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- Nov 26th, 2007
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About 6 months ago or so, MANY online marketers (newbies and seasoned) signed up for a $1 trial to StomperNet. The StomperNet program claims to ’stomp the search engines’ and build your business to be a SERIOUS business, and at an $800 monthly membership fee, this trial seemed like a no brainer!
Only once we entered, did we find out that they were offering their trial members a special system called Stomper Simple. The plan of simple was to help EVERYONE get an online affiliate business up and running. Everyone was to take a product of their choice at Clickbank and pre-sell it. Part of their system including creating ‘Kitchen Table Copy’. The idea is that you print out 4 different salesletters of competing products, and place them all on your kitchen table. Take a red marker and highlight all the best parts of each salespage and then create one ‘knock em dead’ salesletter.
But what’s the catch? After creating this awesome salespage you have to send them to ANOTHER full blown Clickbank salespage! Many of the better products - better meaning that according to Stomper Simple ‘mathematics’ it’s an easier sale - include poor salespages, opt-ins, and just a LOT more reading to get to the order form.
When you pitch a product, you have to make it READILY available - dont ask them to jump through ANOTHER hoop!
Here was a question I posed to my Stomper Team - Is there a way to SKIP the clickbank salespage? Go straight to their order form?? There are MANY benefits to this beyond the Stomper Simple method..
After surfing the web a bit yesterday, I accidentely fell on the solution! Here is what Lynn Terry from ClickNewz says: (ok this is copy and paste to make sure you get the technical details right - hope thats ‘kosher’ in the blogosphere)
Typically, when you are promoting a ClickBank product as an affiliate you will use what they call a “hoplink†to the merchant’s sales copy. That hoplink tracks the click-through’s and you get credit for every sale in the form of commission.
In the rare case that you want to bypass the merchant’s sales copy, you can set up a direct link to the checkout page that will still track your referrals. Here’s how you do that…
clickbank.net/sell.cgi?YOURID_MERCHANTID/ProductNumber/ProductName
You will need to put the “http://†in front of that, and also make sure the link comes out all on one line - it breaks into two lines here on this page, but you want to make sure to create the link with no spaces or breaks.
There are 4 things you need to edit in that link:
YOURID which is your ClickBank ID
MERCHANTID the merchant’s ClickBank ID
ProductNumber
ProductName
The product name and product number can be found in the merchant’s original checkout link. What I usually do is view the merchant’s sales copy page, then click View > Source in my browser. This brings up the source code for the page, and you can locate the order button and analyze their order link.
Lynn also suggests asking the merchant for permission.. and testing it out! When you click to purchase at the bottom of the purchase page you should see your affiliate name in brackets at the bottom.
Thanks Lynn!
The next trick is to figure out how to not have others steal your clickbank commissions.
Speaking of Stomper Simple - all the participants say that the best part were the relationships created. I added like 30 names to my skype and chat regularly with 3 of them and of course everyone knows my new friend George! Certainly worth the $1!!
P.S. I want to give you one more trick than I promised in this post. Here goes … it’s to do with spying on your competitors ads … If you could check EXACTLY what keywords your competitors are bidding on in Google adwords and find out how much they are paying per click, how many ads they are running, and what is converting for them you would probably think you would have to Google to find out that stuff? NO! I use a software called Affiliate Elite. What will Affiliate Elite do for YOU? All the stuff I mentioned in the second sentence of this paragraph! And as well as seeing what ads your competitors are using how much they are paying etc. you can also use it to find potential affiliates to promote your products - clever eh? Check it out.
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- Nov 23rd, 2007
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I am reflecting.
The whole attraction of Earning an Online income is to be Free from a BOSS and from a J.O.B.. However, picture this scenario:
You wake up, send your children off to school, and go to your 9 to 5 job. You are home by 6 PM and have the night with your family - for yourself! You get holidays off like Thanksgiving!! Regular Paycheck!! Benefits!! Vacation!! Maybe you even make friends and get to listen to the radio and gossip while at work!! Or BETTER YET - you surf the web and learn how to make money online while your BOSS PAYS YOU!! Sweeeet..
The other scenario:
You work from home at your computer. 6 PM comes and goes. Dinner is served, cleared away, your laptop is still running on the end of the table. You get an email notification, so ’sorry honey’ let me just see who that is.. bedtime stories are read, children in bed… now hurry!! hurry! back to the computer
AH.. yes. now that I have worked all day, and the children are asleep. AHH another evening of some alone time with ME and My Computer.
10:30 PM - I WILL NOT BE TOO TIRED. I WILL WORK LONGER. LATER. ALL NIGHT IF I HAVE TO…
CRASH
3:30 AM one eye opens to survey the scene. I have somehow made it 3 feet away to the couch.
I am refreshed. I have had almost 5 hours of sleep! Bathroom, brush my teeth (well sometimes), no need to get in PJ’s since the whole pitch we offer is working at home in our PJ’s!! (added for drama, but when I look back and read this in 30 years I must note for the record that I am always dressed!), and then…back to the computer.
So now when I think THANKSGIVING, I am thinking that with no JOB to not have to go to.. what is there really to be thankful for? Another reason to feel guilty hanging out at the computer and ignoring the family?
Not that we celebrate Thanksgiving where I live. Here we say thanks ALL the time. Before we eat food, after we use the bathroom, before we go to sleep at night, and when we wake up in the morning.
Since this is a time when family gets together and we spread all over the globe, let me bring a piece of my family here:
my favorites on this list are #2 and #4, #5, #7, #8 … lol actually THE BEST tunes are here at Amazon - all are great but Half Dozen is probably my fave - (and no -its NOT an affiliate link
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If you are still here with me… then I hope I didnt make that strong a case for the ‘RAT RACE’ folks, cuz the P.S. is that if all goes right, by this time next year… you know the rest..
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- Nov 19th, 2007
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Where I live, it is not uncommon for someone.. virtually ANYONE.. to ask:
How much do you earn?
What is your rent?
How much did you pay for your apartment?
and the like…
From experience, ahem.. I understand that this is NOT standard practice .. elsewhere.
First of all, one of the most important topics to be educated on, by example, through others experience, is that of MONEY. When you cloak the details in secrecy, you may not be helped or help others. When navigating around the beauracracy that accompanies jobs, maternity leave, landlords, tenants, property tax, cleaning help rates, and on and on.. do you really feel equipped to learn by trial and error?
I am always annoyed when I hear elderly parents say they dont want to ‘interfere’ with the actions of their children. On PURPOSE. That is their way of helping! Isnt one of the MAIN reasons you are at least 20 years older and WISER to allow your children to benefit from your experiences and not stop the ‘parenting’ at 21. Maybe I am just spoiled for having a father that is one of the foremost experts on FINANCE in the WORLD (who will read and say .. honey, you cant use the word foremost in that context or something like that - THANKS DAD - I dont Want to look like a Moron, so keep it coming!) Lets not even START with my MOM and her interference! After all, every blog needs at least ONE regular commentator!!
I recently was talking to a VERY good friend about pay rates and was SHOCKED to learn the discrepancy in what I thought was good pay and what is really good pay.
I also recently mentioned a book promotion (since a friend wrote a chapter and I KNOW he knows his stuff) about 20 ways to earn $100/ day. Before the book was promoted, I believe the question was posed of WOULD that do it for you? $3000/mos is really NOT a lot of money, but to some who have yet to earn .50 cents .. It sounds like a TON…. ok I am wandering..
There is no barometer to measure the salary an at home online marketer, so how do you know what you could earn, whats avg, and so on and so forth if you dont TALK about it!.. So in this world of ONLINE MARKETING where we make friends out of strangers via this forum, that social network, this 30 day challenge, etc.., and our ‘goal’ is one and the same, but so not…. do YOU talk money?
If prodded just a teensy bit, I will divulge all..
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- Nov 16th, 2007
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by Peter Parks
(from Andrea - I couldnt say this better myself so this is a direct copy and paste)
Peter = Hey andrea You got a list?
I’m teaming up with Pierre Chuong of perfect wealth formula and we’re going to be giving a ground breaking semeinar tomorrow night on traffic, its a free call, if you got a list here’s the link you better check it out and get ready to freak out, I’m gonna be spilling the beans on some stuff the gurus just keep back from you
Sign up HERE - its totally free!
I’m off to bed hope to see you there, cheers
ME: ok add one more sentence or two before you crash and I will copy and paste it today into a blog post
Peter: Ground breaking FREE teleseminar where 2 top marketers come together to reveal traffic secrets that you only dare dream about, discover how to get your blog or website listed and better yet indexed with big bad Google in less than 16 hours
I’ll just say this before I go to bed your freaking hot but must be married as well so I apologize
ok that last part was totally gratuitious.. and yeh I may need to remove it ya think?
Who the heck is Peter Parks?? He is the secret behind many big GURUS and their successful campaign. Each time he opens a mentorship program, it fills up and sells out, at any price!
Here is a direct quote “Underground affiliate marketer shocks many on the inside by
revealing little known secrets which sends many angry marketers stirring up a fuss like little kids. Find out why the Guru’s are in an up roar and how you can make up to $10,000 A month with “30 Days To Success Coaching & Mentoring & Dominate Any Niche In 4 Easy Steps” - you can still pick up some version of his coaching here
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- Nov 15th, 2007
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Fact: I have been part of a small mastermind group of fellow marketers. Ideas were discussed, shared, and the clause was made very clear “what is said in this room, stays in this room, and BELONGS to those who mention it - not to the group”.
Fact: One of the marketers is someone whom I admire - like a whole lot, feel honored to be able to contact at will, etc. etc.. all good things. I felt lucky to be included!
Fact: About 2 weeks ago, he noncholantly mentioned his intention to market as PLR (public label rights - content you can buy and then put your name on, therefore you can sell larger quantities for more affordable prices..) one of my ’secret niches’ that I mentioned in our meetings.
Of course I thought he was joking.. and say “ha, good one”
He - “I’m serious”
Me - “what about secret alliance??” (remember I am a big wimp and a little scared of this bloke, so thats about as bold as I was going to get)
He - “OH! You mean it was YOU who came up with the idea - I couldnt remember. Hang on a second”… (I am hanging on in Skype).. “yes, you are right! X (his assistant) remembers it being you.”
Now I am feeling relieved at the close call! Whew! He was about to sell it to the PUBLIC at large - and the Internet Marketers who know what to do with a niche public! So glad we had this conversation and caught it..
Next Day He says:
“So do you want to buy it or shall I sell it as PLR?”
Say WHAT? I mean truth be told, buying the materials helps me get a LOT of steps closer to completing a task.. great - I admit that this is not 100% rotten for me.. but OFFER it to me.. dont talk about PROFITS, and EXPENSES..
YOU MESSED UP But I have to pay for it??
Fact: Repeating my choices if you are following. To either pay TOP DOLLAR and be the exclusive owner, and I mean top dollar since I could have personally outsourced all those pieces and gotten MORE for the money for half price, OR just resign myself to the fact that he already worked hard (poor thing!!) on the topic, and watch him sell it for less than $50 to an open hungry market.
Last I checked… that is called BLACKMAIL.
Of course I had a CHOICE.. he didnt extort the money from me, but well.. here is a quote from a good friend of mine about the subject:
“I think everyone has an A/B switch. That defy’s the purpose of a mastermind. I am a firm believer in disclosure forms to help people remember their rightful obligation when they have convenient moments to forget.”
The bizarre part is that He had been SO nice to me, offering me ‘freebies’, advice (in his cryptic style), etc.. but when he didnt offer to scrap the product or to have me buy it at cost.. I was really floored. About a week later, I thought we were coming to a head when he asked me what I really wanted (prior to this convo I was delaying an answer hoping he would come around). I came clean and told him that I wanted to pay half his asking price.
When he responded “but then I would not make any profit”, thats when I realized it was a lost cause. In fact when I was finally paying, he had quoted me 2 prices - one $25 less than the other, and I went ahead and paid him the the higher quote - clearly he needs the money. (even though in that same conversation he mentioned he was making 5 figures a month)
Listen.. if you are all about money today and not thinking about the long term benefits of having someone local be on YOUR side, and a potential JV, or just general good contact, ESPECIALLY when you know that this particular woman has just had a change in fortune and is definitely ‘ON THE MAP’, and that you screwed up… well then my friend, I can see no reason to trust you and work with you again. I hope the couple of dollars earned from this deal was worth it.
Btw just feel like saying this now - my ‘angel’ told me that you never want to go to a PPC affiliate convention, since everyone there acts like total morons.. they figure the dumber you come across the more likely you will be able to convince someone to give you their keywords and then you can go home and steal their campaign. Instead of a marketing group where sharing is power, here being an idiot is the secret to success.
Maybe this post is pointless and makes me sound a lot more ‘emotional’ than I really am lol and maybe I dont care that much about it really.. but maybe thats a problem too.
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- Nov 13th, 2007
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First of all.. BIG BIG thanks to BIG Jason who recommended I download a new plugin called Spam Karma - took about 10 minutes to get rid of what had become over 3000 spam comments! It may be blocking YOUR comments as well, but go ahead and try it out.
Everyday there is another product launch and I am not certain am I supposed to use my blog to pitch to people in the off chance I will make an affiliate commission, or because you may come across something really valuable.
Clickbank Videos recently launched. I JOINED THIS membership! I dont know - but just the combination of
Affiliate Marketing
Clickbank
Videos
all into one PACKAGE is incredibly attractive.
Imagine you are overweight and come across THIS VIDEO (still trying to figure out if I can add them to a blog).. and then it spits you out into the product? Or if you want to make money on Ebay and you came across THIS VIDEO??
I still have not looked into how to fully make the most of them, and since I am moving away from the ‘IM’ niche, most of them may not apply, but clickbank has tons of non IM niche markets covered.
Well.. if you are interested in more info, then I advise you to check out this FINAL VIDEO! Do you find his voice a little annoying or is it just me??
Now to explain the title of this post. Apparantely some people are getting burned and sick of the latest and greatest product
. When I asked my friend Mike, if he had heard about this latest launch for this product called Google Payload, that was responsible for flooding my inbox with bonues, he said no.. and then said If I want Manure, I will go to Home Depot. Growing up with lots of boys, I always find toilet humor funny
I suspect he made that comment as a means to protect himself from buying another product. When you are an Internet Marketer, it is not too hard to see the amazing value in a product and earn back it’s cost within days…. but this takes away from focus time, accomplishing time, and ultimately, creating a solid business and not fly by night quick cash systems.
Check this out and let me know how this product differs, and what makes it a no brainer for you? Basically anything to do with CPA lately is all the rage. Google Payload.
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- Nov 1st, 2007
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Here is a quick overview of whats going on, and will try to build a better picture soon.
At Rent A Coder I have a project in the works which includes the graphics work for 4 websites + I am nearing decision on a 2nd open project bid for product review writing. We did find some local talent to help with editing materials but no one here really grasps marketing on the web, so outsourced!
Some ’smaller time’ automatic revenue systems we are working on has encouraged me to make some purchases to really get into the nitty gritty of mastering a niche without both being an expert or devoting full time to it. One such product is how to create a product which feeds to a desperate market, and since we have 2 such niches, I made the plunge. Check it out. It didnt hurt that this ebook was recommended by some of the best in the biz! My initial findings is that there is desperate and then there is desparate - and can you compare someone who cant get a checking account open to someone who is suffering from a medical condition?? She is convinced yes.
Our ‘Medium size’ ventures are not far off from our smaller ones, except that they are catering to much bigger markets, offer much more combination of IM skills to include data acquisition + upsells + backend sales + blogging + oh yeh - SEO and Traffic! We will get to this… when it is not 3 am and I have to be with my daughter at the hospital in 5 hours from now
‘Larger’ ventures? My angel is a lead genius, and with the launch of Lead Supreme, I am having a hard time containing myself. Lead Supreme is a heavy duty lead generation software that basically offers landing pages that pre populate the fields and based on demographics, and other behavioural stuff, will offer the ‘lead’ relevant offers. You create the relationship with the companies that feed the offers, you keep the lead, and if you know what you are doing.. Ka Ching! I would say that most people convinced to buy along the regular IM style launches and pitches will be waking up not long from now $4500 poorer and wondering what oh what went wrong. In the wrong hands.. this is just a HUGE waste of money. However, imagine if you know a thing or two about leads, and you know a lot more about CPA (cost per action) companies, and you just happen to know a SEO genius and a PPC expert.. well well.. then I am not the one to decide, but it could just be..
Not counting on Lead Supreme, my ‘larger’ venture is something I am not going to get into too much now, however JUST as I was fretting over a lot of the details, the hows… the tools to what I had in mind literally appeared in my inbox and cost $97. If I understood correctly what they are offering and I can see how it lines up with what I am imagining, then we just may be on to something. Ok, when I start editing every other word of writing, it is time to pull the blog - (i left that in since it was a real non thinking typo, but I felt somehow appropo!)
New corporation requires new hosting. Debating between my current host (been satisfied - very good personal response) and giving serious thought towards a friend recommended and best hosting awarded company. This part was delayed since the corporation was just ‘founded’. Tomorrow I decide.
Some other exciting stuff - I am emailing back and forth with Rich Schefrens people - will divulge more on that later!
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- Oct 18th, 2007
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As many of you know, I am on my way to making a lot of money. Naturally in order to succeed I need to build a team of people who can help me. To include writers, graphic artists, coders, etc.. I know that there is great value in outsourcing, but I was thinking of the benefits to be able to contact a local in order to express what I want, help them visualize it through some conversations, be available for quick changes, edits, what have you.
Therefore, I asked my assistant to do a local search for talent, and bring back to me their accomplishments / pricing. I am SHOCKED. I can have integrity, and be a person of charity, but can I really hire local workers who on average want between $30-$75 for an article, when I can get 25 written for that same price? Can I hire a graphic artist to make a logo for $200, when I can get similar for $50? These are not shots in the dark. These are outsourced talents with feedback and a committment to work for you, in order to maintain a high score average. There are outsourced talents with a portfolio that speak of experience. I know the clause ‘you get what you pay for’, but is that really true? Local talent doesnt speak like this:
“i am happy to meet with your expectations”
“i am waiting anxiously to meet your requirements”
2 caveats to outsourcing:
1) If you are big time big time, you use big time money to invest in big time firms to get the job done. Outsourced companies are not for coca cola to build a website. I dont think most of them handle that kind of work so they will not be able to conceptualize and realize your needs.
2) If you cant afford to screw up, either financially or working within a deadline, then you just may do better negotiating with local talent who you can actually speak to references and know that the porfolio they put up on the web is in fact real.
Speaking of that - wanna hear something cool? We approached the locals who seemed most eager to work and said that at this time we are only looking to pay x amount for this skill and more than 50% responded in the affirmative! Cant hurt to ask..
Where I outsource?
Scriptlance and
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- Oct 17th, 2007
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Simple recap - this is the second in an ongoing series for the next few days, where i unload all the content I owe my loyal readers into bite size blog posts, instead of pouring my heart and soul (read my whole day) into one long post that burns me out for a week (I can hear you muttering under your breath that my heart and soul doesnt amount to very good writing)
I cant remember when I last reported on The Next Internet Millionaire .. and today they should be releasing episode 9 already. Here is a quickie:
Eliminations are in full steam. We said good bye to Laura Martin and Nico Pisani. Nico gets ousted for predicting market trends and what his benefactors want - aka he was up against a Joel Comm favorite so he said his good byes a little too early. Or not. Left is Jason Marshall, Alisande, Jaime Luchuck, Thor Shrock, and Charles Trippy. (Names added purely for SEO purposes)
Some of the business decisions these teams have made are a little baffling to me. I am going to chalk it up to foggy minds due to trying to outperform and strategize, while being a nice team player at the same time. Under all those hot lights and constant cameras on you, perhaps it removes the part of your brain responsible for great business acumen. Are you watching and saying why didnt I think to do THAT or say THIS? Maybe you will let me know when your NDA is over..
I am not one of those hard to please people who look for the bad, just to create conflict, generate interest in this topic or get more readers. I have really enjoyed the show. I mean just because I was the TOP VOTED Female and the First Runner Up does not mean I have to Hold a Grudge and Drag everyone down ..
Last question for you Reality Tv Show watchers - apprentice, big brother, etc.. Do reality shows work that each episode builds up to an elimination that makes sense or is not a surprise? I mean it is totally shocking just how natural Joel Comm seems in this role, but he could probably learn a thing or two from Alisande about putting on his poker face during eliminations. Rather, he doesnt seem to want to hide it at all who he favors.
Lessons learned? Damn, I cant remember. I guess they are doing their job well with creating entertainment. My son (whose TV watching has been limited to downloading old episodes of Get Smart and the three stooges) looks forward to it every week! Although I bet he would like it even more if they had tripped and fell into the bowl of worms, or fell off the cliffs of Colorado, just to get up and dust themselves off!
Can I just say that I LOVE the music score?
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