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Phil Wiley's All the Secrets issue 240 Oct 12th 2002

 

Contents 1. Affiliate Marketers Handbook 2002 2. Why I'm not promoting Lead Lightning Letter from Phil I know you don't usually get a midweek email from me, but here's an exception. Lately I've been accused of being negative about everything. I hope that you don't think that of me :) It's just that I'm trying very carefully to cut out any hype, and not try to talk you into buying something you don't want or need. It's succeeding...I'm making less money :) When you have a big mailing list it's quite easy to make a decent profit. You just spin a bit of hype, tell people they can't live without such and such a product, and you make plenty of sales. But I'm thinking long term here. So rather than hype, I'm just saying what I think. So here are some general rules for you. Well they're not really rules...I just made them up...but they're the "rules" I try to follow online: * don't join anything that's overhyped. * don't join anything just to try and make some money with it - eg the tempting compensation plan. * only sign up for something, or buy something, that you intend using. Something you have a need or desire for. Something that can help you achieve your goals. I know that NOT joining the latest hyped program might seem like you're missing out on something and taking the slower road to success, but you've got to face facts. * You need to set systems in place. * You need to lay the foundations. * You need to follow proven routes to making an income. * You've got to remember that this is a business like any other. You need to work at growing that business. Not jump at every new "opportunity" that is presented to you. 1. Affiliate Marketer's Handbook - 2002 Anyway, I want to briefly tell you about the best training course I've read, in recent times, about getting tons of traffic and making money from affiliate programs, and why I'm NOT promoting Lead Lightning. Let's talk about the training course first. It's called Affiliate Marketer's Handbook - 2002, and it's written by a Canadian called James Martell who works from home earning a great full-time income promoting affiliate programs from small mini theme sites. James isn't one of the so-called "guru's" with a huge mailing list. He's just an ordinary man who has discovered just how easy it is to stay home and make a living online. His training course / book / tutorial is basic and advanced at the same time....in other words it's suitable for beginners, for people who aren't already ranking high and making a good income...but it's also get plenty of advanced techniques and ideas for you to follow. It's very up-to-date. His techniques are working NOW. As you're probably aware, 80 or 90% (in my opinion) of the so-called marketing manuals being sold online are written by people who aren't really doing it. They're copycats,they're all derivatives of each other. This one is different because it's a step-by-step 248 page training course by a man (without a big mailing list) who is getting massive search engine success and using it to make a good living from affiliate programs. They're also affiliate programs away from the crowded "internet marketing" niche. If you follow his easy 8 step plan you WILL get lots of targeted search engine traffic. And you will make a worthwhile income from the affiliate programs you promote on those high ranked pages. Simple as that. Of course, most people who read it will never take action, because like everything else it takes some effort. Don't be one of those people. Mind you this book/tutorial/course, isn't for everyone, because it's fairly expensive. But that's life. You spend money to make it. James is passing on everything he's learnt about making good money from affiliate programs. His techniques work. Visit the site here.   2. Why I'm NOT promoting Lead Lightning - the latest hyped program. Ok, now for the bit you're probably more interested in because Lead Lightning is the latest hot thing and seems like the road to easy riches, while James' book requires work. You're probably asking yourself if you should join and "get the message" out to your list. No doubt you're getting screenfuls of email promoting it. Tempting to try and get in quick and "make some fast income" isn't it? But you shouldn't really join anything just to try and make a fast buck. 1. Ask yourself if you need the product or service. 2. If you don't need it, ask yourself if you truly believe you'll do well financially with it. I'm not just talking about Lead Lightning here, it applies to ANY product or service. Now before all you Lead Lightning affiliates start abusing me for being negative about the program, I want to plead not guilty. I'd like to say that Yes, it is a good product. I'm not just saying that. I actually got out my Visa card and joined to see what all the fuss was about. Everyone doing business online needs autoresponders and a way of broadcasting their messages to people. However, it's on the expensive side. What if you don't make money with it? Will you be happy paying nearly $40 a month to use some autoresponders? I think not. It does have some great features. One of them is the viral marketing side. You can opt to have your affiliate URL included at the bottom of every email you send through their system - this could bring you sales. Also many autoresponders and mailservers I've tried automatically delete subscribers when a message you send to them bounces. Here the bounced emails aren't just automatically deleted from your list, they're placed into a folder so you can check through them before clicking a delete button.You can also add them back into your list. Unfortunately there's a manual email import restriction of 25 people per week (meaning you can't transfer your current lists to them). I can see why this restriction has been put in place - to stop spammers abusing the service, but it limits the usefulness of the service in my opinion. If you already have hundreds of leads on another autoresponder you're going to have to keep it for a while. And as for importing an ezine list, forget it. To finish with a plus. It's a good, quality product with solid backing from top marketers and technical people. Some people will do very well with it. But it's not for me. I'd rather lay a solid foundation for a long term future, by studying manuals like The Affiliate Marketer's Handbook - 2002   Make More Affiliate Sales Small, direct-response, Mini Sites triple affiliate sales at low cost! Learn how to set up a chain of sites to boost sales of ANY affiliate program with my book Mini Site Profits. Copyright (c) 2002, Phil Wiley, Wiley Media Group Pty Ltd.

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