What prevents you from internet marketing success?

If you have a website now or are thinking of having one in the future this is a must read message.

I remember when I first started out. I thought success would come overnight. Or so that’s what I was led to believe. Though I always knew deep down it couldn’t be that easy. My laziness wanted it to be so.

But I found it was quite the opposite.

I really desired to make it as an internet marketer. I finally did. But the pain it took was at times unbearable.
I bought into every new ebook and course I could find. I thought if I just knew more, somehow, that would propel me into success. Boy was I wrong. Knowledge is useful, but the right kind of knowledge is where your success will come from.

If you think you’re going to jump online and get rich in 30 days you’re fooling yourself. I thought like that before. Before I learned what it really takes to succeed online.

I just had an amazing conversation with a top internet marketer. His name is Ernest Tan. He's going to put an end to this nonsense once and for all.

Most people don’t have a clue about who Ernest is. That’s because he’s known much better by his alias: “The Lazy Pig”. Ah yes, you’ve heard of him. So have thousands of others.

I must warn you now: This is not get rich quick hype!

What he's doing is share with you all the necessary information you need to finally make it online. And show you step-by-step how to build a business using the internet as a primary media source. Here’s how it’s all going to work.

First he has a core curriculum that I operate from. This curriculum will take you from complete novice to a real pro. He's not promising you a 400 foot yacht to sail at sea. This is more realistic. Even if you have some experience selling online, you may have missed one or more of these steps. The lack of these steps in your business will cost you a bundle.

All lessons will be delivered by him and the supplementary learning material. Also you’ll be able to post questions you have on our discussion forum.

The format of the lessons will be in ebooks, software, audios and videos. If you have any questions about the lesson, you can post it in the user forum. Ernest will answer the questions himself. So your question will benefit all.

Here are some of the topics Ernest will cover with you: market research, goal setting, marketing, advertising, promotion, JV programs, affiliate programs, blog marketing, ebay marketing, copywriting, ebook marketing, list building, outsourcing, Pay Per Click, SEO and much, much more.

He wants you to leave here with a thorough understanding of how to succeed online. He'll cover all the basics and even more advanced strategies. You’ll get everything you need to know to succeed. After Ernest share all of these strategies and tactics with you, there will be nothing else for you to learn. You’ll know how to use all the same tools every successful online business owner uses.

The only problem there is with this program is the very limited seating.

I would not have thought twice if this had been around when I was starting online.

Had to tell you about it.

INTERNET MARKETING SCHOOL

So Many Affiliate Programs! Which One Do I Choose?

Ask questions first before you join an affiliate program. Do
a little research about the choices of program that you
intend to join into. Get some answers because they will be
the deciding point of what you will be achieving later on.

Will it cost you anything to join? Most affiliate programs
being offered today are absolutely fre e of charge. So why
settle for those that charge you some dollars before
joining.

When do they issue the commission checks? Every program is
different. Some issue their checks once a month, every
quarter, etc. Select the one that is suited to your payment
time choice. Many affiliate programs are setting a minimum
earned commission amount that an affiliate must meet or
exceed in order for their checks to be issued.

What is the hit per sale ratio? This is the average number
of hits to a banner or text link it takes to generate a sale
based on all affiliate statistics. This factor is extremely
important because this will tell you how much traffic you
must generate before you can earn a commission from the
sale.

How are referrals from an affiliate’s site tracked and for
how long do they remain in the system? You need to be
confident on the program enough to track those people you
refer from your site. This is the only way that you can
credit for a sale. The period of time that those people stay
in the system is also important. This is because some
visitors do not bu y initially but may want to return later
to make the purchase. Know if you will still get credit for
the sale if it is done some months from a certain day.

What are the kinds of affiliate stats available? Your choice
of affiliate program should be capable of offering detailed
stats. They should be available online anytime you decide to
check them out. Constantly checking your individual stats is
important to know how many impressions, hits and sales are
already generated from your site. Impressions are the number
of times the banner or text link was viewed by a visitor of
your site. A hit is the one clicking on the banner or text
links.

Does the affiliate program also pay for the hits and
impressions besides the commissions on sales? It is
important that impressions and hits are also paid, as this
will a dd to the earnings you get from the sales commission.
This is especially important if the program you are in
offers low sales to be able to hit ratio.

Who is the online retailer? Find out whom you are doing
business with to know if it is really a solid company. Know
the products they are selling and the average amount they
are achieving. The more you know about the retailer offering
you the affiliate program, the easier it will be for you to
know if that program is really for you and your site.

Is the affiliate a one tier or two tier program? A single
tier program pays you only for the business you yourself
have generated. A two tier program pays you for the
business, plus it also pays you a commission on the on the
sales generated by any affiliate you sponsor in your
program. Some two-tier programs are even paying small fees
on each new affiliate you sponsor. More like a recruitment
fee.

Lastly, what is the amount of commission paid? 5% - 20% is
the commission paid by most programs. .01% - .05% is the
amount paid for each hit. If you find a program that also
pays for impressions, the amount paid is not much at all. As
you can see from the figures, you will now understand why
the average sales amount and hit to sale ratio is important.


These are just some of the questions that needed answering
first before you enter into an affiliate program. You should
be familiar with the many important aspects that your chosen
program should have before incorporating them into your
website. Try to ask your affiliate program choices these
questions. These can help you select the right program for
you site from among the many available.

2006 - 2007 "Online Marketer Of The Year"

My friend Stone Evans has been nominated for the 2006 - 2007
"Online Marketer Of The Year" award. Check it out here:

http://www.onlinemarketeroftheyear.com/stoneevans

You'll have a chance to login to Stone's personal computer
and watch him compete against the top marketers in the world
including:

Dan Kennedy, Joe Sugarman, Robert Allen, Mark Joyner, Yanik
Silver, Mike Filsaime, Rich Schefren, Nick Marks, Gary
Ambrose, Alex Mandossian, Anik Singal, Armand Morin, Bill
Glazer, Bill Harris, Brad Antin, Brad Fallon, Carl Galletti,
Dan VanOrman, Dave Lakhani, David Frey, David Garfinkel,
Donna Fox, Eric Holmlund, Gauher Chaudhry, Harris Fellman,
Jeff Johnson, Jill Lublin, Joel Comm, Joshua Shafran, Keith
Baxter, Lorrie Morgan Ferrero, Liz Roberts, Lynn Pierce,
Marc Harty, Matt Bacak, Michel Fortin, Dr. Mike Woo-Ming,
Perry Marshall, Rhea Perry, Ray Edwards, Rick Raddatz, Ryan
Deiss, Shawn Casey, Stephen Pierce, Stu McLaren, Tellman
Knudson, John Carlton, Frank Rumbauskas and Russell
Brunson.

You will have a chance to watch all of these legendary
marketers LIVE and vote on who gives the best content.
Because they are very competitive people and want to win
this competition - they aren't going to hold ANYTHING back.

To register for this FREE webinar series, please enter your
name and email address in the form on the right on this
page: http://www.onlinemarketeroftheyear.com/stoneevans and
you will be given a free ticket to this webinar series.

It's like the "American Idol" for Internet marketers...

Enjoy the competition! :-)

Why You Should Promote Residual Affiliate Programs

Are you a webmaster in need of additional income? Or are
you planning to set up an online business but you still
don't have any product to sell? If so, affiliate marketing
may be the best solution for your problems. With affiliate
marketing, you won't need to worry about the products you
have to sell. All you need to have is a website with
sufficient contents that are related to the products of a
certain online company offering affiliate programs. By
becoming a member of the program, or by becoming an
affiliate, you can start earning a certain amount of money
right away!

Affiliate marketing is some sort of business relationship
established between a merchant and his affiliates. In
affiliate marketing, an affiliate agrees to direct some
traffic to a merchant's website. If that traffic is
converted into some kind of action, like a visitor
purchasing a product on the merchant's website or a visitor
becoming a lea d for the company, the affiliate who directed
the traffic will be compensated. Compensation may take the
form of either a percentage sales commission for the sales
generated or a fixed fee predetermined upon the application
of the affiliate on the merchant's affiliate program.

Promising a lot of benefits both for the merchants and the
affiliates, affiliate marketing has become one of the most
popular online marketing methods today. In fact, almost
every merchant or retailer site today offers an affiliate
program that any one can join into. Most retailers would
entice people to become affiliates or members of their
program by promising great benefits like large commissions,
lifetime commissions, click through incomes and a lot of
other benefits. But would all these affiliate programs
bring off the same benefits?

Most affiliate programs would pay you, as an affiliate, a
one-time commission for every sale or lea d you brought to
the merchant's website. Commissions for this kind of
affiliate programs are usually large, ranging from 15% to a
high of about 60%. Other affiliate programs would pay you a
fixed fee for every click through or traffic you send to the
merchant's site. Programs like this often pay a smaller fee
for every click through, usually not getting any larger than
half a dollar. The good thing about this kind of program,
however, is that the visitor won't have to purchase anything
in order for the affiliate to get compensated.

Another type of affiliate program is the residual income
affiliate program. Residual affiliate programs usually pay
only a small percentage of sales commission for every sale
directed by the affiliate to the merchant's site. This
commission often comes only in the range of 10% to 20% sales
commission. Because of this, many people ignore residual
affiliate program and would rather opt for the high paying
one-time commission affiliate program. Are these people
making a mistake, or are they making the right decision?

We can't tell, for sure, if people are making a mistake by
choosing a high paying one-time commission affiliate
program. But we can definitely say that they are making a
large mistake if they ignore residual affiliate programs.
Residual affiliate programs would indeed pay at a lower
rate, but merchants offering such kind of programs would
generally pay you regular and ongoing commissions for a
single affiliate initiated sale! That means, for the same
effort you ma de in promoting a particular affiliate program,
you get pai d only once in a one-time commission program, and
a regular and ongoing commission for a residual program!

So, are the benefits of promoting residual affiliate
programs clearer to you now? Or are they still vague? If
they are still vague, then let's make them a bit clearer
with this example.

Suppose there are two online merchants both offering web
hosting services on their sites. The first merchant offers
a one-time commission type of affiliate program that pays
$80 for every single affiliate initiated sale. The second
merchant also offers an affiliate program, but this time a
residual affiliate program that pays only $10 for every
single affiliate initiated sale. As an affiliate, we may
get attracted at once at what the first merchant is
offering, as $80 is definitely a lot larger than $10. But
by thinking things over before actually getting into them,
one may be able to see that the second merchant is offering
us more opportunity to earn a larger amount of money.

Supposed you have directed traffic to the merchant and it
converted into a sale, you'll get paid once by the first
merchant for the sale you have initiated. But with the
second merchant, you'll get paid monthly for as long as the
customer you have referred to the merchant continues to
avail of the web hosting service. That means that for the
same effort of getting one customer to avail of the
merchant's service, you get paid monthly in residual
affiliate programs while you only get pai d once in a
one-time commission type of affiliate programs.

So, are residual affiliate programs worth promoting?
Definitely yes, because you virtually get more money from
these types of affiliate programs in the long run! And
would residual affiliate programs work best for you?
Probably not, probably yes. It is not really for me to
tell. But with the benefits that residual affiliate
marketing can provide, it would really be unwise to ignore
such programs.

Don't Just Choose Any Random Webhost

If you are actively looking for a good webhost or you
already have one but wasn't sure you made the right
choice, then you definitely want to listen to this call
that Mike Filsaime did with premier webhosting company
Kiosk's President Joel Therien.

On this call, you'll discover the secrets to finding a
good webhost even though there are hundreds to choose
from.

You'll also find out what top marketers know about hosting
that 99% of others do not.


You'll get all of this inside info right here

Are You Searching for Tutorials to Progress Online?

I was working in my Empowerism account this morning and
thought why not share this resource with you.

Empowerism is a system that combines the best online
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well as the opportunity to earn even more income (potentially
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Empowerism works. Pure and simple. It's not a get-rich-
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What I find the most important thing about Empowerism is
that you get tutorials in almost everything you need to
do online, concerning your website, emails and the list
goes on.

This is really a valuable resource for your learning
curve.

If Empowerism isn't for you, then
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I think it is important that you at least check out
if it could help you in your online business.

Empowerism

What is AGLOCO?

Have you heard AGLOCO’s story ?
It is simple. Read on.

Do you realize how valuable you are? Advertisers, search providers and online retailers are paying billions to reach you while you surf. How much of that money are you making? NONE!

AGLOCO thinks you deserve a piece of the action.

AGLOCO collects money from those companies on behalf of its members. (For example, Google currently pays AOL 10 cents for every Google search by an AOL user. And Google still has enough profit to pay $1.6 billion dollars for YouTube, an 18-month old site full of content that YouTube’s users did not get paid for!

AGLOCO will work to get its Members their share of this and more.

AGLOCO is building a new form of online community that they call an Economic Network. They are not only paying Members their fair share, but they’re building a community that will generate the kind of fortune that YouTube made. But instead of that wealth making only a few people rich, the entire community will get its share.

What's the catch? No catch - no spyware, no pop-ups and no spam - membership and software are free and AGLOCO is 100% member owned. Privacy is a core value and AGLOCO never sells or rents member information.

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