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26 March 2010
25 March 2010
surveys and offers
PrizeLive.com officially launched in May 2008 and has been paying out thousands of dollars in cash and prizes every month to its members (worldwide friendly). Best of all, ALL PayPal cashouts are processed instantly. The minimum to cashout is only $1 so it is very easily attainable. Prize Live has all sorts of contests (Offer, Referral, Forum, NBA, Most Popular, etc.). New offers are added daily (usually 5-10 new ones at least for USA members). There is also a monthly Jackpot that has been reaching at least $400+ per month, which is split amongst at least five members.
I'd like to let everyone especially know about the weekly Offer Contest that Prize Live has. The top ten members with the highest scores each week win cash prizes and Game Credits. Five random members with at least one completed offer will win as well. Check out the image below to see the prizes for it:

Just to mention again, all PayPal cashouts are processed INSTANTLY (your first request takes up to 48 hours though). All other rewards, including custom rewards, are processed within 3 days.
So what are you waiting for? Join Prize Live and get instant cash for doing free surveys and offers.
I'd like to let everyone especially know about the weekly Offer Contest that Prize Live has. The top ten members with the highest scores each week win cash prizes and Game Credits. Five random members with at least one completed offer will win as well. Check out the image below to see the prizes for it:

Just to mention again, all PayPal cashouts are processed INSTANTLY (your first request takes up to 48 hours though). All other rewards, including custom rewards, are processed within 3 days.
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19 March 2010
BACA EMAIL DAPAT DUIT
Pernah denger sebuah program "Pay Per Click"?
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PANDUANNYA
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Langkah-langkah yang harus anda lakukan untuk bergabung :
1. Klik link URL / atau copy paste URL dibawah ini :
klik disini
2. Anda akan masuk ke web yang anda klik, Pilih menu Create Account ! Become an Affiliate! dan
masukan Email dan klik Continue
3. Cek Email anda dan klik link ( URL ) nya untuk memulai registrasi
4. Anda akan diminta untuk mengisi data yang benar sesuai Kartu Pengenal Anda (KTP dsb),
karena data inilah yang akan dipakai untuk payout ( Pembayaran komisi Anda ).
5. Untuk kolom Refferal by pastikan sudah terisi : adhiehr
6. Untuk kolom Select categories of interests to you centanglah semua pilihan .
7. Untuk Payment Methode pilih Western Union
8. Usahakan luangkan waktu untuk log in dan membuka menu Earning pada member area anda tiap
hari, karena ada iklan yang bisa anda klik pada menu Paid To click, juga di Inbox nya 3 hari
sekali ada iklan yang harus anda klik, karena di Inbox komisinya lumayan gede lho.
9. Sesaat setelah anda meng-klik salah satu banner iklan tadi, anda akan terhubung dengan
web-site lain pada jendela baru yang didalamnya ada sebuah alamat URL ( huruf warna biru
),lalu klik alamat tersebut, dan Anda akan terhubung kembali ke web-lain.
Periksa seluruh area layar hingga ke bagian bawah untuk melihat apakah terdapat kode yang
harus dimasukkan (pilihan ini tidak selalu tersedia) .
Klik pilihan angka yang cocok pada kode yang ada, dan... tunggu sampai muncul tulisan yang ada
di kiri atas berubah menjadi 'Your account has been credited. Thank You!'. Jendela ini bisa ini sekitar 90 detik (jgn ditutup jendelanya)
anda tutup dan kembali ke 'Members Area' untuk memeriksa account anda.
Cobalah masuk lagi dengan mengklik 'Earnings'. Saldo anda pasti bertambah!
Bila suatu saat banner-banner itu tidak ada, maka tunggulah di lain waktu, maka banner-banner
itu akan muncul lagi, dan kliklah. Banner-banner baru biasanya akan muncul lagi setelah 12
jam.
Selain itu anda juga akan mendapatkan dollar dari bonus email yang masuk. Lihat pada bagian
'My Inbox' di area 'EARN'. Jika disitu terdapat keterangan adanya sejumlah e-mail baru yang
datang, klik 'My Inbox'.
Selanjutnya tandai checkbox terus klik subject email. Anda akan terhubung dengan sebuah
jendela baru sebagaimana penjelasan di atas. Setelah proses perolehan bonus selesai, hapus
email tadi dengan meng-klik tombol 'Delete' dan kembali masuklah ke 'Transaction'. Lihat saldo
Anda,nambah lagi deh!
10. Anda juga akan mendapatkan bonus tambahan lagi jika mereferensikan cara ini kepada orang
lain, tentu dengan alamat refferal (URL) Anda Sendiri.
Untuk mengetahui alamat refferal Anda, klik 'Refferal Center' dimenu Refferals. Gunakan alamat
refferal yang telah berisi URL refferal anda itu untuk berpromosi ke banyak orang. Setiap satu
orang yang mendaftar sebagai member baru berdasarkan refferal anda,akan menambah pendapatan Anda sebesar $20 USD.
Disinilah buktinya KENAPA ANDA DIBAYAR?
Dalam program ini kita daftar di salah satu WEB Chanel TV Swasta USA , dimana
pendapatan TV ini berasal dari para pemasang iklan. Untuk menarik para pemasang iklan, Chanel
TV tersebut harus mempunyai rating yang bagus dengan pemirsa yang sangat-sangat banyak.
Rating tersebut dilihat dari jumlah member yang bergabung dan aktif menyebarkan situs itu ke
seluruh dunia. Semakin besar rating mereka maka situs tersebut semakin bernilai jual tinggi
untuk para pemasang iklan.
Jadi kesimpulannya, kita dibayar mahal untuk setiap klik iklan TV Swasta tersebut!
Dengan modal pertama Rp.0,00 alias GRATIS!. Program ini sangat mudah dijalankan oleh siapapun!
Cuma baca E-mail kita dibayar $10 per-Email
Lebih heboh lagi saat daftar langsung dapet $5.
Selanjutnya setelah earnings (Pendapatan) mencapai PAY OUT $1,000 atau sekitar 10jutaan
rupiah,anda akan dibayar/transfer melalui : Alertpay, c-gold,Check, e-Gold,Liberty Reserve,
Moneybookers, MoneyGram,PayPal,Pecunix,PerfectMoney, WesternUnion (silahkan pilih sesuka
anda).
Dalam program ini kita daftar di salah satu WEB Chanel TV Swasta USA , dimana
pendapatan TV ini berasal dari para pemasang iklan. Untuk menarik para pemasang iklan, Chanel
TV tersebut harus mempunyai rating yang bagus dengan pemirsa yang sangat-sangat banyak.
Rating tersebut dilihat dari jumlah member yang bergabung dan aktif menyebarkan situs itu ke
seluruh dunia. Semakin besar rating mereka maka situs tersebut semakin bernilai jual tinggi
untuk para pemasang iklan.
Jadi kesimpulannya, kita dibayar mahal untuk setiap klik iklan TV Swasta tersebut!
Dengan modal pertama Rp.0,00 alias GRATIS!. Program ini sangat mudah dijalankan oleh siapapun!
Cuma baca E-mail kita dibayar $10 per-Email
Lebih heboh lagi saat daftar langsung dapet $5.
Selanjutnya setelah earnings (Pendapatan) mencapai PAY OUT $1,000 atau sekitar 10jutaan
rupiah,anda akan dibayar/transfer melalui : Alertpay, c-gold,Check, e-Gold,Liberty Reserve,
Moneybookers, MoneyGram,PayPal,Pecunix,PerfectMoney, WesternUnion (silahkan pilih sesuka
anda).
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PANDUANNYA
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Langkah-langkah yang harus anda lakukan untuk bergabung :
1. Klik link URL / atau copy paste URL dibawah ini :
klik disini
2. Anda akan masuk ke web yang anda klik, Pilih menu Create Account ! Become an Affiliate! dan
masukan Email dan klik Continue
3. Cek Email anda dan klik link ( URL ) nya untuk memulai registrasi
4. Anda akan diminta untuk mengisi data yang benar sesuai Kartu Pengenal Anda (KTP dsb),
karena data inilah yang akan dipakai untuk payout ( Pembayaran komisi Anda ).
5. Untuk kolom Refferal by pastikan sudah terisi : adhiehr
6. Untuk kolom Select categories of interests to you centanglah semua pilihan .
7. Untuk Payment Methode pilih Western Union
8. Usahakan luangkan waktu untuk log in dan membuka menu Earning pada member area anda tiap
hari, karena ada iklan yang bisa anda klik pada menu Paid To click, juga di Inbox nya 3 hari
sekali ada iklan yang harus anda klik, karena di Inbox komisinya lumayan gede lho.
9. Sesaat setelah anda meng-klik salah satu banner iklan tadi, anda akan terhubung dengan
web-site lain pada jendela baru yang didalamnya ada sebuah alamat URL ( huruf warna biru
),lalu klik alamat tersebut, dan Anda akan terhubung kembali ke web-lain.
Periksa seluruh area layar hingga ke bagian bawah untuk melihat apakah terdapat kode yang
harus dimasukkan (pilihan ini tidak selalu tersedia) .
Klik pilihan angka yang cocok pada kode yang ada, dan... tunggu sampai muncul tulisan yang ada
di kiri atas berubah menjadi 'Your account has been credited. Thank You!'. Jendela ini bisa ini sekitar 90 detik (jgn ditutup jendelanya)
anda tutup dan kembali ke 'Members Area' untuk memeriksa account anda.
Cobalah masuk lagi dengan mengklik 'Earnings'. Saldo anda pasti bertambah!
Bila suatu saat banner-banner itu tidak ada, maka tunggulah di lain waktu, maka banner-banner
itu akan muncul lagi, dan kliklah. Banner-banner baru biasanya akan muncul lagi setelah 12
jam.
Selain itu anda juga akan mendapatkan dollar dari bonus email yang masuk. Lihat pada bagian
'My Inbox' di area 'EARN'. Jika disitu terdapat keterangan adanya sejumlah e-mail baru yang
datang, klik 'My Inbox'.
Selanjutnya tandai checkbox terus klik subject email. Anda akan terhubung dengan sebuah
jendela baru sebagaimana penjelasan di atas. Setelah proses perolehan bonus selesai, hapus
email tadi dengan meng-klik tombol 'Delete' dan kembali masuklah ke 'Transaction'. Lihat saldo
Anda,nambah lagi deh!
10. Anda juga akan mendapatkan bonus tambahan lagi jika mereferensikan cara ini kepada orang
lain, tentu dengan alamat refferal (URL) Anda Sendiri.
Untuk mengetahui alamat refferal Anda, klik 'Refferal Center' dimenu Refferals. Gunakan alamat
refferal yang telah berisi URL refferal anda itu untuk berpromosi ke banyak orang. Setiap satu
orang yang mendaftar sebagai member baru berdasarkan refferal anda,akan menambah pendapatan Anda sebesar $20 USD.
11. Gunakan mailing list, email, atau iklan baris gratis di internet untuk berpromosi. Semakin anda cerdas berpromosi maka Earnings ( Pendapatan ) anda akan cepat memenuhi syarat Pay Out $1,000. Tanpa berpromosi pun tetap bisa tercapai Pay Out, asal rajin klik-klik.
12. Setelah earnings anda mencukupi $1,000 silahkan request untuk payout nya dengan meng klik
Redemption, maka akan terbuka 4 katagori yang akan di redemp, karena keanggotaan anda gratis.
Pilih yang Free Member
13. Tunggu balasannya di E-mail anda yang akan berisi :
- Nama Sipengirim
- Nama yang berhak menerimanya
- Kode MTCN ( Money Transfer Controll Number )
14. Kalau sudah dapat pada point 13 Anda print trus bawa ke Bank yang ada layanan Western
Union.
15. Pihak Bank akan mengkonfirmasikan ke absahan data anda ( makanya saat regristrasi gunakan
data yang sesuai dengan KTP anda ).
16. Sudah...Anda menjadi Jutawan Sekarang...gampangkan...asal mau coba aja koq..tapi jangan
lupa berbagi berkat dengan yang lain.... Amiin
17. Coba dan buktikan sendiri, hidup Anda akan berubah bagai Bumi dan Langit.
WARNING : bukan hoax . bukan scam . buktiin aj langsung ,, TKP . percaya atau tidak ,, PERCAYA.
12. Setelah earnings anda mencukupi $1,000 silahkan request untuk payout nya dengan meng klik
Redemption, maka akan terbuka 4 katagori yang akan di redemp, karena keanggotaan anda gratis.
Pilih yang Free Member
13. Tunggu balasannya di E-mail anda yang akan berisi :
- Nama Sipengirim
- Nama yang berhak menerimanya
- Kode MTCN ( Money Transfer Controll Number )
14. Kalau sudah dapat pada point 13 Anda print trus bawa ke Bank yang ada layanan Western
Union.
15. Pihak Bank akan mengkonfirmasikan ke absahan data anda ( makanya saat regristrasi gunakan
data yang sesuai dengan KTP anda ).
16. Sudah...Anda menjadi Jutawan Sekarang...gampangkan...asal mau coba aja koq..tapi jangan
lupa berbagi berkat dengan yang lain.... Amiin
17. Coba dan buktikan sendiri, hidup Anda akan berubah bagai Bumi dan Langit.
WARNING : bukan hoax . bukan scam . buktiin aj langsung ,, TKP . percaya atau tidak ,, PERCAYA.
16 March 2010
Stanford University Taps Keynetics CEO Brad Wiskirchen for Annual Entrepreneur Conference
Brad Wiskirchen, CEO of Idaho’s top performing privately held tech company Keynetics and its subsidiaries Kount and ClickBank, has been selected by the Stanford Graduate School of Business to take part in an important panel discussion during the university’s annual Entrepreneur Conference.
The conference, scheduled Feb. 26 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., features a series of interactive panels and a list of speakers that includes prominent figures in the entrepreneurial and investor communities. It will be held in the South Building of the Graduate School of Business.
Wiskirchen will serve on a panel entitled “Idea Evaluation.” Also on this panel are Dave Whorton, Tugboat Ventures; Kevin Reeth, Outright.com; Bob Fell, Pricelock, Inc.; and Justin Fishner Wolfson, Founder’s Fund. Panelists will address how to determine whether an idea is substantial enough to start a new venture, how to solicit and incorporate feedback to make an idea more viable, and how the evaluation process impacts decisions on how to structure and fund future stages of development.
“The Entrepreneur Conference is one of the programs the Stanford Graduate School of Business provides to helps students, faculty and alumni develop a greater understanding of the issues and challenges faced by entrepreneurs,” said Wiskirchen. “By sharing what we have experienced first-hand, we can deepen and advance attendees’ knowledge of business enterprise and management. I look forward to being part of such a valuable learning experience.”
The Stanford Graduate School of Business Entrepreneur Conference is expected to draw about 350 attendees. For a complete conference schedule and list of additional panel discussions and speakers, please visit the conference website.
The conference, scheduled Feb. 26 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., features a series of interactive panels and a list of speakers that includes prominent figures in the entrepreneurial and investor communities. It will be held in the South Building of the Graduate School of Business.
Wiskirchen will serve on a panel entitled “Idea Evaluation.” Also on this panel are Dave Whorton, Tugboat Ventures; Kevin Reeth, Outright.com; Bob Fell, Pricelock, Inc.; and Justin Fishner Wolfson, Founder’s Fund. Panelists will address how to determine whether an idea is substantial enough to start a new venture, how to solicit and incorporate feedback to make an idea more viable, and how the evaluation process impacts decisions on how to structure and fund future stages of development.
“The Entrepreneur Conference is one of the programs the Stanford Graduate School of Business provides to helps students, faculty and alumni develop a greater understanding of the issues and challenges faced by entrepreneurs,” said Wiskirchen. “By sharing what we have experienced first-hand, we can deepen and advance attendees’ knowledge of business enterprise and management. I look forward to being part of such a valuable learning experience.”
The Stanford Graduate School of Business Entrepreneur Conference is expected to draw about 350 attendees. For a complete conference schedule and list of additional panel discussions and speakers, please visit the conference website.
7 Steps to a Killer Newsletter Strategy
If you read my earlier post on acquiring visitors’ email addresses, you understand how important it is to build an email list, and how a newsletter can be a great way to get value from those subscribers. But how can you promote products in your newsletter series without sending your subscribers running for the “unsubscribe” button? How do you promote newsletter loyalty and, at the same time, monetize it to the max?
Let me share with you my 7 steps to a killer newsletter: How to grab readers’ attention, hook them, and sell to them. We at Affilorama employ this strategy quite regularly with our newsletter lists, and with subscribers topping 100,000… we must be doing something right!
Your sign up box really has to pack a punch. Don’t just shove a little form in your sidebar and hope for the best. You need to sell your newsletter – almost as if it was a paid product.
We’re not saying that you have to create a huge sales letter for it; a few bulletpoints covering what people will learn in each lesson is sufficient. But don’t give too much away. Create a bit of mystery, and make it enticing!
Conversely, if they haven’t unsubscribed within the first 10 to 15 emails, then they will probably stay on your list for good. Fantastic! Another reason to make sure that your first 10 emails are first class.
The quality of your content also sets the tone for how much readers will respect you as a source of trusted advice. If the content has obviously been copied, scraped, or lacks substance, it’s likely your readers won’t view you as an authority and your product recommendations will be far less successful.
One technique is to just say “if you’re looking for the best guide to XYZ, I really recommend ABC. It gets right to the heart of 123 and will teach you XYZ in no time” and then return to your main content. You need to remind yourself that you are trying to build trust. A constant sales pitch will undermine that.
Option 1 – If you want to build loyalty and have long-term subscribers, then offer a mix of informative and promotional emails, emailing every 3 days, with every 3rd email being something promotional like a product review.
Option 2 – If you’re not interested in building up your email list as a long-term asset, you can take the option of ongoing, rapid-fire promotion. Product reviews, launch offers, YouTube reviews and affiliate links should feature heavily in all your emails. True, your subscribers will probably end up growing tired of it but hopefully by then they’ve bought from you at least once!
So, is emailing every 3 days too much? Surprisingly, our tests proved that emailing two or 3 times a week was optimal. There are reasons for this and why email frequency is a vital part of your newsletter strategy but the key is: don’t be afraid to email people frequently. Chances are they won’t be opening all your emails so in reality they aren’t actually getting 3 emails a week after all!
Before you even start down the road of building a newsletter and getting sign-ups, you need to determine if a newsletter would be helpful or appropriate for your niche. Not every niche works well with a newsletter series. Dog training, World of Warcraft, and dating niches are good because people have a passion for these topics. On the contrary, I am yet to meet anyone who has an ongoing interest in yeast infections or hemorrhoids. Nobody wants to be reminded of these problems every three days!
Don’t underestimate the value of a good newsletter
Many affiliates find that a large portion of their earnings comes from their newsletter series. Sometimes they earn more from their newsletter than their actual website! Rolling out a killer newsletter strategy is one of the most profitable exercises you can undertake – you just need to make sure you do it right!
Have you used this newsletter strategy? Did you modify it to boost its converting power or did it not work for you?
If you haven’t already, I’d recommend you review the Do’s and Don’ts of Email Marketing before kicking off your next campaign!
Let me share with you my 7 steps to a killer newsletter: How to grab readers’ attention, hook them, and sell to them. We at Affilorama employ this strategy quite regularly with our newsletter lists, and with subscribers topping 100,000… we must be doing something right!
Step 1 – Refer to it as a ‘6-day mini course’ instead of a newsletter
- Firstly: It’s more exciting than a newsletter – Essentially it’s the same thing but it sounds a lot more interesting. And, because you usually pay for a course, subscribers will feel like they’re getting something of value for free!
- Secondly: It lowers the commitment barrier – By signing up for a 6-day course, subscribers will not feel like they’re being added to a list they’ll never get away from.
- Thirdly: It builds trust – By creating a 6-part series of high quality emails, you build a good reputation with your subscribers and get them used to opening your emails.
Step 2 – Build an inviting sign-up box
You need to make it really obvious how to subscribe. A good idea is to have your sign-up box display “above the fold” and appear on every page of your site.Your sign up box really has to pack a punch. Don’t just shove a little form in your sidebar and hope for the best. You need to sell your newsletter – almost as if it was a paid product.
We’re not saying that you have to create a huge sales letter for it; a few bulletpoints covering what people will learn in each lesson is sufficient. But don’t give too much away. Create a bit of mystery, and make it enticing!
Step 3 – Make sure your content is the very best you can offer
It’s an old saying that you don’t get a second chance to make a first impression, and it’s true for your newsletter. If you don’t capture the attention of your readers from the start, there’s every chance they will unsubscribe and you will have lost them forever!Conversely, if they haven’t unsubscribed within the first 10 to 15 emails, then they will probably stay on your list for good. Fantastic! Another reason to make sure that your first 10 emails are first class.
The quality of your content also sets the tone for how much readers will respect you as a source of trusted advice. If the content has obviously been copied, scraped, or lacks substance, it’s likely your readers won’t view you as an authority and your product recommendations will be far less successful.
Step 4 – Include affiliate promotions, but leave the hard sell at home
While there’s nothing wrong with including relevant affiliate links to ClickBank products in the body or signature of your emails, the focus really needs to be on valuable content. So avoid the hard-sell in your mini-course.One technique is to just say “if you’re looking for the best guide to XYZ, I really recommend ABC. It gets right to the heart of 123 and will teach you XYZ in no time” and then return to your main content. You need to remind yourself that you are trying to build trust. A constant sales pitch will undermine that.
Step 5 – Day 7 promotional email
After the 6-day course has ended, your subscribers are ready to get a hard-sell promotional email. This could be a product review or talk of a recent product launch. Pull out all the stops and sell, sell, sell. Include limited, time-sensitive offers or create truly unique deals by adding your own bonuses that you’ve put together for this promotion.Step 6 – Keep emailing them every 3 days
At this point you need to decide which direction your newsletter will take:Option 1 – If you want to build loyalty and have long-term subscribers, then offer a mix of informative and promotional emails, emailing every 3 days, with every 3rd email being something promotional like a product review.
Option 2 – If you’re not interested in building up your email list as a long-term asset, you can take the option of ongoing, rapid-fire promotion. Product reviews, launch offers, YouTube reviews and affiliate links should feature heavily in all your emails. True, your subscribers will probably end up growing tired of it but hopefully by then they’ve bought from you at least once!
So, is emailing every 3 days too much? Surprisingly, our tests proved that emailing two or 3 times a week was optimal. There are reasons for this and why email frequency is a vital part of your newsletter strategy but the key is: don’t be afraid to email people frequently. Chances are they won’t be opening all your emails so in reality they aren’t actually getting 3 emails a week after all!
Step 7 – Track your newsletter performance like a bloodhound
Don’t fire and forget. Know which newsletters are helping and which are hurting.- Check your autoresponder statistics to see which emails are generating the most unsubscribes. Look at what might be offending your subscribers in these emails. Can you fix it and keep them hanging on?
- Use ClickBank’s tracking IDs (TIDs) to see which promotional links are getting the most clicks. Create a new tracking ID for each newsletter. If nobody is clicking the links in a particular email, can you see why that is?
- Don’t forget to use redirects or other link-rewriting services to make those nasty affiliate links look pretty and inoffensive to click on!
Before you even start down the road of building a newsletter and getting sign-ups, you need to determine if a newsletter would be helpful or appropriate for your niche. Not every niche works well with a newsletter series. Dog training, World of Warcraft, and dating niches are good because people have a passion for these topics. On the contrary, I am yet to meet anyone who has an ongoing interest in yeast infections or hemorrhoids. Nobody wants to be reminded of these problems every three days!
Don’t underestimate the value of a good newsletter
Many affiliates find that a large portion of their earnings comes from their newsletter series. Sometimes they earn more from their newsletter than their actual website! Rolling out a killer newsletter strategy is one of the most profitable exercises you can undertake – you just need to make sure you do it right!
Have you used this newsletter strategy? Did you modify it to boost its converting power or did it not work for you?
If you haven’t already, I’d recommend you review the Do’s and Don’ts of Email Marketing before kicking off your next campaign!
04 March 2010
ClickBank VP Appointed to Advisory Board of European Affiliate Marketing Conference a4uexpo
ClickBank Vice President Dush Ramachandran has been appointed to the advisory board of a4uexpo, a European conference focused on bringing together top affiliate marketing specialists to discuss global industry trends and business opportunities.
Ramachandran joins other leading affiliate marketing experts on the a4uexpo advisory board including Sabine Haase, director of marketing & performance technology at affilinet GmbH; Alison Guise, general manager at ValueClick; and Missy Ward, co-founder of Affiliate Summit.
“Dush gives the board an added dimension,” said Matthew Wood, founder and managing director of Existem Events Ltd, the company which coordinates the highly-successful series of a4uexpo conference events. “He has a considerable amount of practical experience and industry knowledge, not to mention a network of more than 100,000 affiliates to tap into. This is complementary to the many resources that existing advisory board members bring to the table.”
Wood said affiliate marketing opportunities in Europe are numerous and extremely diverse. The advisory board, he said, helps ensure that conference agendas, presentations and panel debates remain current and relevant.
“I look forward to working with the extremely talented and knowledgeable members of this board, and to helping ensure that a4uexpo remains Europe’s premiere affiliate marketing event,” said Ramachandran.
Ramachandran joins other leading affiliate marketing experts on the a4uexpo advisory board including Sabine Haase, director of marketing & performance technology at affilinet GmbH; Alison Guise, general manager at ValueClick; and Missy Ward, co-founder of Affiliate Summit.
“Dush gives the board an added dimension,” said Matthew Wood, founder and managing director of Existem Events Ltd, the company which coordinates the highly-successful series of a4uexpo conference events. “He has a considerable amount of practical experience and industry knowledge, not to mention a network of more than 100,000 affiliates to tap into. This is complementary to the many resources that existing advisory board members bring to the table.”
Wood said affiliate marketing opportunities in Europe are numerous and extremely diverse. The advisory board, he said, helps ensure that conference agendas, presentations and panel debates remain current and relevant.
“I look forward to working with the extremely talented and knowledgeable members of this board, and to helping ensure that a4uexpo remains Europe’s premiere affiliate marketing event,” said Ramachandran.
The Low-Cost Guide to Getting Started in PPC Marketing
With numerous opportunities to make money online available worldwide, one of the most popular methods these days is affiliate marketing. There are several approaches to affiliate marketing, but most marketers agree that the fastest way to start making money immediately is through Pay Per Click (PPC) marketing. Unfortunately, this is also one of the fastest ways to lose a lot of money if you do not plan properly.
In this guide, we will take a look at three critical factors that every affiliate marketer must be aware of in order to successfully turn a profit using PPC marketing without the risk of losing a large amount of money.
Let’s take a look at a handful of tips that when followed should put you on the right track to uncovering some of the most successful ClickBank products.
You shouldn’t make a judgment based solely on gravity, but it is useful data that ClickBank provides and can be an excellent tool in selecting a income generating product to advertise. Choosing virtually any product with gravity between 10 and 100 is usually a great start. If the gravity is less than 10, odds are it isn’t selling very well. Likewise, if the gravity is more than 100 it may be an indication that the marketplace is saturated, although that is not always the case.
The only way to truly gauge return rates is to promote a product for a while and keep a close eye on the return rate. However, if you want to get a rough estimate of the potential return rate before you start promoting a product, you can do Google searches for these kinds of phrases:
“What is your opinion about PRODUCT TITLE?”
“Did you like PRODUCT TITLE?”
“Did anybody buy PRODUCT TITLE?”
The results for these searches will often give you a good overview of the quality of the product and what the general customer opinion of it may be.
Be sure to check back tomorrow for Part 2, where we’ll discuss how to build a great landing page where you can send your PPC advertising traffic.
In this guide, we will take a look at three critical factors that every affiliate marketer must be aware of in order to successfully turn a profit using PPC marketing without the risk of losing a large amount of money.
Factor 1 – Discovering a Profitable Offer
Generating an exceptional profit using ClickBank is still highly possible at the moment. Having said that, there is such a large variety of products and niches that it might be tough to choose the most effective income generating products on ClickBank to advertise. So what’s the easiest way to determine which products are ideal to promote so that you can make the most money without having to waste your time.Let’s take a look at a handful of tips that when followed should put you on the right track to uncovering some of the most successful ClickBank products.
1. Pay attention to exactly how well other affiliate marketers are doing in promoting the product
It’s possible to understand a great deal about whether or not a product is profitable by looking at the sales statistics of others. A product is without doubt selling very well if there are a high number of affiliates advertising it. ClickBank has a sales statistic known as gravity, which is a number that represents the percentage of online marketers successfully promoting a specific product.You shouldn’t make a judgment based solely on gravity, but it is useful data that ClickBank provides and can be an excellent tool in selecting a income generating product to advertise. Choosing virtually any product with gravity between 10 and 100 is usually a great start. If the gravity is less than 10, odds are it isn’t selling very well. Likewise, if the gravity is more than 100 it may be an indication that the marketplace is saturated, although that is not always the case.
2. Monitor products that are rising in popularity
To discover successful products, it is helpful to pick one with statistics that are climbing. Restrict your choice of products to roughly 10 and track them for at least a week or two. Should you note that other affiliates are choosing one product a lot quicker than the others, then that could be a successful affiliate product.3. Estimate the return rate
One crucial factor you should consider when choosing the top ClickBank products is the return percentage rate. When return rates are high, then a product sales rate is not indicative of your potential success with a product since you will likely end up returning your earnings in the future. Virtually any product with return rates higher than 15% probably should not be considered, irrespective of sales rates.The only way to truly gauge return rates is to promote a product for a while and keep a close eye on the return rate. However, if you want to get a rough estimate of the potential return rate before you start promoting a product, you can do Google searches for these kinds of phrases:
“What is your opinion about PRODUCT TITLE?”
“Did you like PRODUCT TITLE?”
“Did anybody buy PRODUCT TITLE?”
The results for these searches will often give you a good overview of the quality of the product and what the general customer opinion of it may be.
4. Examine the size of the market
After you have narrowed down the products a bit more by crossing out products with high return rates, you should then check out the market size. For example, suppose you have found four different niches. Use the Google keyword tool and research the variety of keywords for each niche and determine the search volume. Google Trends is also a useful tool for analyzing the developments of a niche immediately and over time. The best scenario is to find a product with few competitors and high demand from customers.Be sure to check back tomorrow for Part 2, where we’ll discuss how to build a great landing page where you can send your PPC advertising traffic.
Finding Affiliates to Promote Your Product
When I first got started as a ClickBank vendor several years ago, I faced one of the major challenges that faces all new ClickBank vendors: how to find and attract affiliates to promote my product. Since then, I’ve sold several very successful products through ClickBank, and have learned what it takes to get affiliates to promote your product, which is absolutely key if you want to make a lot of sales. In this post, I’ll share what I’ve learned over years of finding and attracting affiliates.
Pay Per Click traffic is a great way to test how well your product converts. The goal is to get a conversion rate of at least 1% – ideally closer to 3%.
This may sound like unncessary groundwork, but it really is a vital first step: the importance of having a high converting offer can’t be stressed enough.
If your offer converts, recruiting affiliates will be a piece of cake. Any affiliates you bring on board will make money and continue promoting you. Their efforts will quickly pull in many new affiliates, and so on – its a virtuous cycle. Your offer will go viral if your conversions are high, as other affiliates start to see what their competitors are promoting.
However, if your offer does not convert you will have a tough time keeping any new affiliates you do manage to enlist. Your offer will likely stagnate and then disappear for good.
So be sure to run a simple PPC campaign to test your conversion rates before reaching out to affiliates. You can get more info on PPC at my Affiliate Videos page.
First, the ClickBank Marketplace will introduce your new site to a potential network of hundreds of thousands of affiliates (you should submit your product to the Marketplace as soon as you are approved). Second, the fact that all payments are handled by ClickBank ensures you have instant trust with affiliates. ClickBank have paid out over $1 billion to vendors and affiliates – so your affiliates know they will be paid on time, which is important since you don’t have any reputation right now. In short, listing your product with ClickBank gives you a firm platform to recruit affiliates from. You may well even attract affiliates passively before you start work.
But a mere presence on ClickBank won’t be enough; we have to actively build on that platform and reach out to affiliates if we want to succeed.
So how do we do that? And what kind of affiliate do we recruit? To a large extent, it depends on your niche. In the fat loss niche, for example, you have many avenues open to you. There are thousands of potential affiliates, some with lists of customers (so they can promote you via e-mail), some spending huge amounts of money on Pay Per Click traffic, and others with well-visited “authority sites” that pull in masses of free (”organic”) traffic from the search engines.
Smaller niches may be more restrictive, with all the sales coming from one traffic source or affiliate type. For example, in your niche, perhaps there are 10 big e-mail affiliates (”list owners”) who account for 70% of all sales. I’ve seen it happen before. Perhaps all the action is happening on a handful of search engine keywords that can be targeted via “organic search” or “pay per click” (this is actually the norm).
I have divided affiliates into 3 types here, but there are many other traffic sources, such as affiliates who purchase ad space on media networks (”media buys”). For simplicity’s sake I have restricted the affiliate types to e-mail, Pay Per Click and organic.
PPC affiliates basically buy traffic from search engines such as Google, so that when people enter a keyword relating to your niche (e.g., “fat loss guides”), their ad shows up on the right hand side of the search results page.
If you enter a few keywords that relate to your niche, look at the ads that appear down the right hand side. Do any affiliates appear here that are promoting your competitors’ offers? Are there are any vendors promoting their own offers but collecting leads? If so, they may be open to promoting your offer to their lists.
If you find advertisers like these, you should contact them and ask them to promote your offer.
You can brainstorm keywords to find these PPC affiliates by entering the URL of your website or related keywords using the Adwords Tool or my affiliate keyword tool. Search for each related keyword that the tool returns and look for affiliates advertising on that phrase.
The first step to finding them is to take the keyword list you generated earlier (when you were looking for PPC affiliates), enter the same keywords, and now look for webiste owners appearing on the left hand side of the results page. Visit every site and head to their contact page, explaining how your offer is relevant to their website. Some website owners may not be familiar with affiliate marketing, so you may need explain to them why it can be lucrative for them and a good fit for their audience.
You can also search for the name of a competitor’s product (e.g., “The Ultimate Fat Loss Guide”) and contact any website that has a review of your competitor’s product. If they are promoting your competitors, they may well promote you also. When contacting these organic affiliates be sure to emphasise why your offer will add value for their visitors.
If you do get them to promote, they can generate huge numbers of sales with a single e-mail. Secondly, e-mail affiliates are the key to going viral: since all the big product vendors and affiliates sign up to each other’s lists, if they do promote you, other affiliates can jump on board quickly. A high-converting offer can go viral off a single e-mail, as more and more affiliates see the e-mail blast and jump on board. That’s the power of reaching thousands of people with a single e-mail.
List owners like this are in theory very easy to find – just do a simple search on the ClickBank Marketplace and contact any vendor in your niche who is collecting names and e-mails on their Pitch Page.
However, while they are easy to find, these affiliates are also the hardest to recruit. Many of your e-mails asking for promotion will probably go ignored, much more so than the other kinds of affiliates. These guys are bombarded with e-mails like yours, and they just don’t have the time to answer every one they receive. It isn’t personal, its just business.
For this reason, I advise you to focus on the PPC and organic affiliates to start with. Then, when you have some grass-roots traction behind your offer, and you know your product converts well, you can approach the big e-mail affiliates from a position of strength.
Next, tell them why they will make money by promoting your offer – give them your overall conversion rate, details of any affiliates you already have on board, and how successful they’ve been. Explain what is working especially well for you. Finally, close by giving them a call to action – tell them to either visit your affiliate page or e-mail you back for further information and a review copy of your product.
This will make it much easier to retain the affiliates who you do recruit, and also bring on new affiliates once you get your first set of affiliates on board. Once you have a high-converting offer, set up your affiliate page, listing details of your conversion rates at the top of the page. The affiliate page is where you will be sending potential affiliates, and should include your HopLink info and any resources (Adwords ads, e-mail swipe copy, etc) that affiliates can use.
You should also submit your offer to all the affiliate directories that are out there, along with the “announcements” sections of the top affiliate forums. This will take some time, but is vital to establishing your initial grass-roots foundation. Then, once your offer converts, your affiliate page is live, and you are listed in some directories, you can approach the above 3 affiliate types and start generating some real sales for your ClickBank product.
Finally, understand that affiliate recruitment is a numbers game. Look at it as a process rather than an “end game.” You’re looking to build gradual momentum, get your offer out there, and if it converts, the viral power of the Internet will do the rest. A high-converting offer only needs a little push before it gathers traction. So get to work – and build that initial buzz yourself!
First Things First
An extremely important step in attracting affiliates that many new vendors don’t know about or ignore is promoting your offer yourself before seeking out affiliates. The reason for this is that you need to make sure your offer converts. Otherwise, all your efforts will be wasted. Many affiliates, especially highly successful ones, will only give a product one chance. If it doesn’t convert into sales for them, they’ll stop promoting it and probably won’t try again, especially if they spend money to promote it.Pay Per Click traffic is a great way to test how well your product converts. The goal is to get a conversion rate of at least 1% – ideally closer to 3%.
This may sound like unncessary groundwork, but it really is a vital first step: the importance of having a high converting offer can’t be stressed enough.
If your offer converts, recruiting affiliates will be a piece of cake. Any affiliates you bring on board will make money and continue promoting you. Their efforts will quickly pull in many new affiliates, and so on – its a virtuous cycle. Your offer will go viral if your conversions are high, as other affiliates start to see what their competitors are promoting.
However, if your offer does not convert you will have a tough time keeping any new affiliates you do manage to enlist. Your offer will likely stagnate and then disappear for good.
So be sure to run a simple PPC campaign to test your conversion rates before reaching out to affiliates. You can get more info on PPC at my Affiliate Videos page.
Next Steps
Now that you have a proven 1-3% conversion rate, its time to start contacting affiliates. The good news is that some of the work is already done. With ClickBank, you are never working from a dead start.First, the ClickBank Marketplace will introduce your new site to a potential network of hundreds of thousands of affiliates (you should submit your product to the Marketplace as soon as you are approved). Second, the fact that all payments are handled by ClickBank ensures you have instant trust with affiliates. ClickBank have paid out over $1 billion to vendors and affiliates – so your affiliates know they will be paid on time, which is important since you don’t have any reputation right now. In short, listing your product with ClickBank gives you a firm platform to recruit affiliates from. You may well even attract affiliates passively before you start work.
But a mere presence on ClickBank won’t be enough; we have to actively build on that platform and reach out to affiliates if we want to succeed.
So how do we do that? And what kind of affiliate do we recruit? To a large extent, it depends on your niche. In the fat loss niche, for example, you have many avenues open to you. There are thousands of potential affiliates, some with lists of customers (so they can promote you via e-mail), some spending huge amounts of money on Pay Per Click traffic, and others with well-visited “authority sites” that pull in masses of free (”organic”) traffic from the search engines.
Smaller niches may be more restrictive, with all the sales coming from one traffic source or affiliate type. For example, in your niche, perhaps there are 10 big e-mail affiliates (”list owners”) who account for 70% of all sales. I’ve seen it happen before. Perhaps all the action is happening on a handful of search engine keywords that can be targeted via “organic search” or “pay per click” (this is actually the norm).
I have divided affiliates into 3 types here, but there are many other traffic sources, such as affiliates who purchase ad space on media networks (”media buys”). For simplicity’s sake I have restricted the affiliate types to e-mail, Pay Per Click and organic.
Pay Per Click Affiliates
PPC affiliates are very often the easiest to reach of all, although often the most fickle (they are constantly tracking their return on investment, and so will move to the highest converting offer in a heartbeat – another reason to ensure you are converting before you recruit affiliates).PPC affiliates basically buy traffic from search engines such as Google, so that when people enter a keyword relating to your niche (e.g., “fat loss guides”), their ad shows up on the right hand side of the search results page.
If you enter a few keywords that relate to your niche, look at the ads that appear down the right hand side. Do any affiliates appear here that are promoting your competitors’ offers? Are there are any vendors promoting their own offers but collecting leads? If so, they may be open to promoting your offer to their lists.
If you find advertisers like these, you should contact them and ask them to promote your offer.
You can brainstorm keywords to find these PPC affiliates by entering the URL of your website or related keywords using the Adwords Tool or my affiliate keyword tool. Search for each related keyword that the tool returns and look for affiliates advertising on that phrase.
Organic / Website Affiliates
Some affiliates buy traffic from the search engines via PPC, but others have established sites that actually get free rankings in the search engines. These “organic” affiliates often have a huge amount of traffic coming to their sites, and so can be superb affiliates.The first step to finding them is to take the keyword list you generated earlier (when you were looking for PPC affiliates), enter the same keywords, and now look for webiste owners appearing on the left hand side of the results page. Visit every site and head to their contact page, explaining how your offer is relevant to their website. Some website owners may not be familiar with affiliate marketing, so you may need explain to them why it can be lucrative for them and a good fit for their audience.
You can also search for the name of a competitor’s product (e.g., “The Ultimate Fat Loss Guide”) and contact any website that has a review of your competitor’s product. If they are promoting your competitors, they may well promote you also. When contacting these organic affiliates be sure to emphasise why your offer will add value for their visitors.
E-mail Affiliates (”JV Partners”)
These are the hardest affiliates to get on board, but also potentially the most lucrative. E-mail affiliates have a list of customers that they can promote offers to. It stands to reason that many of your top e-mail affiliates will be your competitors, such as other product vendors. These guys have a customer list of their own, and may be interested in promoting your offer to their list.If you do get them to promote, they can generate huge numbers of sales with a single e-mail. Secondly, e-mail affiliates are the key to going viral: since all the big product vendors and affiliates sign up to each other’s lists, if they do promote you, other affiliates can jump on board quickly. A high-converting offer can go viral off a single e-mail, as more and more affiliates see the e-mail blast and jump on board. That’s the power of reaching thousands of people with a single e-mail.
List owners like this are in theory very easy to find – just do a simple search on the ClickBank Marketplace and contact any vendor in your niche who is collecting names and e-mails on their Pitch Page.
However, while they are easy to find, these affiliates are also the hardest to recruit. Many of your e-mails asking for promotion will probably go ignored, much more so than the other kinds of affiliates. These guys are bombarded with e-mails like yours, and they just don’t have the time to answer every one they receive. It isn’t personal, its just business.
For this reason, I advise you to focus on the PPC and organic affiliates to start with. Then, when you have some grass-roots traction behind your offer, and you know your product converts well, you can approach the big e-mail affiliates from a position of strength.
What to Say When You Contact Affiliates
You usually only get one shot at contacting affiliates, so it’s vital that you do it right the first time. First, make your e-mail personalised to the affiliate in question. Reference their site and start by telling them your offer is relevant and will deliver value to their visitors/customers. Please do not send out a “one size fits all” e-mail. Any potential affiliate receives dozens of e-mails like yours – you need to make it personalized if you want your offer to stand out.Next, tell them why they will make money by promoting your offer – give them your overall conversion rate, details of any affiliates you already have on board, and how successful they’ve been. Explain what is working especially well for you. Finally, close by giving them a call to action – tell them to either visit your affiliate page or e-mail you back for further information and a review copy of your product.
Closing Thoughts
I’ll repeat my advice from earlier: it’s vital that your Pitch Page converts before you recruit affiliates.This will make it much easier to retain the affiliates who you do recruit, and also bring on new affiliates once you get your first set of affiliates on board. Once you have a high-converting offer, set up your affiliate page, listing details of your conversion rates at the top of the page. The affiliate page is where you will be sending potential affiliates, and should include your HopLink info and any resources (Adwords ads, e-mail swipe copy, etc) that affiliates can use.
You should also submit your offer to all the affiliate directories that are out there, along with the “announcements” sections of the top affiliate forums. This will take some time, but is vital to establishing your initial grass-roots foundation. Then, once your offer converts, your affiliate page is live, and you are listed in some directories, you can approach the above 3 affiliate types and start generating some real sales for your ClickBank product.
Finally, understand that affiliate recruitment is a numbers game. Look at it as a process rather than an “end game.” You’re looking to build gradual momentum, get your offer out there, and if it converts, the viral power of the Internet will do the rest. A high-converting offer only needs a little push before it gathers traction. So get to work – and build that initial buzz yourself!
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