7 days.

Goldshield Healthcare: Added by Mitchy - Tel Number reduced from orginal size and described as health help line, but still looking to remove upon affiliate entry

Merchants that are sorting the problem out
Park Resorts, Siblu, HotelHippo, CarCraft, all added by Mitchy - Added by Mitchy - Programs run by Global Media -Aware of problem and are working on solutions for early 2007.

Credits to networks
Webgains - Contribution to the thread and welcomed as always, i personally know they work hard to show at very least the transparency from program to program.
Buy.at - Ryan did make a contribution via pm for one particular program though i have a sneeky feeling there is another hundred or so programs that could be commented on.
Other networks - No contribution at all so far.

Nominations for most affiliate friendly websites of the year - added by pricethat
Justhom.com - For being genuine and having a real consideration for affiliates needs and points of view, right or wrong and engages with us which demonstrates transparency.
you can reply to this thread here

5 Things You Must Have to Succeed in Affiliate Marketing

2006-11-30T11:57:00.000-08:00

5 Things You Must Have to Succeed in Affiliate Marketing
The idea of being mere passengers on a ship meant to sail to the farthest points does not appeal to people who like to put their destiny into their own hands. They have the desire of maneuvering the ships themselves, of being able to be the ones to take it anywhere they want to. Being aboard a ship on its way to a particularly great destination is something each and every one of them dreams of, and the knowledge that they have the capacity to steer it themselves is what makes them actually want to.
Perhaps this is the reason why more and more people are succumbing to one of the most popular businesses around – affiliate marketing. It is because in this business, there are no bosses to order the employees around. There are no deadlines to meet and no clutter of work do to. One only needs to be equipped with the tools needed to succeed in a business such as this, and he is bound to get what his heart ultimately desires.
Just what are the things needed to be able to succeed in affiliate marketing? What must one have within himself to be able to do well in this industry? There is a lot of competition involved in affiliate marketing, and to be able to rise above the norm, one must be equipped with just the right stuff necessary to propel him forward. There are five things one must ultimately possess if he wants to achieve the glory he is yearning for in this business, and these five things are a must for him to possess to be able to stand out among the rest.
The very first quality one must possess if he wants to try his hand in affiliate marketing is the willingness to learn and be trained. Treading through unfamiliar territory is scary stuff if one is not properly equipped, and he might get lost amidst a jungle of the unknown. Learning the tricks of the trade is also an important aspect of the game, and one’s willingness to know it all will give him far better advantages in the business than he could ever imagine.

The second quality one must possess is the willingness to invest time and effort even if direct results do not seem at all apparent. Although several months may pass without good news, it is important for one who has his foot in the industry to hold on and wait. It is this quality which would save him from giving up after investing a lot of himself in the business.

The third quality one must possess is self-determination. If one wants to conquer the affiliate marketing world, he must have the ability to push himself ahead. Never having to say die is a quality each and every affiliate marketer should possess, and the ability to motivate oneself into scaling greater heights is an ability which would actually take an affiliate marketer there.
The fourth quality one must possess is discipline. If one knows how to teach himself to work everyday with all the energy he can muster, then he is close to achieving what he has set his heart to having in the first place.

The fifth and last quality one must possess is optimism. Negative attitudes and hearsays should not discourage an affiliate marketer from pursuing what he has to in order to make life better for himself and for everyone concerned. Neither should anyone influence his attitude toward the business, because once in it, it is a must for him to be the captain of his ship and the master of his soul.

The ingredients to success in a business such as affiliate marketing are diverse and manifold, but the most important thing one needs to be able to make it big lies in himself alone. It is he who has the capacity to do everything to be able to realize his prospects, and the desire which fuels his heart in doing so is the gasoline which should keep the engine going.
Affiliate marketing is all about putting one’s fate into his own hands. The right attitude is the key to being able to steer one’s ship into that part of the ocean where a certain kind of serenity can be found, one that permeates the atmosphere as the ship sails calmly on.

Do your error pages make you money?

2006-09-22T19:17:00.000-07:00

Have you ever visited a website, but typed in the
wrong url after the domain name? What did you see?
Chances are you saw a generic page that said something
like, "The page cannot be displayed," or "Not Found,"
or "The requested URL was not found on this server."
This is what is more commonly known as the

404 ErrorPage.

It's the page that shows up by default when
someone 'accidentally' types in the address of the page
they are looking for on your site incorrectly.
Now, in many cases, it truly happens by mistake. However,
in many other instances, people end up on this page
because they are snooping around trying to look for your
download page or thank you page without having to pay
or opt-in. Kind of shady, but people do it.
Why, not capitalize on it whether they are doing it
purposely or they are truly ending up there by accident.
If you have your own website and it gets traffic, some
of your visitors are ending up on that page. Now, if
they are seeing the generic message that their browser
shows them when it happens, then you are not making
good use of your web real estate.
404Secrets.com
Every page of your website can put money in your pocket.
Even your 404 error page. You can customize that page
just like any other page on your website.
Some ideas to utilize on that page include:
-Making an special offer at a discounted price.
-Having it be a squeeze page.
-Making it an Adsense page.
-Redirecting it to a related affiliate product.
Those are just a few of the many different, yet profitable
types of ways you can make good use of your
404 error page.
It won't make you rich, but it definitely will put some
extra money in your account. Maybe it will help you pay
one of your bills, or you can just reinvest it into your
business.
Either way, if you don't customize this page, you can be
leaving money on the table. Having something for your
visitors to see that end up on that page is extremely more
beneficial to you then not having anything on that page.
Here's to making good use of every page on your website.
404Secrets.com

All the best,

shane

Goals for making money blogging

2006-09-11T07:18:00.000-07:00

My goal this week for my newest website:
Its going to a 20 page website. Following this plan I really like this plan!! and I must say it is much better than alot of the other stuff I have read in the MANY e-books I have either bought or downloaded. (thats a whole other post though)
I think maybe the article submissions might be alot of work at the begininning. So I'll just have to stay disciplined and stick to the plan.
So far work on the site is rolling along, still lots I would like to get done
1.) Adsense on the pages
2.) affiliate products in the appropriate places
3.) Additional content. Not using plr though.
4.) Newsletter email capture
5.) creating my own product
Yowsers lots of work ahead of me
I have'nt submitted it yet... think I should I wait till its done, or just submitt it as is?
I havent changed any of the forum sig files to include my making money blogging site at this point either. I just dont want people showing up and seeing a half done site.
Still doing keyword research to properly optimize the pages. Lots to do !!!

Has Joel Comm gone over to the dark side

2006-09-05T07:00:00.000-07:00

A long time ago in an email far far away, Joel comm released his instant adsense template product. (notice the lack of an aff link)
Has he gone over to the dark side with this.?
Joel comm has done very well for himself and is a very knowledgeable resource if you're looking at going beyond what google has to say about monetizing a website or blog using adsense.
But his latest venture I have to question.
I know he knows as do the other copy cats and hucksters that publishing duplicate content will just get you delisted or banned or what ever the great gods that be at google deem fitting.
Quoted from an email
"Making money with AdSense is done by creating content-rich sites that people actually want to visit, and NOT by tossing up page upon page of PLR content that everyone and their dog also has on a web site. That is a recipe for DISASTER! That's why the PLR content included with the next set of Instant AdSense Templates will be minimal. It will exist ONLY as a placeholder for you to see where your own original content will go."

Now I may be off on this so correct me if you think I am. But it looks to me like joel is flogging the use of duplicate content but is making a disclaimer not to, to cover his butt.
Im pretty he knows as well as you or I that those that buy this package more than likely dont write their own content, dont have the time to write their own content, not maintain 5-10 page mini site.
There a PLR craze going on right now, has been for a while to be honest. And loads of people are jumping on this bandwagon. To make a fast buck by fleecing visitors whilke providing nothing other than a mish mash of adsense block.
Yes the arguments are many and varied for and against this kind of business practice.
Sorry people I just dont see it as running a business, developing a relationship. Solving a problem or providing a high quality product that someone will find useful.
Why wuld you want to run a site like this. Leaving that footprint all over the net in plain view of the SE's only to have them delist you or bann your adsense account altogethor.
Some of the other instant adsense template products are being promotes as a cloaked site, Cody Moyas product anyways, one the SE's sees and one the visitor sees. Now I havent read the Adsense TOS but I'm pretty sure this is a no no.
Heres a great and muchmore eloquently written article about what I am talking about.
http://www.basictemplates.biz/adsense-templates.shtml
Oh I can't wait till the next google update!!!!

Affiliate Marketing: Why is it One of the Most Cost-Effective Ways to Advertise your Business

2006-08-24T21:16:00.000-07:00

Affiliate Marketing: Why is it One of the Most Cost-Effective Ways to Advertise your Business

The following paragraphs summarize the work of affiliate marketing experts who are completely familiar with all the aspects of affiliate marketing. Heed their advice to avoid any affiliate marketing surprises.
Truthfully, the only difference between you and affiliate marketing experts is time. If you'll invest a little more time in reading, you'll be that much nearer to expert status when it comes to affiliate marketing.

Affiliate Marketing: Why is it One of the Most Cost-Effective Ways to Advertise your Business

Ever heard of affiliate programs? These are forms of Internet advertising that rewards the affiliates for driving traffic to the advertiser or for other transactions. The advertiser pays the affiliate to place a link on their website, and the affiliate sends traffic to the advertiser in return. Simply put, it's about paying commissions to people who help you make sales. It's that easy. NOT.

Affiliate marketing has its ups and downs. It could be draining if you are not armed with updated information and the technical how-tos. But this article's sole objective is to reach out to you and not to badmouth affiliate marketing.

Here are the following reasons on why web marketers go gaga over affiliate marketing as a form of Internet advertisement.

1. Low cost

Many are scared to go on a home based business because of the capital required. In affiliate marketing, you don't have to spend much to start raking in moolah.

2. Inventories not included

Product management fuss could be very stressing. An inventory is not asked to be maintained. The merchant does the maintenance required.

3. Unlimited income through leverage

When you have a paid job, your monthly income mainly relies on whether you go to work or not. With affiliate marketing, your affiliates could all just lead traffic to your site without having to lift a finger after providing them your ad copy and links. Though not every web marketer earns limitless, it still is a fact that all the necessary matters for the advertiser or Internet marketer are all there to be successful.

4. Go worldwide

With affiliate marketing, you are dealing with a global market place. All you have to do is choose a niche product and prepare all the necessary tools for your affiliates to lead traffic from just about anywhere to your website.

5. Low risk

The very main reason for Internet marketer's enthusiasm with affiliate marketing is its having a low risk factor. Especially for those with low budget set aside for advertising, affiliate marketing is just the way to do it.

6. No closing time

With affiliate marketing, your business works every single second of the day while targeting a worldwide market! What could be better than that?

But all of these will be put to waste if you don't have the right niche product and all the other important tools to make it big in affiliate marketing, i.e., well-SEO-ed website. So better work on this first before ever considering those benefits.

Now you can understand why there's a growing interest in affiliate marketing. When people start looking for more information about affiliate marketing, you'll be in a position to meet their needs.

Hunting for a good website template

2006-08-20T19:18:00.000-07:00

So as I mentioned in the last post " I bought hosting with host gator. I have rolled some of my affiliate marketing commissions into hosting.

Now I driving myself crazy with chosing a template to work with. For now anyways Im using an xsite pro template. I got from some place. Cant say I remember where though. Might have been in one of the many thousands of list mailing i have gotten over the past year or so. Anyways. As I said Im driving myself nuts. I fidget with details, that's part of my silly charm. I really wish someone would come out with an affiliate marketing Website template.
Know what I mean?
Have you ever asked yourself "what does one of those look like or what does an affiliate marketing website look like?" I know I have on many occasions.
I guess first off I want one that is SE friendly and easy to work with. One that fits the whole screen. Maybe thats why I dont like the one Im using now. Im being hush hush about the site until its all prettified and done to my anal satisfaction.
Perhaps I'll encorporate some of the features of the one I have now into a another one.
Anyways Ive been staring at the screen all day and looking at lines of code for so many hours that I feel like Ive been staring through a microscope at a zebra.
Heres a useless but interesting fact about zebras. Maybe you've wondered about this is a zebra black with white stripes or white with black stripes?, well the answer is black with white stripes.
Did you also know that a polar bear has black skin.

I Bought hosting with Host Gator

2006-08-16T20:50:00.000-07:00

Heres my host gator review.
Ive been toying with the idea of buying some hosting getting my own website up and running. So I toiled with the whole thing of who to go with I looked at go-daddy. But didnt like their commercials. Sad I know but hey I watch a whole lot of tv. And didnt like the commercials so that was out. So I did more searching, looking for cheap hosting of course. So I wound up on a friends site and saw this host gator ad.
So I decide to click away at it and see what they offer.
WOW was I surprised at how cheap hosting really can be.
I bought the baby package.
Check it out here 9.95 /month now thats cheap. I usually toil over simple things and details for long periods of time until i finally get fed up and then just buy it to ease the pain. Not so with host gator. I jumped right away!!
Why?, well when you go there and check it out for yourself you'll see that for basically 10 bux a month you get unlimited everything. Domains, subdomains. the list goes on.
PLUS and this was the kicker for me ... the control panel and fantastico. I like easy and not complicated. I don't want to have to fool around with ftp and all the other jargon and nonsense. I like select file , upload bing bang done. Clickety click and away you go. Nice and simple!!!
Thinking about buying some hosting I suggest you try host gator

Maybe you're interested in a the
Hostgator.com Affiliate Program

Make Money Blogging has a new home

2006-08-13T07:15:00.000-07:00

Make money blogging has moved to a new home http://making-money-blogging.com/blog/ make money blogging I've moved all my content over there. So you're not going to miss out on anything new I may have to offer you. Why have I made this change. Basically because I've decided to roll my affiliate commissions and adsense earnings into hosting my own blog. It allows me greater control and I dont have to worry about blogger getting all freaked uot with their mass deletes of blogs. Plus the fact that im using my Affiliate Marketing earnings to pay ofr it , it's more or less free
See you there !!
Shane

Im using hostgator to host my blog and website. Why host gator? Hell at 9.95/month
for unlimited use (unlimited domains!!! unlimited subdomains!!!) NO CONTRACT, 30 day money back gaurantee!!! who would complain!! not me. Plus its stupidly easy to use and I like easy !!!Make money as an affiliate !! and sign up as an Host Gator Affiliate
Hostgator.com Affiliate Program

Blog Traffic School Prelaunch Blog � Building Blog Traffic

2006-08-10T03:47:00.001-07:00

Blogging at the speed of mouth :-P Corny title I know. But you have got to read yaro's blog!! I like Yaro's he writes in a very down to earth fashion. I dont feel like Im reading an add for some product he's try to push. The below link is about getting traffic using word of mouth. Here's a snippet to wet your appetite: We all know how powerful word of mouth is. If you look back over the history of the most successful websites, those that have millions of visitors, it’s usually because they generated tremendous offline word of mouth that resulted in a “tipping point” for their traffic. No amount of search traffic, or backlinks or social bookmarks or pay per click advertising, or any mechanical traffic method can match the pure power of word of mouth to bring new visitors to your blog.
Blog Traffic School Prelaunch Blog � Building Blog Traffic

ps: dont forget to spead the word about my blog !!!

Using Shopping Bot Sites to Attract New Visitors to your affiliate marketing site

2006-08-09T16:17:00.000-07:00

If you're looking for a new source of extra traffic to your site, one that sends qualified buyers your way, you'll want to learn more about shopping bot sites.

If you're an Affiliate Marketer or an online business owner, you know that attracting qualified targeted traffic, people who are already interested in buying your product or service is fundamental to your success. That's why I wanted to tell you about an increasingly popular way to get that cheap, qualified and targeted traffic you're after. What I'm talking about are "shopping bots," and they're becoming more important to e-business owners and affiliate marketers all the time.

Shopping bots are basically like search engines except that, instead of finding "information," they're designed to help shoppers find the products or services they're looking for on the Internet. In much the same way as search engines provide searchers with links to both affiliate marketing and product orientated Web sites, shopping bot sites list specific product information so shoppers can compare features and prices. And this means that shopping bots can be an excellent way for your potential customers to find out exactly what you have to offer and how to get it.

Most shopping bot sites will display ads to potential customers in an appealing, easy-to-understand format, making these sites increasingly popular places for savvy consumers to conduct their product research. If your product or service is competitively priced or offers buyers a unique or compelling benefit, and if you have a well-written ad, standing out from your competition will be a piece of cake.

Best of all, shopping bots can be a great place for business owners struggling to stand out in competitive markets to capture the eyeballs of qualified potential customers without spending more than you can afford for the more popular pay-per-click ads like Overture and Google AdWords.

So how do you get your site registered? Though shopping bot sites differ slightly from each other, registering your site and products with most of them is usually pretty easy. Here are the basic steps you need to follow to get your ad placed on a shopping bot site:

1. Take a look at the top five shopping bot sites to figure out if the site's format is right for you. (While there are dozens of shopping bots to choose from, there are really only five or so that get enough traffic to make submission worth your time. I'll go over my top five favorites below.) What you want to determine is whether your products or services are either competitively priced or if they have a feature that makes them stand above the competition.

Some shopping bot sites list products according to price, or give shoppers the ability to modify a search to show pricing in ascending/descending order. Others will list suppliers in priority sequence based on pay-per-position bidding.

Shopping bots that place a strong emphasis on price may not be favored by business owners who rely on a unique selling feature instead of price. So, if your product is better but not cheaper than the competition's, you'll need to find a shopping bot that's a better fit for you.

2. Determine the cost of placing your ad. For the majority of shopping bot sites, you'll be expected to pay on a pay-per-click (PPC) basis. On average, these costs vary between 5 cents and $1.25 per click, depending on the popularity of your product and the category it appears in.

In many cases, you'll also need to make a deposit of between $100 and $200, depending on the product or service you're selling. But don't worry these deposits are applied toward your PPC account.

3. Get your "product feed" ready to go. Your "product feed" is the information you submit to a shopping bot about the product you want advertised. This may include the description of your product, pricing, the category you want it to appear in, your web site URL, and product availability. A typical product feed looks something like this:

Product URL
Prod. Name
Product Description
Category
Price
Avail.
http://www.fitnessnyou.com/book14.html
Shake it up!
Meal Replacement Drink
Health & Nutrition
$40/ case of 12
In Stock

When creating your product descriptions, be sure they include clear, compelling benefits this can make the difference between having prospective customers find you with ease or letting your ad get lost or pushed down in the search results. Also try to avoid using obscure abbreviations or product codes in your ad. For example, would you be more inclined to click on an ad that says: "Tel. blk. crdlss. 21KF4900-A" ... or an ad that reads: "900 Mhz Black Cordless Telephone" You'd pick the second ad, right? That's because it clearly states what the offer is. Shoppers will be deterred by an obscure ad, so make sure your ad is clear, compelling and reader-friendly.

How you submit your product feed to a shopping bot site will vary depending on the guidelines of the site. Some sites make it easy to submit your feed through their online forms or downloadable software; other sites make it a bit of chore to submit your feed, requiring you to upload information through an FTP (file transfer protocol) client.

Whatever type of product feed a site uses, beware of third-party companies or web sites that want to take your hard-earned money to create product feeds for you. Creating your own product feed isn't difficult to learn, and it can save you a lot of money in the end.

4. Register your product feed. Once you've decided which shopping bot site to use and have created your product feed, registering should take a matter of minutes. The shopping bot site administrators will review your information and product feed for approval. (Be aware that the approval process can take anywhere from a few days to a couple of weeks.)

And here's an important note: Larger shopping bot sites share their listings with affiliated sites. For example, registering with a shopping bot site like Shopping.com, which is affiliated with DealTime.com and Epinions.com, will get you listed with the affiliated sites as well at no extra cost!

Which Bots Are Best?

I've spent some time checking out dozens of the shopping bots on the Net. A number of them are good, but not all of them are worth submitting your ads to. Here are my five favorites:

My top choice is BizRate. BizRate requires a $100 deposit from its merchants, but offers low minimum bidding rates, starting at just 10 cents per click and moving up to 30 cents per click. BizRate currently ranks 272 in Alexa, which means that the site gets a huge amount of traffic.

Product feeds submitted to BizRate may take seven to 14 days to be listed, so you'll need to make sure you aren't pressed for time when advertising your goods. (Merchants with product feeds already submitted to Yahoo! Stores can submit the same feed format to BizRate.)

Grabbing the No. 2 spot on my list is PriceGrabber. This site offers many of the same features as BizRate, with one major difference: Merchants without a Web site can use PriceGrabber's "Store Builder" option to post their product or service. There are no up-front costs for the Store Builder service because it's commission based: Merchants are charged $1.00 on each sale under $15, and 7.5 percent for each sale over $15. These virtual storefronts are also covered by limited fraud protection of up to $500 with a $15 deductible.

The third shopping bot on my list is Shopping.com. This service works especially well for merchants who don't want to spend time coming up with catchy product descriptions for their product feed, as Shopping.com displays a universal description of commonly searched items at the top of a search page, with ads listed below. Of course, this may be a disadvantage if you rely on a unique selling proposition (like high-quality, or ease of use) as opposed to a competitive price.

Shopping.com offers a flexible bid-management system. For example, if one merchant bids 40 cents for placement and another bids 55 cents, Shopping.com will adjust the higher bid down to 41 cents.

To set up an account with Shopping.com, you'll need to put down a minimum deposit of $200 before submitting your product feeds.

Appearing at the No. 4 spot on the list is Yahoo! Shopping. One of the attractive features of listing with Yahoo! Shopping is that your search results will also appear in other Yahoo! search engines (such as Yahoo! Search and Yahoo! Guides).

Yahoo! Shopping operates on a PPC platform. Costs for PPC listings start at 19 cents (for categories like clothing and general household items) and go up to $1.25 (for categories like flowers and jewelry). The Yahoo! Shopping search results are listed by item type, but not necessarily by manufacturer or model number. This style of listing can be advantageous to you if your unique selling proposition is more attractive to potential customers than the price of your product or service.

The fifth bot on my list is Google's new project: Froogle Beta. Google's new free beta shopping bot ("beta" meaning "almost finished, but not quite perfect!") is online and ready for you to use. The "free" aspect of Froogle is an especially attractive element of the beta testing and should not be overlooked. In fact, it's rumored that Froogle will continue to be free even after the beta testing stages, adding to its appeal. Froogle will be relying on sponsored ads (found at the right-hand side of their web pages) to keep the shopping bot going.

Froogle also offers two convenient ways to submit product feeds:

1. By filling out their online form
2. By making use of their Froogle Feeder software, which can be downloaded on a 30-day trial basis

Froogle still needs to work out a few bugs before it can provide shoppers with accurate search results, but it ranks in my top five list because it's free and there's no risk for merchants to list their products.

I also found some shopping bot sites that had definite perks to them, but didn't make it onto my top 5, including:

· MySimon

· NexTag

· PriceSCAN

· StreetPrices

Final Thoughts

Using shopping bots is definitely a great way to beef up your Web site traffic, bringing you qualified (i.e., interested) shoppers without costing you a lot of money. The most important thing to remember is that not every shopping bot site works in the same way. Choosing the one that suits your product or service will be crucial to the success of your ad.

And while shopping bots are an excellent source of cheap, qualified traffic, be sure you don't limit yourself to this one tool! Used properly, shopping bots can be a great addition to your online ad campaigns and can nicely complement your other marketing efforts.

Internet marketing expert Corey Rudl has gained popularity because what he teaches is not theoretical approaches to online marketing but real examples of what works when it comes to having a successful business on the Internet. He's also the author of the recently updated bestselling how-to guide, Insider Secrets to Marketing Your Business on the Internet - Version 2004. For more information on his new advertising technology, go to www.marketingtips.com/hoverad

How to find a niche for your affiliate marketing website

2006-08-07T11:47:00.000-07:00

How to find a niche for your affiliate marketing website
Are you stumped trying to find a niche for your affiliate marketing venture?

I found myself in this category " what on earth Am I going to sell off of an affiliate site"

Try asking yourself some of the below questions, or ask others what areas they think you have knowledge in.
bash out as many ideas you can.
Look at the following list. Are you knowledgeable in one or more of the following subjects?
These are some major niches. Doing some keyword research on these might help you narrow or drill down some other specific niches or sub-niches.
The only hope you have as an affiliate marketer or merchant is to be selective, to concentrate on narrow targets, practice segmentation "positioning"
Accounting
Arts and Crafts
Auto Buying
Auto Mechanics
Canning
Carpentry
Catering
Child
Development
Computers
Coaching
Cooking
Dating
Decorating
Divorce
Dog Training
Ebooks
Ezines
Fitness
Gardening
Health and Fitness
Home Business
Home Buying
Home Finances
Home Maintenance
Home Remodeling
Internet Business
Makeup Application
Marketing
Pet Care
Pet Grooming
Pet Shows
Plumbing
Program Scripting
Recipes
Relationships
Romance
Self Improvement
Sewing Tips
Single Parenting
Skin Care
Small Appliance Repair
Software Design
Teenagers
Traveling
Web Design
Weight Loss

E-book compiling and creation

2006-08-06T05:39:00.000-07:00

For the past while ive been writing an e-book. Im currently using ms word to do the writing. I have the adobe acrobat ebook compiler.
But what Im curious about is how exactly to go about getting it set up for web distribution.
Do I have to up load each page in html format to a server then compile each page from there?)how do I do that?)
Or can I just compile the ebook in whole from my hard drive and then upload it?
How do I make it brandable if I want to do that.
How Do I include an auto responder in the e-book?
As you can see I'm a bit stumped at the moment.
I have googled ebook compilers and ebook creators. But not to much avail as far as how to create it. Know what I mean?
I have the ebook pretty much 90% done
So Im looking now at how to get the ebook packaged and ready.
Any help here would be appreciated to get my e-book done.
Oh just on a side note. Maybe this is a cheesy Idea. Have anyof you ever seen an ebbok with adsense in it? HAhahaha I know dumb question but maybe a good idea to be considered for further monetizing an e-book.

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A secret technique you can use to promote your affiliate program

2006-08-04T17:09:00.000-07:00

When you are using articles to promote your affiliate program you will, I am sure, include a link to your affiliate program in your signature. The link is great, and will get you some recognition.

However, there is a secret technique you can use to promote your affiliate program and get more traffic.

It is called Anchor Text.

Huh? What's that you might ask.

Have you ever been to a website and seen some normal words like these that are in fact a Hyperlink to another website?

That's anchor text.

It is where you use specific keywords as links to your page.

Now, why would you want to do that?

Most of the search engines pay particular attention to what words are used to link to your website. They then decide that because these words are used to link to your site, they must be relevant to your website.

So, by using the keywords you want your site to be found under as your anchor text, you will gain more relevance in the search engines and boost your rankings. This means that you get more free, organic traffic from the search engines for your affiliate program.

It's an incredibly simple technique, but is very powerful and effective. It can cause your website to rapidly climb up the search engine and be listed very high.

Of course, in order for you to effectively use anchor text, you need to have done your keyword research and know what people are searchingfor and what keywords you want to be ranked for.

Once you have done this research, you will also need to include the keywords in the page that you are linking to from the anchor text. This will help convince the search engines of your relevance and importance for those keywords.

The best tactic is to have different pages for each of the keywords. Rather than have one set of keywords point to a generic page, if you have one keyword points to one page that is rich in that keyword, then you will get much better results much quicker. The search engines will think you are much more relevant for those keywords and you will have a higher ranking.

So how does this apply to your affiliate program?

If you know what keywords you are using to promote your affiliate program, then you can use them as the anchor text for every link to your affiliate program, whether it is from a forum, a web page or an article.

Just using "affiliate program" as your keywords will not be enough to get you a high listing as so many people will do this.

You want to be niche specific. So if you were in the dog grooming business you may use "dog grooming affiliate program" as your keywords. You may even want to be more specific and use "New York dog grooming affiliate program".

Anchor text can help you race up the search engine rankings and get more organic, free traffic to your affiliate program, which will help you recruit more people to promote your products.

Article Source: http://www.top-affiliate.com/articles

Jason E Johns is a successful Internet Marketer & personal coach dedicated to your success. Learn more about affiliate marketing , at www.successforaffiliatemanagers.com

Making Money with Articles: Where to Find Affiliates For Your Niche Website

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To make money with articles that you are going to place on websites, you will also need a variety of good affiliate links that will help to generate revenue.
It is important to know where to find affiliates and that you choose the best affiliates for you and your niche site.

When you pick an affiliate, it is important that you determine which companies you will profit best from based on the frequency that the product is likely to sell.
There are several types of affiliates and some will offer you more money from a sale than others will.
Before you get hazy-eyed by dollar signs, however, remember some products are bound to sell more than others. If you sell on product four times a year from a little known company that gives you $100 per sale or sell a well known product 3 times a week at the rate of $10 per sale, then you will make much more money with the $10 per sale product. Often times large well known companies will offer a very small profit per sale because they are established and know that their product is likely to sell well. Small, unknown companies, on the other hand, need all of the promotion they can get. Also, because they are unknown, their products are likely to sell less frequently.

The most important rule when picking affiliates to promote on your site is to pick products that would be of interest to those who would likely visit your niche site. In other words niche relevant. Otherwise you will be promoting a product to a group of people who do not even want nor need it.
If your niche site targets parents of young children, then promote baby products. If you niche site targets gardeners, then promote gardening products. If you promote baby products to gardeners, you are almost guaranteed to not make a profit no matter how much money the affiliate company offers for a sale.

Lastly, there are two main ways to find an affiliate company for your niche website. You can sign up with a company that manages the accounts of hundreds of companies, big and small, and apply for the products within these accounts or you can do a web search for companies that would match well with your niche, visit their websites, and see if they advertise an affiliate program.
If you're having a hard time deicding to what niche products to offer I highly recommend you go to ebay and look throgh the want it now section to see what people are asking for. Or just scan the ebay categories those are niches of active sellers and buyers.

Heres to your success !!!

Shane

How you can make six figures online as an affiliate marketer

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How YOU Can make six figures online.
Day 1
Day 2 Increasing the market reach of your affiliate marketing business
Day 3 Building traffic and lists
Day 4 Setting up a routine
Day 5 Key #2: Increase Your "Lead Conversion"
Day 6 Key #3: Increase Your "Lifetime Value"

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Of course, as with the other two keys we’ve identified here, it’s important that you schedule time and action steps each week in order to grow this area of your affiliate marketing business.
Note: This is the easiest of the three keys to do and will always result in additional profits with minimal work if you do it correctly.
So, let’s look at a sample day’s activities for raising the lifetime value of your Affiliate marketing customers as you get them to spend more and more money with you.
And, again, you need a systematic approach. There are some things you can do on a weekly basis in order to increase the number of list members who buy and the number of site visitors who buy.
Let’s take a quick look at an example of one day’s activities you can begin implementing into your own business-growing checklist…

Wednesday:

Create or promote additional Affiliate products.

Find an affiliate program that relates to products that my customers have already purchased from me.
Write an article or create a short interview to send to my customers to promote the product.
Mail to my customer list.
OPTION B: Create a “Part 2” for an existing affiliate product they’ve purchased and offer it.
Organize a teleseminar with a “special guest” to promote their offer as an affiliate.
Find a potential interviewee who has an affiliate program.(Preferably a “high ticket” or “recurring” offer)
Make a proposal to them for the interview.
Schedule the interview and arrange the technical stuff.
Contact my lists with call details.
Add a freebie affiliate product to one or more of my customer lists to promote an offer.
Either my own free ebooks, articles, excerpts, audio/video– or someone else’s that I have permission to give away.
Create a special discounted offer for my customers.

Include some of these things in your weekly schedule for getting customers to
spend more and more money with you:

Create and promote additional “related” products.
Develop a “physical” version of an existing digital product.
Start a monthly newsletter or paid subscription site.
Host a teleseminar, webinar or other interactive “live” event.
Offer personal coaching or consultation.
Create a low-cost special report.
Interview an expert and sell the completed product.
Hire a ghostwriter to create additional “related” products.
Partner with someone to create a “service”. (I.E. “Web hosting”, etc.)
Co-author a product with someone.

IF YOU DON’T READ ANYTHING ELSE, READ THIS:
If you want to consistently grow your business – and ultimately make a six-figure income online – then you must have a plan. And you must have some kind of action steps in place in order to accomplish that plan.
Ya gotta have a system!
Once you have a system, it’s simply a matter of repeating things (and watching your business grow as you do!) over and over.
If you focus on doing the three things we’ve talked about – and you identify and implement some specific action steps into a weekly schedule to accomplish those three things – then you WILL succeed.

If you want to grow your online business and, ultimately, the profits you can actually spend each month, then those are the three things you need…

Increase your market reach.
Increase your lead conversion.
Increase your lifetime value.

There's your four-year marketing education all boiled down into a simple action plan. If you do those things, you will grow your business and multiply your profits. Guaranteed.
1. Find more of your potential customers.
2. Convert more of those you find into paying customers.
3. Get those paying customers to spend more money with you.
That's how you grow your business. That's how you grow your profits.
It all comes down to List And Traffic.
It all comes down to growing and profiting from opt-in lists and website traffic.
· Get more subscribers and website visitors.
· Get more of your subscribers and website visitors to buy from you.
· Get more of your subscribers and website visitors to buy from you over and over again.

Day 6 Day 5 Day 4 Day 3 Day 2 Day 1

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Key #3: Increase Your "Lifetime Value"
The third key to growing your affiliate marketing business and making more money is to "increase your 'lifetime value' ". In other words, sell more to your existing customers. You've worked hard to get the customer, so make the most of it.
You don't want to merely make one sale to your customers, but rather multiple sales.

There are a couple of ways to earn more lifetime value from your customers, both of which are important…
1. Multiple offers. One way to earn more lifetime value is to make multiple offers to your customers over time. Whether they are products you've created yourself, products
you've purchased rep rint rights to sell, or affiliate program products, you can increase the amount of profit per customer by selling them multiple products.
NOTE: What works especially well for multiple offers is to “graduate” your customers to higher priced items. They may initially buy a $20 ebook from you, but could easily be convinced to buy a $47-$97 video or membership. Then, you could work to get them to buy a $297-$497 home study course or reprint rights package. From there, you could move them on to personalized coaching or 2-3 day workshops for fees from $997-$4997 or even more. What started out as a $20 ebook could easily be turned into hundreds or even thousands of dollars being spent with you.
2. Residual offers. Another way to earn more lifetime value is through residual offers - where an existing customer pays you for the same offer over and over again. These are primarily service-based offers. Online examples include web hosting, autoresponders, match-making, private membership sites, paid newsletters, etc. The customer pays a monthly fee for the service for as long as they remain an active member.
It takes much less effort to get an existing customer to buy something additional from you than it does to go out and find more customers.
And, as you begin to saturate your market (I.E. Finding all of the customers who might do business with you), it will become more and more important to have "backend" offers in place to increase your profit from the customers you get.
As you "run out" of new customers available, it's critical to continue profiting from the database of folks already doing business with you.