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Saturday, September 27th, 2008 |
There are a few things that every affiliate marketer or aspiring affiliate will need to start making his or her first dollar in affiliate marketing.
From my conversations with a lot of my subscribers, it appears that most affiliates feel too overwhelmed by the information overload. They get swarmed by all the experienced internet marketers’ emails throwing them into all directions.
Frankly, there is nothing wrong with the offers and methods taught by the internet marketers. The only problem is for a newbie, that is too much to digest.
Right here, I offer a few simple steps to start making your first dollar in affiliate marketing. If you own a list or membership site that has many newbie affiliates, perhaps you might want them to read this post.
The idea is to stay focused on a single plan and take mass action!
1. Choose Your Product
One affiliate program for a start!
While this sounds basic, the truth is, many get sucked into different affiliate programs and end up distracted!
Start with ClickBank if you are new. All you need to do is register. Approval is instant and you go for to the Marketplace to choose a good product to promote.
People will tell you to go for low competition products, ie products that few affiliates are promoting or not selling in large volumes. That’s not quite true. For me, I find from my experience in niche marketing that the hot sellers sell much better.
The reasons are simple: The hot sellers are proven to sell, ie high conversion rates. Secondly, the market is much larger!
Take a look at the Gravity. This is a single parameter that tells you how many affiliates have made at least 1 sale over the past 30 days. Not the exact number though but a good estimate. Go for at least 30 to 50.
2. Create Your Sales Funnel
By that, this is the conduit of getting visitors to your sales page. Some will advocate direct linking, in other words, sending your visitors immediately to your sales page.
This works at times. But I have only seen successful models if you use targeted paid advertising. For example, buying banners ads, text link ads, etc at Ad Networks. Unless you are an experienced marketer or have deep pockets to test different advertising avenues, this option can be very expensive! Not quite suitable for newbies.
However, it is often much better if you put your prospect through a sales funnel for the purpose of educating and preselling your prospect. Conversions are much higher!
What kind of sales funnels can you create?
a. A content website that talks about the particular market you are in.
b. A blog using free blogging platforms like Blogger and WordPress is great!
c. A name squeeze page that allows you to capture the name and email address of your visitor. This allows you to follow up with him or her for at least 7 times to condition him to buy from you. Offer great content or a free report as a bait!
d. A forum signature can become your direct sales funnel. Create a catchy forum signature like this “Copy The Secrets A Newbie Used To Get A $3212 PayCheck Every Month!”. The simple way to do it is to use the headline of the product you are selling and modify it.
A case study here. If I am promoting Google Manipulator, I may actually create a signature from its headline.
Headline:
“Underground Marketer Banks $57,100 In Profit From Free Google Search Traffic And How You Too Could Easily And Effortlessly Blow Past Anyone And Everyone In Your Niche And Hit The Jackpot Using The Exact Same Simple As 1-2-3 Methods”
Signature:
“Learn How I Bank $57,100 In Profits From Free Traffic Using A Simple A-B-C Blueprint!”
3. Traffic Driving
The third part is in driving traffic to your sales funnel. This is the most challenging for most internet marketers. If you do have a budget, you can resort to PPC, ideally Google Adwords.
But if you are on a tight budget, free traffic driving techniques can also deliver a punch.
Some of the most effective and simple traffic driving methods here:
a. Article marketing – I swear by its effectiveness. After all, this is the single traffic technique that gets me well over 1000,000 visitors over a year period. Hint: Use EzineArticles.
Read my other blog posts on article marketing tips and techniques to maximize your efforts.
b. Forum marketing – Spend time contributing to at least 10 forums in your target niche. This will get you a good reputation and trust. The selling point is in your forum signature. People do make their first sales there.
c. Classified advertisements – Go to the free classified advertisement websites like Craigslist, EPage, BackPage and USFreeads. These places allow you to post a classified ad. Look for the appropriate places to post your ad.
d. Create a free report and give it away – This method is a more advanced one which I hesitated to share. Nonetheless, if you feel you are experienced to do it, go ahead and create a report with your affiliate links embedded in the report.
Give it to anyone you meet, post it to free ebook directories, or participate in a giveaway.
e. Social bookmarking at top sites like StumbleUpon, Del.icio.us and Digg.
f. List building – this is a lengthy process but you will be able to build a long-term business in the niche you are targeting. All gurus built their successes from their own lists or piggybacking others’ lists.
There are other more advanced techniques, but I shall stop here. By following these methods and duplicating it all over and over again, you will find yourself not only making the first sale, but many sales. You just got yourself a proven business model!
Posted in Article Marketing, Blogging, Buzz Marketing, Forum Marketing, Free Money Making Methods, General, Giveaway Events, Google Adwords, Joint Venture, Online Marketing Learning, Pay Per Click, Product Reviews, SEO, Social Bookmarking, Web Traffic | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 |
Commission Blueprint, a new report scheduled to launch on 27 August 2008, is the first from Steve Clayton and Tim Godfrey. Who are these folks and what is this report about? Read this Commission Blueprint review to find out.
Steven Clayton, quite an unknown marketer till now runs a company managing Adwords campaigns for clients in the tune of 6-figures. Prior to founding hims company “Worth Overdoing Marketing and Consulting”, he was a Vice President for a $5 billion Fortune 500 Company.
Tim Godfrey is quite a new face but he isn’t. Just recently, he has successfully launched Profit Praxis, a killer product in the IM arena. Hailed as the rising star in internet marketing by two heavy weights, Chris X and Alex Goad, Tim has been quietly sweeping cool affiliate checks from the recent product launches like Google Nemesis and Four Tier Annihilation, knocking out gurus with huge lists and hitting sales of more than 280 copies sold with a list of only 7000 members.
Obviously, these guys may be unknown but are no newbies to the internet marketing industry.
What Commission Blueprint is about?
A collection of exact techniques to generate $526,422.83 in affiliate commissions within 7 months. And all using Adwords and landing pages. NO List or SEO involved!
Not a single internet marketing product was sold to hit that figure. See the income statement below.
Watch the pre-launch video here!
By now, you would have seen dozens of Google/Clickbank related product launches. In case you quickly associate Commission Blueprint with them, then you are in for a surprise. This report has a Web 2.0 twist to it.
All in, there are 14 videos and 5 PDF that explain in great detail how to execute the killer techniques to make huge profits from Clickbank products.
Learning Google Adwords is something which every internet marketer should consider. After all, increasing your traffic is the main activity every living marketer should do.
Commission Blueprint will have an entire suite of tips to show you how.
I will share in greater detail about this report when I get hold of my very own copy of the Commission Blueprint in a few day’s time.
Wait closely for my detailed Commission Blueprint review and bonuses here.
Updates on 20 Aug 2008:
I have received my first installment of the Commission Blueprint! Here’s an updated Commission Blueprint Review! Needless to say, I immediately opened the whole suite of pdfs and videos. I shall let you take a quick peek at a portion of them. This is not the complete package yet. But I am already excited after reading through the Opt-In Page Secrets PDF!
The PDFs: (there are 2 more PDFs to be added here. But just reading the first is enough to get your attention)
Opt-In Page Secrets
Pre-Sell Page Secrets
Review Page Secrets
The Videos: (The videos are impressive and make it really clear for us to understand how to execute each step. Truly a step-by-step no brainer video series)
Video 1 - Introduction & Welcome
Video 2 - How To Use This Program
Video 3 - Picking Profitable & High Converting Products
Video 4 - In-Depth Keyword Research & Advanced Tools
Video 5 - Domain Name Secrets & Hosting Set Up
Video 6 - Creating Your Story - The Essential Component
Video 7 - Setting Up Your Landing Pages For Maximum Conversion
Video 8 - Setting Up Your Campaign
Video 9 - Managing Your Campaign
Video 10 - Picking A Winner & Milking It
Video 11 - Scaling For Profit (Step From $100’s to $1000’s In Profit)
Video 12 - What Can Go Wrong & How To Fix It Fast
Video 13 - Cash Flow & Business Management
Video 14 - Wrap Up
The Templates: (All ready to be used. All you have to do is make minor tweaks to suit your campaigns. These are all proven to sell templates!)
The Review Page Template
The Pre-Sell Page Template
Opt-In Page Templates
I shall return to give you more run up on what is happening. To be honest, I am quite awed by the amount of goodies offered in the Commission Blueprint package.
Posted in General, Google Adwords, Online Marketing Learning, Pay Per Click, Product Reviews, Web Traffic, keyword research | 1 Comment »
Thursday, June 19th, 2008 |
Google Manipulator is the latest report to be launched on the 26 June 2008. Written by Pawel Reszka, an unknown 6-figure underground marketer, this 80 page report teaches you the exact methods he has used to “manipulate” the Google search engine for profits. I was invited to review this report. As usual, I am going to share what this “Google Manipulator” report is all about.
Content Of Google Manipulator:
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. What This Is About
Chapter 3. Market Research
Chapter 4. The Master Plan
Chapter 5. Content Creation
Chapter 6. Executing The Plan
Chapter 7. Getting The Word Out
Chapter 8. Your Own Site VS Direct Linking
Chapter 9. Black Hat
Chapter 10. Building Huge Sites Fast
Chapter 11. Closing Words
Chapter 12. Recommended Resources
Chapter 13. Affiliate Program
I am not easily won over by sales letters and loud headlines. After all, all internet marketing products have fantastic headlines and sub-headlines. And you get numb after a while.
When you get to see the sales letter subsequently. you will read about how this underground marketer named Pawel Reszka managed to pull in over $50,000 profits in one month relying only on free google search traffic.
No Google Adwords, PPC or huge lists at all. And he earned his $50,000 profits all using free search traffic from Google. How did he do that? These are all revealed in his Google Manipulator report. But here is a hint, he uses niche sites together with the power of Web 2.0 authority sites.
The aim of this report is to show you how to conquer the Google search engine results with No.1 ranking or at least within the Top 10 search results. Anyone can do it without even owning or building a single website.
I reviewed the report, read through the entire 80 pages and found a shocking truth! This guy is really sharing what works, without hiding anything!
I hate to say it but most gurus do not share their killer techniques with us. They either write about methods that used to work but are obsolete now or methods that they personally have not used before. Theories at best!
But in Google Manipulator, the steps to dominate the Google search results are clearly spelt out. I can say that because I have personally used the methods and I know they work like crazy! When he says that you can get Google’s approval for your websites and rank top or even No.1 for your targeted keywords within days, he is not lying. And we are not talking about complicated SEO but using Web 2.0 authority sites.
Pawel tells you the 2 best ways to make use of his techniques to conquer Google’s search engine results to your advantage. No, he is not talking about long tail keywords in case you are wondering.
His killer backlinking strategies are powerful and effective. The Google Manipulator report shares 2 such methods to get quality one-way links. The black hat techniques are actually mini strategies to increase your affiliate commissions.
Priced at $67, this Google Manipulator report is worth the buy. It is a complete income system. I like his style of writing which is clear and concise. And Pawel Reszka takes great pains to use screenshots to illustrate each step. Newbies will love this because they are easy to understand and anyone can execute to outrun even the gurus with huge lists, even without your own website!
I would be surprised if you do not make any money with this report.
Grab his report and I shall throw in a set of attractive bonuses. See my Google Manipulator bonuses.
Posted in Article Marketing, Blogging, Buzz Marketing, Free Money Making Methods, General, Online Marketing Learning, Product Reviews, SEO, Social Bookmarking, Web Traffic, keyword research | 1 Comment »
Monday, June 9th, 2008 |
What Is Alex Goad’s Four Tier Annihilation Method or 4 Tier Annihilation Method?
My buddy Alex Goad has just released a new video you can go watch now for free.
In it he talks about the Four Tier Annihilation Method being deregulated… This is big news as you will soon see…
Watch 4 Tier Annihilation Method Video Now!
It’s also strange because it looks pretty much different from anything I’ve ever seen.
Not to mention that the earning account screen-shots show just short of $200,000 a month.
Here is what’s happening: they are deregulating a set of killer tactics known as the Four Tier Annihilation Method (which incidentally has nothing to do with MLM or any of that stuff).
This is the exact material that was taught to an exclusive group of 10 people in a closed door commando seminar in London England (which cost $10 thousand to attend).
There are actual case studies being released and the results are beyond impressive. Several of the students have reported making 5 and even 6 figures a month.
And this is all documented:
Listen, I just finished watching the short video (it’s under 10 minutes), and I can tell you right now this thing is going to explode any second.
In fact this has all the makings of a game changer. It’s not every day that killer underground tactics like these are made available at all…
Apparently this is going to open doors tomorrow 10th June at 12 Noon Est. You’ll be able to see the full student case studies then as well as a lot more… things like
1. How to use this “radar” to zone in on “shooting fish in a barrel” style profit magnets
2. The Legal Highjack System: Lethal and crushingly effective yet perfectly legal method to leverage geographical factors for a stunning advantage and giant profits
3. Error Cheats: Nobody is perfect: uncover simple errors others are making and transform them into huge deposits in your account.
Plus, the recent trend reversal that creates a new ground floor opening…
I don’t think this video will be up much longer, so go watch the free Four Tier Annihilation Method video now!
Posted in General, Online Marketing Learning, Product Reviews | No Comments »
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 |
Ebay Crusher is set to rock the internet marketing on the 08 May 2008, this Thursday. You may not know the author of this report David Fransko, better known online as BillyA but this man is quite well known as a former eBay Powerseller. Coined as Ebay Crusher, it is designed as a revolutionary new system to make money on eBay.
How Did Ebay Crusher Come About?
David Fransko having sold products successfully as an eBay Powerselller and later delved into affiliate marketing, he discovered 2 challenges that are peculiar to the eBay seller and affiliate marketers respectively. For the eBay seller, it is becoming tougher to find profitable products to sell. As for the affiliate marketer, driving sustainable traffic is always the mammoth challenge of every affiliate. With rising PPC costs and the ever-changing search engine algorithm, many affiliates, newbies and veterans alike are facing a great deal of pressure trying to capture more sales.
This is why Ebay Crusher was born, to solve the traffic problem as well as solve the product issue.
I had the chance to review this report and so I thought, hmmm…why not? But as usual, I shall cover this Ebay Crusher review from a third party standpoint and give you my honest take on it.
This report is a 47-page report covering 9 chapters of tips and tricks of making money online using eBay and affiliate programs. No prizes for guessing this right.
But this report covers a lot more about affiliate marketing, targeting affiliate marketers mainly leaving only the last chapter to the usual eBay folks who have been making money from selling digital products.
I shall spill the beans about the gist of each chapter. If you want to know the full story, do go and download the book.
At the time of this writing, David Fransko is offering a free copy of “No Brainer Secrets to Selling On Ebay” so be sure to go download it. Oh yes, you can watch a video right there that illustrates the entire EBay Crusher system.
Chapter 1 talks about how you can make money without selling anything of your own. Hint: Think affiliate marketing.
Chapter 2 reveals the main secret of the report, The Ebay Crusher Method. Pss…this is an eye opener to me as I have not seen many affiliates doing this at all and the profit potential is limitless. I love this chapter the most!
Chapter 3 spills it all about which are the most sellable kind of products on eBay. This step is necessary to prevent wasting time and money promoting worthless products that cannot sell at all.
Chapter 4 teaches you a really sneaky trick to take advantage of product launches and sell tons of it without even owning a LIST!
Chapter 5 – 7 are pretty standard stuff which you probably already know as an affiliate marketer. I do not find it special but just some stuff that you can read elsewhere.
Chapter 8 teaches you a cool tip to stay ahead of your competition and sell only things that sell well. It saves you a lot of time researching and selling the wrong products so that you can start profiting quickly.
Chapter 9 talks about the dilemma of all digital sellers. If you use eBay either to sell cheap $0.99 digital products to build your list, LISTEN UP! This chapter will save your business and life!
By now, everyone must have heard about eBay’s recent ruling to restrict instant downloads in their auctions. Basically, in the auctions, everyone needs to offer a physical product and ship it to their customers. For those who have been selling cheap digital ebooks to build their list are the hardest hit as you can no longer do so. It feels like losing a limp or arm and I can understand.
Ebay Crusher in this final chapter reveals a secret trick to overcome this problem and get you back on the map faster, leaner and even stronger. So at the end of the day, you may even thank eBay for coming up with this rule as it has gotten rid of your competitors in the process. Few marketers know this secret method and if you know it, then you have the cutting edge to put more money in your pockets.
Priced at $77, this amount can easily be recouped by applying the step-by-step blueprint. The steps are easy to follow and David Fransko has made it a point to illustrate everything with screen shots and simple instructions in a “do this, click that” manner.
The Ebay Crusher report is written for the affiliate marketer and it does not matter what level of marketing skills you are at, anyone can follow and profit. For those who have been slapped by eBay because of its “no instant digital download” rule, this system is a life-saver.
If you are thinking of downloading the report, I encourage you to do so here and I shall throw in some really cool Ebay Crusher bonuses worth at least $300 for you.
All you have to do is buy the product through the link below, then place a comment here “I want my Ebay Crusher Bonuses and your ClickBank receipt number” and I shall get in touch with you.
Posted in General, Online Marketing Learning, Product Reviews | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 |
By now, you would have heard of Ewen Chia or for that matter his latest Working from Home Secret Report. He is my fellow countryman, friend and someone whom I do respect a lot. Why?
Partly because I have known how hard he worked his way to today’s status as the Secret Weapon of Super Affiliates. But largely because he often over deliver on his products. Do not expect B.S from this guy.
This is the man behind successful products like AutoPilot Profits and Secret Affiliate Weapon. These reports continue to sell well on ClickBank. But I am still curious to know how this new system works and whether he can live up to my expectations.
But what exactly is Ewen Chia’s Working from Home System about? 15th April is the first day of the pre-launch to announce the arrival of this new income system.
Well, I downloaded his free report titled “HOW TO GET RICH FROM HOME IN JUST 5 SIMPLE STEPS!” or you can watch his video here:
Watch the video at Ewen Chia’s Working from Home website now!
After watching the video and reading through the 5 simple steps to get rich from home on the internet, I must say that it is still refreshing as ever. You can download the report for free without opting in to any list. So go ahead and do so.
In his 5 steps report, he covers the essential 5 steps to start making real money online fast.
1. Finding a Rabid Marketing With Huge Growing Demand
This is good old wisdom but most affiliates miss this out completely. Ewen Chia advocates in his free report that any online marketer should find a market that has ready buyers and a continuous need to consume.
The golfing and the “work from home” niches fit in the bill nicely. Rather than to sell to a market that will only buy from you once, for example, how to get rid of cockroaches, why not sell golf balls, golf equipment, golf memberships in the golf market or sell “traffic building”, “Google Adwords”, “make money online” reports and memberships to the “working from home” market?
Of course, this step involves doing some keyword research.
2. Finding an Excellent Product as a Solution to People’s Problems
In the free report, he points out the need to focus on 1 product rather than 100 of products. Just 1 excellent product is good enough. Quite frankly, I do not fully agree with him. The reason is simple – never put all your eggs in one basket no matter how good the product is.
But he does point out in this report at Workingfromhome.com that it is important for the affiliate program to pay the affiliates well. At least 50% commissions are reasonable for a digital product. This point, I fully agree.
Another gold nugget of advice which I always tell my subscribers is this, make sure the affiliate program comes with a complete set of affiliate tools such as emails, banner ads, PPC keywords, classified ads etc. I am so glad Ewen did that in his report from Working from Home.
3. Complete Sales Funnel
Kudos to him on this point about complete sales funnel. This is something that I often find missing in most make money online books I buy. A complete sales funnel does not only sell the prospect on the upfront, but it has an up-sell and a backend.
Simply put, earning a $25 per sale from a $50 product should never be your end in mind.
A complete sales funnel will allow you the affiliate earn on the upfront, up-sell and backend. Sad to say, many affiliate marketing programs perform poorly in this.
On the contrary, any product that does provide the complete sales funnel to its affiliates is likely to be a winner for a long time to come.
4. Focus on Money Making Activities
This is a practical thinking tip and I like that because I am a firm believer in this. In the report on “5 simple steps to get rich from home on the internet”, he talks about focusing on money making activities, ie those things that will get you more sales.
Well he does not explicitly mention about what are the money making activities, I can translate that to activities like website promotion ie article marketing, PPC, comment posting, forum marketing, etc and website/blog creation activities or even getting JV partners.
His Mini-Day tips is simple but trust me, many people do not really implement that. It took me some time to convince my online marketing student to do that.
5. Be Proactive
Wow! This is such a SIMPLE step but the trouble is, many folks are just too bogged down by distractions.
Remember, knowledge has no value until it is acted upon.
So, even taking a little action on what you have learnt will put you in a better income position. Massive action will really let you quit your day job, work from home and get rich from home on the internet.
This free report is a good read. Do watch the video and download it to read up the details.
By the way, Ewen Chia’s Working from Home Secret Report will be launched on the 21st April. You will read about it here!
This 50-page no-fluff report will probably be the key to make real money online fast, quit the rat race and replacing your income with the internet in 30 days or lesser.
Within the Working from Home Secret Report, you will discover 3 proven and easy ways to earn cash within 30 days.
Within the report, expect to:
See proof of how Ewen Chia went from $0 to 5 figure with a Brand New Website In 30 Days
Learn the 4 simple stages of all successful online businesses
Discover how to pick a profitable market to sell your products within minutes with free tools only. Also, you will be able to find rapid markets with ready cash to spend.
Learn how to leverage one top website to start your business without any website of your own and start earning in a week.
Master the art of spying on the hot sellers and “stealing” the profits for yourself.
See Ewen show you how he made his first million bucks and how you can copy him and let somebody do all the grunt work for you!
Discover how to create simple ONE-page websites that outsell the super gurus. You will also receive some examples so that you can copy for your own success.
Learn 4 easy methods to get hot buyers ready to buy whatever you are selling to them. And 3 of these methods are totally free of charge.
Learn the exact step by step method of creating and selling your own product within 7 days.
Discover the technique of pricing your product. Yes, you will learn the psychological reason for why certain price points will automatically click within the buyers.
Know the fastest and simplest way to accept credit cards online without paying a single cent until someone buys a product from you. No sales, no need to pay!
What is the price of Ewen Chia’s Working from Home Secret Report?
$9.97!
I will let out a little secret here:
On top of the report, the Work from Home Secret Report all comes with bonuses like:
Bonus 1:
The “Instant Income System” which is an income system with a complete sales funnel that lets you earn up to $156.77.
Bonus 2:
“How To ‘Steal’ Other People’s Work And Get Rich”(Retail Value: $67). Within this report, you will:
Find out how the Web 2.0 phenomenon can help you ramp up your earnings quickly.
Discover 4 killer “pre-sell” page secrets that will beat out the competition
Learn How to Find Excellent Affiliate Programs to Promote
Sounds like a lot to me. Before he takes down the report and video from the Working from Home website, go check it out.
Posted in Article Marketing, Blogging, Buzz Marketing, Forum Marketing, General, Online Marketing Learning, Product Reviews, SEO, Social Bookmarking, Web Traffic | 51 Comments »
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 |
iContent Robot is the latest content writing software to appear on the market. If you have gone to take a look at the sales page of iContentRobot.com, you will see some interesting videos.
I have been using all kinds of article writing, rewriting and spinning software. Instant Article Wizard 2.0 (and Version 1.0), Content Assistant, JetSpinner, Unique Article Wizard, Content Spooler and what have you. Every one of these is good but none comes close enough to the speed, ease of use and uniqueness of content created using iContent Robot.
For one moment, I would consider Instant Article Wizard 2.0 as King of Article Writing Software. But it seems that it has met a strong contender in iContent Robot.
What does the article creation robot do for you?
It generates unique versions of a topic based on a keyword. For example, you can key in “Make Money Online”, and click on the “Regenerate Content” button for a new version to appear. All well within 3 seconds.
As an illustration, I am going to show you 3 unique versions of an article on “Acne Skin Care” I just created. Do not let your jaw drop. In case you begin to suspect I did some master touch-up, my reply is NO. These are taken straight from the software.
Remember, click, regenerate, copy and paste. That’s all I did. Don’t blink your eyes.
3 Sample Unique Articles Created by iContent Robot
Version No.1
If you are one of the people who suffer with acne (Zits) then you are well aware of the distress and problems it causes; but there are now many treatments available which can help the condition so it is more bearable. A great deal of money is being spent researching the condition; now, some of these skin conditions are gradually being conquered. We can classify acne skin care products into 3 broad categories: Internet or Drugstore: Treatment that helps prevents condition Over-the-counter, Prescription only: Requires visit to doctor
The preventative products are formulated to treat the skin in an effort to prevent acne from arising like skin cleansers and makeup removers. Many people use products similar to this every day as part of their skin care regime irrespective of whether or not they have the condition.
Other acne skin care products like skin cleansers are more specific about their job, they ensure the facial pores (and other areas) remain free of oil. Excess oil needs to be stopped from clogging the pores as this oil make it easier for bacteria to grow, exacerbating the condition.
Exfoliation skin peels have proved quite effective as a skin care treatment and at controlling the problem. There are now more and more of these types of products available over the counter. Dead skin cells and other atmospheric pollutants are removed cleaning the pores which reduce the chance of any bacterial growth.
There are specialized acne skin care products available over-the-counter, they do not require the need of a prescription. Products that contain the chemical benzoyl peroxide and the naturally occurring salicylic acid are used in vanishing creams. They work by removing the excess oil from the skin and halt the growth of acne.
Although benzoyl peroxide works well, it is possible you may have a reaction, it is suggested that any benzoyl peroxide skin care product should not contain the active ingredient at more than 5.5 percent. You might have to try a few different creams or lotions before you find the acne skin care product that is effective for you’re skin. If nothing you try seems to work, you should contact a dermatologist.
There are benefits of seeing your doctor or dermatologist; they can prescribe you with a prescription for treatments not available over the counter, for example a course of antibiotics. In some case your doctor may suggest the pustules are drained of harmful contents under local anesthetic, this is a minor procedure which if carried out by yourself could result in skin damage.
Your doctor could prescribe a hormone-based treatment to treat your skin problem. Hormonal changes are known to cause acne and such skin care treatments are sometimes known to be effective. Constant research has paid off, and whilst they cannot cure the condition, it is becoming easier to treat.
Version No.2
The psychological harm acne or Zits causes it’s many sufferers should not be underestimated; fortunately treatments are improving all the time. It is not surprising then that a great deal of money has been spent on skin care treatment development; as a result there are a variety of new products available to help prevent and treat skin conditions. We can classify acne skin care products into 3 broad categories: Preventative: Creams, lotions etc. to help cleanse and tone the skin. Over-the-counter and Prescription only: Requires visit to doctor
The preventative products are formulated to treat the skin in an effort to prevent acne from arising like skin cleansers and makeup removers. Whilst many sufferers use these products there are even more people who just want to keep their skin clean and conditioned.
More specialized cleaners are designed in the same way as acne skin care products; they clean out the pores to help stop sebum or oil which clogs up the pores. These products prevent the oil from getting trapped in pores and can hamper the growth of bacteria, this can lead to the bad skin condition.
This type of skin care treatment also includes those which exfoliate such as skin peels. These can be bought over the counter or on the internet. They work by reducing oil plus other contaminants from the skin and in the pores; this can reduce harmful bacteria and stop their chance of growth.
There are specialized acne skin care products available over-the-counter, they do not require the need of a prescription. Skin care products have been formulated to extract the excess oil that bacteria need to promote the development of acne. These products have benzoyl peroxide or salicylic acid as ingredients which the bacterium reacts badly too.
It is preferable when you first start using this type of product to keep the concentration of it low, around 5.5 percent is best. You can always try a cleaner or cream containing alpha hydroxy acid if this doesn’t work. You might have to try a few different creams or lotions before you find the acne skin care product that is effective for you’re skin. If nothing you try seems to work, you should contact a dermatologist.
Only doctors or skin care specialists can prescribe some medications, including the use of antibiotics and certain ointments. Under certain circumstances, having the infected material removed from the pores under a local anesthetic may be suggested by your dermatologist. This is something you should never attempt yourself.
Your doctor may even suggest a course of hormone therapy as a skin care treatment. Hormone changes are sometimes responsible for acne and can be very effective when used under prescription. With all the treatments available, tackling acne is not that difficult as there are many new products available to help.
Version No.3
If you are one of the people who suffer with acne (Zits) then you are well aware of the distress and problems it causes; Fortunately, skin care treatments are plentiful. Research into the causes, and possible treatments, for the condition is ongoing; as a consequence, many of these new treatments are very affective. Despite the number of acne skin care products currently available on the market, they are broadly categorized into three distinctly separate groups: Internet or Drugstore: Treatment that helps prevents condition; Those available at a drugstore or over-the-counter and Prescription: Issued for specialized medication from a doctor etc.
The preventative products are formulated to treat the skin in an effort to prevent acne from arising like skin cleansers and makeup removers. Whilst many sufferers use these products there are even more people who just want to keep their skin clean and conditioned.
Some of these products are designed to act like an acne skin care product and act against the causes of this complaint. They work by limiting the production of sebum/oil and prevent clogging of skin pores. These products prevent the oil from getting trapped in pores and can hamper the growth of bacteria, this can lead to the bad skin condition.
General skin care treatments also include special exfoliation products like skin peels. This type of peel helps reduce the chance of oil clogging up the pores as well as removing other skin impurities; this can reduce the bacterium growth on your skin.
There is a huge market for these types of acne skin care products as they don’t require a consultation with a dermatologist. These include products like vanishing creams which extract the excess oil from the skin. Most of these are based on benzoyl peroxide and salicylic acid, both of which are the enemies of bacteria (and hence acne).
You should start with a product that has lower concentration of benzoyl peroxide (e.g. 5%) and see how your skin responds. Alpha-hydroxy-acid based moisturizers are also popular as a skin care regime. Because we all have different types of skin, more than one type of acne skin care product may need to be tried. This is quite normal, however, if it is proving to be a problem then consult with your doctor, or skin care specialist.
On-prescription treatments are prescribed by a dermatologist and can include ointments that can be applied on the affected area or oral antibiotics or just any topical ointment. In some case your doctor may suggest the pustules are drained of harmful contents under local anaesthetics, this is a minor procedure which if carried out by yourself could result in skin damage.
An alternative that has been shown to work well is hormone therapy. Studies have shown that hormones can cause acne and skin care treatments that are hormone based have proved to be effective in many cases. With all the treatments available, tackling acne is not that difficult as there are many new products available to help.
Are you impressed? I am! Normally, it would cost me about $5 per article if I outsource my writing. It can cost even more depending on the quality and length of article. A simple rewrite from the original would have easily cost about $3.
With iContent Robot, you can create unlimited versions without costing you a single dime!
Some Advantages of iContentRobot.com Over Other Article Creation Software & Content Sources like PLR or Ghostwriters:
1. Super Fast – It takes only 3 seconds to create a completely unique version.
2. Unlimited Versions – You can create unlimited articles and they all look different and unique. No one else will have the same content as what you created with iContent Robot.
3. No Preparation Required – Most article spinning software requires some form of preparation such as creating several seed articles.
4. Latent Semantic Index Friendly – Content created is LSI friendly. If you understand about Google’s new rules about LSI content relevance, then you will see that the content is created following Google’s rules.
5. SEO Optimized – Each unique article is created with SEO in mind for ranking in the search engines.
6. Non-Spammy – A lot of poor quality article creation software produce spammy articles that are an eye-sore to human beings. This is quite unlike the quality content created by iContent Robot.
7. Economical – I wanted to call the tool cheap but that sounds very devaluing for a cool tool like this. For $67, it is not even enough for me to buy more than 13 hand-written articles by a cheap writer. It is also much cheaper than most PLR membership sites I use or come across (most offer a fixed number of articles each month shared by hundreds of people…hardly unique at all).
What I Do Not Like About iContent Robot:
While the unique versions are highly readable, what I do not like is the topics listed for this first month. iContent Robot’s creater Mo Latif pointed out that users are allowed to choose what topic they want their service to write about for the next month.
This part is not clear. I wonder how the arrangement will be like.
Members vote for what topic they want?
Or they will create articles based on the topics requested by individual member?
Or they have a point system where everyone can make a fixed number of requests on choice of topic each month?
This is important to me personally because I do not own websites on all these topics. Those who own and build lots of Adsense websites are the first ones to gain from this software. You can create tons of content to attract traffic from the search engines and with 50 topics to choose from, that is a lot of websites you can build for Adsense income!
The possibilities of using iContent Robot is great. You can use the content to post it on your websites/blogs or submit the articles to article directories or any site that accepts your content for traffic.
Or, you can create a full report on the topic and sell it. You can even consider reselling the articles.
Of course, using the service iContent Robot itself does cost you some money. For a start, the doors are just open not long ago for the first 500 exclusive members at $67. After that, the price will increase. At the time of this writing, over 400 memberships have been sold.
Make a sale or two with the articles created and it would have paid fully for the fee.
Take a look at iContentRobot and see how it works.
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 |
What are the most important or must-have bum marketing tools in your arsenal?
I talked about the bum marketing method in my previous post. Today, I want to spend some time to talk about the essential bum marketing tools that I use quite often.
1. Brainstorming for Niches and Products
In brainstorming for ideas or niches to target for my bum marketing efforts, there is one place you will love to go to.
CB Engine – it is quite simply one of the best tools to find hot products to promote. I like the feature that lets you filter off the search results according to your preference such as minimum commissions and commission payout percentage and so on. Personally, if the commission payout is lower than $20 per sale, I will ditch it.
From here, you can also get to see which are the market movers and what are the most popular topics. With the pro version, you get a full set of cool tools to use as a ClickBank affiliate.
One word of advice here – the “make money online” market is one where the buyers tend to be very well-informed! It may not be that easy to make money out of them.
While it is also such a huge market where tons of products are sold, it is not recommended for the newbie bum marketer. Target the other niche markets using your bum marketing method.
2. Keyword Research Tools
Once you decide on a market to target, it is time to do proper keyword research. A lot of people get this wrong by focusing on keyword research first before looking at the market’s profitability.
Some tools I use frequently include:
a. Google’s very own keyword research tool
This is a free tool to find long tail keywords. But it is not the best since you cannot figure out what is the exact search count.
b. Keyword Elite
If you have money, invest in Keyword Elite. It is one of the most powerful keyword research software I use to find the right keywords to target for the bum marketing method. This is hands-down one of the best bum marketing tools!
c. NicheBot
NicheBot is a super dynamo when it comes to churning out laser-targeted keywords for your bum marketing articles. I use the paid version which gives me detailed run downs on what are the exact keywords people are searching.
This bum marketing tool also suggests which “Jackpot” keywords you can use to dominate any niche market you are in. These are keywords and keyphrase where there is almost zero competition! This is perfect for my bum marketing method.
It is meant for more elaborate keyword research and ideal for PPC campaigns as well.
3. Writing Content for Bum Marketing Articles
I used to write all my articles for bum marketing traffic. But with a network of 50 over blogs, it can be extremely challenging to write all my content.
There are some tools and services that make things really simple for me.
a. Instant Article Wizard
This is my baby for the bum marketing method. The reason why I say that it is a tool made for bum marketers is because in the whole bum marketing strategy, pumping out articles fast is the key to win the game! And that is what Instant Article Wizard does.
Oh, do not simply slap an article together with the search. Well you can and chances are the article is highly readable, but I expect a lot out of my articles.
So I will normally use it to do my content research. Find all the necessary data and information and then write an original article altogether.
b. Hiring GhostWriters
Ghostwriters are so important if you intend to run a successful business. Outsource your writing to good writers. Pay them well enough and you are never in lack of quality unique content.
$5 for an article is quite reasonable. I often use GetaFreeLancer and DP Forums for my content writing needs.
4. Submitting the Bum Marketing Articles
Article directories are my main battlegrounds to charge up profits from the bum marketing method.
I rely heavily on article submission software and article submission services.
Article Post Robot is the ultimate well-invested tool I found. It has earned me many fold the one-time price I paid for it. With one click, my article is distributed to over 400 article directories including EzineArticles. So far, this is the only tool that can post to the correct article category.
Read this review about Article Post Robot to understand what it can do for you.
The next are the article submission services, Unique Article Wizard and JetSubmitter. Both are hands-free services that distribute my articles to well over hundreds of article directories. Read about these two services at this article submission service review site.
I love UAW more simply because it also posts my articles onto their network of blogs. So far, I have seen quite a number of my articles that are posted on blogs ranking Top 10 in Google. I consider this my secret weapon among the bum marketing tools I own.
I hope I did not miss out on any tool that is useful for bum marketing. Feel free to post your comments about your arsenal of bum marketing tools here.
Posted in Article Marketing, Blogging, General, Online Marketing Learning, Product Reviews, SEO, Web Traffic | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 |
About 2 weeks ago, I picked up Comment Hut from Paul Forcey, the software developer for Comment Hut as well as a friend I got to know from NicheRockets forum.
Paul was the brain behind many excellent online marketing tools like Blogger Wizard, Widget Secrets, Hubpages Explained, Squid Hub Searcher and Keyword Manipulator. Frankly, I am quite a fan of his products and own quite a number of these.
That said, I am still going to put his tool Comment Hut to the test. At the same time, I am also trying out Comment Kahuna, another product from Jason Potash.
Both software are meant to track down blogs for you to comment on. In terms of features wise, the two tools have a built in feature that allows you to find blogs according to specific keywords and Page Rank.
I tested out both software.
Comment Hut – How It Works
With the Comment Hut (full version), it allows me to find blogs using 7 content management systems or rather platforms like:
1. Wordpress
2. Wordpress.com
3. Drupal
4. LiveJournal
5. Typepad
6. Squidoo
7. Hubpages
Simply enter your keyword and Comment Hut goes hunting down relevant blogs to the keyword. I do observe that the url of each blog post contains the keyword and from the different blog posts I found, the results are laser-targeted to the target keyword.
For each search, I can easily find 100s of such relevant blogs. I decided I have no time to post on every single blog and hence use the PageRank filtering feature of Comment Hut to remove those low PR blogs. The entire process was fast and took me no more than 10 minutes to compile a list of 511 blog posts of PR above 3.
I chose PR 3 because it would seem suspicious to the search engines to only have backlinks coming from PR 7 or 8 blog posts. It is better to cast your “linking” net wide. Also, there are much fewer PR 7 posts around.
All I did was simply to go to each blog post, browse through and make a helpful comment and I have a backlink completely FREE! Very quickly, I managed to get dozens of quality backlinks to my site, transferring PR love to me.
Some of these blogs that I posted to have the “No Follow” tags but many don’t. And in any case, from observations and what users have reported, Yahoo, MSN and the smaller search engines seem to be ignoring the “No Follow” tags. A quick look at the AWStats revealed that the spiders have visited the pages shortly after posting.
Like what I mentioned in my previous posts, spending one or two minutes posting on a blog post that enjoys good traffic can bring in a constant stream of traffic for a long time. Plus, Yahoo, MSN and smaller search engine spiders are following the links anyway. So the impact of the “No Follow” tag seems to be rather exaggerated.
Comment Kahuna – How It Works
Comment Kahuna works somewhat similar to Comment Hut. Simply enter a keyword and it will go searching for blogs related to the target keyword. Notice here that I said “related” and not “relevant”.
The reason why I said that is because, out of the 50 blog posts I found, many are the category pages of the main WordPress.com for related keywords, and not totally relevant as what I hoped for.
Let me explain it clearer. Say the keyword I searched for is “affiliate marketing”, they will return results like:
http://wordpress.com/tags/affiliate-marketing, http://wordpress.com/tags/internet-marketing, http://wordpress.com/tags/make-money-online
Now, not that this is no good, but the blog posts I found do not seem to be completely relevant and specific to the keyword I have targeted. If I target “web traffic” as my keyword, obviously I want to write my comments in a blog post around this topic. So giving a result showing a blog post tagged “make money online” seems to be out of sync.
My conclusion is that Comment Kahuna is useful if you are looking for blog posts that are centered around generalized topics, and not if you are looking for specific narrow niche topics.
But one feature I like about Comment Kahuna is its ability to sieve out the blogs with “No Follow” tag. Another useful feature is its profile creation and storing. If you wish, you can create a profile for each website you are promoting. When you get to each blog post, the software will auto-populate your name, email address and website link for you. So all you need is to comment.
You can also save your project halfway and come back again to continue later.
Comment Hut VS Comment Kahuna
Comment Hut is definitely a more powerful workhorse in terms of finding relevant blog posts to comment on. It can easily track down 100s of blog posts compared to the scaled-down 10s that Comment Kahuna can manage. The search results are also more relevant and targeted using Comment Hut.
But in terms of pricing, Comment Kahuna is free, but the full version of Comment Hut costs you $97. There is a Comment Hut Lite version which is free as well. This tool allows you to find WordPress blogs only rather than the 7 platforms that the full version is capable of searching.
Comment Kahuna has a slight edge over Comment Hut in terms of its ability to auto-populate the blog posts with your profile details. I have been bugging Paul to come up with this feature to match Comment Kahuna.
And I am pleased to inform that a companion tool is in the making. And it will be free for existing users of Comment Hut. Cool!
On the overall, Comment Hut earns a well-deserved 8/10 as a blog comment posting tool for its powerful search engine and accuracy. While it does not come with a comment posting feature at the moment unlike Comment Kahuna, such a feature will be added very soon. Comment Kahuna comes in with a 7/10 score since it is free and useful in tracking down blogs without “No Follow”.
Happy Blog Comment Posting!
Posted in Blogging, General, Online Marketing Learning, Product Reviews, SEO, Web Traffic | 23 Comments »
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 |
Blogging to the Bank 2 and its first version – the brainchild of Rob Benwell have been responsible for the success of many online marketing bloggers such as myself.
Prior to making my big break in 2007, I was struggling with making money online. Partly because I was spreading my attention across too many things and getting distracted, and partly because I did not come across any proper guidance or teachings that really mattered and worked…Blogging to the Bank 1 was one of the first ebooks that really taught me how to get started to make money online with blogs. Subsequently, I did figure out other more powerful methods to complement the techniques covered in the report.
The Blogging to the Bank 1 was a classic 37-page report written by Rob about creating an empire of blogs around profitable niches. The first version talked mainly about using Blogger blogs to market products from ClickBank. I need to qualify that it was applicable for all other products though.
It was a report that detailed exact steps of how to target the right keywords and how to create a Blogger blog from scratch including how and where to add your banner to promote the target product.
Click to view a sample blog
Blogging to the Bank 1 focused more on ranking well in MSN, a smaller search engine in comparison to Yahoo and Google. The methods of driving traffic using other smaller feeder blogs could work back then but in today’s context, it is no longer working well.
Firstly, MSN has changed its ranking algorithm, and secondly, Google has also devalued links through black hat linking methods.
It was what fuelled the creation of Blogging to the Bank 2. This time round, Rob focuses on teaching bloggers how to create a WordPress niche blog empire. Once again, ClickBank products take centre stage and in his usual style of writing, he teaches you step by step in building a WordPress blog from scratch that promotes a single product in the 61-page report.
In this full report, he talks about:
5 Secrets that will Make Any Blog Successful and Profitable for a Long Time to come
Step-By-Step Blueprint to Create a Long Lasting Blog Empire
6 Traffic Driving Techniques that Pulls In Over 30,000 Visitors to Just One of His Many Blogs
and more.
Along with the report, you will also get 5 sets of blog content and ready banners for 5 popular niches, article submission software, blog submission software, special tool that hunts for high PR blogger blogs to take over, and 2 other mini reports on whitehat and blackhat blogging techniques. For a price of $47, this is a valuable deal.
But one technique that was mentioned in the ebook about “stealing” high PR blogger blogs is no longer valid. So is the tool provided.
Nevertheless, all in all, this is a report that will help anyone aspiring to be a successful blogger do so in the shortest time possible.
If you purchase this ebook Blogging to the Bank 2 today, post your comments with your receipt number and I will send you a download link to ebook and software gifts worth $3215.
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