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Or so it said… Because the result… I LOL’d my ass off.

Remember a few days ago I told you I got my hand on some of those miraculous eBooks that tell you SECRETS and stuff you would kill for (all for $49,99). I have some 75 eBooks and they are all CRAP, all of them. I read about 30 of them and I now consider myself as stupid as I was before. Not only there was nothing new in those eBooks, but some of them contained literally no information at all. It was just crap. I also got on of those TRAFFIC eBOOKS about how to get more traffic to your website. And now I am writing about it because yesterday I saw and ad for that particular eBook that said:

“No visitors on your website??? Get tons of traffic today!”

I won’t give names but what you are going to read next will be as funny as hell. The first thing you must know is that this eBook costs $97 or $47 (depends who is selling it - because there are some resell/rebranding rights). The eBooks in very short - I don’t like looong thing to read, I like step-by-step stuff, easy to read, clear and concise, that tell you exactly what to do. So I was thinking I finally found something here. But I WAS WRONG. I WAS SOOOO WRONG. Here is basically what the Ebook was all about:

1. Download some CRAZY BROWSER and then join some TRAFFIC EXCANGE/AUTOSURF sites (that’s just smart, I didn’t see that coming). Then you read more about how to use the autosurf sites and the browser you just downloaded. And of course all the links to the traffic exchange sites and to the browser download are all affiliate links (hidden of course).
2. The next thing the program tells us we need is a huge subscriber list. To do that we
   are going to need an autoresponder (that the eBook provides of course, with an affiliate link of course). Now the next phrase made me lol just like a lolcat: “Not sure what to promote to your huge subscriber list? Here are some great programs…” After that there are some links to some other $49,99 crappy eBooks, affiliate links of course.
3. Step 3 consists in signing up to some free hosting services (affil links here too). After signing to that free hosting service you’ll need to create an AMAZING TRAFFIC FORMULA PAGE (???WTF???) - all details are inside.
4. And finally a SECRET that will send targeted visitors to your site immediately - and you are so lucky because this is an INVITATION ONLY and you have an invitation. After sending the invitation code you get the link where you can download the TRAFFIC SECRET: THE TRAFFIC TOOLBAR aka SPYWARE.
5. Finally there are of course some other bonuses: more $49,99 affiliate programs that you can(not) make money from.

And that was it. The conclusion we can draw is:

YOU PAY $47 FOR LEARNING THAT:

• You can get traffic by using traffic exchange/autosurf sites (DOH). Awesome dude, I didn’t know that !!! LOL.
• This is not a scam, is says traffic and it gives you traffic. However traffic is nothing, you need readers. If you wanna make money from this you will need clicks on your site, and traffic alone won’t get you clicks. Only visitors will get you clicks.
• Getting some free affiliate links for $47 is a deal that rocks. Awesome dude. LOL again.
• Getting spyware for $47 is also a great deal. Spyware is way more expensive than that. ROFL.
• You know where the huge number of crappy eBooks come from: the same place, because they are all the same.

So my final advice… Don’t buy crap, use your common sense. No one is going to sell you $1000 worth of product for only $47. NO ONE.

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An odd combination that just might work. Earn money while fighting to keep America free. That is R-Tex’s affiliate motto. Ron Paul is into affiliate marketing. Not himself, but his campaign staff. You can take part in the Ron Paul For President Campaign by selling Ron Paul Stamps. You get 15% commission on every order and combining this with the Internet Kahoona Candidate you can get a nice income from this. And if you are one of his supporters you give him a big help (and feel like part of his campaign).

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This is the first question you must ask yourself when you want to sell something online. In order to sell stuff online you must first understand your buyer. What he wants, what he looks for and why is he buying online. This is the way to start proper affiliate marketing, by knowing what to sell and who should you sell it to. Based on a 5 year research of the ICA (Internet Commerce Association), the main reasons why people shop online are:

• Laziness - yea, this i think is the main reason. Or lack of time if you want to put it this way. I am a lazy person who does his shopping on the internet (not always but still…). Here you can get all you want in one place. Your computer. And you don’t have to walk. And you get what you bought to your front door.
• Urgency - people need to find products and information fast, without wasting any time. Online you can do that by simply hitting the SEARCH button.
• Low Prices - usually online prices are lower than prices in the actual real life shop.
• High Value Perception - because someone (shopping sites) gather so much information on a product, people will assume that the product is comprehensive and of high quality.
• Availability - products are available online most of the times, while in shops they may tell you “Well, we don’t have it anymore, but you should go to our other store 100 miles away, they have it over there“.

This is some valuable information for any online shop or affiliate marketeer. Use it wisely, consider what your buyer really wants and your sales will go through the roof.

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A short article, clear and concise. What to look for when choosing an affiliate program.

1. Free to join - don’t be fooled by many scams telling you that you can make $3000/day just by buying a $50 package. 99.999% of them are really affiliate marketing programs. And considering that most affiliate marketing programs are free to join, this should be the first thing to look for. I recommend CommissionJunction and ShareASale.
2. Payment type - if an affiliate program pays bu check it may take a while for the check to arrive and then it may take (again) a while for you to check out. Look for programs that pay by paypal or directly to your bank account.
3. Conversion rate - how many people actually buy the product. This can be influenced by 2 things: your presell marketing and the actual product. If people don’t want the product your presell marketing can’t do anything.
4. Commission - how much do you ean for every sale. I recommend programs that give you at least 35% of the actual sale.
5. Background - how long has the affiliate program been in business. This is a guarantee that they will actually pay you.

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Before I get started with this article you must know that Affiliate Marketing needs promotion. Any kind of promotion you can provide.

Blogging is not normally an activity for earning profits, or so it may seem. Many bloggers post blogs to inform other people of any news or information about anything under the sun. Blogs would be a pathway to personal expression or a means of teaching others. Whatever the use, all blogs have a tremendous business potential.

For affiliate marketing to be productive, it must have good exposure and a lot of visitors. This can be achieved by combining it with blogging.

Blogging is a great way to attract web viewers especially if the blogs have interesting and quality content. In a business sense, blogging can be a tool for advertising and in this case, affiliate marketing. If you are able to come up with a good and popular blog, chances are that when you put ads for affiliate marketing on your blog there will be many readers who will click on the ads. The more readers who will click on the ads, the better the chances of landing sales which would ultimately bring you profit through affiliate marketing.

There are other methods for advertising, but blogging is more advantageous. For one, blogs are free and can be easily made unlike hosting and creating a website of your own. Another perk is that search engines usually prioritize indexing blogs with good content over websites. Blogs can also serve as tools to bring web traffic to websites. This can be done by putting links to partner sites or to your own sites if you have one. Web features such as RSS Feeds allow readers to be notified upon addition of new blog content allowing affiliate marketing ads to be visible and reachable to more people as well as attract new ones.

Be aware that the internet is flooded with all kinds of blogs created by millions of bloggers. There are simple text blogs, photo blogs, and video blogs which contain their own specific content. In blogging, you should focus on one specific topic in order for you to specialize or be an expert in that specific niche. Creating blogs in your own unique way can bring you popularity and avid readership and from there, making money blogging is really just a matter of focus.

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