Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Brand new Downline Builder that looks AWESOME

Tonight I got an email from Michael Cobb - The owner of Home Income Team and someone who REALLY taught me alot about online marketing. So when I get an email from him, even on a massive email list, I open it.

He sent me a link to Affiliate Funnel, which I had heard about before but hadn't checked out yet. Unlike so many people I hear talking about how "busy" they are, I actually AM really busy :)

So I went to check it out - And I'm very impressed.

It's a COMPLETE business building tool. Instead of joining to promote OTHER peoples programs, you get to enter YOUR programs. Also, you get to enter your affiliate id's for 20 different exchanges. It also includes a ton of lessons for everything from using Traffic Exchanges to safelists (yes, I'm going to be updating my power traffic course soon, cause this is better :)

Beyond all that you also get expert help and lessons from the TOP guys in internet marketing. The REAL guru's who know how to make money online

Affiliate Funnel is simply How to Make Money Online in a nutshell.

It is the best affiliate marketing building program I have seen yet.

And guess what else? It's free to join!

Of course there is an upgrade option. Myself, I signed up for the $67/year OTO - I got 10k credits at 10 top ranked exchanges and a bunch of free downloads (I probably won't use them - I actually hate free products because it basically just means it's MORE for me to do! LOL). But the 10k credits alone were worth the cost.

Free gives you good options also - you get everything except the credits. You still get referral money from upgraded members and you still get all the lessons and seminars.

With the Gold membership I get to promote 6 of my own programs, all by just promoting Affiliate Funnel! That's what I call a REAL downline builder -

Again, very simple - Lots more to it than the3Cash Machine, but very VERY valuable info.

You need to join Affiliate Funnel - You will build exchange referrals AND your own business at the same time. You will build a list you can email.

It's really the best complete online business building tool I have seen and I'm excited about joining it

Join Affiliate Funnel here

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

The Difference Between "FREE" Exchanges

Sometimes I forget how far I've come along from where I started in February. I've surfed so much that I kinda skip over the basic stuff too often. Even in my email series, I realized it's assuming that people already know how to surf and use firefox etc. Tonight I added the Traffic Splash section to my list of best exchanges. The reason was because it's one of the best FREE exchanges that I've found online.

Yes, technically all exchanges are free - But there is a MASSIVE difference in the amount of time you have to spend at most traffic exchanges. The most basic example I always give is Hit2Hit - Outstanding traffic exchange. Tons of members, easy to surf, always highly ranked by traffic hoopla. But for those who are just starting, they may not realize that Hit2Hit is a 3:1 surf ratio. What that means is that if you don't buy an upgraded membership, you have to surf 3 sites to get 1 hit on yours. In my opinion, this is not how you should spend your time! Now, if your willing to spend some money (like I do), then it's a great exchange. Same with MaxTraffic Pro and SWAT Traffic, Dragon Surf - There are tons of them - and the bottom line is it sucks. We need traffic to our sites. When I say traffic, I mean TONS of traffic. I used to think getting 30 hits a day was good - It's nothing - You have to get hundreds of hits each day to get results. You have to get thousands of hits per month if you REALLY want to get any type of results.

So when I list my best free exchanges, it's based on them actually being good if you do not want to spend any money. Of course the short 5 list is kinda short - Great "free" exchanges are few and far between these days.

But if you want to stay free, while still getting the best results possible for your time, then join WebBiz Insider, Traffic Splash, EasyHits4U, HitSafari & maybe ClickRanch. For me, these are the best free exchanges I've found online. You get regular bonuses, quick surf timers and fair surf ratios. 5 Exchanges is actually a pretty decent number of exchanges to work with. Learn to use Firefox and surf them all at the same time (different windows - tabbed browsing) and you'll be fine

Using Traffic Hoopla can be very beneficial in building up downlines for your overall traffic building. But keep it simple until you can handle everything. As good as CyberWheelers program was, they recommended I surf 3 hours/night! For me, that is a ridiculous amount of time to spend surfing. It is MUCH BETTER if you focus your time & energy on 4 or 5 GOOD exchanges, versus spreading yourself out all over getting a few hits here and there, trying to manage 20 "free" exchanges.

Bottom line is this - Unless you get some results, your going to get frustrated and most likely quit. If you spend your time wisely, you will start to get results. Focus on the best free exchanges and move up when your ready -

Saturday, September 20, 2008

My BEST Tip for Traffic Exchange Success

What I wanted to share with you quickly is my best tip for exchange success - Not that I have had a TON of success on exchanges or that I am some guru - I'm not - But I did get 200 signups to SpiderWeb in 6 weeks and I also got 220+ signups for my power training course...I did all of that only using exchanges - No matter what you are promoting, I believe there is 1 important thing that you must do. Well, hold on - make that 2 - The first goes without saying and it is simple...You MUST ADVERTISE LIKE CRAZY! By either spending a few bucks or surfing exchanges etc. If you think 100 hits a week to your site is getting you anywhere, you are in for a rude awakening...You need to be sending MASSIVE traffic to your sites - Traffic Generation needs to be a daily routine for you - period - When I stop advertising, my signups go right down...If I don't allocate credits or surf, I dont' get signups - end of story...

Now that I've beaten that topic to a pulp :) Lets get to the main point here.

You Must DIFFERENTIATE yourself and your advertising pages! I will admit that the pages I use are kind of cheesy...but you know what - They are different and they catch more attention than endless pages of affiliate sites that we see everywhere...Now this could probably also fall under that "branding" theme I've seen so much of myself - Honestly, I have never looked into that a whole lot, but I understand the message - The more people see your face or your product, the more likely they are to begin trusting it - Obviously if they keep seeing it, you must be doing something right!

So how do I differentiate myself? I use weird web pages and eye catching headlines. Are these hard to do? NO - Do you have to be an expert web designer? NO - There are plenty of free resources you can use to make your own splash pages - I used Google Page Creator and that is absolutely what I would have recommended to everyone but they stopped allowing new signups - You can use a blog and just have an eye catching title, short description and a link to your product. Here are 2 of my creations -

http://affiliatecurve.googlepages.com/powertraffic

http://paulsteam08.googlepages.com/perfectbusiness

Again, these aren't pristine web pages done by an expert - These are simply enter the text and add some color - Now google pages is not accepting new signups, but you can easily create something like this using Google Blogger - Also, Google Sites pages are free and you can do the same kind of thing

Here is my latest page using just a Google Blog:

http://www.makemoneywithacme.com/

Now I happen to be advertising this pages using Pay Per Clicks, so it's a little longer than what I recommend for a traffic exchange splash page. But I made it totally free using just Google Blogger. I bought that domain name because I wanted to give it a unique name, but otherwise it's totally free. I threw my picture in at the bottom (don't laugh!) and even gave a link to my home site....don't copy my stuff, but you should see the point - Make your own mark!

It's easy to get caught up and want everything to happen for you overnight. Believe me I KNOW THE FEELING! But instead of working your butt off promoting the Wrong Way, spend some time creating your own splash page - Differentiate yourself from the crowd - Otherwise your just promoting the same old affiliate site like everyone else who isn't making any money or getting any referrals.

To YOUR Success,

Paul

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Totally Random Rambling

Since CyberWheelers closed last week, I've been looking for the best replacement that could really generate quality traffic for free. My last message was about using Traffic Hoopla as the replacement. As much as I do love Traffic Hoopla, I didn't feel it TOTALLY filled the need that CyberWheelers accomplished which was generating as much passive traffic as you can. I do believe you should be a member of Traffic Hoopla and read their newsletters, etc.

However, I found what I believe is an even better tool for generating a lot of traffic using only free methods. It's called Vital Viral and I joined it tonight.

First, this isn't a pitch - It's simply some further clarification on what I am looking for when I join online marketing programs. I am finding some success, but it comes from the SYSTEMS that I use. Whatever System you use, you need to make sure it's as effective as possible. If it's not, don't be afraid to dump it and move on. Anytime you do quit a certain program/system, keep track of what you DIDN'T like about it or what you felt it was missing. By doing that you will be able to better determine what you DO like and what you are looking for in any online program. For me, I can now tell w/in a few minutes if I have any interest in a program.

What I'm looking for are programs where I promote 1 link that builds a large downline for various other programs. The program should come with an easy to follow plan that everyone understands. It should supply splash pages and marketing tools that work on traffic exchanges. It should offer marketing resources in many different areas like exchanges, safelists, autoresponders, etc.

That would be the ideal of course. I understand that I have some legwork to do. I will have to start from scratch with most programs I join basically. But my HOPE is that by putting in the work now, I will reap the benefits later.

I don't even know how many programs I have joined to be honest. My guess would be around 20 different affiliate programs, 50-60 traffic exchanges, 10 safelists. What I use to do when I first started online marketing was promoting 30 different sites all over the place. I can't even guess how much I spent at EasyHits4U because that was the best exchange for unlimited URL's. I just figured anyone who saw MY product would see the value in it and join right away...This is why my first 3 months online were so frustrating. I didn't even stop to consider what I should be promoting - I just saw something that looked good, signed up and started sending traffic to it...Of course the problem was that when you try to promote 30 sites, you get really poor results on ALL of them. This didn't even take into consideration that I was mostly trying to sell directly on a traffic exchange - I promoted long affiliate pages which nobody wanted.

Okay, I'm getting very long-winded again and I apologize - HERE IS THE POINT :)

What we should be looking for is getting the absolute Most benefit from Our time. So how do we do that? The simplest way to do this is to build a downline. Granted, this is easier said than done. But it is something you absolutely must focus on and realize that is your main goal.

You also want to build your downline in a Simple yet Effective way. As in you promote 1 link that has the most potential to bring you lots of referrals/downline members for many programs...That is why I recommend the Hits2U, Home Income Team and Traffic Hoopla. All these programs give you a way to promote multiple programs by only promoting 1 link. They are also free and can build you referrals in various areas.

So what else do we want? Well, automated sure is nice. Hits2U & SpiderWeb both automatically follow up with your prospects on a constant basis. SpiderWeb is actually on the annoying end...I still get "have you started yet, Paul?" emails and I have 150 referrals :) So it's not perfect, BUT, most online marketers aren't go getters as much as I am, so for those 97%, SpiderWeb is going to bring back many of those prospects that were previously lost.

This is getting super long and was going to be an email about Vital Viral, which I really like the looks of. I joined tonight. Now I think this needs to be a blog post :)

So that's what this now is - A rambling blog post that was supposed to be a newsletter to my subscribers lol - Hey, at least it's honest...It's all over the place, but it's honest...I'll always have my dignity!

This whole week I have been trying to come up with an answer to the CyberWheelers problem. I feel bad even recommending CyberWheelers because what they really recommend is 3 hours/night surfing...If I know 1 thing, it's that online marketers are NOT long term thinkers in General. Those 97% are looking to get rich quick or move on. I do like the looks of Vital Viral - I like those "Earn $200/day with just your traffic exchange credits" pages they make - Those are great for traffic exchanges.

So I'm going to go through Vital Viral this week and see what I can get done. I do like the splash pages they make and I signed up for the $6/month Pro Membership - $6 is pretty cheap if I can make some of those pages and use it to build a list and earn referral credits at different exchanges...I really love the splash pages - If a surfer like me wants to sign up for them and take on ANOTHER project, I am guessing they are vey effective (relatively speaking lol)

alright, time to copy this into my blog now - That's all it's good for :)

I know what "The Answer" is now, by the way. It's actually quite simple. You get someone like me in your downline - That may come off bad, but it's the truth. If 5% of the people that joined my programs did anywhere near what I did, I would be making a fortune...That is really what the #'s story is about. You send thousands upon thousands of hits to your sites in hopes of getting a few dozen signups. After you do that for a few months, you end up with maybe a couple hundred signups. Of those signups, maybe a few of them will do anything with the program. Out of THOSE, you might end up with someone like me who is working hard to succeed and really wants it. I am guessing that my uplines LOVE ME - and who wouldn't? :) (okay, that part really WAS over the top, but it's real late now and I love to pat myself on the back :)

I can't make this stuff up

i have to stop now before I embarass myself any further....

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

The Story of Bill Britt

Here's an inspiring article for your success in this business:

You may have heard of Bill Britt, one of the most successful distributors in Amway. Some years ago, 20/20 did a feature story on Amway. They spent 19 minutes interviewing whiners and complainers -- several distributors who had failed and showed the garages full of products they couldn't sell.

During the last minute of the show, Mr. Britt was interviewed in front of his palatial home. He was asked, "Mr. Britt, this business has obviously worked for you. What's your secret?"

He replied, "There is no secret. I simply showed the plan to 1200 people. 900 said, 'No.' and only 300 signed up. Out of those 300, only 85 did anything at all. Out of those 85 only 35 were serious, and out of those 35, 11 made me a millionaire."

Like Mark Yarnell (who made millions with NuSkin), Bill worked through the numbers.

Like we always say - ANY business is a numbers game, plain and simple! Remember that & be persistent & you WILL succeed.

Stack the odds in your favor, play the numbers and keep a steady flow of NEW business to YOUR website.

To your sucess

Paul
affiliatecurve.com

Training Series - Part 5 - Spin Success Review

Traffic Exchanges are a very important part of my online marketing campaigns. I wanted to share another resource that I use called Spin Success.

So what is Spin Success, and what can it do For YOU?

Spin Success is a search engine submission service that specializes in promoting Affiliate Websites for online marketers. I know if you are using traffic exchanges like I do, it can be tedious surfing for hours upon hours. But we do it because we know we need traffic, right? After all, without traffic, there is zero chance of sales...and thats why we got into online marketing in the first place!What Spin Success will do is Hand Submit your site to 15 major search engines as well as auto submit your site to an additional 100,000 other search engines. They do this every month! As soon as you sign up and submit your site, you get an email confirming this has been done within 24 hours! They take service to another level.

Okay, so they do that but what does that really mean?

Quite simply it means they do all the work of getting your affiliate site (or any website) indexed and ranked highly in the search engines. This process guarantees a huge influx of regular, TARGETED visitors to YOUR website, Automatically.

See the difference between exchanges and search engine traffic is simple: Traffic Exchange users are looking to promote their business. Search Engine users are looking FOR something. They aren't on a 10 second timer. They aren't their to get their credits. They are looking for your website!

Did you know that every 2 seconds someone new starts looking into starting an online business? That is a Staggering amount of fresh new prospects every single day. They may end up using traffic exchanges, but they won't often be starting there, right? That is what Spin Success will do for you. They get Real, Search Engine Traffic to YOUR Website. This service alone can cost you thousands. Ever looked into getting SEO services? I found one that was $800 PER MONTH!Spin Success is only $30 per month AND you get $20 off your first month.

So for only $9.95 you can try it out for a full 30 days to see what it can do for you and your affiliate site. Think about how many sites you might have to surf to get that kind of value?

Not only that, they also have a very rewarding affiliate program that pays you on 5 levels. You can get tons of traffic to your site and earn money with the same program. Many people get 1 to 5 signups daily and earn a large income just from this alone. You also get $200 every month in Pay Per Click funds. They have a special deal with 2 search engines and you get $100/month at each...replenished every month.

See if you choose to join Acme People Search and make it your main business, Spin Success can start generating organic traffic to your site every single day.

Once you see for yourself, I am sure you will see the potential that Spin Success can bring to your online business...and it's done on autopilot for you.

Check out the main page and see for yourself. I think you'll be surprised at just how much you really get with Spin Success.

Check out Spin Success for yourself now

To YOUR Success,

Training Part 4 - My Best Tip for Traffic Exchange Success

I wanted to say thanks again for using my own Power Traffic Course. What I wanted to share with you quickly is my best tip for exchange success - Not that I have had a TON of success on exchanges or that I am some guru - I'm not - But I did get 200 signups to SpiderWeb in 6 weeks and I also got 220+ signups for the course you are reading now - power traffic...I did all of that only using exchanges.

No matter what you are promoting, I believe there is 1 important thing that you must do. Well, hold on - make that 2 - The first should go without saying and it is simple...You MUST ADVERTISE LIKE CRAZY! By either spending a few bucks or surfing exchanges etc. If you think 100 hits a day to your site is getting you anywhere, you are in for a rude awakening...You need to be sending MASSIVE traffic to your sites - Traffic Generation needs to be a daily routine for you - period - When I stop advertising, my signups go right down...If I don't allocate credits or surf, I dont' get signups - it's that necessary that you keep up advertising...I'm giving you a solid BASE to get a lot of traffic to your sites. You still have to do some work though. You must surf, you must work on effective advertising and you must be constantly learning!

Now that I've beaten that topic to a pulp :) Lets get to the main point here.

You Must DIFFERENTIATE yourself and your advertising pages! I will admit that the pages I use are kind of cheesy...but you know what? They are different and they catch more attention than endless pages of affiliate sites that we see everywhere...Now this could probably also fall under that "branding" theme I've seen so much of myself - Honestly, I have never looked into that a whole lot, but I understand the message - The more people see your face or your product, the more likely they are to begin trusting it - Obviously if they keep seeing it, you must be doing something right!

So how do I differentiate myself? I use weird web pages and eye catching headlines. Are these hard to do? NO - Do you have to be an expert web designer? NO - There are plenty of free resources you can use to make your own splash pages - I used Google Page Creator and that is absolutely what I would have recommended to you, but they stopped allowing new signups - You can use a blog and just have an eye catching title, short description and a link to your product. Here are 2 of my creations -

http://affiliatecurve.googlepages.com/powertraffic

http://paulsteam08.googlepages.com/perfectbusiness

Again, these aren't pristine web pages done by an expert - These are simply enter the text and add some color - Now google pages is not accepting new signups, but you can easily create something like this using Google Blogger - Also, Google Sites pages are free and you can do the same kind of thing

Don't copy my stuff, but you should see the point - Make your own mark!

It's easy to get caught up and want everything to happen for you overnight. Believe me I KNOW THE FEELING! But instead of working your butt off promoting the Wrong Way, spend some time creating your own splash page - Differentiate yourself from the crowd - Otherwise your just promoting the same old affiliate site like everyone else who isn't making any money or getting any referrals.

I would recommend you make your own unique page and see the results that you get.

These are examples above - Create your own and enjoy MUCH more success -

To YOUR Success,

Training Series - Part 3 Power Traffic

I know I'm throwing these at you fast, but again, the most important thing is for you to have some early success. The faster you get through the setup, the sooner you can start driving traffic and getting leads & signups.

This email is about getting your promotion campaigns really going strong! The first place I am going to recommend is Link Referral - Now, it's not a typical traffic exchange with timers, etc. Quite simply it's the Best Free Targeted advertising you can get! LinkReferral is great, but you need to keep your site in the top 10 as much as possible. You need to spend about 20 min's day viewing sites and reviewing a few. I choose to pay $35/month and my site is ALWAYS in the top 10. This is $1/day for the best advertising source I know of. Either way, GET YOUR SITE TO LINK REFERRAL FIRST! For free traffic, you can't beat it.

Join Link Referral Here

Next, lets decide how to best spend our money. Now, if you have decided to go 100% free, use Traffic Hoopla to the fullest. They have excellent guidelines and recommendations for traffic generation. Remember it's a Daily Process! If you have the time to surf, please surf the best exchanges and allocate your credits wisely. Use my favorite free exchanges and get as much traffic as you can. Again, I highly recommend the Home Income Team traffic exchange upgrade. If you are serious about online success, $54 is a great deal for the amount of traffic you get. Missed the link? Go get it HERE

If you want to start driving huge amounts of traffic, here are some of my favorite ways to spend a little money.

Swat Traffic 5,000 credits/month package for $15. This will enable you to send 150 hits to your site every single day of the month, and never have to surf. Swat is part of the Home Income Team Pro Upgrade and you get 1 month pro membership here...after that it's $15/month for pro membership. What I decided to do was cancelmy pro membership here and just buy the 5k hits. It works out to 50cents/day for what "should" get me 1 signup/day (if I get 1 referral out of 150 page views)

ILoveHits - This is the only place I INSIST you keep your Pro Membership! It's $9.97/month but ILoveHits has the BEST surfing ratio's for pro members I've found. You get at LEAST 1.25 credits for each page viewed and they also have "Henry Hours" where you earn 2.5 credits for each site surfed. Also, the more you surf, thehigher the ratio goes. If you surf an hour here on a Henry Hour you can earn 3.5+ credits PER SITE! You can rack up 500 credits here in 2 hours of surfing! That's CRAZY GOOD! Also, they have another hit package where you get 3,500 hits/month for $12/month.

HitPirate - 3,500 hit package for $11/month. Again, this is a way for you to send 100+ hits to your site, everyday, for about 40cents/day. You cannot beat this kinda deal! Also, they have pretty good surfing bonuses here. I kept my pro membership and surf here everynight - I love HitPirate.

With the 3 credit packages above, we just got you 12,000 hits every month for $38/month...This takes care of almost 1/2 of our monthly surfing needs for a little over $1/day! Compared to how long it takes to surf for this many credits, this is a STEAL! (even if your not a pro member at these exchanges, you can join free and buy these hit packages.)

In my opinion, it's the best investment you can make for this much hands off advertising.

WebBiz Insider - Not only is it my favorite free traffic exchange, they also have some very good premium membership deals. This is a wait and see kinda deal here, but read the emails for credit. They offer some very good deals sometimes. The one I bought was 6 months Premium Membership for $60 total. This sounds like a lot, right? Well here is what I got - 2,800 credits/month, delivered on a daily basis. 5 downline members added to every month (30 total downline members that I can email and send promotions to). 2 credits for every site I surf AND Credits from my referrals surfing!

So basically I end up with 30 prospects and 120+ hits/ every day for $10/month! On a Premium Traffic Exchange! Oh yeah, this also included 10,000 banner impressions every month and a bunch of text link impressions. Talk about a steal - Now this offer isn't handed out in every email, but when you see something that good, SPEND THE MONEY!

Anyway, this isn't a be all and end all list for you - It's just some suggestions to get you STARTED. Nothing in my program is set in stone. As much as I'm trying to teach what works for me, there are things you have to learn yourself. You also have your own personality and creativity. Some of the exchanges I love, you might hate. You may have some great advertising resource I've never used. So take it for what it is - An immediate way for you to drive traffic to your websites. Once you start driving traffic, you WILL get signups and referrals...it's just a matter of numbers.

These should help get your marketing going so at this point you should be focusing on driving traffic to your sites. There is more to come, but for now, you are ready to get started. This series is not over...I have more tips & tools, but I want you to focus on driving as much traffic to your sites as you can.

For me, I get the stuff listed above and surf about 4 to 5 hours a week. I'm getting nearly 30,000 hits/month with this simple setup and a few other traffic exchanges I use. For you, decide how many hits you want to your site and base your surfing & spending on that. If you want 20k hits/month, you simply need 2,000 hits/month (avg.) on 10 different exchanges. That works out to 500 hits/week for each exchange, or about 70 per day.

Figure out what you want and how to accomplish it. Go in and allocate your credits on a daily basis and try to keep up. Adjust your goals and figure out what works for you.

Until the next lesson,