September 27th, 2008 Charlie
Don’t you hate it when an affiliate marketer claims to be this super hero by showing tons of daily dollars earned from a trumped up clickbank screen shot and there is no truth to it? It happens all the time and the innocent newbie does not catch on to it because it all appears real.
Do your own research when you want to begin promoting a product as an affiliate. In my experience, honesty is the best policy because it will all catch up to you if you are not truthful. You will fare much better if you are.
So you want to become an affiliate marketer, but don’t know where to start or you may be intimidated by those who make those big claims. What do you do to stand apart from the competition and create a niche for yourself. Learn more about making money online at Best Affiliate Marketing.
Well, you first need to do extensive research on the market that you are interested in. Find out what people are searching for.
I would even go as far as to say find something that will give you a sense of giving back. For example, let us say that your interest is in autism and you would like to provide an informational product to people who may have just heard that their child has autism and don’t know enough about this problem.
You have a sense of pride when you do research and find information and present it to those people who are searching for answers. Can you imagine the feeling of a mother or father who just found out this terrible news and goes online to see what they can find about autism and finds your blog, squidoo page or domain?
And on top of that, they find the exact information they were looking for and it comes from you. Even though you are selling a product, it still gives you a feeling of doing a good deed.
If you start out with this in mind, you will end up choosing the right product to promote. If you go into this with just money in mind, you will lose your way and your soul.
Touching people’s life should be the motive of all affiliates, but it isn’t always the case. You can be different.
To get more information at Best Affiliate Marketing.
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August 24th, 2008 Charlie
Your own Internet Marketing Course will give you the financial edge that other online marketers are talking about or experiencing. It’s hard to make money at a constant rate online unless you actually have your own products to sell. Within this article you will find three ways to create you own Internet marketing course if you chose this is right for you.
Product Creation Method #1 - The Power of Private Label Rights
Private Label Rights (PLR) are all the rage right now online. In short, PLR means taking an existing product or item for which you have purchased the PLR rights, make it your own product and sell it. PLR rights basically mean “The Rights to Label it as your Own”. The only problem is that almost anyone can access these, either free or usually at a low fee, and so many of them become less valuable. Although, assuming you can obtain the private label rights to a lesser known product, this might just be an excellent cash cow. A simple solution would be to hire another individual, have them alter the packaging by creating your own name, logo, graphics, and promote it for immediate profit.
Product Creation Method #2 – Create Videos
In case you aren’t aware of the trend, online videos are becoming more popular and more widely-used. The same goes for courses that are marketed online. Videos allow your customers to follow along as you provide detailed instructions. A different but terrific way to utilize video is by making instructional videos around a product for which you are an affiliate. Once you’ve created the videos for an affiliate product, offer them free as a reward for purchasing through your affiliate link.
The power of videos provides far more weight in the sales process than do regular written reports.
Product Creation Method #3 - Do Interviews and Record the Audio
I personally prefer this method because even if you’re new at whatever you do, you can still get instant credibility. Furthermore, this method is not used by as much people as PLR for example so you’ll be able to stand out more. The main advantage is that many marketers will trade a half hour or even an hour of their time because you’re giving them free promotion. Just approach them and ask for an interview. Tell them you will be including an audio recording of it in an upcoming product you plan to promote heavily. It also doesn’t hurt to briefly tell them about some of your marketing plans so they know you’re serious and won’t waste their time. An offer to promote a product or service of theirs in your interview or course will usually guarantee their cooperation. It’s as easy as recording the interview and adding some “packaging” and you’re set. Rinse and repeat with other marketers and ensure you have some exclusive and valuable information and you have yourself an Internet Marketing Course.
There are a plethora of other things under the umbrella of product creation that you can use to make money on the Internet, including developing a template of one kind or another, authoring an e-book, or creating graphics. You can read more about these on Online Marketing for Beginners. When you are finished making your own Internet marketing course, ensure that you look for affiliates who will promote it for you. Then just cash the checks and don’t forget to send me some money!
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July 22nd, 2008 Charlie
While on vacation in Myrtle Beach, I decided to take my two sons to the new Hard Rock Park. Since the park is new, there was very little information available on it, so I’m giving you my honest review. I did go to HardRockPark.com and looked at attractions and directions. Even there, I felt the info was limited.
This review is being written by someone that loves thrill rides. We have been to many of the major parks in recent years, (Disney World, several Six Flags, Universal Studios and Busch Gardens). My sons and I go for the rides and rarely go to the shows.
I knew right away, this trip was going to be a little different. The park is located in between two churches, and next to Medieval Times (a dinner show). From different areas in the park, you can see the Beach Church and other things outside the park, so you don’t get that “immersed” feeling.
We arrived at 5 PM on a Tuesday, there were very few cars in the parking lot. We paid the $10 for parking and were directed to our parking place by at least 6 people. After paying the $45 per person admission fee, we entered a very clean plaza and was very impressed with the cleanliness of the park. I did not notice even one thing out of place during the visit. Also every employee (crew member) was very friendly and helpful.
Those were the highlights of the trip. The park itself is some what small. It is currently a 55 acre park and compared to an average Six Flags at over 200 acres, Hard Rock Park seems small.
The park has 50 rides and attractions. The showcase ride, is a coaster called Led Zeppelin - The Ride. This coaster sends you 15 stories high, 65 mph, and loops 6 times - all set to Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love.” We went straight to this ride to kick-off the evening. There was no wait and walked straight into the “pre-show.’ It was about a 5 minute video on the band and then we were able to get on the ride. The ride itself was better than average. I would compare it to The Incredible Hulk at Universal Studios in Orlando. We did ride the ride a second time and my two teenagers were terriblely bored having to watch the video again before we rode again. We might have tried a third time later in the evening, but the video kept us away.
The next thrill ride was a very tame one called “Maximum RPM!” The best part of this ride was karaoke in the que. Several participants did a very good job, but my ears are still ringing from one guy’s attempt.
We then ate at Great Meals Diner (a 50s style dinner) where a quartet was performing acapella. One of the members of the group looked and sounded just like Sanjaya Malakar from American Idol.
It did not take long to make the loop after that. We hopped on a 3D dark ride, the Swings and another tame coaster. We made a second loop and tried the Arcade and Garage Jam which was a lot of fun. After that my sons were ready to go and I looked at my watch and it was not even 8PM. The park stays open until 11PM on that night with fireworks at 10PM, but I could not convince them to stay for that.
So if you are looking for a bunch of thrill rides this park may not be for you. What was surprising, there were plenty kiddie rides and attractions. Lots and lots of kiddie rides. Most notable: Reggae River Falls, a playground/water ride tribute to Bob Marley; London Cab Ride, a whirligig ride in a classic English automobile replica; Garage Jam!, a multilevel playground complete with hundreds of foam balls among other things. For families with young kids, let them bring their swim suit. There are several places to get wet.
We did not attend any of the shows, but there was plenty of great music around the park. I’m told that when it gets dark, the atmosphere changes and you get a “City Walk” type feel. Might be a good place to take a date, but a little pricey for that.
GRADES
Cleanliness: A+
Staff: A+
Thrill Rides: B-
Enough Rides: C
Value IMO: B-
I’ll keep you posted on the rest of the Myrtle Beach trip if anything warrants.
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July 15th, 2008 Charlie
I have been fortunate enough to be able to help a number of people with their online business.
One of my students, Lisa Olmstead has been successful. She has established an Ebay business, a budding website, www.BaldwinCountyKids.com that has already attracted many advertisers, but she is most excited about her GDI business: www.GDIforMoms.com
If you are not familiar with GDI, then go to www.GdiForMoms.ws now and watch the video.
I was shown GDI after visiting one of Mike Filsaime’s sites bought a domain, but really didn’t do anything with the business aspect of it. I showed Lisa the video and she got excited about it. She is now helping Stay at home Moms (Dads are welcome too :o) how to start a real business for only $10 per month. A business that has the potential to generate a full time income.
She believes it so much. She is willing to guarantee it. If you join her at www.GDIforMoms.ws and she can’t help you see the potential for real success in 8 weeks, she will reimburse you the $10 that you paid when you joined. Don’t let the low cost fool you. Use the income calculator at www.GDIforMoms.ws and see how fast your income could grow.
This is your chance to have not only one person help you build a business, but at least two. Since Lisa is part of my business too, you will have both us here to help you.
That is valuable consulting without paying hundreds of dollars.
www.GDIforMoms.com
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June 26th, 2008 Charlie
I just came across this directory of internet marketing tips that contains over 350 articles on making money online, all of which are completely free. This got me wondering. If you do a search on Google on internet business, you’ll find that most of the results really offer no value whatsoever. There are very few resources that actually give away useful content for free.
I believe it was John Reese that really got the message across that giving away good content is crucial if you want to have a successful business. That was written in his “rebirth” report, which came out about a year ago. To be honest, I am not sure if developing great content is absolutely a necessity. I see TONS of people succeeding that really provide no value to their market, and there are also some really great products (in markets with lots of demand) that don’t sell because the owner’s don’t know how to market them properly.
Still, even if you can make money selling a bad product, you shouldn’t do it. Focus on creating value. If you really have a great product that people enjoy, then it will make marketing it a heck of a lot easier. So next time you create a product, try to invest a little more effort into it.
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May 11th, 2008 Charlie
Email marketing can still be a very effective means for MLM lead generation providing you are dealing with a reputable leads retailer. Opt in MLM Leads are great for sending out small targeted email campaigns and scrubbing the “Opt in” list against your very own company specific lead capture page.
The term Opt in means that the prospect has filled out a form on a website and have agreed to receive offers via about a home based business via email. It’s important to make sure that you receive an IP address and time stamp for any opt in MLM leads you decide to purchase. If you can’t get this important information from the lead retailer then you should deal with a different outfit because the leads are probably not legitimate.
You’ll need an autoresponder such as Aweber.Com in order to load your lists of opt in MLM leads. Many autoresponders will limit the amount of opt in MLM leads you can add to the autoresponder daily. Because most autoresponders will limit the amount of leads you can upload often you can only load 2500 - 5000 per day. If you have a decent number of leads you can supply yourself an extremely steady trickle of fresh real time leads for your opportunity on a daily basis.
For campaigns like this I think it’s wise to start small and slowly build up as you start to generate a response and some profit from your efforts. The larger scale of email campaigns you run the greater risk of receiving Spam complaints you have. Make sure when you are sending out emails you are not using a deceiving subject line and that you have included your contact information and your physical address within the email. You’ll also need to include a removal link so the prospects can unsubscribe from your list at any time. Most autoresponders will provide all this information for you as well as they want to make sure your mailings remain Can-Spam compliant.
When you have loaded your list of opt in MLM leads into your autoresponder it will begin sending out the series of follow-up messages you had either written yourself or grabbed from your team websites and entered into the autoresponder. It’s important that you make sure you have a link to your company specific lead capture page in your email series that is being delivered to the Opt in MLM Leads.
What we are trying to do is essentially “Scrub” the list of Opt in MLM leads against our company specific lead capture page knowing that only the people that are interested in our opportunity will fill out our lead capture form. This leaves you with real time red hot prospects and often for under $1.00 a piece if you can get a good price on the leads. The opt in MLM leads that didn’t reply or were not deliverable you can either save and market to at a later date or simply discard them and get a new list.
In your search for Opt in MLM leads you’ll probably come across vendors selling “double” opt in MLM leads. These are leads that have submitted their information to a lead capture page and then actually confirmed their email address and subscription by clicking a verification link within an email they are sent immediately after their form submission. These are very good quality leads but can also be very pricey for just a simple autoresponder campaign.
Small lists between 10K and 20K will usually work quite well providing the leads are relatively fresh and you have your email advertisement leading to a well designed lead capture page. This simple strategy could easily generate someone 5 - 20 or even more real time leads everyday.
Carl Sorensen is the owner of http://www.ezleadcapture.com he is a Google Adwords lead generation professional and also has developed a complete lead capture page solution for marketers looking to generate their own real time leads online.
Make Today Count,
Charlie Plyler
PS
If you are really looking for an easy an effective way to find network marketing leads, go to Magnetic Sponsoring
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April 16th, 2008 Charlie
I just wanted to make a quick post tonight. I started a new SqueezePageClub.com membership that gives each member over 20 high quality products each month that they can use to build their online business.
The price is set at $20 per month, but I have a “one time offer” when a new member subscribes to the newsletter for just $7.97 per month.
I didn’t think that it would be fair for you to miss out on the “one time offer,” so here is the link:
SqueezePageClub.com/club797/
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Make Today Count,
Charlie Plyler
CharliePlyler.com
CharliePlyler@gmail.com
PS
Oh, I almost forgot. For those of you that are interested in building a home based business, This Site Is A Must! Sign in and access 7 f.videos. You don’t have to, but I purchased the $39 book (a real book that comes in the mail :o) .
It was worth every penny to me.
PPS
An undate on Ted Tengan, his site has placed well in Google and other search engines and he is starting to get some great traffic.
Visit him at http://your-health-info.com/asantae/ . He will be glad to answer any of your questions. Remember he lives in Hawaii so there may be a slight delay because of the time difference for most of us.
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April 15th, 2008 Charlie
Are you tired of not getting the results you want in your business? Tired of prospecting until you are blue in the face only to be left with an empty wallet?
What if I told you that there is a way for you to actually attract an endless stream of new distributors and customers directly to you with credit card in hand ready to join, and actually get paid from all the people who say “no” to your opportunity?
Would that peak your interest?
Well I’m here to tell you that the days of old school MLM tactics are dead. You can now learn to be the hunted instead of the hunter and have prospects chasing you down like you were fishing for them with one hundred dollar bills.
The fact is that you don’t have to chase prospects, bug your family and friends, post fliers, hold hotel meetings, and spend way more money than you make.
There’s a way for you to actually get paid to generate endless amounts of leads and actually have those leads ask you to join your business.
Stop spending more than you’re making and start getting paid to prospect.
The best part of all of this is that you can learn all of these techniques now for free in this Boot Camp series. Go there Now!
Become the hunted instead of the hunter and get paid to prospect!
Make Today Count,
Charlie Plyler
www.CharliePlyler.com
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April 6th, 2008 Charlie
I can’t believe this. Seriously, I can’t.
I heard of “Moving the F.ree Line”, but this is WAY over
the top.
I’m sure you know who Mike Filsaime is. If you don’t,
you’ve obviously been out of town for an extended period
of time.
Mike is the undisputed King of viral marketing and has
been for the past several years. But I believe he just
started his own de-throning!
Rod Beckwith has been around as long as Mike has and
is the genius behind this, and many other sites.
Mike has always understood the power of providing free
high quality information to people. He also understands
the power of branding the reports and allowing others to
give them away for you.
But what he and Rod are doing with his new service, Butterfly
Reports, could contribute to their own undoing.
ButterflyReports.com
Check this out - Mike and Rod are giving away (as in for
free) one brand new, brandable report every month that YOU
can brand with your affiliate information. Then you can take
those reports and give them to your list, or use them as in
incentive to gain new subscribers.
These reports are not only high quality, but they are
available for many different niches!
So, in essence, they are creating an army of competition
for themselves!
LOL - I don’t know about you, but I want in on THIS
action! If you do too, click on this link:
Get in while it’s free. Or before Mike and Rod realize what
they’re doing and come to their senses.
ButterflyReports.com
Make Today Count,
Charlie Plyler
CharliePlyler.com
P.S. I forgot to mention this too: Along with the free
monthly report, you also get a free high quality ecover
graphic to go with it. How cool is that?
ButterflyReports.com
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March 9th, 2008 Charlie
Just a quick note tonight. I have had an incredible amount of interest in the
IwillBuildYourList.com program. This will be a great way for new and
intermediate Internet Marketers to build their online business. What could
be easier? I actually build the list for you!
The program does go live on Tuesday March 11, 2008. I will accept
applications for 10 Internet Marketers beginning then.
For more information on the program and a chance to be on the advance list,
go to IwillBuildYourList.com right now.
Make Today Count,
Charlie Plyler
IwillBuildYourList.com
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