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One of the powerful aspects of marketing is being able to put your offer in front of a buyer who is in the market for what you’re offering. It makes sense doesn’t it but many people sabotage their own multi level marketing success by doing the exact opposite.

It’s been an Achilles heel of network marketing as eager MLMers seek out everyone they know firstly and hit them up with a business opportunity offer and when their well has run dry, they spread their tentacles to occasional acquaintances. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve been involved in Internet Marketing and especially Affiliate Marketing, today I had the chance to review an amazing new product called Commission Blueprint that was created by Steve Clayton and Tim Godfrey.  This is a complete training package about how to maximize both affiliate profits and click-thrus using Clickbank and Google Adwords in combination.  This course is, according to the authors “a no-holds barred step-by-step course showing every last secret we know”.

This product consists of a one-time $97 charge for both videos and training manuals that provide more details and examples of some of the more technical material discussed in the videos.

The Creators

Tim Godfrey is an internet marketer that has been successful in the health and golf niches and ran a very profitable online gambling website.

Steve Clayton is an expert on marketing and technology and was a VP for a Fortune 500 company in North Carolina and currently manages over $1,000,000 in Google Adwords campaigns each year.

Commission Blueprint: The Product

The videos are narrated by the creators.  In all there are more than three hours of video that explains how they creators used this exact system to become a super affiliate with Clickbank.  This product claims to be a step-by-step training in how to find the best Clickbank products to use with the system and what you need to do to get the most out of marketing these products.

What’s Included in the Product:

• Keyword Research
  • How to pick four to six products and test them for profitably
  • How to avoid making the costly mistakes of paying too much for Adwords and lose money rather than make a profit
  • Explained how to read and understand all of the statistics that Clickbank provides
  • Defined the terms Clickbank gravity, cost per click, conversion rate, commission payout and click inventory then explained why they are important
  • Showed how to use a spreadsheet that is part of the product to decide if a product is worth marketing and explained what number combinations make a product worth pursuing
  • Demonstrated tools that he uses for keyword research
  • Provided a formula to determine which keywords are profitable and how much you should pay for them
  • Performed a step by step demonstration on how to do keyword research and use Google Adwords statistics to analyze them to determine which one are most likely to be profitable for you to use
  • Showed how to estimate the amount of traffic for a given keyword using google’s free tools
• Domain Names and Hosting
  • Steve explained why you need a domain name and what factors you should consider when selecting one such as length and demonstrated a few tools to help you choose good keywords
  • Explained the best type of web hosting to buy to make running your business easier
  • Explained how to use domain names in your Adwords ads
  • Demonstrated how to set up the correct DNS server for your domain name
• Creating Landing Pages for Adwords Campaigns
  • Explained how to set up landing pages and what you need to do to get a good quality score from google and how to create a page that will sell your product
  • Explained how to make sure there is sufficient continuity between the Adwords ad, the search term, the story you are telling and the offer made by the Clickbank product and why it is important
• Managing Adwords Campaigns
  • Explained how to use the Adwords information in combination with the data from Clickbank to manage your keyword ad campaigns for profitability
  • Demonstrated how to determine which keywords are not converting well enough to prevent losing money
  • Explained why you need to use Adwords Editor
  • Showed how to optimize your ad position and click through rate
• Scaling Your Affiliate Business
  • Explained how to scale your business (how to increase your daily commissions)
  • Discussed the methods that have proven successful for increasing your earnings as your campaign matures
  • Demonstrated how to optimize your bids to increase profitability
  • Discussed when it’s time to move your ad campaign over to both Yahoo and MSN
  • Discussed when it makes sense to do offline advertising
  • Discussed when to use email campaigns or JV with other marketers
  • Discussed when to start using SEO for you campaigns
  • Discussed when to use opt in pages
  • Explained how to create Thank You pages
• Cash Flow
  • Explained how Clickbank pays out its commissions so you know how to budget your money to pay for your Adwords campaign and made several recommendations on how to manage your budget
  • Explained why you need to get a tax advisor and/or an accountant to prevent problems with the IRS if you live in the USA

Conclusion

Once you get through the introductory fluff in videos 1 & 2, this is an excellent product that will benefit anyone trying to get an affiliate marketing business up and running.  The templates provided in the package are very well designed and work perfectly with the system presented in the videos and manuals.  They provide templates for: a review site, a sales letter, and two for opt-in pages.  The opt-in page allows you to insert your own video and is great for the technically challenged.

For More Information and To Purchase This Package, CLICK HERE!

I was just talking to a good friend of mine and he was telling me about this amazing 11 minute audio that was recorded last year.  This eye-opening audio piece is entitled “15 Years Left…”.

If you are someone who is in business for themselves, working on starting a home based business, or have ever thought about starting your own home based business, then this is an audio that you MUST LISTEN TO, TODAY!

I was able to get a copy of the audio, so I uploaded it for you to listen to, right here:

Three Ways to Build a Successful Membership Site

Membership sites are built by providing access to specific
information that consumers are in need of. Successful sites provide
convenient, sought-after information in an accessible manner. Content
is king, and finding and distributing much-needed content on your site
will make it both successful and profitable.

To bring potential subscribers into your membership site, focus on
their needs. Information consumers have a need for useful content on
their topic of choice, a need to know the newest information, and a
need for a sense of belonging. By meeting each of these needs, and
demonstrating how you plan to do so in your sales letter, you are on
your way to increasing your membership.

First, you’ll need to consider which topics are profitable. What
content is highly in demand at the moment? What do people need
information about? What do people want to know how to do? If you are
answering a frequently asked question, you just may have the right
topic for your membership site. Spend some time on forums, and notice
what questions pop up repeatedly. Find answers to those questions. Find
products that teach skills people want to know. Market to this need for
useful content, and you’ve got a great start!

Next, consider that some potential subscribers may already know the
information you found in your above search. Each market will have
subscribers with basic, intermediate, and advanced knowledge – you want
to sell your memberships to all three types. Research the newest,
hottest information on your topic of choice. Did a new method of
organizing widgets just hit the media? Be sure you have updates on this
information for your widgets membership site. Provide your members with
hot new products and information, to ensure they keep coming back for
more.

Last, cater to your members need to belong to a group. Potential
subscribers, like most people, want be part of successful groups of
like-minded people. Market your site as just the group they want to
join. Check in with your members often through forums and email
newsletters, and be sure that new members know they can ask you for
help if needed. Provide a sense of community, and pride in that
community. This will help ensure that your new subscribers become
steady subscribers.

When building your membership site, focus on profitable topics. Be
sure to include new, up to date information for subscribers with an
intermediate to advanced knowledge of your topic. Work hard to build a
community of like-minded individuals. This will ensure your continued
success in your site-building efforts.

For more information on how you can set up your own membership site, visit  Membership Academy. At Membership Academy there are comparisons, reviews, forums and videos on membership software and payment systems. You can also discover how to start-up and run your own profitable membership site.

7 steps to a solid monthly internet income! by Mark Shilensky

There are literally thousands of ways to make money online.  One of the most solid business models to ensure a continual monthly income is a subscription based membership website.

Members pay a monthly fee for access to a private member’s area where they can access your information. You can provide a variety of information in as many formats as you choose. You can offer articles, reports, audios, videos, teleseminars, downloads, software, almost anything you can
imagine.

Even if you offer a low cost membership, it only takes a few members to make a comfortable income. A membership website that charges $9.97 a month, only needs 300 members to generate $3,000 every month.

And setting up a membership website has become remarkably simple with advances in software Read the rest of this entry »