Why Am I Doing This?

If I ever ask myself why I am doing this affiliate marketing thing, I found the answer today.  Sometimes, we come across terrible, nasty people in our daily lives, and we wonder how we can continue with them in the picture.

Do you believe that things happen for a reason?  I do. In fact, I live by it.  Almost every day I ask myself why something happened, and what meaning I can take from it.

I have told you that I am a Human Resource professional.  In my day, I come across many people who are as far from being friendly as possible.  Whether they hate their life, their family, their job, whatever, it is always HR’s problem.

I have a nurse who works for my company who is probably the most unhappy and unfriendly person I have ever know in my life.  Her true colors were shed today, and I realized that if I can make this internet marketing thing work, I can do away with people like that. (I worked 8 hours today, fed the family, and have been online for almost 4 hours working).

Why do I write this? Because people like that encourage me.  They think they are making life hell for you, but in reality, they really make you push yourself more towards your goal of financial freedom.

I realized today that I may be a manager, but I am in no way protected from these people. In fact, they actually do more harm than good.  Is upper management going to side with me? Hardly!

The last thing they want is a disgruntled employee. It may hurt the Company’s image if they have an employee this dissatisfied with her life.

I built an entire website tonight, with posts that will be published weeks from now, all because of this nasty person in my life.  The sooner I can reach my goal online, the sooner I can get away from these people who want nothing more than to make everyone around them miserable.

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What Internet Marketing Goals Have You Set For Yourself?

As you may have read on one of my posts, I am a Human Resource professional for a healthcare company. I went to a convention today, and Rob “Waldo”  Waldman was the speaker.  Waldo is a jet fighter-pilot, and has actually fought in combat.  He is now a motivational speaker, and has been interviewed on CNN, and is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestseller for the book “Never Fly Solo”.

So why am I writing about him?  As I sat there in that room of 400 peers, many of them were really paying attention, and then there were the ones who were constantly looking at their watch and wondering what time it would be over.  I realized that I was not one of the people looking at my watch, I was listening with great interest to everything that he had to say because I found it fascinating.  He was afraid of heights, scared to death of a diving board, and was claustrophobic before becoming a fighter-pilot.  All of these things would make it impossible for someone to be a fighter-pilot if they were really unable to face these fears.  He wanted it so bad, that he forced himself to face his fears, and it landed him a very happy and successful life.

So what are you doing right now?  Are you sitting there trying to find some website online that will tell you that you can make it in the internet marketing world with their product?  Or are you sitting there thinking that maybe it’s time to give it all up?  I hope that neither one of those choices apply.  Why?  Because what you should be doing right now is thinking about what you are going to do after reading this post that is going to get one step closer to your goal of financial freedom. What does financial freedom mean to you?  To me it does not necessarily mean quitting my job, but it does mean having the choice to if that’s what I decide.

Exactly one year ago, I remember every day thinking that maybe I am just living in some fantasy, and that it is not really possible to make an extra income on the internet.  As the months have gone by since then, I began to realize that all I have to do is work a little harder, and eventually I will be exactly where I want to be.  If you know anything about me, then you know that I have several dozen websites currently up and running.  I am not going to get into how much money I’ve made with those sites, you can find that information by clicking here, but I do want to talk about how much time I have spent building them.  Honestly, the ones that I am making most of my money from have been online for 1-2 years, and I hardly ever touch them.  I probably spent 30-60- minutes on each site initially (this was when I first started creating them), and I am about 30 sites away from my goal for this year.  Will I reach that in the next month?  Probably not, but I know that I will get there eventually.  After the holidays when things slow down a bit (or when I am on my week’s vacation between Christmas and New Year :) ).  Either way, that is what I think about now instead of worrying that I have not reached my goal and that I should give up,  I KNOW that I WILL reach my goal, and to not be too hard on myself.

You should always set goals.  The one that I am currently working on is to not be such a perfectionist when it comes to making my sites.  Don’t get me wrong, I like neat, clean websites, but I concern myself too much with the intricate details, and therefore I am robbing time from other sites that I could be building.

One more tip of the day.  DO NOT expect to make thousands of dollars off of a few sites.  In fact you are not going to make thousands of dollars off of 30 sites unless you have some huge list or fan base, which most of us don’t. Create your sites, and move on to the next.  This is not going to happen overnight.  If you can make 4-5 websites per week (yes there is a small investment for you to succeed), then you will get there! It’s just a matter of time.  There are some websites that will make you more money than others, but you cannot count on that per site.  You should reasonably count on about $1/day per website.  That is the reality of it guys!  Anyone out there telling you differently is just plain lying to you.

Do the math: $1/day x 30 days = $30/month

$30/month x 100 websites = $3000 month

$30/month x 200 websites = $6000 month

You can calculate what happens after that!

If you need help building your sites, please leave a comment with where you are having your problem(s), and I will try to direct you to the appropriate program.  I will NEVER advise a program to you if I have not tried it myself.  You have my word on that!

Goals for you:

Spend the next 20 minutes finding some good 3 word domain names with at least 3000 global searches/month

Choose one with a .com, .org, or .net domain name available and purchase it

Launch your site with at least a 400 word Page of unique content, and use the Wordpress blogging platform.

Need help, I am a comment away!

Melissa

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Massive Passive Profits Review

Ok… So I know that you have received at least 10 product launches in your inbox in the past several weeks; I get it.  I have received them too (and no, none of them are mine).  Truth be told, I have bought several of them.  Only a couple were worth anything at all, but I will tell you what, Massive Passive Profits is where you want to be.  If you do  not know my story, you can refer to it here.  Once you read that, you will understand the importance of creating many, many, many sites, and monetizing all of them.  If you have one website up and running, you are not going to make anything at all (unless you have a  list of thousands of marketers eager and willing to buy the next product that comes out on Clickbank).  Not many of us do.  In fact, I do not have any products on Clickbank.  I tried that years ago after purchasing a product from “The Rich Jerk” (that was in 2005), and I began to learn!  Well, let’s not go backwards.  I am here because I want you to move forward like I have.

The one thing that I do not need to learn is that you have to have hundreds of websites online making you money to be able to really make a living out of affiliate marketing.  Do you have that many sites up?  No, I didn’t think so.  And I have bought MANY products that will claim to help you get there.  You will notice that I am not promoting any of them on this website.  I only promote the products that I feel will help you get where you want to be.

That brings me to Massive Passive Profits.  This course was created by Bill McRae, who has thousands of sites up and running, and is making an absolute killing from them together as a whole.  He does not claim to have one Clickbank account making his living, because honestly, any smart marketer does not put all of his (or her) seeds in one basket.  The idea behind this course, which I did purchase for $47, is that you promote sites using subdomains, and his software ( it is actually a plugin), helps you to do this in a matter of minutes.  The time stamp on my Clickbank purchase was Order Date: 11/19/2010 12:20 PM PST, and I have already watched every single video without frustration.  When I say “without frustration”, what I mean is that I completely understood everything he was talking about, in fact, I have used it all.  The only thing I was missing is his process.

I was buying  a domain name for every niche that I wanted to promote.  We all know that $10 per niche can get very expensive.  Especially when you have to build at least 5-10 sites per week to even make a dent.  Well, Bill is showing us to use sub-domains.  Buy one domain name that is keyword rich, yet broad enough to add many sub-domains, and in turn save a lot of money on domain names, build sub-domains in a matter of minutes, and profit from each and every one of them.  As far as I’m concerned, his course is the only one out there that you need if you at least know how to get a site going with Wordpress.  I highly recommend it, and I think that any marketer not willing to spend $47 on Massive Passive Profits may as well throw in the towel.  Get it today, and get to it!

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Patience is a Virtue…

I Have Learned More and More How to Be Patient

If you read my page on my personal experience with Internet Marketing, you may remember that I mentioned the highest traffice Halloween site that I created this year never made one costume sale, when the other lower traffic sites were making several sales each.  I logged into Commission Junction today to see that I made a $24.00 commission just yesterday from that particular site. The costume that I promote in that site is also apparently popular for the Christmas season as well, which I had not even considered.  I then went and checked it’s traffic, and it has increased even more from October!  I just wanted to share that with you, and remind you that if it doesn’t work the way you want it to, it does not mean that it won’t work at all.

Good luck, and if you have not already subscribed to my RSS feed, please do so.  There will plenty more tips and tricks to come. 

Melissa

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A Tip That Will Guarantee Success

Every Day I Think About What Could Have Been By Now Had I Not Second-Guessed Some Of The Strategies That I Believed Would Work, But Did Not Work Hard Enough At Them At That Time!

Don’t let this happen to you!

Do not be that person who sits there and wonders what could be had you followed the plan, and did not give up.  People who give up are guaranteed to fail, but people who do not give up, are guaranteed success.  You have to want it bad enough, and tell yourself that you are not going to quit — PERIOD!

I have an opportunity right now that I know will guarantee me success along with what I have already done.  What is it?  It is everything that I know how to do, just different styles and techniques that give me a better edge.  Right now, it is Dan Brock’s Deadbeat Super Affiliate.  The strategy he is using is to leverage product keywords, write very simple reviews, and send them to the product on Amazon, or some of the other physical product affiliate sites.

I have learned that one thing Dan says in his course is absolutely true.  Just because my website is geared towards commercial blenders, does not mean that if my customer decides not to buy a blender, that they won’t buy something else instead.  Amazon is an ideal site for this type of sale because once you’re on that site, you could shop around just like you’re in a department store.  I have made many sales where the product that was purchased had nothing at all to do with what I was promoting on my website that forced them to land on Amazon’s pages.

The point of this post is that I am not going to go half the year without creating sites.  I have set a goal for myself, and that is that I will create at least 8 websites per month (this is a minimum, but I am trying to be realistic), and that I will continue to do this until I am happy with the results, or maybe forever.

Where I went wrong in the past was that I created a couple of websites, and did not see immediate results, so I sat back and waited to make sure that I was not wasting my time or money.  I have since realized that any effort that I put in is well worth the time and money, and that eventually, I will get a nice return.

That is my motivational speech for the day.

Please feel free to comment.

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Deadbeat Super Affiliate Review

Deadbeat Super Affiliate by Dan Brock.

Case study to come…

I purchased Dan Brock’s Deadbeat Super Affiliate this past weekend.  Guess what!  There is actually something to be said about his course.  First of all, he did not promise to make you rich within days of applying his “secrets”, and second, he seems to be a regular person just like you and I. Notice there is not bonus being offered on this page, or any incentive to buy his course through my link.  I am not going to tell you how it made me hundreds of dollars withing the first few days.  What I will say is his course makes sense to me.  He talks about how to build affiliate sites around physical products, not Clickbank products, and gives you the steps on how to do it.  I created a site using his blueprint within 2 hours of reading the course.  Now keep in mind, I have some experience creating sites, but other than that, it was cake.  The hardest part about creating a site is learning how to get it up and running with the hosting company, and what type of content you are going to use to make it worth reading.

The Deadbeat Super Affiliate course guides you in every step without making you feel overwhelmed.  I will advise that if you have never created a website before, then you should go purchase SEO Press Formula by Brian Johnson.  I will refer to that course a lot because it is where I learned the most for the methods that I believe work in affiliate marketing.

Without giving away all of Dan Brock’s training, I will say what I have said before; get busy, and start creating websites.  If you think that you are going to earn the kind of money as shown in the Clickbank accounts of all of the guru’s out there, you have been lied to.  You are NOT going to make that kind of money without building a list, and having a product to sell.  I do not have a list yet because I do not have a product.  I am more interested in building websites worthy of unique content that make my visitors want to stay on my website, or click on my affiliate links and buy something because they trust me.  That may seem sad, but it is true.  I would rather make a measly $10/month on 1 website than lie to thousands of hungry buyers that they are going to make it big in the next 14 days.  Just when you think you are an adult, someone tells you this lie, and makes you feel about an inch tall.  I am over it.  I am over the false promises, and I am going to make it in this industry with the honest method.  That’s all there is to it!

Back to the Deadbeat Super Affiliate.  If you are a complete newbie to internet marketing, you will need more that this course.  However, if you have built at least one website using Wordpress, buy this course today, and build sites.  I am not lying to you.  I wish I had the resources to hire people to build 10 sites per week for me, because I know that within a year, I will be making a killing online.  But it’s just me.  Little ole’ me creating websites, and making an honest living out of giving people what they want.

Dan is teaching in the Deadbeat Super Affiliate what to promote, and how to promote it.  You do not have to be a writer to make it in this business.  I believe that I am a good writer, in fact, I know I am.  I was always an A student when it came to grammar, writing  papers. giving speeches, even in my adult work life, I am the go-to person when it comes to writing.  But guess what! If you can just be honest in your writing; don’t lie to your visitors, and give them what they want when they land on your website, then you have what it takes to be successful in the internet marketing arena.

If you feel that you need a start in internet marketing, I still recommend SEO Press Formula for teaching you the proper way to get a website online.  If you already know how to do that, and understand how to research a good niche, then start building sites.  There is no thing else to it.  What are you waiting for?

I plan to give you a case study on the sites that I build using the method taught by Dan Brock in the Deadbeat Super Affiliate Course.  Subscribe to my RSS for future posts.

Thanks for reading, and get some websites online!  TODAY!

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