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		<title>Are You Receiving Those Big Fat Affiliate Checks?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 16:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think we can all agree that starting an affiliate business is one of the easiest ways to begin making money online. Simply put, affiliate marketing is a relationship between a merchant who offers their products and services and an affiliate who agrees to promote them. The affiliate&#8217;s main task is to promote those products [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://successaffiliatemarketing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/big-affiliate-checks-e1273698634894.jpg"><img src="http://successaffiliatemarketing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/big-affiliate-checks-e1273698634894.jpg" alt="big-affiliate-checks" title="big-affiliate-checks" width="275" height="182" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2157" /></a>I think we can all agree that starting an affiliate business is one of the easiest ways to begin making money online. Simply put, affiliate marketing is a relationship between a merchant who offers their products and services and an affiliate who agrees to promote them.<br />
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The affiliate&#8217;s main task is to promote those products and services and in turn receives a commission when a sale is completed. Whenever a buyer is referred to the merchant&#8217;s site via the efforts of the affiliate, and makes a purchase, the affiliate gets a percentage of the sale amount. No payments are made to the affiliate until the sale is completed. The three most common ways an affiliate is paid is PPS (pay-per-sale), PPC (pay-per-click) and PPL (pay-per-lead).<br />
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Some affiliates only earn a few dollars each month while others earn 5 and 6 figures on a consistent basis. There is no limit on the amount of money an affiliate can earn and their earnings are usually based on their determination, strategies and creativity. Affiliate marketing is a great way to earn an online income and one of the biggest benefits is not having to create your own product or service. Those who promote the merchants products aggressively and passionately, will ultimately see much more income. Nearly every affiliate starts out making small amounts but that can grow with the right strategies and a positive mind set.<br />
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There are lots of ways affiliate marketers can increase their earnings. Ask any affiliate how much money they would like to make and most likely the answer will be; &#8220;as much as possible&#8221;. Some affiliate checks are very small and may only be a few dollars while others are getting very large amounts well into the thousands. Over a period of time, it is possible to see those impressive amounts as well. Being a successful affiliate marketer and generating those large checks does not happen overnight. It can only happen if you&#8217;re willing to put in the time and work hard. You also need to be creative, willing to learn, seek out ways to drive traffic and take action.<br />
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Most affiliates want to see lots of those affiliate checks coming in each month but it&#8217;s not as easy as it may sound. Do you think by joining many affiliate programs that you&#8217;ll see more and larger checks? The answer is ABSOLUTELY NOT! Unfortunately, there are many affiliates that think by joining multitudes of affiliate programs, they are making a good choice. Yes, it is very easy to join affiliate programs and get instant approval. What happens when a person does that, is they fail to give each of the programs the attention and commitment it should have and in most cases the results are dismal.<br />
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There is absolutely nothing wrong with having multiple income streams but you&#8217;ll be doing yourself a great favor by concentrating on one program to begin with. Try to pick the product or service that you are passionate about and have trust in. Products and services that you personally use are the best ones to promote. When you have hands on experience with a product, it shows that you are sincere and enthusiastic. Believe it or not, customers can sense that, plus it makes your product more credible and believable. That generally leads to a much higher rate of conversion.<br />
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Once you see that your first choice of programs is starting to make some money, that&#8217;s the time to consider joining an additional program and from there you should duplicate the process. One of the most common mistakes affiliates make is taking on too much at one time. Their intention is to create multiple income streams but for the majority, it simply does not work.<br />
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You will realize more success by focusing on one program and giving it your best effort until it starts producing income. Only then, should you seek another program and give it your best shot. Maybe the question should be how many <strong><em>big fat checks</em></strong> you want to receive rather than how many checks you want to receive. The answer to that question is dependent on how determined you are to maximize your income. By utilizing the right strategies, tools, taking action and persevering, it is possible to get those big fat affiliate checks.<br />
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If you are currently an affiliate marketer, do you focus on one product or service at a time? Or do you promote many products at once hoping to see many affiliate checks? Please feel free to share your experience with promoting affiliate products and services. </p>
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		<title>Creating Multiple Streams Of Income</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure many of you have heard the phrase &#8220;multiple income streams&#8221; but what does it mean? Many business people create multiple income streams both offline and online as a way to make themselves and their businesses more secure. Today&#8217;s business people feel that having multiple streams of income can possibly save them from the [...]]]></description>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1152" title="multiple-income-streams" src="http://successaffiliatemarketing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/multiple-income-streams-150x150.jpg" alt="multiple-income-streams" width="150" height="150" />I&#8217;m sure many of you have heard the phrase &#8220;multiple income streams&#8221; but what does it mean? Many business people create multiple income streams both offline and online as a way to make themselves and their businesses more secure. Today&#8217;s business people feel that having multiple streams of income can possibly save them from the &#8220;famine-effect&#8217; of the industry.</p>
<p>If you choose to involve yourself as an affiliate marketer, it is recommended that you have multiple income streams. In the event that one of your income streams stops producing, you can still produce income from one of your other streams. If you ask any successful online marketer, you will find that they all have established multiple streams of income.<br />
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One of the first steps to take when creating multiple streams of income is to evaluate your resources and start by doing an assessment of yourself. Write down the answers to the following questions:</p>
<ul> What strengths do I possess?<br />
What are my talents and abilities?<br />
Do I have good writing and creative skills?<br />
Am I good at selling?<br />
Do I have good communication skills?<br />
Do I have artistic or unique skills that others don&#8217;t have?</ul>
<p>The answers to those questions will help determine the types of business you may excel in.</p>
<p>The next step is to take an inventory of the physical resources you may have. Items such as a  computer, printer, DVD burner, digital camera and cell phone can all be used as resources. How about your friends and family? Do they have resources that you have access to? There is nothing wrong with using the resources, talents and abilities of everyone you know. Remember the saying; &#8220;No man is an island&#8221;.</p>
<p>Those are the steps you should consider when trying to create additional income streams. If you are currently a web site owner or webmaster, you certainly have an advantage. If you haven&#8217;t done so already, why not join an affiliate program to make some additional income from your web site/blog.</p>
<p>Becoming an affiliate marketer is a very desirable way to create multiple income streams. The reason for that is; there are so many various affiliate programs, products and services to market. Most programs are easy to get started with and you can begin earning some money as soon as you sign up. As an affiliate marketer, you earn commissions by promoting and selling the products and services you are affiliated with. Another advantage to being an affiliate marketer is the fact that in most cases, you are provided with various marketing materials and some excellent training. As an affiliate marketer, you can rest assured that there is always an abundant number of products to sell and income to make.</p>
<p>You have the choice of how many hours you want to work as an affiliate marketer. This gives you the option to chose how many products you want to promote and how many income streams you want to build. As an affiliate, you can earn commissions without investing any money, owning a product or dealing with inventory or customer related issues. Your primary function is the promotion of the products and services and driving traffic to the merchant&#8217;s site.</p>
<p>As an affiliate marketer, you should promote more than one related product on your site so you can give your visitors a variety of options to chose from. By doing so, you will have created multiple streams of affiliate income. There is nothing wrong with using this strategy and it&#8217;s a way to protect your business and expand your horizons. In the event one of your merchants closes their affiliate program you will always have another to fall back on.</p>
<p>Be sure to choose only those affiliate programs that you have an interest in so you can be most effective with your advertising and promotions. Don&#8217;t be tempted to sign up for programs you know nothing about. Always go with products and services that you are enthusiastic and passionate about so you can gain your visitors interest and direct them to your affiliate links.</p>
<p>It does take hard work to make a good income and just like any other business, you need to be persistent, patient and try to learn all you can. The old saying &#8220;don&#8217;t put all your eggs in one basket&#8217; is very true as it relates to building your multiple streams of income.</p>
<p>Do you currently have or are you in the process of building your multiple streams of income?</p>
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		<title>Advantages Of Becoming A ClickBank Affiliate</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure most if not all of you have heard of ClickBank. In this post, I would like to discuss some of the advantages and benefits of becoming a ClickBank affiliate. Personally, I feel ClickBank is a great resource not only for seasoned marketers but for those who are new to affiliate marketing. Currently, ClickBank [...]]]></description>
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<p><img src="http://successaffiliatemarketing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/clickbank-affiliate1-150x150.jpg" alt="clickbank-affiliate" title="clickbank-affiliate" width="150" height="150" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-930" />I&#8217;m sure most if not all of you have heard of ClickBank. In this post, I would like to discuss some of the advantages and benefits of becoming a ClickBank affiliate. Personally, I feel ClickBank is a great resource not only for seasoned marketers but for those who are new to affiliate marketing. Currently, ClickBank is the largest digital products company in the world. They process well over 20,000 orders per day. If you&#8217;ve ever purchased an e-book online, chances are, you probably bought it through ClickBank. Affiliate marketers go to the ClickBank marketplace looking for products to sell and presently there are over 100,000 affiliates registered with them. As of this writing, ClickBank has paid out over 1.3 billion dollars, yes that&#8217;s billion in client earnings.<br />
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<strong>Top 10 advantages of becoming a ClickBank affiliate:</strong></p>
<p><em>1. All you need is a computer with internet access to be in business.<br />
2. No need to have your own product.<br />
3. You don&#8217;t need a web site or blog although it does help having one.<br />
4. You don&#8217;t need a subscriber list. However, you will earn more by having one.<br />
5. You don&#8217;t have to deal with customer issues.<br />
6. No need to have a merchant account. ClickBank handles all transactions.<br />
7. There is no shipping involved. All products are digital and downloaded instantly upon payment.<br />
8. Work where you want and when you want. Work full-time or part-time.<br />
9. No need to do any selling. The merchant does that from their web site.<br />
10. Your earning potential is unlimited.</em></p>
<p>One of the greatest advantages of selling digital products is the fact that the customer gets instant access to the product. Once a customer pays for the product, they can download it and be reading it immediately. ClickBank automates the entire process. They collect the money and send the purchaser to the download page. This also means you never have to ship anything and therefore, this makes the entire transaction very simple and clean.</p>
<p>You need to get an affiliate I.D. from ClickBank before you can start making money but the process is very easy. When you&#8217;re ready to sign up, all you need to do is log on here:<br />
<a href="http://www.clickbank.com/promote_products.html">Promote ClickBank Products</a> You&#8217;ll find step-by-step instructions and a wide array of free resources to help you as an affiliate. Once you have your affiliate I.D., you&#8217;ll be able to add it to what is known as a hoplink. Every product you see on ClickBank has a link that you can customize by adding your affiliate I.D. You earn a commission when a product is sold containing your affiliate I.D.</p>
<p>Now that you have your ClickBank I.D., you can start earning some excellent commissions. There are literally thousands of products to chose from on Clickbank and many of them pay up to 75% commission. You can go to their <a href="https://www.clickbank.com/marketplace.htm">marketplace</a> and start looking for products that interest you and begin selling them. In many cases you&#8217;ll find that there are additional marketing resources such as text links, articles, banners and more to help with your marketing and promotions.</p>
<p>To really become successful as a ClickBank marketer, it is generally best to send prospective customers to a landing page. By doing that, you are able to capture the prospects name and e-mail address. Most marketers agree that it usually takes a customer 7-12 visits before they make a buying decision. Once the affiliate has a name and/or email address they are able to follow up with their autoresponder and will make significantly more sales.</p>
<p>Now you can see why there are many advantages and benefits to become a ClickBank affiliate. Once you get started, you&#8217;ll see how easy it is to choose the right products for your particular niche and start making some money. Don&#8217;t expect to get rich overnight but with a little hard work, determination and patience, it&#8217;s possible to achieve a very nice income.</p>
<p>If you are currently a ClickBank affiliate, I welcome your comments on the experience you are having now or in the past.</p>
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		<title>Increase Affiliate Sales By Communicating With Merchants</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re looking for ways to increase your affiliate sales, a most effective way to do that is by contacting the merchant. Not only is this a way to increase sales but you&#8217;ll also save yourself some time and frustration. Nobody will know a product better than the merchant. They also know what methods and [...]]]></description>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-859" title="affiliatemarketing1" src="http://successaffiliatemarketing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/affiliatemarketing1-150x150.jpg" alt="affiliatemarketing1" width="150" height="150" />If you&#8217;re looking for ways to increase your affiliate sales, a most effective way to do that is by contacting the merchant. Not only is this a way to increase sales but you&#8217;ll also save yourself some time and frustration. </p>
<p>Nobody will know a product better than the merchant. They also know what methods and strategies the other affiliates are using to effectively market those products. By contacting the merchant, you not only demonstrate enthusiasm but you also show a sincere desire to succeed.<br />
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Most merchants have a good understanding of affiliate marketing and they are very much aware of the fact that most of the sales are generated by a small percentage of affiliates. Any reputable merchant will realize your efforts and want you to succeed. Generally, they will provide you with resources, information and in some cases, they might even increase your commission.</p>
<p><strong><em>Communicating With The Merchant</em></strong></p>
<p>Always try emailing a merchant at least two times. If you don&#8217;t get a response by the second email, you should seriously consider discontinuing the program. If a merchant does not respond after a couple of emails, that should indicate that they may have some problems. It may also indicate problems with receiving your hard earned commissions.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that there are some merchants that make big promises, and set a high payout rate knowing that very few affiliates will actually meet it.  This isn&#8217;t a good way to do business, and you should avoid working with these types of merchants.</p>
<p>Always communicate in a professional tone when you contact a merchant. Let the merchant know exactly what methods you are using to promote their products and request suggestions on other ways to market their product or service. Be sure to make them aware of any suggestions you might have that will improve their offer. Most merchants really do appreciate new ideas that may help to better market their products.</p>
<p>You will find that merchants respect you because they are very aware of the fact that good affiliates are difficult to find. They will be more supportive and help with all available resources, as well as seeing that your payments are made on time. The same holds true for affiliates because they know merchants want quality sales and promotion.</p>
<p>Being professional and understanding with your merchants will help you get the most out of the partnership. Don&#8217;t assume that a merchant isn&#8217;t good if they don&#8217;t respond to you right away. The best merchants are always busy. It may take a little time but you will get a reply to your emails and questions.</p>
<p>Obviously, the longer you work with a merchant, the better you&#8217;ll get to know them and understand how they do things. If you are relatively new to affiliate marketing, the merchants can be a great resource for understanding how things work. You really can make a big difference to your success when you listen to the merchant and show some initiative.</p>
<p>Have you worked with your affiliate product merchants? If so, what has been your experience?</p>
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		<title>Free Tools That Make Marketing Tasks Easier &#8211; Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am often asked about some of the tools I use to make my marketing tasks a little easier. I&#8217;ve compiled a partial list of tools that I use almost daily. All the tools I&#8217;ve listed here are free, powerful and will save you loads of time with your marketing tasks. 1. Kompozer If you&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-882" title="imtoolbox" src="http://successaffiliatemarketing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/imtoolbox-150x150.jpg" alt="imtoolbox" width="150" height="150" />I am often asked about some of the tools I use to make my marketing tasks a little easier. I&#8217;ve compiled a partial list of tools that I use almost daily. All the tools I&#8217;ve listed here are free, powerful and will save you loads of time with your marketing tasks.</p>
<p><strong>1. Kompozer </strong><br />
If you&#8217;re looking for a great HTML editor, Kompozer is the way to go and I give it my highest recommendation. Kompozer is a complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) web page editing. Kompozer is ideal for non-technical computer users who want to create attractive, professional looking web sites without needing to know HTML or web coding.<br />
<em><strong><a href="http://www.kompozer.net/">Click here for Kompozer.</a></strong></em><br />
<strong>2. Smart FTP</strong><br />
You&#8217;re going to need a software program when you&#8217;re ready to upload files to your web host. There are quite a few programs out there but the one I use and recommend is Smart FTP. It&#8217;s fairly easy to use but it is fast and powerful. There are also lots of user guides in the event you get stuck.<br />
<em><strong><a href="http://www.smartftp.com/">Click here for Smart FTP</a>.</strong></em></p>
<p><strong>3. Roboform</strong><br />
I use many marketing tools but this one probably saves me the most time. If you’re like most marketers you probably have dozens of usernames and passwords all the different sites you frequent. Remembering all those passwords would be near impossible. Roboform saves all of your various log-in details inside a toolbar that sits at the top of your browser. When you want to visit a site, you just select it from the drop down menu and Roboform takes you to the the log-in page and logs you in.<br />
<em><strong><a href="http://www.roboform.com/">Click here for Roboform.</a></strong></em></p>
<p><strong>4. Zamzar</strong><br />
Zamzar is an excellent free online tool that allows you to convert your files from one format to another, without the need to download bulky software. It supports a large variety of formats, and it&#8217;s perfect when you need to quickly convert something to a PDF  or when you need to turn a gif into a jpeg. They have upgrade options available but the free service is all you should need.<br />
<em><strong><a href="http://www.zamzar.com/">Click here for Zamzar.</a></strong></em></p>
<p><strong>5. Gimp</strong><br />
If spending hundreds of dollars on a graphics editing program isn&#8217;t in your budget, Gimp is a great free alternative. This is an outstanding program that has more functions than I can list here. If you&#8217;re like most marketers, there will come a time when you need a program to edit your graphics and Gimp will be an excellent resource.<br />
<em><strong><a href="http://www.gimp.org/">Click here for Gimp.</a></strong></em></p>
<p><strong>6. Google Alerts </strong><br />
Google Alerts is a great time saver that is completely free and which really helps save lots of time. You simply tell Google what keyword you’d like to monitor and when that keyword appears in Google, you get an email telling you all about it. This saves you having to spend time looking for new content on different topics and instead, you can let Google notify you as soon as anything relevant hits the Internet.<br />
<em><strong><a href="http://www.google.com/alerts">Click here for Google Alerts.</a></strong></em></p>
<p><strong>7. Google Reader</strong><br />
Almost every blog publishes an RSS feed and when you subscribe to a reader, you&#8217;ll get the content delivered to you as soon as it appears. If you are not using RSS to stay up to date with the best content, I recommend that you start doing so. There are many RSS readers available but my favorite is the Google reader. It is free, saves time and very easy to use.<br />
<em><strong><a href="http://www.google.com/reader">Click here for Google Reader.</a></strong></em></p>
<p><strong>8. Copyscape</strong><br />
Have you ever wondered if someone was copying your content? Copyscape gives you the ability to check and see if anyone is copying your content without your permission. All you need to do is enter your URL and hit submit. Their system will quickly check the Internet and see if anyone is using your content. This free tool can come in very handy.<br />
<em><strong><a href="http://www.copyscape.com/">Click here for Copyscape</a></strong></em></p>
<p><strong>9. Big Boards</strong><br />
Here is a great tool to help you find busy forums relevant to your chosen niche. Searching for those forums can be very time consuming but this handy resource will help speed things along. If you need to do some forum marketing or research, this is a great tool to have.<br />
<em><strong><a href="http://www.big-boards.com/">Click here for Big Boards.</a></strong></em></p>
<p><strong>10. Stock.XCHNG</strong><br />
This is one of the best resources for free photos on the Internet. I usually go here first when I need to find a picture for my site. You&#8217;ll find photos for nearly any category you can think of. Most of the photos have unrestricted rights but just in case, you should always check before using them.<br />
<em><strong><a href="http://www.sxc.hu/">Click here for Stock Xchng.</a></strong></em></p>
<p>I hope you find some of these tools useful. The tools listed above are just a partial list and I&#8217;ll be adding more in a future post. I don&#8217;t want to be responsible for you suffering from information overload.<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-902" title="smile" src="http://successaffiliatemarketing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/smile.gif" alt="smile" width="15" height="15" /></p>
<p>Are you currently using any of these tools for your marketing tasks and if so, what do you think about them?</p>
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		<title>Instant Plug-N-Pay Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The concept behind InstantPlugNPay.com is really very simple. It was developed by Craig Haywood (or the blue guy) who is also the owner of highly successful sites like TrackThatAd.com, MyViralPopAds.com, ExitLightBox.com and MyViralSurfer.com From the above sites you can probably deduct that Craig focuses heavily on Viral Marketing which is good when you consider what [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://successaffiliatemarketing.com/blog/goto/PlugNPay/"><img src="http://successaffiliatemarketing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/InstantPlugNPay-243x300.jpg" alt="InstantPlugNPay" title="InstantPlugNPay" width="243" height="300" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-735" /></a>The concept behind InstantPlugNPay.com is really very simple. It was developed by Craig Haywood (or the blue guy) who is also the owner of highly successful sites like TrackThatAd.com, MyViralPopAds.com, ExitLightBox.com and MyViralSurfer.com</p>
<p>From the above sites you can probably deduct that Craig focuses heavily on Viral Marketing which is good when you consider what he&#8217;s done with InstantPlugNPay.com</p>
<p>A quick summary of the IPP homepage reveals that IPP is a resell rights product website which integrates with mlm through viral marketing, but that doesn&#8217;t even begin to lift the layers of nice goodies. In Fact, Jane Mark from JPEAdvertising.com describes it better&#8230;<br />
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<h5><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">&#8220;<span style="color: #000080;"><em>I know. It&#8217;s resale rights gone MLM and viral but that doesn&#8217;t tell half the story. People who have no idea how to sell resale products have it made. You set it for them You give them autoresponder sales letters and new, jazzy sales pages to work with. You give them all the viral tools to sell the products and they sit back and relax.</em></span></span></h5>
<h5><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #000080;"><em>They don&#8217;t have to do a thing. I love it. </em></span></span></h5>
<h5><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #000080;"><em>They can even let people know by Twitter that they have a new product for sale right from the members area by just popping in their twitter information.&#8221;</em></span></span><span style="color: #000080;"> </span></h5>
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<p>Here is how it works&#8230;<br />
Every member of IPP gets a product store where all products in the store (supplied by Craig) is linked to your own domain name. (which you create free when you join)Every month Craig ads 3 new products to the store, does the ad copy for you, integrate an auto responder follow-up series for you (which he hosts on your behalf). He also ties viral marketing to every product to ensure your visitors multiplies your selling efforts as well as social network marketing through the means of Twitter Tweets. Btw., if you join IPP Craig also helps you to virally grow your Twitter followers</p>
<p>Now, this is where it gets interesting. This is the first and only program I know of where you can make a substantial income without even paying a dime (although the pro benefits are exceptional&#8230;more on that later). As a free member you will get 50% commission for any product sold from your store. The member who referred you will also get $2 for every product you sell, as will the member who referred them. Going pro makes this even more lucrative. Every time you sell a product to someone, they will also get an option to join IPP (under you), so this makes it easy to get in more people underneath you, however, Craig has gone the full 9 yards to ensure getting sign ups is as easy as possible, by also providing you with a tracker that virally promotes itself (in other words, affiliate links you advertise) as well as your IPP products at the same time. At the same time, you will also have access to all the information of people who buy from your store, which means you can import leads into your auto responder of known buyers.</p>
<p>Going Pro&#8230;<br />
I am not going to tell you the price to be a pro member as this violates Craig&#8217;s terms of service. What I can tell you is that it is so low, I thought it was a joke. But on a more serious note, it gives you the opportunity to rake in a small fortune every month. As a pro member you will also earn 100% on all products in your store paid directly to your PayPal account. If you don&#8217;t have PayPal, Craig also provides you with another option that is globally accepted. Something which made me realize Craig thought of everything is the pro member affiliate benefit. Since you get 100% profit on products in your store, it is only fitting that you should be able to get affiliates to promote your products for you. As a pro member, each product in your store is set up with your own affiliate program which pays out 50% to your affiliates and 50% to you. All of this is handled without you having to do anything. The system even recruits affiliates for you.</p>
<p>Final Thoughts&#8230;<br />
The InstantPlugNPay.com system is a rare gem. It is a full stay at home program where no skills are required from you. Everything, and I mean everything is done on your behalf. I know you have probably heard the term: &#8220;You&#8217;ve never seen anything like this.&#8221; a thousand times before, but this time it is true. This is one program I am giving a rating of 10 out of 10. Hint: When you log in for the first time, you will be presented with a one time offer to go pro. While you can still upgrade later at a price which is still a joke, I highly recommend you do it when you are presented with the oto as it is the lowest you will ever get it at.<br />
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		<title>Unstoppable List Building – A Valuable Free Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re anxious to build your list fast, this FREE report by Justin Michie provides the crucial steps you can take to see results quickly. With years of marketing experience under his belt, he has discovered what works and what doesn&#8217;t for building a list. In his report, Unstoppable List Building, he shares his findings [...]]]></description>
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<p>If you&#8217;re anxious to build your list fast, this <strong>FREE</strong> report by Justin Michie provides the crucial steps you can take to see results quickly.</p>
<p>With years of marketing experience under his belt, he has discovered what works and what doesn&#8217;t for building a list. In his report, Unstoppable List Building, he shares his findings with you, along with tips on how to make some of the strategies work for maximum benefit.</p>
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<p>This is a no-nonsense report that drives right to the core of what works, and gives you the real secrets to building your list. Justin tells you right from the start what to expect from this report and why he has chosen his approach.<br />
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It is presented with new marketers in mind, but is equally valuable to seasoned marketers. If you have limited experience, this report will help you to start building a quality, responsive list fast.</p>
<p>He is making this paid report <strong>FREE</strong> for a limited time, so grab your copy of Unstoppable List Building while you can: <strong><a title="Unstoppable List Building" href="http://successaffiliatemarketing.com/blog/goto/free-report/" target="_blank">Unstoppable List Building</a></strong></p>
<p>It covers how to use classified ads and social marketing to build your list quickly. It tells you when to use single opt-in and when to choose double opt-in, and why there&#8217;s a difference.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll learn the difference between targeted and untargeted traffic and why you should care which type of traffic you drive to your squeeze page and onto your list. He lists the three things you need to get started, and where to get them easily without paying a huge price.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll discover some effective free and paid methods for attracting subscribers that many successful marketers are using to boost their lists, and much more, including building trust and making money on demand.</p>
<p>The meat of the report focuses on viral marketing. While this concept has been around for a very long time and is utilized by top marketers, Justin shares with you some details that will set you apart from the rest.</p>
<p>Viral marketing involves getting others to distribute your products that contain links to your offers. But Justin takes this one step further by giving you tips on how to encourage even more people to distribute your viral product. These are methods that have worked to literally explode his lists in record time.</p>
<p>To give you a clear look at the process, he spells out a typical scenario in 7 steps. You will see how this powerful strategy will spread your viral product and your promotions around the Internet like wildfire.</p>
<p>The 65-page report is chock full of valuable ideas that you can implement right away to start building your list, or to expand the one you have.</p>
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		<title>The Road To Affiliate Marketing Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Based on the rapid growth of e-commerce these days, becoming an affiliate marketer appears to be a wise choice. There are literally thousands of people who are jumping aboard and joining the affiliate marketing community. If you want to be successful, It&#8217;s always a good idea to first learn the basics of the affiliate marketing [...]]]></description>
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<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-586" title="Affiliate Success" src="http://successaffiliatemarketing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/success1.jpg" alt="Affiliate Success" width="233" height="170" />Based on the rapid growth of e-commerce these days, becoming an affiliate marketer appears to be a wise choice. There are literally thousands of people who are jumping aboard and joining the affiliate marketing community.</p>
<p>If you want to be successful, It&#8217;s always a good idea to first learn the basics of the affiliate marketing business and what sacrifices you&#8217;ll need to make to accomplish your goals. Just like in any business, to become a success, there are necessary sacrifices that you need to make.<br />
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Before joining any type of affiliate program, you should learn as much as possible about the company. It&#8217;s actually very easy to research companies, as search engines are easily one of the most primary sources for information. To be on the safe side, you should ensure that the program and company have been operating for at least several months &#8211; which can be easily and properly verified.</p>
<p>If the company has just started, make sure that the owner has good credibility. Even though becoming an affiliate marketer doesn&#8217;t have to be a complex task, you should always use caution.</p>
<p>Many individuals are under the impression that you can earn a lot of money with affiliate marketing and not have to invest a penny. Even though the majority of these programs are free to join, you&#8217;ll have to invest money at some point in time during your affiliate marketing career.</p>
<p>More than likely, this money will be used for advertising and the promotion of web sites. In most scenarios however, the amount of money spent will be earned back with a little bit of time and effort.</p>
<p>Making it as an affiliate marketer will take time, effort, and a lot of hard work. The more of these qualities you put into your business, the greater the success you&#8217;ll achieve. You should always be willing and ready to stick with your program to build up your earnings.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll also need to design a variety of different marketing strategies and methods, which range from creating web sites/blogs to product promotion. You&#8217;ll also need to advertise, as well as keep in constant contact with your affiliate program manager. You should be willing and ready to put in the most time during the first few months of your program, as once your marketing efforts begin to get established, your work load will lighten.</p>
<p>Even though the concept of affiliate marketing may seem overwhelming at first, you should realize that you are surrounded by online support. Many of the individuals who join affiliate programs are new to the business.</p>
<p>Most affiliate organizations and companies have 24/7 support forums and customer support for those affiliates who need advice or assistance. Many of the web sites are equipped with e-books, tutorials, articles, and tips that will make your quest of becoming an affiliate marketer a little bit easier.</p>
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		<title>Can You Make Money With Twitter?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you thought using Twitter was only for social networking, think again.  People are starting to tap in to the concept of making money with their Twitter website.  You can make money with Twitter, but there are certain things you have to do in order to make a profit. Of course, you must have a [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://twitter.com/robertbarry"><img src="http://successaffiliatemarketing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/twitterbird.png" alt="twitterbird" title="twitterbird" width="128" height="128" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-555" /></a>If you thought using Twitter was only for social networking, think again.  People are starting to tap in to the concept of making money with their Twitter website.  You can make money with Twitter, but there are certain things you have to do in order to make a profit.</p>
<p>Of course, you must have a Twitter account in order to make money with Twitter.  Signing up for a Twitter account does not cost you anything.  When you get your Twitter site set up, you will want to start posting tweets to your site.  Posting tweets will help you get followers.  When followers tweet posts to you, you should respond in kind.<br />
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It is not necessary to have a gigantic following in order to make money with Twitter.  It’s better to have followers that have the same interests than hundreds of followers that are not interested in cultivating a relationship with you on your Twitter site.</p>
<p>You don’t want to be too quick about promoting things in the very beginning.  It’s better to get to know the followers on your site.  You should want to establish a trust with them.  They should also want to establish a trust with you.  When it’s time for you to make money with Twitter, it will be easier for you because the relationship has been established.</p>
<p>When you are ready to make money with Twitter, don’t blatantly promote your products or services.  Some people could think that you are trying to spam them.  It’s not a good idea to mention your product to your followers every time you send a tweet.</p>
<p>However, when the time is right, here are some ways that you can make money with Twitter:</p>
<p><em><strong>Product recommendation</strong></em> – You could write a recommendation of a product to your followers.  Encourage them to check it out and take action.  It’s a good idea if you actually tried out the product  yourself before you recommend it to them.  It will make you the expert on it, and they will be more inclined to purchase.</p>
<p><em><strong>Affiliate marketing</strong></em> – If you are recommending a product on behalf of someone else, you can place your affiliate link in your tweet post.</p>
<p><em><strong>Your product</strong></em> – You can promote your own product and sell it from your sales page.</p>
<p>Any of these ideas are ways that you can make money from Twitter.  The key to doing it is not to constantly throw it in their face everytime you tweet.  Your followers will be turned off because they will start thinking that your main motive for being on Twitter is to sell your product.  The easier way to lead up to this is to provide quality and meaningful content to your followers.</p>
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		<title>Why I Love Affiliate Marketing &#8211; Part 5</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 14:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NOTE: The following is a guest post from one of my favorite internet marketing mentors. This is part 5 of a 5 part series. Why I Love Affiliate Marketing &#8211; Part 5 By Jimmy D. Brown of &#8220;Affiliatenaire&#8221; The word &#8220;overhead&#8221; is not a favorite among those who run businesses of any kind. Nobody likes [...]]]></description>
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<p>NOTE:  The following is a guest post from one of my favorite internet marketing mentors. This is part 5 of a 5 part series.</p>
<p>Why I Love Affiliate Marketing &#8211; Part 5<br />
By Jimmy D. Brown of &#8220;Affiliatenaire&#8221;</p>
<p>The word &#8220;overhead&#8221; is not a favorite among those who run businesses of any kind.  Nobody likes the expenses of operating a business.  And nobody really talks about them much when it comes to promoting all of the &#8220;money-making&#8221; products and services online.</p>
<p>But, don&#8217;t kid yourself, there&#8217;s a lot of overhead.</p>
<p>That brings me to the fifth reason why I love affiliate<br />
marketing&#8230;<br />
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** You don&#8217;t need a big budget to make it work **</p>
<p>Do you have any idea how much money is spent running an internet business? There are monthly fees for&#8230;</p>
<p>* Autoresponders<br />
* Hosting<br />
* Management<br />
* Advertising<br />
* Scripts<br />
* Much more</p>
<p>There are regular fees for&#8230;</p>
<p>* Licensing<br />
* Outsourcing<br />
* Support<br />
* Customer Service<br />
* Maintenance<br />
* Development<br />
* Recruting<br />
* Much more</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not uncommon to spend tens of thousands (even hundreds of thousands) of dollars in operational costs &#8212; which is fine if you&#8217;ve been in business a while and are making the bucks. However, if you&#8217;re a newcomer, it can be taxing on your budget!</p>
<p>SIDEBAR:  I paid one girl over $30,000 last year just to oversee one small part of my business. No one talks much about it, but there ARE a lot of expenses involved before you get to the &#8220;bottom line&#8221; of profit.</p>
<p>BUT, with affiliate marketing, you don&#8217;t need a big budget to make it work! You can simply use a variety of free and low-cost marketing methods to generate clicks to your affiliate link.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s why I love affiliate marketing.</p>
<p>You don&#8217;t need a big budget to make it work.</p>
<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
<p>Jimmy D. Brown is the author of &#8220;Affiliatenaire&#8221;, teaching you how to create big-time affiliate commission checks in only 1-3 hours each week.  Discover how you can get cash in the bank without a website, experience or even an idea!</p>
<p><a href="http://successaffiliatemarketing.com/blog/goto/affiliatenaire/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-488" title="affiliatenaire4" src="http://successaffiliatemarketing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/affiliatenaire4.gif" alt="affiliatenaire4" width="468" height="60" /></a></p>
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