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Try this method – Using Traffic Exchanges to Promote Affiliate Programs

If you’re unfamiliar with exchanges, you will want to read this over carefully and consider printing it out:

One of the best ways in which you can promote affiliate programs is through various traffic exchanges. Almost all well-defined, robust niches on the Internet have some form of traffic exchange. For instance, casinos, gaming sites, niche forums, and Internet marketing sites all have some form of traffic exchange system. IM, in particular, has dozens of exchanges.

A traffic exchange can serve multiple functions; however, in most cases, it does two important things:

It allows you to surf sites, gain credits, and then cash in those credits; and
It allows you to put banners or dynamically-generated link boxes on your site that will generate credits, which you can then cash in. Cashing in credits, with most exchanges, results in a certain amount of traffic being drive to your site via the exchange site or via banners on other sites that are members of the exchange.

A good place to start when working with traffic exchanges is to determine which ones are most reputable and which ones have reasonable point systems. For instance, some traffic exchanges allow users to cheat and some have bad systems of exchange, which heavily favor paying members over non-members. You will want to find the best possible exchange given the amount of money you are willing to spend and the product you are marketing.

Have a look at the following sites, which list top traffic exchanges. Additionally, you may want to talk to friends to see if any particular exchange has worked well for them:

http://www.paramind.net/paramindtrafficexchanges.html

http://www.trafficexchangelist.com/

Once you have selected an optimal exchange, you will want to determine the best way in which you can use it to maximize the amount of high-quality traffic you extract from it.

You will want to answer the following questions to aid yourself in determining this: do I earn credits from impressions or clicks? And do I lose credits based on impressions or clicks?

This is important to ask, as different exchanges have different policies on this issue. If you lose credits based on impressions, you will want to make sure that you get the absolute largest amount of clicks per impressions. This will involve over-hyping your ads and creating flashy banners (if they allow them).

In contrast, if you are getting charged per click, you will want to make sure your ads ONLY appeal to the most interested buyers. Whichever route you take, make sure that it is matched up with a model for maximum revenue generation.

The last thing you will want to consider when using a traffic exchange is precisely what you should promote.

You already have a product in mind – probably an affiliate product – but how will you promote it?

Will you direct visitors to the affiliate page?

Will you direct them to a page on your site, which features the product?

Or will you direct them to an opt-in form, which will capture their information and then coax them into buying over a period of time?

I personally suggest doing the last or the second – and avoiding the first whenever possible.

Has anyone tried this? Give me some feedback

The Cheapest, Fastest Way to Advertise on the Internet: Forum Posting

Posting on forums is one of the cheapest and fastest ways in which you can advertise affiliates products on the Internet. However, in order to do this successfully, you must do a number of things carefully.

Warning! Simply starting a thread that contains an affiliate link might be a good way to get banned from a particular forum board, but it will never be a good way to make sales.

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The general procedure involves making multiple posts on a forum board before you even setup a signature file, which includes a link to your site. Even if the particular forum you are using does not specifically mandate this, you will want to do this, anyway, as it will increase your credibility – which is your real goal.

You can start by finding a number of forums for your particular niche or marketing angle. You can find massive lists of forums at the following two URLs:

http://www.big-boards.com/

http://board123.com/forum_directory.php

The first resource is currently the largest forum directory on the Internet. The second resource contains lesser directories, but includes some that are not listed on Big Boards.

Now, once you have selected a number of directories that match your specific marketing angle and affiliate product, you will want to investigate to determine whether or not they have excess rules regulating signature files.

For instance, some sites do not allow any links in signature files; others, by contrast, allow links, but do not allow any commercial links. Make sure you know what the rules are before you post. Otherwise, you are simply setting yourself up to be banned from the forum.

Next, take the list of forums you have created – that are both relevant to your topic and allow commercial links – and begin developing a reputation on those forums. Post regularly, avoid meaningless fights and flaming, and contribute useful, on-target information to discussions. In a matter of 1-2 weeks, you will have developed a reputation, provided that the forum receives a considerable amount of traffic.

Once you have developed a good reputation, you will want to begin advertising through your forum signature. Ideally, you will want to include some eye-catching assortment of colors, symbols, and words in your signature.

This will draw people’s attention. You will then want to link them to something other than an affiliate page – whether it be a page you created to sell an affiliate product or an auto responder course used to capture email addresses.

Remember to repeat this process in all applicable forums. Look for high traffic forums that allow commercial link posting in signature files – and that also happen to fit with your specific audience-targeting and marketing angle goals.

Next, create a reputation. Last, add your signature in some attractive way that draws visitors’ attention, but is also likely to convert them into interested clickers. You will find that this form of advertising pays off considerably – and does so faster than other methods available.

Sharing ideas and posts

Happy Monday everyone!

People have asked me about the source for my posts. Well like I said, it is my intention to share things as I explore the whole world of Internet and Online Businesses and ideas. I have completed many online courses over the past decade, many of them linked to my ‘day job’ – I am a High School Physics Teacher. I have also fallen for many of the ‘get rich quick’ programmes, that turn out to be a lot of cheap nothings that require hundreds or thousands of dollars to upgrade and ‘fully automate’.

As a result I have also collected a ton of PLR material. PLR – Private Label Rights – means books, ebooks, software, courses etc that I have bought or been given, and for which I can sell them, share parts or basically use them as I see fit, within the PLR License agreement. Man of the articles I have on here are sections from that ton of material, tweaked and illustrated by me.

Sometimes I just check spelling – some of the PLR has never been checked! And I don’t just mean the difference between UK and US English spellings. There is often a host of grammatical errors, usually around your and you’re or there, their and they’re or were, wear and we’re. I’m not a grammar freak but sometimes these basic errors annoy me.

At other times I find references to websites or products that no longer exist, so I edit them out and find an alternative, if possible. This is relatively easy with an ebook, not so easy with a video course.

In many of the blogs I share I have taken an original post and reworked it, though this can be very time consuming. I recently came across a site which will rewrite an article or paragraph or even a sentence – Articlerewriterstool.com – which offers an interesting alternative approach to using PLR or e-zine articles. I must try it soon!

I know a lot of people out there are looking for articles to put into their blog. How can you do it?

Write – it’s fun.

There are many people willing to write for you on Fiverr.com.

I would recommend collecting PLR and using the content in your blog – though make sure you read it before publishing.

There is a lot of free PLR out there – just Google it.

I get a lot of mine from Surefirewealth.com. I have a Gold membership so can download everything for free. Some is for personal use only (always learning) and much of it comes with a PLR licence. You can become a free member and download lots of PLR for nothing. Check it out.

As i said, people have asked where I get my articles. I hope this is a good explanation. Write to me for more advice if you want.

Thoughts from Randy Gage – Denial

I follow Randy on his blogs and podcasts. He has a lot to say about mindset and prosperity, something we should all be interested in. Every week I get an email he calls “Friday Filosophy”. I felt I wanted to share this one as many people are in denial about so many things – have you read the Conspiracy Theories about the Global Pandemic?

From Randy –“Here’s my weekly dispatch to you, exploring a subject that I’m thinking about – that you may want to think about as well. And what I’m thinking right now is denial.

More specifically, the ability of humans to stay in denial no matter how formidable the contrary evidence is. They can deny they’re an addict, deny their sexuality, even deny science, evidence and facts when those things disprove something they desperately want to believe.

We’re all pros at justifying, validating, and pandering to our biases. We see things through filters and sometimes we so desperately want to believe something, that we let the filters deceive us. Question for you…

What is the one thing that you’re certain you have come out of denial on, and now view in true perspective?

Really think this through, because if you’re like most people, that’s the area you’re still in denial on.

That’s what I’m thinking about. Hit me up on Twitter and let me know what’s on your mind.

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Solo Ads – Outmoded or Back in Style?

Now we’re going to go over solo ads:

For years, Internet marketers have asserted that solo ads are simply outmoded – they’re a dinosaur that no longer has the potential to reap any profits; however, another group of Internet marketers knows that the exact opposite is the truth: solo ads can reap massive profits, but in order to do so, they must be engineered perfectly, as must the selection of the solo ad distributor.

A solo ad can be a number of things. Usually, it is a large ad between 200 and 300 words that is placed at the very center of a page. The rate on solo ads is higher than on all other potential options, but it also captures readers’ attention the most by far. If you have the money to spend on a solo ad, it can be an excellent investment.

However, as with all investments (and advertisements for that matter), you must conduct your due diligence. This involves a considerable amount of research.

Now, when conducting research for a solo ad, there are two things you will want to look at:

The first is a list of your potential advertising outlets (in this case, probably e-zines); and
A list of potential approaches you can take on your solo ad.

Let’s start with the first part – finding a list of e-zines in which you can put a solo ad. I personally suggest starting with Directory of E-zines, which you can find at the following URL:

http://www.directoryofE-zines.com/

This is the ultimate resource for advertisers who want access to all e-zines and also want tips for advertising in them. If you don’t have any money to spend, I would suggest starting here instead:

http://www.E-zine-dir.com/

Once you have selected reputable e-zines to advertise in, you will then want to begin creating your solo ad. There are a number of writing “formulas” you can use to do this; however, you will always want to keep in mind what it is that your potential customer wants most.

In advertising, it is often easy to project our own wants in a given product onto potential buyers; however, it is important – when communicating with them – that you talk about their wants, not yours.

Now, when it comes to creating solo ads, I personally suggest that you spend some time at the following URL, learning about what it takes to convert readers into buyers: http://www.copywritersboard.com/.

Furthermore, I suggest that you go beyond simply writing copy and write as you would in the specific medium. For instance, if your solo ad will be featured in an e-zine, then you will want to write as if you are contacting members of a mailing list about a special offer or something similar. You may even want to refer to the owner of the list by his/her first name if (s)he allows that.

Keep all of these skills in mind when conducting solo ad campaigns. All you have to do is select the right advertising mediums and create an excellent ad – and your effort will pay off three fold.

Leveraging with E-zine Advertising

Warning! If you’re ever bored and want to stir up some trouble, go to an Internet marketing forum and post a question asking how well E-zine advertising fares in comparison to other marketing methods.

The answers you get are likely to be diametrically opposed. This is not only because each marketer has his own product to sell – and it is in his best interest to justify the purpose of that product – but it is also because there has been a genuine debate raging for the past few years about the effectiveness and direction of E-zines and E-zine advertising.

There are those who posit that E-zine advertising is dead or is near the bottom of a very steep decline. They see the average person as being overwhelmed by superfluous emails on a daily basis – some coming from friends and others coming from businesses and E-zines.

In their eyes, this amounts to a continuing decrease in attention paid to any emails that look business related, even if they specifically subscribed to them.

Additionally, they argue that many people forget that they joined lists and eventually begin to ignore emails coming from that address. And all of this is true – which is precisely why it is important to take it into consideration when you are conducting E-zine advertising campaigns.

So how can you affectively advertise in E-zines and reap a profit from affiliate products?

There are a number of different ways, of which, I will cover three below:

1. Target E-zines that are related to your specific affiliate product.

Create a viral report that is related to your affiliate product (as we discussed in the previous lesson). Purchase sponsor ads in reputable E-zines – and send all of those interested to a page where they can download your viral report for free. This report will have an embedded affiliate link, which will generate sales on your behalf.

2. Create a persuasive solo ad.

Again, start off by purchasing solo ad space in cheaper E-zines – ones that are responsive, but have a low subscription count. Test your solo ads to determine your approximate conversion rate with the given affiliate product. Once you have a rough handle on your profit margin, attempt to market your solo ads in larger publications, including e-zines with subscriber bases of over 100,000. Keep in mind that this will be expensive, but it will also pay off if you did your homework in the previous steps.

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3. Last, consider targeting high-end online publications with your ads.

These will include ones that don’t normally include their sites in E-zine directories, such as authority sites that publish a monthly E-zine in PDF format. These often have high response rates and will similarly draw the best response if you use them correctly.

For regular E-zines with reasonable fees, you will want to check out the following site, which lists most E-zines that offer advertising:

http://www.E-zineadvertising.com/cgi-bin/pz.cgi

If you’re looking for something less expensive, you may want to check out the following URL:

http://www.E-zinead.net/

http://www.ezines-r-us.com/

Top Affiliate Tactics

I completed a course recently on finding free traffic sources – mostly using Classified Ads online. I am using them to promote various books and articles and courses I have available. I feel the world is ready for more of this stuff.

As a teaser, try classifiedAds.com

My articles on Affiliate Marketing have proved popular so I am sharing some other ideas I have found.

Welcome to Top Affiliate Tactics, where you will discover powerful methods you can use to offer a boost to your affiliate commissions from selling other people’s products and services.

This guide discusses some of the methods you’ve probably not heard of, whereas other methods you’ve thought would never work. In a real essence, it’s really only a matter of doing it right and you can make a living off affiliate marketing.

Which is really fascinating, because you can earn big commissions just promoting products you DON’T even have to create!

Of course, like everything else in life, it takes multiple practices to reach the top level. But I assure you that through the coming pages, I can help you reduce your learning curve significantly and you will make less guesswork… and mistakes!

I have written this book as short and precise as possible. Because I know you’re a very busy individual (and it takes no guess), and above all, I also know that you’re excited and that you can hardly wait. J

Without further ado, let’s quickly cover the first of the methods you can use in boosting your affiliate promotion… and the commissions!

Using Classified Ads

The process of using classified ads to generate sales for any product – whether it be an original product or an affiliate product – is often over-simplified and discouraged. This is, in part, because it actually is one of the harder ways in which you can advertise.

It requires you to use a small amount of words to communicate an important point, which will either make or break your ability to garner interest in the product in question. In most cases, supposed experts will discourage you from using classified ads because they themselves have never had much luck using them – NOT because classified ads aren’t a viable method of advertising.

So how can you use classified ads correctly to generate a considerable amount of traffic to your affiliate product sales page?

The first step entails finding viable places to advertise.

Again, many of the so-called experts will jump in and either tell you to use free sites or that free sites never work. The truth here, too, is somewhat in between: free sites can work, but you must use them carefully. For instance, if you want to generate traffic from sites that allow you to post free classifieds, you will have to find ones that actually receive traffic themselves.

One example of a site that receives a massive amount of traffic, but also allows you to post classified ads for free is craigslist, which you can find at the following URL:

https://www.craigslist.org/about/sites#US

As long as you post classified ads in the proper section, you can do it completely free of charge. Additionally, you can do this on each of the craigslist sites for the metropolitan areas in the United States.

Another place you can post free classified ads is Yahoo. You can find this feature at the following URL: http://classifieds.yahoo.com/.

Again, as long as its on topic, you can post a classified at for whatever you want.

Now, with this in mind, you will want to consider the best way in which you can construct your classified ad. I personally suggest creating a headline or first line that uses psychological triggers.

Remember!

With classifieds, you’re not paying by the click. It’s either free or you’re paying for a certain period of time or impressions, so your goal should be to generate as many clicks as possible, so use words like “cheap,” “free,” “proven,” and “shocking” to draw attention to your ad.

Once you have successfully drawn attention to your ad through the headline, you will then want to seal the deal by providing viewers with a reason to click through, provided that your affiliate product is something they will want to buy. You can do this by explicitly stating a quantifiable benefit in the second line of the classified ad – and then stating a crucial feature in the third line.

Once you have gained some experience posting ads on free classified ad mediums, you will want to move on to major electronic publications, including large e-zines and authority sites; however, before you do this, you could be confident in the classified ad and your conversion rate.

How to feel better – instantly

Stand up tall with your hands raised in celebration. Just like this picture of Usain Bolt…

Try it for yourself right now. Stand up and put your arms in the air for 20 or 30 seconds…

Now, how do you feel?

If you haven’t done it yet then please stand up and thrust your arms in the air…Okay, how do you feel?

Better!

Maybe even, a lot better!

There’s a lot of science behind what you’ve just done and why you now feel great. For starters, that body posture lowers the level of Cortisol, the stress hormone in your blood. It also gave you a shot of Dopamine, the feel-good hormone.

So…The way you stand has a huge impact on how you feel.

And…The way you stand for just 20 or 30 seconds can instantly improve your mood and the quality of your day.

You can use this simple “secret” to make every day great… regardless of what life throws at you.

And…When you find yourself shouting at a cup of coffee… you know what to do to get your day back on track.

Improve your time management

This video course was designed to help improve your time management skills with helpful easy-to-follow tools and techniques. It is one I keep going back to in order to remind myself of how I can become more efficient.

Have you ever heard the phrase “time is money”? It’s true—time is a valuable commodity that, once used, can never be replaced.

Many people end up kicking themselves because they lose valuable time by not planning their day correctly. Does this sound like you?

Maybe you keep telling yourself that today’s the day you’re going to finally take care of that to-do list, only to find yourself procrastinating and being unable to complete everything.

It feels like there’s just not enough time in the day.

Are you tired of all these phrases, and would like practical step-by-step guidelines that you can apply to your life today?

Time is definitely limited, my friend, but I’m glad to say that there is a way out.

Now I know you’ve heard this before time and time again, but rather than talking about things in theory or hypotheticals, I’m going to give you real, practical solutions.

Whether it’s for your work life or leisure time, this video course is going to guide you through the process of improving your life.

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Improve Your Time Management

Video #1: Introduction

Before we dig deeper into the video course, it is important that you are in the right mindset and know exactly what to do as this will make implementation faster and easier. In the first video, we will set the tone for the rest of the course and you will be first given a quick overview of each of the video topics.

Video #2: What Does Your Every Day Really Look Like?

A lot of people simply go through the motions without really paying attention to the actual amount of work they’re doing versus the time they have available in a day. Therefore, I will show you how to properly assess your day in order to really see what your everyday looks like and if you are effectively allocating your time to what matters.

Video #3: Your High and Your Low

Now that you have an idea of what your everyday looks like, it’s time to determine your ‘high’ and ‘low’. Your ‘high’ refers to when you are the most productive, while your ‘low’ refers to you when you are least productive. In this video, you will discover that having an understanding of your ‘high’ and ‘low’ moments can significantly improve your time management skills.

Video #4: The Truth about Multitasking

The ability to multitask is a common trait that many people believe is good to have. But how exactly does multitasking affect your productivity? If you consider yourself a multitasker, or if you aim to be a multitasker, then this video will show you the truth about multitasking, as well as provide you with proven techniques to get you on track to speeding up your tasks the right way.

There are several time management tools available to help you manage your time more effectively. In this video, we will going over some of the best time management tools that we have tested.

Video #6: Pomodoro Technique Timers

Pomodoro is a proven and effective time management technique that can help boost your productivity. In this video, you will learn more about how the technique works. We will also show you how to access and use the best Pomodoro tools out there. Personally I just use the Timer on my phone and have it set at 25 minutes – enough time to stay focussed on one task.

Video #7: Automate Your Tasks

Automation makes life ten times easier. From the simplest chore to the most technical matters, we will show you ways to automate your tasks so that you have less to worry about and less to get done.

Video #8. Automating your email.

Does your inbox have more than 1,000 unread or uncategorized emails? Email management is one of the top problems people struggle with from day to day. In this video, we will dig deeper into different ways you can automate your email and free up your time.

Video #9: Automating Twitter and Facebook Posts

Nowadays, growing your business is usually associated with social media. However, with the loads of tasks you have to deal with every single day, managing social media sites can bury you in extra work. The solution? Learn how to automate your Twitter and Facebook posts.

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P.P.S. This training course was designed to help improve your time management skills with helpful easy-to-follow tools and techniques.

Some final thoughts on Affiliate Marketing.

I have lots of Affiliate links, though I usually forget to add them in articles on my blogs! I recently completed a course on using classified ads online for Free marketing and affiliate offers – I will write about that soon. For now let’s look at some final thoughts on affiliate marketing.

Avoiding Common Affiliate Mistakes

As the handbook draws to a near end and closing publication, here are some hazard signs and dangerous waters you shouldn’t be treading on in the affiliate marketing scene!

So listen up…

Affiliate marketing is one of the most effective and powerful ways of earning some money online. This program gives everybody a chance to make a profit through the Internet. Since these affiliate marketing programs are easy to join, implement and pays a commission on a regular basis, more and more people are now willing in this business.

However, like all businesses, there are lots of pitfalls in the affiliate marketing business. Committing some of the most common mistakes will cost the marketers a large portion taken from the profit they are making every day. That is why it is better to avoid them than be regretful in the end.

Mistake number 1: Choosing the wrong affiliate.

Many people want to earn from affiliate marketing as fast as possible. In their rush to be part of one, they tend to choose a bandwagon product. This is the kind of products that the program thinks is “hot”. They choose the product that is in demand without actually considering if the product appeals to them. This is not a very wise move obviously.

Instead of jumping on the bandwagon, try to choose a product in which you are truly interested in. For any endeavour to succeed, you should take some time to plan and figure out your actions.

Pick a product that appeals to you. Then do some research about that product to see if they are in demand. Promoting a product you are more passionate about is easier than promoting one for the sake of the earnings only.

Mistake number 2: Joining too many affiliate programs.

Since affiliate programs are very easy to join, you might be tempted to join multiples of affiliate programs to try and maximize the earnings you will be getting. Besides you may think that there is nothing wrong and nothing to lose by being part of many affiliate programs.

True, that is a great way to have multiple sources of income. However, joining multiple programs and attempting to promote them all at the same time will prevent you from concentrating on each one of them.

The result? The maximum potential of your affiliate program is not realized and the income generated will not exactly be as huge as you were thinking initially it would. The best way to get excellent result is by joining just one program that pays a 40% commission at least. Then give it your best effort by promoting your products enthusiastically. As soon as you see that it is already making a reasonable profit, then maybe you can now join another affiliate program.

The technique is to do it slowly but surely. There is really no need to rush into things, especially with affiliate marketing. With the way things are going, the future is looking real bright and it seems affiliate marketing will be staying for a long time too.

Mistake number 3: Not buying the product or using the service.

As an affiliate, you main purpose is to effectively and convincingly promote a product or service and to find customers. For you to achieve this purpose, you must be able to relay to the customers that certain product and service. It is therefore difficult for you to do this when you yourself have not tried these things out. Thus, you will fail to promote and recommend them convincingly. You will also fail to create a desire in your customers to avail any of what you are offering.

Try the product or service personally first before you sign up as an affiliate to see if it is really delivering what it promises. If you have done so, then you are one of the credible and living testaments aware of its advantages and disadvantages. Your customers will then feel the sincerity and truthfulness in you and this will trigger them to try them out for themselves.

Many affiliate marketers make these mistakes and are paying dearly for their actions. To not fall into the same situation they have been in, try to do everything to avoid making the same mistakes.

Time is the key. Take the time to analyze your marketing strategy and check if you are in the right track. If done properly, you will be able to maximize your affiliate marketing program and earn higher profits.