Article Marketing is a great way to drive Free traffic to your website. Well Written articles will boost your reputation and have people trust you.

Article Marketing is not only free but if done well it can increase traffic to your website and your ranking in the search engine.  As an additional bonus, this “free” method can boost your sites and sales, doubling and even tripling your income.

Article Marketing – What is it?

Article Marketing is a free method to help you promote your website, a product or even a hobby or anything that you might be passionate about. So you write an articles, submited it to article directories and then your wait for your articles to be picked up by search engines like Google or Yahoo.

As an added bonus, this “free method” can boost your sites ranking and sales, doubling and even tripling your income. Article submission,  is one of the easiest ways to promote your website in order to generate traffic and increase your earnings.

Free Content?

You simply write articles relating to your website and submit them to “free content” submission sites. It’s easy to do,but it does take a little time. The effort that you put in to write your articles  can increase your website traffic, sales and of course, your income.

Making Money with articles?

Now what? You have written an article, submitted to an article directory and now have a link in your resource box that goes to your own website. Whenever someone reads your article they may select to click on the link and visit your website. When your articles are published in article directories, this allows other webmasters to publish that article on their site. Thus giving you even more publicity for your website and again another back link. And remember all of this is FREE no need to pay for PPC.

As times goes by, you will be writing and submitting more  and more articles to different article directories and if your write quality articles they will be picked up by other websmasters. Search engines like Google, Yahoo an d MSN will love the fact that you have a lot of incoming links to your websites and will give better ranking to your site.

This will subsequently increase your website’s placement in the search results. If you site is into promoting a product or service, the links that your articles have achieved will mean more potential customers for you. Even if visitors only browse through, you never know if they might be in need of what you are offering in the future.

Good Quality Article Content

Although you choose an article with targeted keywords, they must also be regarded as good reading materials. Articles must be able to entertain people as well as provide good information and help for their needs.

A pleasant and well written article will brand you as someone would knows is chosen niche. You will then get known and people will follow you.

The reason you write articles

You need to write an article, that will enlighten your audience. If the article is not focused on this primary and most important objective, of your niche your reader will read a few paragraph and move on to something else

You need to figure out first how to get people to read what is in your article, then make them click on your resource box. You can achieve this by producing better contents.

Visit my article directory and start submitting your high quality articles

Well it’s good news for all marketers because a new window of opportunity to create a “highly-profitable-set-and-forget” income stream has just opened up.

If you remember, just one year ago digital products such as e-books were selling for as much as $97 or more.

Have you noticed a steady decrease in the price ranges of these products recently? Digital products alone can no longer create a steady income stream on the internet.

Creativity is the key! One has to think out of the box to create a profitable business empire online. One such creative idea is to convert your digital products, Audio/Video content, PLR products or resale rights products to PHYSICAL CD/DVD’s.

There are two reasons why you should consider selling physical products.

1. Physical products have a high perceived value and sell for much higher prices than digital products.
2. Physical products have very low refund rates and almost always keep your customers satisfied!

Few years ago, small marketers such as you and me were scared to sell physical CD/DVD products. Why? because converting your digital products into physical products need a lot of time and money to create and deliver them to the customer.

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Once the customer orders using the order page Disc Mojo creates, your product will be burned into CD’s, professionally packed and delivered to your customer using kunaki CD fulfillment service.

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Most Internet marketers understand that having mini
sites is the fastest and easiest way to make money
online. They don’t require a lot of time, energy, or
money to set up, and once you’ve got one up and
running, you can sit back and just collect money from
all the sales you’re making.

At least… that’s how it’s supposed to be, right?

The truth is that mini sites really ARE easy to set
up. They really DON’T require much time, energy, and
money to set up. So why is it that so few people
actually make money with their mini sites?

The answer is that they never learned how to actually
turn their mini site into a profitable moneymaker that
runs completely on autopilot. The good news is…

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YOU’RE ABOUT TO LEARN HOW TO DO IT!
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Here’s what this is all about: My colleague Michael
Rasmussen has just released a brand new video course
that will walk you through the process of creating a
killer mini site from the ground up, and then he’ll
also teach you how to actually start making money with
it right away and into the future.

If you’ve been looking for help with monetizing your
mini sites, then this is exactly what you need. The
best part? The videos are FREE! I’ll tell you more
about that later. First, let’s talk about the videos
themselves.

If you’re in a hurry, you can just check the
videos out right now for free. Here’s the URL:

Minisiteprofit Exposed

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OVERALL QUALITY
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It’s important to note that these are online videos
that you access from your web browser. Michael uses
Camtasia Studio to create these videos, which is the
premier software program for creating screen capture
tutorials such as these.

The first thing I noticed when I hit the play button
on the first video was the incredible production
quality. These are NOT your ordinary screen capture
videos. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone
make videos that are this high quality before.

He uses beautifully created graphics to pass his
wisdom along to you, and the sound quality is the
highest you will ever hear in an Internet marketing
product. They sound like they were recorded in a
professional studio.

Michael explained to me that he was sick and tired of
seeing all the low quality videos out there, and so he
set out to create something different in order to
raise the bar in our industry. I think that, when you
see Mini Site Profits Exposed for yourself, you’ll
agree that he has succeeded.

Now let’s move onto…

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THE ACTUAL VIDEOS
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Here’s a brief summary of each video. Obviously
it’s impossible to list every single thing here,
but I want you to get a feel for what each one
covered, and how well it covered it.

If you’re in a hurry, you can just check the
videos out right now for free. Here’s the URL:

http://www.minisiteprofitsexposed.com/?thankyou-page=10362

VIDEO 1 – INTRODUCTION

This videos introduces you to the entire course, as
well as the teacher himself. You’ll learn what you can
expect from the course, and why it’s structured the
way it is.

Michael realizes that you may not have heard of him,
and so he spends some time establishing his
credibility with you by sharing some of his biggest
successes. It doesn’t come across as bragging at all.
Michael explains that, in order for you to get value
from the teachings, you need to have faith that the
teacher actually knows what he’s talking about. By the
end of this video, you will have no doubt.

By the way, this is a good lesson for all of us
product developers. If you want people to accept you
as an authority on any subject, you first need to
establish your credibility with the reader. That way
he’s willing to relax, and trust that what you’re
telling him is sound advice.

VIDEO 2 – THE BASICS

This video will introduce you to the basics of mini
site marketing. This will set the foundation that all
future learning will rest upon, so it’s important to
pay close attention to this one.

You’ll learn:

* What mini-sites are, and what makes them different
from regular content sites.

* Which businesses they work well for… and which ones
they don’t.

* The right mindset to have when it comes to creating
mini sites as part of your online business strategy.

* And the different tools you need to get started.

This was a great video, and did an excellent job of
kicking things off, and building the foundation for
the rest of the course.

VIDEO 3 – SQUEEZE PAGES

This is probably one of the most useful videos of the
entire course. Every Internet marketer needs to build
an email list, but how do you do it? What is the best
way to capture the most opt-ins?

The answer is ‘squeeze pages’. This video will teach
you:

* Why using a squeeze page is far superior to other
opt-in methods.

* The single most important thing you must include at
the top of your squeeze page to skyrocket your opt-in
rate.

* The secret structure of a squeeze page, and why most
marketers get it wrong (which costs them a LOT of
money).

* The most important to include in your opt-in process
that will make sure that people actually receive your
email.

After watching this video, you’ll know everything you
need to know to start building a massive opt-in list
right away. This will probably be the first video that
you ‘take action’ on. You’ll be so excited about the
possibilities, that I guarantee you’ll go and create
your own squeeze page right away.

VIDEO 4 – MINI SITE COPYWRITING – PART
ONE

Nothing happens until the sales copy is written.
Graphics alone will never sell a product, but sales
copy alone WILL. This video begins to demystify the
mysterious process of writing words that make people
whip out their credit cards and buy.

Specifically, you’ll learn:

* Why you need to learn copywriting, even if you “hate
to write”

* What a compelling offer looks like, and how to tell
the difference.

* How to write an eyeball-grabbing headline that
practically forces your readers to go through your
entire page.

* A simple trick you can use in your opening to make
your reader want to learn more.

There is no skill that is more important to your
success than the ability to write killer sales copy.
Make sure you pay extra attention to this video, as
well as…

VIDEO 5 – MINI SITE COPYWRITING – PART
TWO

This video dives right into the individual components
of a killer sales letter. You’ll learn how to create
the “secret structure” of a mini site sales letter
that makes big money. Specifically, you’ll learn:

* How to create captivating body copy that draws your
reader into the sales letter.

* Bullets that force your reader to keep reading the
whole page, and makes them insanely curious and want
to buy your product

* How to take the risk off people’s shoulders, so
they’ll feel safe buying from you.

* How to craft your ‘call to action’, and get people
to whip out their credit cards and buy immediately.

* The secrets of writing a killer P.S. that helps seal
the deal, and flip your prospect into a buyer
instantly.

This video covered a surprising amount of detail,
especially considering that this course is not
specifically about copywriting. Michael Rasmussen is
definitely someone who overdelivers in his educational
products.

VIDEO 6 – HOW TO AUTOMATE THE
DELIVERY OF YOUR INFOPRODUCT

Unless you want to be chained to your computer, you
must learn how to put your mini sites on autopilot.
The only thing you should be doing is driving traffic,
and letting the site itself do all the work, including
the work of instantly delivering the product to the
customer.

This video will walk you through the process of
automating your product delivery, so you can just
relax, and collect the money. The best part is… once
you have this automated system set up, you never have
to touch it again.

VIDEO 7 – HOW TO “GROW” YOUR SALE

This video is guaranteed to be an eye opener for
almost everyone who watches it, even the experienced
marketers. Michael dives into some of the most
effective ‘upselling’ techniques that I’ve ever seen.

Nowhere else on the Internet have I seen such a
thorough tutorial on how to increase the ‘size’ of
your orders. You’ll learn:

* The psychology of ‘upselling’, and how to use it
make your customer spend even more money with you.
The best part? He’ll think it was his idea!

* The absolute best time to upsell your customer. This
one will surprise you when you realize how much money
you’ve been leaving on the table by skipping this
step.

* 5 simple techniques to increase your profit by up to
100%.

If you’ve already got a mini site that’s up and
running, this video will make a big difference for you
right away. Use any of these ‘plug and profit’
strategies to increase your income literally
overnight!

VIDEO 8 – CREATING AN AFFILIATE SALES
FORCE

If there’s one thing I’ve noticed that all successful
marketers have in common, it’s that they have a great
affiliate program. They create a program that allows
other people to make good money by promoting their
products, and they get to just sit back and relax,
while everyone else is doing the hard work of
promoting FOR them.

If you’ve ever dreamed of having an army of motivated
sales people working hard to make you money, then
you’re going to love this video. Michael will teach
you:

* What an affiliate program is, and how to set one up
very quickly.

* Exactly what tools you need to give your affiliates
(most people miss the mark here, so pay extra
attention to this part).

* Why merely having an affiliate program is NOT enough
to convince people to sign up, and what you can do
instead to have people eagerly trying to become one of
your affiliates.

* How to motivate affiliates to sell for you.

VIDEO 9 – MINI SITE MISTAKES TO AVOID

Let’s face it… it’s not enough to explain what you
should do. You also need to know what mistakes you
should avoid. Michael has already made these costly
mistakes, but you don’t have to. You’ll learn:

- Why people do judge a book by its cover… and how to
capitalize on that for your mini-site

- The single biggest reason people don’t buy from a
mini site, and how you can apply this ‘instant fix’.

- The single biggest thing that will kill your
mini-site (it’s not what you think, and making this
mistake is a surefire way to drain money from your
bank account FAST!)

- Two list building mistakes that’ll cripple your
long-term profits.

VIDEO 10 – SECRETS OF CREATING A
PRODUCT FUNNEL

This video will walk you through the process of
designing a product line that will make you a TON of
money. There’s a lot more to it than you’d think,
which is why this important concept (which was taken
from direct marketing) gets it’s own video.

After watching this video, you’ll understand why you
can’t just have a single front end product, and you’ll
know exactly what to do in order to get your customer
to keep buying more and more expensive products from
you… completely on autopilot!

This video is a MUST for any serious marketer who
wants to make a lot of money from their online
business.

VIDEO 11 – OUTSOURCING SECRETS FOR
WORKING LESS, AND MAKING MORE

The title of this video says it all. You’ll learn
all of Michael’s secrets for getting top notch
freelancers to help you create your mini site empire
in record time.

Let’s face it, you can’t be an expert at everything
that mini sites require. For example, it’s really
tough to be a top notch graphic designer, while also
mastering HTML, and then becoming a killer
copywriter, on top of also creating the product
itself.

And the list goes on and on. If you want to be
efficient, and begin making money as fast as
possible, outsourcing is the secret to making it
happen. This video will show you exactly what to do,
as well as some common (and very expensive) pitfalls
to avoid.

VIDEO 12 – OUTSOURCING SECRETS FOR
WORKING LESS, AND MAKING MORE

Let’s face it… it doesn’t matter how great your
mini site is if you don’t get any traffic coming to
it. Getting traffic can be one of the most confusing
and mysterious parts of making money online IF you
don’t get the proper education.

Thankfully, Michael really dives in, and gives you a
lightning fast education in this area. Specifically,
you’ll learn:

* How to use Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising to get
targeted traffic fast.

* 3 ways to get targeted traffic without spending a
dime.

* 2 ways to leverage the experience and contacts of
other people to explode your traffic.

* 3 traffic strategies to avoid like the plague!

By the time you’re done with this video, you’ll know
what to do right away to begin driving targeted
visitors to your mini site.

Wow, you get all those videos for free? Click
here to check out the Mini Site Profits Exposed
course for yourself:

Minisiteprofit Exposed

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DELUXE VIDEOS
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Mini Site Profits Exposed comes with 12 videos, and
has more content than most 300 dollar home study
courses. And did I mention that it’s free?

If you decide that you want to continue your
education, and get the biggest possible advantage, you
can also upgrade to the deluxe course for a small fee.
The deluxe course contains four full-length videos
that each cover one advanced topic in great detail.

Here’s a breakdown of each video:

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VIDEO 13 – DESIGNING A KILLER BACK END
THAT RUNS COMPLETELY ON AUTOPILOT
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This deluxe video could easily be a whole course in
itself. It walks you though the entire process of
setting up a back end that is completely automated
using an autoresponder system.

You’ll learn how to set up your autoresponder to
automatically remove a person from your prospect list
after he buys, and then insert him into your customer
list. This is where your new autoresponder sequence
will start promoting your back end products
automatically.

Bottom line… if you want to make the big bucks like
all the Internet marketing gurus, you need to create a
back end that works hard for you while you’re out
creating new mini sites and developing new products.
This video will show you how.

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VIDEO 14 – LIST BUILDING SECRETS
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In this deluxe video, Michael will walk you through
some of his best tactics for growing a massive list
from your mini site. He’ll not only teach you what to
add to your mini site, but he’ll also show you what
you must REMOVE from your mini site in order to get
the most possible subscribers.

Building a list is about SO much more than just
offering a free newsletter. In fact, Michael shows you
five different things you can offer your readers to
get them to instantly give you their name and email.

You’ll also learn the best places to actually put the
opt-in email form on your mini site. You’ll also learn
about pop ups and tell-a-friend scripts, as well as a
bunch of other incredible tactics for growing your
list.

I have a hunch that you’ll find yourself referring to
this video over and over again.

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VIDEO 15 – MARKETING ACTIVITIES THAT
MAKE YOU MONEY
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When you think about all the ‘stuff’ you can do to
drive traffic to your site, it’s hard to know what you
should focus on first. This video will walk you
through the four most important marketing activities
you can do to drive traffic to your mini site.

Once you master these four, you’ll never have to
wonder what you should do when you start a new mini
site. You’ll have an easy-to-follow road map for
driving tons of targeted prospects to your site, so
you can begin making money ASAP!

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VIDEO 16 – MAKE MAXIMUM PROFITS FROM YOUR MINI SITE
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In this final deluxe video, Michael will reveal his
best kept secrets for squeezing maximum profit out of
any mini site. These are techniques that you have NOT
seen before, so you’ll want to pay extra close
attention to this one.

Think about it… if you’re going to put the time in,
and set up a mini site the proper way (like Michael
shows you in these videos), then it only makes sense
that you’d want to make the most amount of money
possible from it.

In this video, you’ll learn:

- How changing one sentence on your mini site could
double your profits easily.

- How to instantly increase the dollar amount of your
average order (which puts more money into your
pocket).

- The one thing you must add to your ‘download page’
that will instantly increase your income (with no
extra work, once this thing is put into place).

- How to turn your actual product into a money making
machine!

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CONCLUSION
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Whew! That was a lot of information, and I hope it
helped you decide to check out Michael Rasmussen’s
Mini Site Profits Exposed video course. Remember the
course is absolutely free, so you have nothing to
lose.

Michael believes that it’s important for him to prove
himself to you before he ever asks you to buy anything
from him. He wants to show you that he will deliver
you the absolute best education available anywhere,
and he’ll gladly do it for free… just to win you
over!

So go ahead and check out Mini Site Profits Exposed
right now, and see what all the fuss is about. I
highly recommend that you upgrade to the deluxe
course as well. Here’s the URL:

Minisiteprofit Exposed

Warmly,
Pierre English

Virtual Smart Agent -

Well Dave Guindon has done it again.  He’s released another great product:

Virtual Smart Agent.  I’m sure you have notice these virtual chat technology on the sales pages of big product launches.

In case you’re not familiar with it, here’s how it works…

You visit a sales page, and decide not to buy the product. You attempt to leave the page, and an instant-messenger style pop-up appears on the screen with an “agent” who chats with you and tries to save the sale.

There are currently only a few virtual chat service providers for marketers, and they all cost money.

Dave Guindon’s Virtual Smart Agent is a stand alone version that you install on your own website.  so you don’t have to pay monthly fees.

Here are a few benefits of using VSA on your web pages:

• Increase your website conversions up to 20-40% in a little as 2 weeks!
• Quickly grow a highly responsive opt-in list of interested prospects.
• Up-sell or cross-sell similar and/or additional products to boost your revenue

One installation works on ALL your websites… boost your entire business!

As of April 8th, 2008 Dave is offering an introductory price of $97 but onOn April 15th, the price will be going UP to AT LEAST $197.00, and quite possibly higher.

Don’t wait an grab your copy now.

Pierre

Other products by Dave Guindon:

• Exit Splash Script
• Dave’s Online Videos

Top 10 Tips To Avoiding Affiliate
Program Glitches and Making More Money

 When it comes to making money with affiliate programs, tracking the sales and cutting the checks, glitches in the process often happen. Have you joined some affiliate programs? Guess what??? Glitch happens!
1) Its not tracking the way it should

I’m a big fan of being able to purchase through my own affiliate links. Its not the discount I care about. I want to use my credit card in a real time situation and be sure my affiliate sale got tracked.

Don’t be surprised, this “fail to track” glitch happens more often than you may realize. Especially with new affiliate programs, new product releases, even new product releases on established tracking software.

Don’t take THEIR word for it, that they put through some test orders. Usually test orders are done with an artificial credit card number and they do not test every aspect of an ecommerce system.

For example, I announced a product to my readers and sales started going through. I was getting email confirmations, but when I checked the real time stats they read zero sales.

Several phone calls were required to get things straightened out. They tried to blame me. They said it was the way I was redirecting the url. Lame excuse. It was their software all the way along and they fessed up to the fact later on.

The sad part is, I had to prove with email confirmations how many sales I actually generated.

Lesson to be learned, don’t take their word for it. Prove it to yourself with a live credit card, before you tell your friends.
2) You have a custom commission

I’m often given a bigger commission than the average person when it comes to affiliate programs. It’s a nice gesture by the affiliate manager, showing that they realize the value of top affiliates. Only problem is, not everyone in their office may be in on the deal.

Turns out one manager promised me a big commission and entered it into the system. A few days later, another manager saw the larger than normal commission, assumed something was wrong and reduced my commission to a normal level.

Hmmm, I complained to the first manager and it was reset back to the higher level. Next time I checked, I was set to ZERO commission. HUH?

This time I phoned the owner of the company. Turns out the second manager was never told about the higher commission. He assumed someone was trying to pull a fast one and set the commission for that affiliate number to zero.

All was not lost though. An hour later, a check for several hundred missing dollars was headed my way.

Moral of the story, check your stats and get what you are promised. Make sure they tell everyone in their office about any special deals or commissions.
3) They reset the counters

This is similar to the glitch above and happens most often with two tier programs. All sorts of people sign up for the first tier to get the sales commission. Then, they try to be sneaky and greedy, signing up as an subaffiliate under their own previous number.

That’s not how two tier affiliate programs are supposed to work.

One program I belong to did a compete “reset” and nuked everyone not getting the standard 25% commission. Only problem was – as a super affiliate – I was supposed to get a 50% commission on sales. I got caught in the reset along with everyone else.

I only noticed because my paycheck was only half as much as usual. One call to the publisher got everything straightened out and I got a check for the missing commission.

Moral of the story… if commission checks suddenly drop in dollar value, log on to the publisher’s tracking system and make sure your commission is what it’s supposed to be.

4) You didn’t read the affiliate agreement

How many of you actually read those long affiliate agreements? We just want to get our links and start selling right? Well, I got burned for more than $1,200 because I didn’t read the agreement.

Turns out that the affiliate program is only open to people living in the USA. Since I’m in Canada, they refused to pay my commission.

My argument was, if I’m Canada, why on earth did they allow me sign up as an affiliate in the first place? Their response, you clicked that you agreed to the terms of our affiliate program, why didn’t you read it.

Lesson learned, read the affiliate agreement and check the fine print before joining anything.

5) Dyslexia runs deep

I often have a bit of a problem with numbers. I’ll switch them around without realizing it. I look at them, read them out loud, then two seconds later write them down backwards.

That’s exactly what I did for one major affiliate program I belong to. Instead of recording 4535 into my affiliate code I typed 4353.

I kept getting emails from their system congratulating me for sales but the monthly paycheck was puny. Something didn’t add up. I should have been getting checks for at least 10 times the amount.

I phoned the publisher and gave them my affiliate number and they asked if I was Bob Smith. I told them no, my name is Michael Campbell. They said sorry, but that’s Bob’s affiliate number. To quote Homer Simpson. “Doh!”

After finding out what my affiliate number really was, I muttered something about wondering how much money I’d lost. She quickly remarked that I lost over $2,000 in commission last month. Double Doh!

Moral of the story, if it seems like you are not getting a paycheck relative to the efforts you are putting in, check your affiliate codes and numbers to be sure they are correct. One simple typo can cost you thousands of dollars.

6) They can run but they can’t hide

One way to check the relative health of any affiliate program is to look at the numbers on the paychecks they send you. This is the check ID number. Every bank check has one. It’s usually in the upper right hand corner.

Sneaky huh? You know exactly how many checks they cut and how much effort you are putting in. You can use that as a barometer and gage the success of the affiliate program.

If you are making only $100 a month and putting in an average effort, chances are everyone else is getting a similar amount. If they’re cutting only 10 checks a month, it might mean the product is a dud or has a very low conversion ratio. If they’re cutting hundreds of checks a month, the product is a hot seller.

For example, let’s say last month you received check number 6250. (You do record them don’t you?) This month your check number is 6273. That means, this affiliate program cut a mere 23 checks this month for its entire affiliate force.

Lesson learned… Fewer checks means the program is highly specialized, or its pathetic, or they’re trying to pull a fast one by not paying affiliates. Unless its one of those multi tier programs (explained below), you might be better off focusing your efforts elsewhere.
7) It’s a life time – multi tier affiliate program

There are about 10 people on the internet who are fans of life time multi tier commissions. They are the ones that got to announce the product in the first place.

Think about it. If you see ads plastered everywhere saying you’ll get lifetime commissions, they really Really REALLY want you to join. That’s because if you – or anyone you sign up – ever buy anything from that program, the original person gets most or all of the commission, not you.

Lesson learned, unless you are first to announce a multi tier life time program and have a big mailing list, be very careful you’re not making someone else rich with your advertising efforts.

Getting the runaround

Be sure the checks are signed and dated or you may as well be getting checks from space aliens. Double check everything, before you try to deposit the checks in the bank.

This was a favorite tactic of an affiliate program that was having financial difficulty. Eventually they went out of business owing me a lot of money.

They’d “forget” to sign the check. Then they’d send next month’s check, but not a replacement for the original one that wasn’t signed. Grrrrr!

Finally, two months later I’d get a replacement. Then they’d “forget” to send a check for the current month, or make it out to the wrong name. It was a sorry song and dance.

Lesson learned, if you’re getting the run around, run away to a different program. Life’s to short and precious to waste your time being a bill collector for money that you’ve rightly earned.

9) They shut it off without telling you

Almost every day I get notices from Commission Junction about companies that get discontinued from the program. Hmmm, strange how some of these companies have a habit of “running out of money” just in time for the long weekend.

Four days go by with no commission and I’m left wondering if they’ll ever come back. Well, at least CJ.com gives notices.

A few of the smaller internet marketing programs I’ve promoted in the past were shut off without notice. I was linking to dead air space and didn’t know it until one of you pointed it out to me. Thank you.

Lesson… if you have a lot of sites and a lot of pages, test for link rot at least once a month. You may have dead links and frustrated users, when you could have been making money instead.

10) What you’re linking to sucks

Not really a glitch but a very common mistake.

After reading Clickin’ it Rich and learning how much money was to be made from selling professional music gear, a client of mine decided (without consulting me) to put up several sites on ukuleles. Yes, that four string thing kids play in grade two.

Yeesh! She thought that, because no one could spell it, she could optimize pages for typos, as well as correct spellings. Good idea, wrong product.

A ukulele is not professional music gear! I told her to put up sites dealing with reverb units and digital recorders. $1000 items that earn $100 commission per sale, not $40 ukuleles that pay $4 commission.

She thought that maybe the digital gear would be damaged in shipping.

Dude! Professional music gear is meant to go on the road, be bashed about by burly roadies and have beer spilled on it nightly. Shipping in a cushioned package is the best it will ever get treated.

Moral of the story, make sure what you’re linking to doesn’t suck and has big enough commissions to warrant doing the work – building web sites – in the first place.

Conclusion

That’s a wrap for this article. If you keep your eyes peeled for the top 10 affiliate glitches, you’ll be making a lot more money from your affiliate programs.
by Michael Campbell

Author of….

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Clickin’ it Rich… The complete work from home business training system for new affiliates.

Nothing but ‘Net… Simple internet marketing strategy that made $750,000 in less than a year.

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