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Seasoned professional – or looking to get started selling other peoples stuff – Clickbank is a great place to get started.
So how do you cut to the chase – find a hot product and start making some sales?
Well first I’m going to break all the rules and send you elsewhere … to the Warrior Forum where there’s a great post by Alexa Smith (that flies against what many others would say) and explains the criteria she uses to find a Clickbank product to promote.
It’s a great post and here’s a quick run-thru on what she recommends:
A niche where the customers are not affiliates (and buy through their own affiliate link)!
No leaks (visitors aren’t distracted from reading and buying by an opt-in form to join a list, Google Adwords and other crazy links).
No hype , no unethical practises (it’s FTC compliant and a legitimate product).
No pop-ups (again a distraction) and no discounts that take you away from the page you sent them to.
Gravity not too high.
Sales page that looks like it converts (check the offer and if something gets you excited … there’s a good change it’ll get your market excited too).
Good product (ie. buy it yourself or you’d be happy to recommend it to your best friend).
Vendor with good reputation.
Reasonably high earnings per sale (you can make $7 commission or you can make $47 commissions – if you made a sale a day – which would change your life quickest)?
It’s something you can write about (this is important if your main source of traffic is via articles … you gotta be able to write about the subject)!
Remember – this is specific to Clickbank and she makes her living as an Affiliate so listen!
One of my highest converting affiliate products flies against this wisdom … I send traffic to squeeze pages (not sales pages) and I don’t mind pop-ups and the niche is Internet Marketing so they could buy through their own link.
The reason is that the program is run on Infusionsoft – you get yearly (or lifetime) cookie tracking and if that person joins the vendors list and buys a product weeks or months later – I still get credited with the commissions.
If someone joins my list and then joins this guys list – I can make a sale and he can make a sale – both of which I get credited for. Plus I know his sales funnel is tested, tweaked and improved for maximum conversions (nice)!
If I refer someone for a 50% of $47 product and they dont buy – but join his list and buy a $197 product – I get 50% of the $197.
I’m passonate about martial arts … they take up somewhere between 10 and 20 hours of my week and have done for the past 15 years. So there was more than a little smile when I learned the new Karate Kid was about to be releashed and throughly enjoyed the remake.
What’s that gotta do with Affiliate Email Marketing?
Quite a lot really — or just Internet Marketing in general.
You see for a long time I was a ‘Jack of All Trades’ — bum marketing, thinking about product creation (but not actually doing it), learning loads, building a list, looking into CPA and never really getting anywhere.
I know I’m not the only one … we all do because we’re all in the same boat – trying to piece things together and make a (more than) decent living online, live the internet dream lifestyle and kick back with the 4 hour week.
Number #1 Reason for Failure?
As Jackie Chan would say in the Karate Kid “You need to focus more on your focus!”
“Same same” in the internet marketing, affiliate marketing, product creation world we all aspire to live and succed in. It takes a lot of focus. So when you see someone on the Warrior Forum (or where ever) pulling down a regular income with the XYZ method — give it a go and fall flat on your face — quiting isn’t an option.
Focus on your focus … pick yourself back up, dust yourself down and start doing it again. Test, tweak and see what happens.
Then improve everything.
Pick one thing … get good at it and then improve it everyday until you got yo’self an money making machine.
Number 2# Reason
Actually this isn’t a reason … someone said something to me and it hit a nerve. In a nutshell he was blaming everyone else for the information overload. We all know that there are a million and one ways to make money online … and that everyday you’re going to be exposed and hear a new one.
That doesn’t mean you have to listen to them!
Have some discipline and take responsibility for your own education and business development.
I’ll give you an example … Imagine the professional football player with a team of expert coaches, dieticians and all sorts of scientists around him. I can guarantee that he probably still has people coming up and telling him ‘You really need to do this … or eat that … or have you tried this exercise”.
How many do you think he listens to? A big fat zero because he knows there’s already a system in place for him that he shouldn’t deviate from because it works, it’s consistent and got him to where he needs to be.
Listen … when you’re knee deep in the internet marketing world, when everyone is teaching you how to sell online … you’re going to get ’sold to’ . For once … instead of buying try watching be curious and start learning from what they are doing.
I might even argue that the best way to build a stable business online isn’t by buying anything … it’s by watching and modelling someone who’s already making a ton of money already.
Someone like Lee McIntyre who has a slick system and openly admits that quite often — things don’t work out quite right — until you go back and work at them. That you need to pick one thing, get it right and then just put it on ’steroids’.
End of Lesson …
So pick one thing … focus on it until you get it working like a well-oiled machine and don’t listen to anything (or anyone) unless it’s absolutely positively 100% consistent with what you are doing right now (and will help it).
To YOUR Success (and other cheesy ending lines : )
Ok so it’s only June and Halloween is 4 months away – what’s the rush? And should you get involved?
Here Brian G Johnson – the creator of Halloween Super Affiliate explains why you should start event marketing, how you can get started and how he makes sales even in August!
It’s sound advice and how you can set up lots of little systems that all bag you $500 per month in a niche that’s the second biggest holiday after Christmas.
Brian mentions Commission Ritual – he has a FREE report showing you how over $10K can be yours in affiliate commissions and $12K in adsense payments this Halloween
Check the Halloween Super Affiliate by Brian G Johnston HERE
An exact Super Affiliate System that scored $10,381.16 in Affiliate commissions & $12,235.41 in Adsense Earnings Last Halloween.
Having just read the report – there is a refreshing and honest approach to this where Brian definately gives away a ton of very good information (including his niche websites) to let you know exactly what’s involved and share how well it works.
The Halloween Super Affiliate system shares with you the secrets that Brian has been using since 2003 to promote Halloween – a $7 billion industry. But the system doesn’t restrict itself to ‘just’ Halloween – it’s perfect for niche marketing.
So if you want to be a niche marketer or be a niche marketer and cash in BIG TIME on annual events – this is a really great product based on proven and effective results.
Today I read the report and it’s very good, very honest and something you can realistically take action with. It’s a very transparent method and to prove it to you Brian has a free report you can download where he shares some of his niche blogs and shows you what you’re going to be getting up to.
WARNING: If you’re looking for overnight money (you know the GRQ type that’s too good to be true) then this isn’t it – but you can certainly make money very quickly. What makes this really great is that it’s very easy set up and duplicated. That’s the real secret to making money online – having several systems pulling in over $500 plus per month. Not one that makes you $1m per month – that just doesn’t happen.
This really is a refreshing approach because yesterday (for example) I started checking out a new Grey Hat blogging system … no where could you get an idea of what it involved. Turns out the method is nothing new, has been about for years and most probably about to get saturated – it promised to help you bag $1,000 in a week but kept quiet that you might have to invest $300 – $400 to get there first!
Back to the ‘real’ stuff …
Brian Johnson’s Halloween Super Affiliate on the other hand is most definatley an evergreen, proven and honest money maker with some very real testimonials from people who have earnt thousands by putting this in place.
Download his FREE report HERE and you’ll see why this works and how easy you can apply the Halloween Super Affiliate System to any niche at any time of the year (and if you’re good using the Halloween Clickbank products as well).
So if you want to earn a ‘Scary’ amount of money … or a ‘monster’ amount of cash – at least check out his FREE report!
You know what … I started this post about 5 mintues ago and got caught up blabbering about the finer points of this, that and the other. I was in the pre-selling zone — remember stories sell, facts tell — and I was convinced I could show you just how good this Free Clickbank Training (or Clickbank Coaching) really is.
Then I said t myself … “The people searching for this — they just need to get on with things” and so I deleted the post and cut the crap.
This is very good and completely free which I can’t understand. It’s an audio with a transcipt and flowdiagram from a really well respected marketer. All he’s doing is showing you that his FREE stuff is amazing and that his paid stuff is even better.
Clever marketing when you have the right resources.
This FREE Clickbank training and Clickbank coaching is the perfect affiliate markeing model and can put 5 figure sums in your account each month if you really ramp it up. Plus it can be done with little effort each and every day.
In fact it’s so good (and his follow-up emails are something you can really learn from).
I highly recommend you set up a new gmail account and call it something like “freeclickbankcoaching@gmail.com” or similar and use it to keep all of his emails.
Now not only do you have some quality training for nothing you also know:
How often he emails …
The way to mix providing content with selling …
Powerful headlines to get emails opened and read …
How you can build and the monteize a list easily …
The best ways to promote your own and other peoples products …
… and a whole lot more!
Not bad for the sake of a click and an email address? And cheaper than a WSO! In fact I’d call it the best education in affiliate marketing and gets straight to the nitty gritty.
You’d be mad not to check this out.
~ Good luck and if it takes you 1hour to go through this … make sure to spend the next 1hour taking action!
Let’s keep this short and sharp – a more complete Rent Money Formua Review will follow shortly when I’ve had more time to use it (I have a fight this weekend I’m preparing for) and when I can report back on the results – I’ll put them here.
The Rent Money Formula claims to be able to help you earn $1000 to $2000 per month online – enough to cover your rent and all while working in your spare time … tell me what kinda person wouldn’t be interested in that?!
A copy and paste system that Bill McRea normally saves for his more exclusive private coaching clients – the sales letter got me excited but I didn’t buy straight away — I’m all too aware of the lure a good sales letter has.
Man — I was impressed …
After sitting on it for a few days – pondering – I got hold of some of Bill’s free training – it was the Clickbank Training Giveaway that really impressed me. A 30 minute audio with a transcript and mindmap that’s better training that most $47 or even $97 dollar training guides.
I’ve been listening to it twice daily for the past three days … everytime I hear it I’m more motivated and pick up on something I missed the day before.
In it – Bill McRea overdelivers and earnt my trust. Ok – so I’d heard of him before and installed his Wordpress Exit Plugin the other day - however the information he provides and the way it was delivered convinced me that this was someone I should definately be closer to.
The Rent Money Formula
Back to the Rent Money Formula … like I mentioned – it’s a copy and paste job that the sales letter claims can be put together in 5 hours with 5 hours per month – all it takes is 20 minutes — twice a week to build this system and make your rent money. Whether or not that happens and what results ensue … you’ll hear about a little later when I’ve had more time to test and try. Watch this space!
All I can say is that right now … I’m feeling fairly confident.
For a mere $1 dollar you get access to this new product (and it has only been out a few weeks to the best of my knowledge). Ultimately it’s a lead in product designed to get people onto what is more lucrative for Bill – his Covert Coaching Club.
And it looks good to me so far.
As I mentioned earlier … I didn’t buy the Rent Money Formula and join the Covert Coaching Club straight away. Part of it was cynicism – part of it was because I didn’t know enough about Bill McRea at the time and part of it was because I already subscribe to a $97 per month coaching program from a very successful marketer.
So I know what a coaching program is like, what to expect and what’s good or bad.
Trouble is — I’m a bit fed up with the current one I’m in — not because I’m bored or the information sucks but because I joined on the 1st December (that’s over 16 weeks ago) and I’m still waiting for the content for week 8 … where I come from we call that taking the p*** !
So having bought the Rent Money Formula for a measly $1 I now have 30 days FREE trial to the Covert Coaching Club and having a good look inside — it’s already a gazillion times more impressive that the coaching course I’m part of.
I have full intention of making the most of the 30 day free trial — starting with the Rent Money Formula — and hopefully I’ll stay long term … I really want this to work out and to be able to honestly recommend this to anyone struggling online (or just looking to earn even more).
Right now I got a good feeling!
What’s Inside the Covert Coaching Club …
Rent Money Formula — the copy and paste system for $1000 – $2000 per month (like I said … we’ll see how that goes).
A weekly webinar on Wednesdays with Bill McCrea — now this is LIVE and you can ask questions …. that’s amazing and has to worth the entry fee alone!
Access to 5 of Bill’s other products with more to come (ie. another two are definately in the pipeline as we speak).
Help with the basic technie stuff of setting up websites.
A 12 week Fast Start guide on a variety of topics — building a list, finding buyers, traffic, keyword research — everything you might need to start out.
Webinar downloads so you don’t miss a thing — that’s a good thing when you’re in a funny time zone!
And it continues to grow all the time … with some of the plugins he recommends, creates and uses (ok some are free already but it’s nice not to have to hunt around and find out what doesn’t work … the hard way)!
What I really really like about the Covert Coaching Club so far is the fact that it’s already an established Internet Marketing Coaching Club. It’s not being built as it goes (which is what I suspect is happening to the other one I’m in).
With Bill McCrea I don’t think they’re assuming “Everyone will drop out at month 3 … so why bother building the content?” — it seems like a coaching club where longevity of membership is considered and the lifespan of a member valued.
So there you have it … so far I like it … but an honest review with results will have to wait.
The question is … can you wait? Or are you going to go with the $1 Rent Money Formula and ride the 30 day FREE trial?!
~ If you do buy and join the club … leave a comment and post your results and we’ll see who does best! Lets call it a bit of healthy competition?!
If you’re sold on the idea already — then check out his Rent Money Formula.
Or if you’re still not sure … and you need some free stuff to build you some trust and credibility then I recommend the Clickbank Training Giveaway.
I’ve just installed this on my blog (one down … two to go!).
Personally I know very little about Bill McRea although the one thing I do know is that he has a fantastic reputation and really over-delivers on his products. When the people I rave about and look up to … rave about Bill then you know you need to take note.
My only problem was making sure I didn’t turn my attention over to his wonder ways and the Wordpress Exit Window before finishing anything else.
The Bill McRea Wordpress Exit Plugin Experience
First … what does it do? Well it’s a simple Wordpress Plugin that means when someone is finished reading your blog post (or it’s a visitor that ‘bounces’) — when they try to close the tab or browser they are given the option of cancelling and seeing what else you have to offer or recommend.
Most of us are familiar with Exit Splash pages and Exit Pop Ups — the difference here is that it’s an Exit Window which could be one of your squeeze pages, one of your product pages or any affiliate offer you’re currently working with.
Is this good or irrating? Well from the user’s perspective it could be a bit of a nuisance (a bit like we all hate pop-up windows) however — fact of the matter is — they work. And I definately believe I’ll see good results from this too.
Not to mention the fact that you at least give your visitor the option of closing the window (click OK) or checking out what you have to share (click Cancel).
The end result … for every one visitor you have – you potentially get a minimum of two page views. Both of which can make you money.
Installation and Useage of the Wordpress Exit Window
Easy peasy … Ok I had one problem using Wordpress. You get a video with the plugin from Bill McRea that talks you through the installation and set-up. Probably only a couple of minutes work even if you back up your Wordpress database first (recommended).
The problem I had was everytime I clicked on ‘Install’ my Wordpress page looked like it was stuck on ‘Unpacking’. Not sure why … maybe it just needed some time but instead of sitting there messing about I did it manually.
Unzipping the files — I put them into a new folder called ‘Exit Window’ and then used Filezilla to upload them to the ‘Plugins’ folder on my blog. Then it was a simple case of going back to the instructions from Bill and following them.
Still very easy.
All in all an good experience and something I’d recommend doing and using. Of course I can’t comment on the results just yet but ‘doing’ is the best way to gain experience and in this instance a good reason to justify working on content to improve my blogs readership.
You can download the Wordpress Exit Window by Bill McRea right HERE and have it up and running in minutes.
~ Good luck!
Allen
P.S. Not mentioned — but quite possibly a kicker in deciding whether or not to use it) is that this is FREE all you need is to share your email address. A very clever trade given the amount of rubbish ebooks we all subscribe for.
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