Saturday, April 26th, 2008
I have compiled a huge list of social bookmarking sites, about 200 sites in total that you can bookmark at. There are some niche ones. I have decided to be nice to you by sharing it here. Majority do have a PR, while the newer ones do not have any PR at all, but that is just a small handful.
In my previous post, I have explained the beauty of social bookmarking in getting free high PR links to your websites. It is also one of the best and FREE way of ranking the deep pages of your websites.
If you search around online, there are not really too many effective ways to get quality high PR links for internal webpages.
Social bookmarking your blog posts, individual web pages and so on only takes a minute. If you are like me who is too lazy to do it manually, hire someone to do so. It can be a school going kid who just wants to earn some pocket allowance.
Or head over to Scriptlance, GetaFreeLancer or money making forums like SitePoint, DP Forums, Wicked Fire etc to hire. It probably will cost you about $0.10 to $0.20 per post. Multiply that by 200 posts at all the social bookmarking websites will only cost you about $20 to $40.
That kind of money will probably just buy you a good link from a PR 3 or 4 site at best. But remember to alternate your titles and descriptions so that they are not spammy looking.
1. http://www.furl.net – PR 8
2. http://www.backflip.com – PR 7
3. http://www.blinklist.com – PR 5
4. http://www.blogmemes.net – PR 5
5. http://jots.com – PR 6
6. http://www.linkroll.com – PR 6
7. http://www.looklater.com – PR 5
8. http://ma.gnolia.com – PR 5
9. http://www.maple.nu – PR 4
10. http://www.markaboo.com – PR 3
11. http://www.rawsugar.com/search – PR 6
12. http://www.shadows.com – PR 7
13. http://simpy.com – PR 4
14. http://www.spurl.net – PR 6
15. http://wink.com – PR 6
16. http://www.stumbleupon.com – PR 7
17. http://www.kaboodle.com – PR 7
18. http://www.clipmarks.com – PR 4
19. http://www.tagtooga.com/db.tag – PR 5
20. http://bluedot.us/friends/dots – PR 6
21. http://del.icio.us – PR8
22. http://www.fark.com – PR8
23. http://www.furl.net – PR8
24. http://www.kuro5hin.org – PR8
25. http://www.technorati.com – PR8
26. http://www.bloghop.com – PR7
27. http://www.blogpulse.com – PR7
28. http://www.connectedy.com – PR7
29. http://www.digg.com – PR7
30. http://www.google.com/notebook – PR7
31. http://www.icerocket.com – PR7
32. http://kinja.com – PR7
33. http://www.librarything.com – PR7
34. http://www.newsvine.com – PR7
35. http://www.nextaris.com – PR7
36. http://www.shadows.com – PR7
37. http://www.stumbleupon.com – PR7
38. http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com – PR7
39. http://www.backflip.com/login.ihtml – PR6
40. http://www.beanrocket.com – PR6
41. http://www.blinklist.com – PR6
42. http://www.blogmarks.net – PR6
43. http://buddymarks.com – PR6
44. http://www.citeulike.org – PR6
45. http://www.cluebacca.com – PR6
46. http://www.diigo.com – PR6
47. http://www.feedmarker.com – PR6
48. http://frassle.net – PR6
49. http://www.gibeo.net – PR6
50. http://www.hanzoweb.com – PR6
51. http://dev.upian.com/hotlinks – PR6
52. http://www.jots.com – PR6
53. http://www.kaboodle.com – PR6
54. http://linkfilter.net – PR6
55. http://www.linkroll.com – PR6
56. http://listmixer.com – PR6
57. http://maple.nu – PR6
58. http://www.mecanbe.com/temp/default.aspx – PR6
59. http://myprogs.net – PR6
60. http://www.mystickies.com – PR6
61. http://www.netvouz.com – PR6
62. http://www.nowpublic.com – PR6
63. http://www.rollyo.com – PR6
64. http://scuttle.org – PR6
65. http://www.simpy.com – PR6
66. http://www.spurl.net – PR6
67. http://suckingfish.com/welcome.do – PR6
68. http://supr.c.ilio.us – PR6
69. http://www.tailrank.com – PR6
70. http://www.wists.com – PR6
71. http://www.wurldbook.com/info – PR6
72. http://www.yoono.com – PR6
73. http://www.clipfire.com – PR6
74. http://www.30daytags.com/fresh – PR5
75. http://adoppt.com – PR5
76. http://www.ambedo.com – PR5
77. http://www.blogmemes.net – PR5
78. http://www.bookmark-manager.com – PR5
79. http://www.bookmarktracker.com – PR5
80. http://www.browsr.com – PR5
81. https://www.chipmark.com – PR5
82. http://www.connectedy.com – PR5
83. http://www.dinnerbuzz.com – PR5
84. http://www.fantacular.com – PR5
85. http://www.feedalley.com – PR5
86. http://www.filangy.com/index.jsp – PR5
87. http://www.gather.com – PR5
88. http://gnafi.com – PR5
89. http://www.gravee.com – PR5
90. http://www.igooi.com – PR5
91. http://www.jeteye.com – PR5
92. http://www.kmfavorites.com – PR5
93. http://www.lifelogger.com – PR5
94. http://www.linkagogo.com/go/Home – PR5
95. http://www.lookupthis.com/online/signin.asp – PR5
96. http://www.lookmarks.com – PR5
97. http://meneame.net – PR5
98. http://www.millionsofgames.com – PR5
99. http://motor.crispynews.com – PR5
100. http://www.mybookmarkmanager.com – PR5
101. http://www.myhq.com – PR5
102. http://www.mylinkvault.com – PR5
103. http://www.mypip.com/home – PR5
104. http://www.myvmarks.com – PR5
105. http://www.openbm.de – PR5
106. http://tags.library.upenn.edu – PR5
107. http://www.peoplefeeds.com – PR5
108. http://www.phigita.net – PR5
109. http://www.pligg.com – PR5
110. http://www.portachi.com – PR5
111. http://www.rrove.com/home – PR5
112. http://segnalo.alice.it – PR5
113. http://www.shoutwire.com – PR5
114. http://www.sitejot.com – PR5
115. http://www.squidoo.com – PR5
116. http://www.stylehive.com – PR5
117. http://www.tabmarks.com – PR5
118. http://unalog.com – PR5
119. http://yummy.printfu.org – PR5
120. http://www.youtube.com – PR5
121. http://www.zurpy.com – PR5
122. http://aworldofhelp.com/home/index2.htm – PR4
123. http://www.allmyfavorites.net – PR4
124. http://articletag.com/index.php – PR4
125. http://www.blinkbits.com – PR4
126. http://www.bmaccess.net – PR4
127. http://www.bookkit.com – PR4
128. http://www.butterflyproject.nl – PR4
129. http://www.clipclip.org – PR4
130. http://www.clipmarks.com – PR4
131. http://www.esnips.com/signin/index.jsp – PR4
132. http://www.favmark.com – PR4
133. http://3form.com – PR4
134. http://www.Givealink.org – PR4
135. http://www.guicookies.com – PR4
136. http://indiagram.com/index.php – PR4
137. http://www.linkarena.com – PR4
138. http://www.linkologia.pl – PR4
139. http://www.oyax.com – PR4
140. http://www.peoplefeeds.com – PR4
141. http://www.rawsugar.com/index.faces – PR4
142. http://www.stanmx.com/sabrosus – PR4
143. http://www.stylefeeder.com – PR4
144. http://www.taghop.com – PR4
145. http://www.ticklr.net – PR4
146. http://www.urlex.info – PR4
147. http://my.xilinus.com – PR4
148. http://www.de.lirio.us – PR3
149. http://www.eigology.com/dogear – PR3
150. http://dohat.com/dohathome3.html – PR3
151. http://www.favoor.com – PR3
152. http://feedmelinks.com/portalc – PR3
153. http://www.flipskipper.com – PR3
154. http://www.i89.us – PR3
155. http://www.lilisto.com – PR3
156. https://ma.gnolia.com – PR3
157. http://www.meme-stream.com – PR3
158. http://www.onlywire.com – PR3
159. http://tagsy.com – PR3
160. http://6-clicks.com – PR2
161. http://www.bloglot.com – PR2
162. http://www.crispynews.com/global – PR2
163. http://ww2.ikeepbookmarks.com – PR2
164. http://www.indiamarks.com – PR2
165. http://www.listible.com – PR2
166. http://www.sitetagger.com – PR2
167. http://www.smarking.com – PR2
168. http://www.30daytags.com/fresh – PR1
169. http://www.getboo.com – PR1
170. http://www.syncone.net – PR1
171. http://www.blabb.com/user/blabb.php – PR0
172. http://bookmarks.blauerbote.com – PR0
173. http://bluedot.us/friends/dots – PR0
174. http://www.collectfavorites.com – PR0
175. http://www.complore.com – PR0
176. http://www.eggkeg.com – PR0
177. http://www.fatredfish.com – PR0
178. http://www.forumsofindia.com – PR0
179. http://www.fungow.com – PR0
180. http://mybookmark.gokodo.com – PR0
181. http://www.goobtoob.com – PR0
182. http://linkatopia.com – PR0
183. http://www.linklog.nl – PR0
184. http://www.markaboo.com – PR0
185. http://www.minddeposit.com – PR0
186. http://www.pixelmo.com – PR0
187. http://popurls.com – PR0
188. http://recommendit.dehsoftware.com – PR0
189. http://www.reddit.com – PR0
190. http://www.rojo.com – PR0
191. http://say.something-everything.com – PR0
192. http://www.searchles.com – PR0
193. http://www.shoppersbase.com – PR0
194. http://socialbookmarking.org – PR0
195. http://www.taganiche.com – PR0
196. http://www.tagtooga.com/db.tag – PR0
197. http://thumblicio.us – PR0
198. http://www.tutorialism.com – PR0
199. http://www.ticklr.net – PR0
200. http://www.wirefan.com – PR0
Do you know of any other social bookmarking websites? Feel free to list them here.
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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 | 54 Comments »
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
I like to be on gurus’ list to get updates about the latest products in the market.
But to be very frank, the emails used to be so much better. Gone were the days when marketing experts would genuinely share with you real money making tips so that you can make some real money online.
I mean, perhaps having attained guru status, many have forgotten how they too were once struggling newbies. These guys have cleanly forgotten about newbies or marketers who genuinely want to learn some new killer marketing stuff.
Nowadays, all the emails you get are recommendations for ebooks, software and memberships. I mean there is nothing wrong with that but sending your list of loyal subscribers offers all the time without any useful content at all does not really go too well for me.
Do you agree with me?
But one thing I do learn from these guys and am seeing more and more happening are gurus and all the mid-level experts offering bonuses for you to buy from them.
I can only explain the phenomenon in the following reasons.
1. Affiliate marketers are getting really savvy nowadays. If the product is a Clickbank product, affiliate marketers will go to Clickbank, generate their own affiliate link and buy through these links. So the gurus are losing their commissions.
How do I know? Did you know that the affiliate gravities for some of the top ClickBank products are so high because affiliates are buying using their affiliate link?
2. Competition is getting very stiff and they need to offer something better than others. Some are even offering their very own products that normally sell for $97 or more as a bonus if you were to buy through their affiliate links. Others offer valuable bonuses in the form of free reports and even memberships.
Now, this in the end is beneficial to both the affiliate and buyer. For the price of one, you get a bonus that matches or exceeds the value of the product you are buying. For the affiliate, he has nothing to lose as it is zero cost to him or her. After all, it is a digital download and unlike offline businesses, there is nothing to ship or physical product to deduct from the inventory.
This is pretty! An excellent win-win strategy!
I am definitely going to use it to bribe my prospects.
As a start, l want you to tell me exactly what kind of bonus you hope to get the most that will make it attractive enough for you to buy through someone else’s affiliate link. Please be specific, like you would want a free detailed step-by-step ebook on traffic building using FaceBook or other social media, or you want to learn how to build a list and so on. You can get greedy and even ask for bonuses worth $1000!
Post your comment here with your desired bonus. To spice it up, I want to bribe you with a bonus gift. Yes, how about the latest book “Facebook Social Ads”?
Facebook Social Ads worth $37
Facebook is a resource that will only continue to grow in the coming months and years. Facebook’s expansion is predicted to eventually surpass MySpace’s and when that happens, you already want to have your monetization in place. For developers and business people alike, Facebook is an opportunity that is well worth exploring.
Don’t overlook this tremendous untapped opportunity. If you’d like to succeed where so many others have failed, this is your chance.
Sounds good? Now, it is time to hear from you.
All you have to do for me to bribe you with this bonus gift is:
1. Make a comment here and tell me what bonus you want to buy stuff through someone’s affiliate link
2. Enter your name and email address below for me to send you the gift.
That’s it!
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
It has been more than a week since I last posted my Buzz marketing article. I hope you like my previous post on the “10 Step Guide to Become the Most Broke Affiliate Marketer in 2008”. My girlfriend sure had a good laugh after reading it. Read on to know what exactly is Buzz Marketing.
If you had not read it, you can read it here.
10 Step Guide to Become the Most Broke Affiliate Marketer in 2008
There are 2 main reasons why I wrote that article.
Firstly, to share with readers like you about the common problems many affiliate marketers are caught up in. Some are innocent mistakes, others are totally blind to them and keep repeating these mistakes. The result is a waste of precious time, the loss of sales and subscribers.
Secondly, I created the article as a simple experiment on the concept of Buzz Marketing. You see, Buzz Marketing is another form of article marketing, powered by the buzz of Web 2.0 media.
Recently, I got to read about Buzz Marketing by an under-the-radar marketer called Dean Hunt.
What do Bum Marketers normally do with their articles?
A lot of the bum marketers simply do some proper keyword research for long tail keywords, slap a piece of article together and then submit it to EzineArticles or Squidoo. That’s it! They leave it to chance for the article to rank well in Google, Yahoo and MSN.
The trouble is, they are shortchanging the bum marketing method. How about combining the power of bum marketing method with a twist of Web 2.0 BUZZ? This is truly powerful BUZZ Marketing!
How to Combine Buzz Marketing with the BUM Marketing Method?
1. Create an article using the bum marketing method but write the title in a really eye-catching manner.
Notice that for my “10 Step Guide to Become the Most Broke Affiliate Marketer in 2008”, I could have written in the same old same old method of “10 Step Guide to Become the Most Successful Affiliate Marketer in 2008”.
There are tons of similar articles you can find. Titles like “Top Ways to Sell More”, “How to Be A Super Guru” and so on are pretty common. So how do you get people interested at all if you plan to write in the same manner?
Some tips to create a good and catchy title for your Buzz Marketing article:
a. Go for a negative angle. Notice that people love to read bad news. That is why bad news always sells so well. Read the newspapers and magazines to understand.
b. Use simple to understand keywords in your title. Try not to be bombastic. Go for simple to understand English. This will ensure your readers can understand and will read your article.
c. Use lists in your title. It has been proven that numbers and figures attract the readers’ attention much better. Instead of “Tips to Be the Most Attractive Guy in School”, go for “10 Killer Tips to Be the Most Loved Guy in School”. See what the small change can do.
2. Submit your article to Digg.com and StumbleUpon.com. Digg and StumbleUpon are 2 of the most popular Web 2.0 Social Bookmarking Sites. There are millions of readers and even journalists hang out there for fresh news and gossips.
3. Use an attractive graphic when you post to Digg and StumbleUpon. Pictures speak a thousand words. It is true. With a nice graphic, people will pay more attention to your article.
You may think, well, you only got 3 Diggs for your article. So what’s the big deal?
Did I fail in my BUZZ Marketing experiment? The answer is NO! On the contrary, after I wrote the article “10 Step Guide to Become the Most Broke Affiliate Marketer in 2008”, my web stats are showing that I am getting at least 100 – 150 more visitors daily. And I am receiving well over 200 links from StumbleUpon!
So go ahead, use Buzz Marketing and combine it with the Bum Marketing method. Experience the combined power and traffic avalanche from the search engines and the Web 2.0 social bookmarking sites. And if you like this, do Digg my posts. 
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Friday, March 14th, 2008
Every affiliate marketer wants to become the No.1 Most Successful Marketer, but not everybody can do that. Even with top training courses, the best tools and stuff, the most coveted Super Affiliate status still eludes the majority.
But to earn the Most Broke Affiliate Marketer title, all you need is the following 10 step blueprint! I can almost guarantee you that anyone who religiously follows it will make it to the top within 1 year! Surely, no one will be able to beat you.
1. Read all the Ebooks and Reports on Affiliate Marketing and Take Zero Action after that.
Feed yourself with all kinds of information about affiliate marketing, article marketing, website promotion, Web 2.0, social networking, video marketing, PPC with Adwords and so on. After that, tell yourself these are great books but take ZERO action.
Remember, even a bit of action will make you lose the crown!
2. Load your Mind 24/7 with All Kinds of Information from Ebooks, Reports and Videos
The purpose of doing so is to crowd and congest your mind with so much information that you suffer from information constipation. This will help you to lose focus and become totally confused about what to do in affiliate marketing.
Do not just focus on one or two affiliate marketing methods but try out every method that exists on the planet or you will never become broke.
3. Sell All Products that Come Along
Everyday, there are 100s of new products online. Do not bother to research the market or product at all. Sell everything. Spread your time so thin that you do not have time at all. Make sure you only have time to slap an email and send it to the safelist.
If you ever start to select a product to promote based on its market demand and supply as well as competitiveness, you will get sales and soon, you are out of the league of most broke affiliate marketers.
4. Spend at least 12 Hours Everyday Talking Rubbish in Forums
Contribute your opinions but remember to be as negative as you can be. Have everything negative to say about people’s suggestions and ideas. Spend no less than 12 hours. If you can forgo your sleep, do it but stay active in the forums. Please remember not to put any interesting signature link in your profile because people will visit and buy your products. Oh no…this will immediately disqualify you for the Most Broke Affiliate contest!
5. Win the Top Bid in Google Adwords
Set up crappy Adwords advertisement campaigns for crappy products with weak sales pages. Forget about keyword research or split testing for ads. Aim only for the No.1 spot. Losing is not in your blood. If you have to pay $10 to be at the top, do so. Even if the product only sells for $9.99 and your commission is $4.99, do it!
Set your daily budget at $10,000 if you can or use this formula.
(Your Savings + Credit Line + Loans from friends etc) ÷ 365 days = Daily Budget
This formula will help you to lose as much money as you can within 1 year and soon, you will win the crown as the World’s No.1 Most Broke Affiliate Marketer.
6. Spam Blogs with Nice One-Liner Comments
As an affiliate marketer, blog commenting is important. So find blogs which allow you to comment on. Do not exceed 2 words in your post. Use only these comments, “Nice information”, “Good Post” and “Thank you”. Attempting to write more informative content will get visitors to your website and you will make a lot of sales. This is no good for you!
7. Use Ugly Website Templates
All affiliate marketers own websites. You also need one. But you must choose the plainest template you can find. An ugly template is the best! This is because even if the content is good and unique, people will not buy your product. No sales mean good news.
8. Send Your List As Many Promotional Emails As You Can
Spam your list with a promotional email every day. If you can speed this up, send them an email every few minutes or hours. Do it as quick as possible until you lose all your subscribers. Those who stay on must really love you or they do not read their emails at all and do not know you are spamming them.
9. Promote to Safelists which No One Reads
Send your emails using safelists. Use only those where the members are only interested in sending out their emails but not receiving them. These guys normally will register their accounts with a throwaway email address which they will never open and read. Avoid reputable lists like HercuList because people do read their emails there.
10. Repeat Step 1 to 9 Everyday
That’s right, follow this 10 step guide and surely, the No.1 Most Broke Affiliate Marketer will go to you in 2008. Finally, you have a crown you can call your own.
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Saturday, February 9th, 2008
You may be wondering if there is any value at all in commenting on others’ blogs. I shall share my experience here as well as discuss why people love to leave blog comments around.
1. Improving Link Popularity
Blogs allow you to post a link in your comments. This is a free backlink to your website. If the blog post is a high PR, eg PR 7 blog post, you are practically getting a PR 7 backlink FREE. And all it takes is a few minutes of your time.
A PR 7 backlink costs anything between $50 and $200, and in most cases, that is a monthly bill you have to pay to the text advertisement networks like TextLinkAds.
2. Indirect Traffic
I love posting comments in popular blogs. The reason is simple. Popular blogs get a lot of attention and visitors. When the visitors read the post, they will find your comment and follow your link.
Highly trafficked blogs can get 10,000’s of visitors daily. Even a fraction of that can be worth a lot to your website.
You may have noticed also that some blog posts rank well in the search engine results. Imagine traffic from the search engines coming to your website. Wow!
3. Gain Better Search Engine Ranking
A blog comment link is also counted as a valid backlink to your website. Like what I mentioned about improving link popularity, having a backlink from a blog which carries the same theme as your website is a thematic backlink which will boost your search engine ranking.
A Case in Point:
I posted a simple comment in http://alokjain.in/affiliates-road-to-financial-freedom/.
The results: 9 subscribers for my free report & 1 sale came in within the next hour.
I have seen such happenings from time to time.
What about the “No Follow” tag?
When blog commenting first got popular one or two years ago, many spammers also got onto the blog comment train. Comment spamming became rife and many legitimate and popular blogs got hit by tons of worthless comment posts. Some are posted manually, others by automated blog comment script.
As a result, many blog platforms, notably WordPress implemented the “No Follow” meta-tag on many blogs. By this, the search engines would not follow the comment links. Hence, each link is not counted as a valid backlink, ie no search engine love.
Should we get overly concerned about this “No Follow” tag issue?
Here’s my take on this.
Firstly, not all blogs use this “No Follow” tag.
Secondly, considering the indirect traffic that still continues to stream from the blogs, there is really no harm in posting even in blogs with the “No Follow” tag.
Thirdly, you are only spending a few minutes to post your comment. That is worth the potential hundreds of visitors that will continue streaming in to your website for a long time to come.
In the next post, I will discuss about 2 blog commenting software, Comment Hut and Comment Kahuna that are able to find high PR blogs that do not have the dreaded “No Follow” tags.
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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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Monday, February 4th, 2008
Online marketing forums are excellent places to participate in for a few reasons:
1. Knowledge and Information Sharing
This is a place where online marketers gather to talk about what is going on in the internet marketing world.
When you are there, you can read about the latest product launches, ie what new ebook, membership service or online marketing software have been launched.
A lot of marketers also love to share the tricks they have learnt. Whether it is about affiliate marketing in general or specifically about web design, SEO, website promotion strategies, article marketing or pay per click advertising, you get to learn almost anything and everything.
2. Uncover Under-Served Niches
You will also be able to discover what the commonly asked questions are and what topics are hot. This is important for you to uncover niche markets or guesstimate what products will be sellable.
It is worthwhile to check out those threads that are popular. Read the forum members’ comments. Figure out what problems they are facing. See if you can find a product in the market to meet their needs. Or even create your own product if there isn’t any ready ones in the market.
3. Drive Traffic to Your Websites
Your signature link is powerful. This is where you can be creative and craft an attention-seeking signature that makes people want to click through your link. Rather than going for a signature link that reads as:
“Come to my site and read about how to drive traffic”, come up with something like:
“Discover How I Pulled In 10,000 Visitors Within 1 Week For FREE!”
The second signature will do better to attract visitors, isn’t it?
I also make use of forums to promote my blogs. Here is a trick you might want to learn.
Each time you post to your blog, go to the forum, start a thread and get people talking about your blog post. People will visit your site out of curiosity, and even if they do not, you just earned yourself a backlink with your desired anchor text.
This will help you in your search engine rankings as well as drive direct interested visitors. Expect more traffic and sales.
4. Hire Web Designers, Article Writers, Programmers & General Help
Online marketing forums do have a section dedicated for buying and selling of products and services. These can be excellent places to find affordable website designers, article writers, programmers and just about any kind of help you need.
Forums that are related to online marketing and make money online:
1. Niche Rockets
Niche Rockets is an active online marketing forum that provides tons of powerful tools and eBooks, and has a large database of educational material for online marketers.
This is a paid forum so you will not see worthless posts or comments. Members are all serious marketers who are friendly and helpful and there are nuggets of gold that can be found here. Ask any question concerning affiliate marketing or other methods of internet marketing and you are likely to be greeted with tons of effective, workable answers by the successful marketers.
2. Digital Point Forum
This is one of the oldest and largest online marketing forums around. At any point of time, there are hundreds to thousands of members posting and commenting. This is a great place for newbies to hang around and pick up some tips. Since it is free, you will be deluged also with content that is totally crappy!
3. Warrior Forum
A favorite haunt of many famous online marketing gurus. The Warrior Forum offers a great place to learn and discover more about online marketing. Many of the members are successful marketers. You can also get some great deals WSO for eBooks, software etc.
Other forums related to online marketing and making money online are:
www.im4newbies.com/forum/
www.v7n.com
A quick way to find a list of forums to participate in is to Google the search term “online marketing + forum”, “affiliate marketing + forum” or “internet marketing + forum”
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
After marketing for over a year now, I have come to realize that having a proper online marketing education is necessary. No, I am not talking about getting a degree in online marketing or internet marketing.
I am referring to investing in continual learning from successful internet marketers. The internet marketing world changes quickly and it is a challenge to keep track of changes unless you are in the midst of them.
“No one loves changes but it is necessary for your income to grow!”
Some methods you learn today can become obsolete within months. But certain principles of online marketing always remain unchanged. Things like SEO, list building and article marketing are very much alive as they were a decade again!
The good thing I have learnt though is that once you cultivate the habit to adapt to changes, it becomes your second nature.
Well, you can get a proper online marketing education through a few simple ways.
1. Subscribe to successful marketers’ newsletters.
Currently, I am on the newsletter of famous and successful internet marketers like Ewen Chia, Cody Moya, Derek Gehl, Jonathan Leger and many others.
Read what they are saying, learn from them, duplicate their methods, ditch what doesn’t work for you, modify and apply what you have learnt and get your thinking cap running.
2. Read Ebooks & Reports
Ebooks or reports are often written in digestible format. The standard Ebook length is probably 20 to 50 pages. A report such as a mini report can be as short as 5 or 6 pages only. It normally does not take anyone more than a few hours to finish reading a report or Ebook.
Sometimes, you get to download them for free. But I would encourage you to invest some money in good Ebooks that can help to boost your income.
It is all about returns. If what you learn from an EBook can increase your earnings by $1000 every month, spending a one-time $50 on it becomes insignificant.
For example, here are some EBooks that have helped me greatly in my business.
Blogging to the Bank 1 & 2, Google Pay Load, Secret Article Profits, Auto Pilot Profits
3. Participate in Forums
I used to think that forums are a waste of time. Why would anyone want to spend hours in a forum chatting away? There is no value in doing so!
But when I soon discovered that top internet marketers are participating in forums, it got me thinking really hard. Surely if these guys who are ultra busy are spending time at the forums, it must be worth the effort.
True enough, forums are great places to rub shoulders with other successful internet marketers. You get to learn some new tricks of the online marketing trade, know what the products are genuine and helpful, and read about scams so you can avoid them.
Some forums I participate actively are DP Forums, NicheRockets & Warrior Forum.
4. Online Marketing Seminars
Seminars are great places to go. I must confess that till now, I have yet to attend one. Perhaps I should go for one this year.
Even though I have not been to one, I gather from my friends that some of the seminars can be real eye-openers! That is also where people get to hear from the horses’ mouth – the gurus and the like who share their secrets of success.
Live demonstrations can be expected as well.
My motto towards my online marketing education is
“Learn, Innovate, Apply & Master”
Treat your learning seriously and put feet to your knowledge and the returns will be great!
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
I promised in my previous post to share about some online marketing Ebooks and reports that I have read that have benefited me greatly. I picked up the principles, applied some of the concepts and techniques, created my own methods and seen quantum leaps in my earnings.
I read quite a lot of online marketing Ebooks and reports written by other online marketers like myself. There are probably a thousand over of such Ebooks in my private collection. Some are free. Others are all bought over time.
One Tip For You:
Whenever there is a free Giveaway Event, join it as you can find dozens of quality Ebooks and freebies inside!
You can also download a copy of my free report “Secrets of Affiliate Marketing” and learn some powerful tips on affiliate marketing.
Among the hundreds of ebooks I have read so far, some are plain trash and only a few Ebooks are really worth reading. Most recent examples are:
1. Blogging to the Bank 1 & 2
2. Google Pay Load
3. Secret Article Profits
4. Auto Pilot Profits
So did I apply all the methods and tips inside? Nope!
Each time I complete an Ebook, I will only digest the concepts that are taught inside. Not that the content is no good, but rather I am someone who does not like to follow everything to the “T” strictly.
I LOVE to improvise, innovate and come up with my own methods! Moreover, if thousands of people use the exact method, the cutting edge may be lost.
Very often, I will then toy around with the methods, see how I can make it better, and combine them with other online marketing techniques I already know.
Experiment! Experiment! & Experiment!
This is what you can do using what you learnt from online marketing Ebooks and reports.
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