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Phil Wiley's All the Secrets issue 244 Nov 4th 2002

 

Letter from Phil Sorry for this being late. It's already Monday morning in Australia, and I guess it's probably late on Sunday where you are. I've had phone problems again. And living in such a remote place they often take days to get fixed. I've also spent the past few days moving everything onto a new computer - what fun :) More on this lower down. Anyway, onto the important stuff first....which is TRAFFIC. It's something we all want and need (well the Internet kind of traffic, anyway) but how do you get more of it? In the past year I've run two surveys asking questions about what help people need with their Internet business ventures. Both times the number one problem that surfaced is that most people have trouble getting enough targeted traffic to their website. It's something I hear time and time again. "I've built a site but it's not getting many hits. What do I do?" Well Chuck McCullough, who wrote that excellent book on profiting from affiliate programs - Affiliate Mistakes - has done something about it. Chuck, who gets plenty of targeted traffic, has spent the past few months analyzing and distilling his knowledge into an ebook, plus a software and advice-packed member only site. The ebook, which is up to the standard of Affiliate Mistakes, takes you through the most basic to the most advanced forms of serious traffic generation. The book seems to cover it all, without fluff, just giving you the essentials that you'll need. And the private member site, which I've joined, has a lot inside, from tools and resources, to even more advice. Unlike many private member only sites it's a one off joining fee, not one of the monthly one's that eat up your cash. Anyhow, if you need more traffic take a look at it. I'm going to use the resources Chuck delivers to increase my own traffic, which will lead to an increase in income. Top Spot in Google. And while we're on the subject of traffic, Mark Idzik started getting plenty recently by accidentally getting top spot in Google and other search engines. And now he's written a short, low cost, special report about how he did it, which you can read about at http://www.clickwealth.com It's not a technique you'll read about on Chuck's site. It's just something that Mark did accidentally, but should be easy to reproduce for your own site. Mark Idzik, is the creator of Digital Order Guard and the excellent Affiliate Profit Guard (which helps stops people changing your affiliate links to their own link). Computer Complications Anyway, like I said, my phone and computer problems have delayed sending out this weeks letter. They also stopped me spending half a week doing my usual research for it. Usually, by the time I start to write my newsletter, I've made a few pages of notes full of ideas and things to write about. This week, however, I was noteless. Though, not necessarily idealess :) I spent most of the week transferring everything to a new super fast notebook computer, and things haven't gone as smoothly as they should. Computers are still far too complicated, aren't they? My big problem was moving all my emails across from the Dell desktop. I figured I could just move the email folders from one computer to another on my home network. But it seems things don't work that way, and it took me days to figure out that you have to use export and import to make things work. Sounds logical really, doesn't it? But not to my all singing all dancing, no logic, brain. Anyway, 4 days of little work has gone by, and here you are reading a newsletter I haven't mapped out and planned. So that's it for this week. Back to the usual, more in-depth letter next weekend. (I hope) Phil PS. Last weeks piece on the importance of taking action struck a chord and deluged me with feedback. Everyone agreed that most people fail to find success because they don't actually DO anything. They just sit around and wait for it to happen. So to end, I'll repeat the Take Action section from last weeks issue, in case you missed that issue. Taking ACTION... Plenty of people have written in the past few days asking if they should buy the Affiliate Marketers handbook 2002 I wrote about the other day. Well I can't answer for them, or for you. All I know is that it was good for me. I read just about everything written by people who are making big money from affiliate programs. I want to see how they're doing it...if they're using ideas or ways I haven't thought of. I want to see EXACTLY what they're doing to bring the big dollars in. And when you get a book by someone who is making this much money, it's a MUST READ for someone in my position. I'm a person passionate about affiliate marketing from mini sites and small content sites. I'm always looking for new techniques to use. New programs to promote. But you might not feel the same way, or be in the same position as me. So is it a good book? Of course it is, but it's expensive. Here's a link to the Affiliate Marketers Handbook website so you can read more. My policy is only to invest money you can afford to lose. If you're struggling to meet the mortgage payments don't buy his book. Sure it will help you make an affiliate income faster than you might without it, but so do other books. Lower cost alternatives are my own book Mini Site Profits , Michael Campbell's Clickin' It Rich and Chuck McCullough's Affiliate Mistakes. Now both these guys are walking the walk and doing the talk, or whatever that expression is, so their books are well worth studying. As is mine. But remember this. No book or course is worth buying unless you follow up on what you learn. Unless you take action and actually do something to bring a profit stream in.   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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