The Secret Key To Creating Wealth Online
May 31, 2009
Turn your old junk into a $10k a month online business… Part 4.
(A pauper’s guide to getting started…)
Hi, Folks!
A very grand title for today’s discussion. Previously, we looked at how to raise the funds necessary to start a business online by selling off all your old junk, either in the brick and mortar environment of the “Car Boot” or “Garage” Sale, or more likely, technophiles that we all are these day, online via eBay.
The premise seems straight forward enough. Gather up all the crap you have lying around the home that you no longer need, and give it renewed “value” by selling it off to create a small “pot of gold” that you can use to fund your affiliate marketing career, your forex investments, or whatever you have in mind.
The title of today’s article refers not so much to any skillset you will have to learn, nor to a particular action or sequence of actions that you have to take.
The real key to success in starting up an online business is quite simply this… drum roll please… What you really have to master… is your own mind! Belief that you can succeed is the fundamental prerequisite for doing so.
Consider: There are numerous opportunities for starting up your own business, either land-based or in the virtual world of the internet. Many require huge sums of money to start-up, and then again many don’t. What is most interesting, is that in all likelihood, we consider the most expensive options to be the safest.
Hmm! A retail, or restaurant franchise, in the real world requires a significant initial investment; bank loans, possible re-mortgaging of property and so forth. Yet somehow, because of the huge sums of money needed, the “perceived value” of the investment is so very, very high. It’s understandable. Yet, despite the high risk and commitment required both time-wise, and in terms of cold hard cash, we favour such an investment over far less costly options.
The “rub” of course is that we therefore price ourselves out of the market! The safe option is so prohibitively expensive as to seem non-viable and we doom ourselves to the role of wage slave.
OK… Psychology 101, here goes: THE HUMAN MIND TENDS TO AVOID PAIN AND SEEK PLEASURE! In the above example, even though the “expensive” start-up option is considered to be the sure thing (by virtue of being so expensive), all but the most adventurous will avoid the risk altogether, in favour of the “pleasure” of complaining about our doomed existence as wage-slave. Yes, I did say “pleasure”. Ever heard the expression, “to have a GOOD moan?”
On the other hand, a low cost online business model such as the Maverick Moneymakers investment club, running for a decade already and successfully producing a new breed of affiliate marketeers under the expert guidance of Mack Michaels, seems so cheap by comparison as to be non-viable to many simply because the popular “belief” is that a business has to be expensive to have any chance of success, i.e. the $200 dollars you made selling off your stuff on eBay, which would amply cover the cost of signing up to such a risk-free proposal, could never IN YOUR OWN MIND produce the required result of a successful business.
AND…… If such a risk free investment paid off, and you actually started making money (is the sweat rolling down the back of your neck yet), you would lose the comfort of being able to moan and complain about having no opportunity to succeed, no hope of betterment, being stuck where you are. This concept will physically upset many people as their sub-conscious minds reject it out of hand. Are you such a person?
This really is fundamental. A low cost option can succeed. We have mentioned Maverick Moneymakers already. There are numerous other options. You can build a tremendous income online. You can do so starting with as little as $100. You can easily raise such a some of money selling your unwanted items on eBay or wherever. It all starts with the belief that you can do it, and WANTING to do it.
As soon as you want it, and believe it, that is when you will take action. Give it a try. The great secret of success in any endeavour be it great or small, is to be determined to succeed. Take action. Listen to good advice. Learn. Take more action. Repeat as necessary.
Tomorrow we will summarise all that we have discussed so far.
Till then,
Happy hunting!
Gavin.
If you would like more information on starting an online business, or to view Mack Michaels’ free video tutorials visit http://www.MaverickMoneymakersRegister.com Gavin Barnes is an online systems tester and author, and a part-time affiliate marketeer.
How is Advertising Personal Training Made Simpler?
May 31, 2009
When it comes to advertising personal training, a difficult task lies ahead. If you do not get your message clearly across or you reach the incorrect market, the whole goal behind advertising, which is to gain a huge client base, is lost. Personal training requires a determined personality. Getting your customers interested means that advertising once is not sufficient and you might need to keep bringing them the message.
Motivation is needed for those who are just not that keen on exercising as it is not tops on their ‘to do’ list. You can spend your time trying to reach this group but advertising to those who enjoy exercising or even those who don’t, is just as important.
Marketing yourself is vital when advertising your personal training service. Your looks play an important role but the way you build relations with people helps the advertising process as well. When advertising as a personal trainer remember to suite the title. People will only take you serious if you follow what you teach. This is achieved through eating right and keeping fit. You are the first thing your customer will see regardless of what you say and so your message will not have any meaning if your body does not look great.
Become known when advertising your personal training service. It is important your customers trust and know the product, you. You can ensure that your clients feel relaxed and trusting about your service by being social and bonding with people. By being social, people you talk to will potentially spread your message about your service to others. The amount of clients you will gather will grow immensely as an advantage. Talking to one person has the effect of your message reaching about three others. An increase in customers means an increase in money.
Sometimes word of mouth is not enough for marketing and so it might be a good idea to invest money into advertising. Magazines and TV will charge you for spaces to advertise.
The advertising in the long run will pay off as you reach more customers. Paid advertising however means that you need to strategically not only convey the message about your service but let your clients know how your personal training will benefit them.You will have to encourage people whilst trying to make a sale.
Excitement about your personal training service is also helpful when advertising. Your customers will pick up on this enthusiasm. When Your customers pick up on your personal training service you need to make sure that you are also following up on all of your services, offering them to your full potential because in the end, your clients want to see results.
Because building a client base can be slow you may need to offer promotions such as free training just to get started and so that people trust you more. Do not worry however; you won’t lose out on money. The result of these freebies means that others will also hear about your service and marketing and money increases.
When advertising personal training you need to offer all of your personal training services to your clients can be the best thing that you can do for your personal training business. Kickbacklife.com is a great resource for how to get personal training clients.
Through Freight Trains and Local Freight Trains
May 31, 2009
Ever since the train was invented as a beneficial mode of transport, people have been using freight trains for shipping goods such as food, fuel, large cargo, bulk, containers, specialized cars, and more. Freight trains are used specifically to transport cargo. There are a number of benefits to using a freight train to transport products, especially with their ability to transport large and heavy items. A single powerful train can pull a very long train of freight cars over great distances and terrain. They usually contain at least one engine and a string of train cars which are joined together. People use trains to transport freight all over the world. Freight transport by rail is more economical and energy efficient than by road, especially over long distances. Freight trains are less flexible than road transport because they run on a specific track, and much freight transported has been transferred from rail to road or sea. Costs for shipping by train are usually lower than air freight or truck freight. Two types of freight trains that used to ship cargo are the Through Freight Train and the Local Freight Train.
If a train travels through one or more terminals before it arrives at its final stop, it is referred to as a Through Freight Train because it has run through the terminals without loading or unloading cargo. Sometimes the train crew is replaced at one of these terminals, but the train itself still continues to its final destination. A “through” freight train will only stop at the scheduled final destination and nowhere else along the route. A through freight travels across a subdivision without stopping. Long distance bulk freight such as coal, steel, and vehicle parts are usually transported using through freight trains.
Local Freight Trains consists of a collection and distribution system where freight cars are left with the shippers. For instance, if a freight car is scheduled to pick up a large quantify of bulk material from a processing plant, empty cars will be dropped off and the workers at the plant will load the cars with the material. Once loaded, the train will return, reattach the cars, and continue to transport the material to its scheduled destination. It can also work the other way where the train drops off loaded bulk cargo and returns to pick up the empty cars after the material has been removed. This type of operation can usually be found in such areas as the pulp and paper mills and the coal industry. The process usually takes place at all hours of the day and night. A local freight train can stop at almost most every small town along its route. Also, local freights might travel within a single urban area or between two manufacturing plants. A local freight train will transport just about anything and will stop to pick up or set out cars along the route. Local freight will travel for short distances such as between dock yards and factories, warehouses, goods depots, etc.
With the increase in trucking, shipping, and flying transportation industry, many rail freight companies have changed their methods of operation in order to compete. Many companies now use a combination of transport methods to ship their goods that includes the use of freight trains. This ensures that products are shipped and received more quickly and efficiently.
With the growing concern about climate change, businesses are realizing that transport by train is a very energy efficient method of shipping goods. The train is an old method of travel with innovative ideas for the future of transportation.
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Fatal Branding Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
May 31, 2009
In launching a new business, branding can often be an aspect given far less attention than it really deserves, and this can cause a number of problems and issues in the future. The brand of a product or service, or the company as a whole, can make a huge difference as far as its success is concerned. Think of the many brands which are clearly in the general public’s consciousness, and then ask yourself, how they managed to get there.
In some cases, it is simply as a result of longevity. Naturally, major brands or companies which have been around for many years have become well known, and household names. But there are many new companies, organizations and services available which have not been around for very long at all, and yet they have already achieved a high level of status and recognition.
The most successful companies, including offline and online home businesses, put a great deal of time, effort and attention into their branding, and will include marketing and advertising into the discussion to try to ensure that the product is as successful as possible.
Branding can be everything from the name of the product or company, the logo, and any attributes such as color themes, styles, physical appearances and slogans. These need to work together, without being too complicated.
When it comes to a successful brand, simplicity is often the key. Sometimes the very complicated graphics, or difficult names, can be forgotten or ignored too easily. The simplest graphics, slogans and names can often become very popular, simply because they are so easy to remember and to recognize.
If you think of logos first of all, which brands jump to mind? Often it is the simple, clear, distinct logos which are most easily remembered, such as Nike, for example. Although there are successful logos which are at the same time quite complex, they tend to be in the minority, and have another aspect to them which is simple, in order to compensate for it. The Coca Cola logo is rather more complex than Nike’s tick, yet the colours are limited to red and white, with a distinctive font.
Branding involves a wide range of aspects, the name being one which is of most importance. Remembering a logo, or a slogan, or even a color theme, without being able to remember the actual product or business name, is of no use whatsoever. Any logo or slogan needs to be able to bring the product or business name to mind, otherwise the branding has failed.
But thinking of a clever brand name is fraught with challenges. How do you come up with a name which is memorable, easy to pronounce, even if your customers don’t speak the same language as you, and at the same time, encourages associations which are positive and relevant?
When deciding on a good brand name for a product, there are a few golden rules. Firstly, avoid trying to cash in on a rival’s success by emulating their brand name, or copying or adapting it in a way which is clearly recognizable. Although this has been done before, and occasionally with a measure of success, it is best to avoid it for a number of reasons.
Associating yourself too closely with a rival could result in people thinking you are the other company, and remembering your advertising, but their product. You might also find yourself beset with legal challenges and infringement of copyright issues. Not only that, but what would you do if there was a scandal, or problem with the company you were trying to piggy back a ride on?
The general public has tired of words such as ‘mega’, and other related superlatives. The trouble with superlatives is that they can be too frequently abused and, like a medicine or drug, they become accepted, and eventually ignored and unnoticed. If your first product is a ‘mega’, and then you bring out an improved model, what superlative will you use next? And after that? Eventually it can become absurd, with products branded as new, and improved, mega super products that begin to sound slightly desperate.
Be aware also that when people are searching the web for products or services such as yours, the name needs to be clearly associated with the type of product or service. Think about the keywords you’ll be using. If you’re selling web hosting, then try to include the words web, hosting, or other technology related words in the brand name, since most searches will be based on these.
Branding is a tricky area, and needs to be treated with caution and care, and given enough attention, without overworking it to the point of unnecessary complexity.
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Customer Service – How Review Sites Can Make or Break a Business
May 31, 2009
Customer service is not given the attention it should be given. If there is one aspect of more importance to your business than any other, it is this. This might seem a little of an exaggeration, and you may well consider that your accounts, your products, your marketing or your retail structure are of more importance. But ask yourself one important point- where would any of your accounts, your adverts, your marketing strategies, your prices, products or service be if it wasn’t for the very blood of your business – customers?
The answer is, of course, precisely nowhere. Customers are the whole purpose of any business or retailer, and there is little point in any of us doing a day’s work if we do not have the customers in the forefront of our minds, and the motivation for whatever we do.
Too many businesses have targets and performance standards in place, yet all too frequently these can be centered on the business itself, rather than on the customers. Statistics which focus on the sheer volume of sales, profit margins, types of product or service selling well, advertising costs and promotions can all seem rather pointless to those more concerned about the customers themselves.
It would be true to say that the business which fails to take into account the customer’s needs, wishes, thoughts or concerns is the business people will be talking about in the past tense before too long. Customers can make, or break, a business. And this is a fact becoming ever more apparent and clear in today’s global market, and global economy, with communication now easier and quicker than ever. Good news can travel very quickly, and so can bad news.
This means that if your customer service is of an excellent quality, helps to resolve the issue, makes it clear that you’re trying hard to resolve the problem, put’s the customer at ease, and keeps promises, rather than using words without any action to follow, then this will almost certainly become known.
With forums, review sites and discussion boards increasingly popular as a way for customers to share their experiences, treating your customers well, giving them the attention they deserve, the time they need and the answers they want will almost certainly find you listed in these sites with positive comments and reviews. This will, undoubtedly, assist you in the future and good reviews will do you a great favour. More and more customers today are turning to review sites and discussion boards before actually making a purchase or committing to a company. This means that they can share experiences, and in some cases only one or two bad reviews can mean the difference between gaining that customer, and losing them to your competitor.
Bad reviews are even more prevalent. The sad thing is that a satisfied customer is actually less likely to post a review about a company than a dissatisfied one. This is generally the way we work – if we have a good experience, we’re pleased, but consider that the treatment we received was only what we deserved. After all, the person at the other end of the phone was being paid to be pleasant.
However, if we experience a bad customer service representative, with poor communication skills, little understanding of the product or service, little effort made to resolve the situation, or failed promises to return calls or escalate issues, then we immediately feel the need to rant, to let off steam, and get back at the company in at least some way. It’s only a natural human reaction.
For this reason, the vast number of bad reviews on the internet has been written in the heat of the moment, possibly exaggerated, but certainly causing harm to the name of the company about whom they have been written.
These reviews will very likely stay to hang around the neck of the business for many years. For this reason, if you are setting up a business today, you need to be thinking about your customer service, and putting together plans to make sure it works well for the customer as much as for the business. Then you will stand a better chance of avoiding becoming the target for vindictive reviews that you’ll be unable to do anything about.
Getting customer service right from the start is a sound business move, and one that can easily work in your favour, just as it could work against you if you cut too many corners. This is equally true for online and offline businesses; for corporate and for home businesses.
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01 Apr the Daily Stock Report
May 31, 2009
The markets were down in the first hour with over 100 points on the Dow30 but after some favorable “economic reports suggesting that the economy may be approaching a bottom,” the Dow reversed by 250 points in the following 2 hours. We are also in a new quarter for the calendar year and mutual fund managers typically buy more aggressively the first few days of the quarter to make their performance figures look better. We are getting more and more positive economic news not that the economy is recovering but that the expected numbers are not as the worst case scenario.
We also have the emergency G-20 summit that is likely to announce some sort of stimulus agreement between countries and this positive spin is likely to help the market move up the next few days.
What the trading action does tell us the last two days is the market has some enthusiasm and buying power on the sidelines ready to react to any favorable news. This is a change in sentiment compared to earlier periods these past 5 months where the market was looking for any bad news or any excuse to push the sell button.
This is what I’ve been explaining recently that we should be looking to see how stocks act in comparison with the positions we’ve taken or with the assumptions we have made about what the stock market should be doing.
The market is getting enthusiastic or “bouncy” and could keep moving up. The purpose of the short positions with the banks and 2 life insurance companies was for a short period of time, maybe 1-2 weeks but if the market keeps moving up, your hard and mental stop losses might be kicking in.
Depending upon your own risk tolerance and style of investing or trading, that is what determines how much loss (or give back profit made) you are willing to take. A good general rule for swing trades can be 4-7% stop loss and your potential profit would usually be about 3 times that. So a 3 to 1 profit vs. loss if stopped out, would be the minimum ratio you should be using. The ideal scenario is you have a defined limit of losing $1 but have the potential to make $4.
So it is looking like these short positions are going to have to be reduced or covered if they continue to climb, especially the stronger ones like JPM, JP Morgan and USB, US Bancorp. The Asian markets are up sharply tonight with Hong Kong up over 5% and Japan over 4% as of this writing.
More evidence that we could be starting the rally sooner than expected is the “wish list” of stocks below have really moved up the last two days, many of them moving up to higher highs with hardly a recognizable pullback.
My impression is that tomorrow’s rise in the US markets could put us uncomfortably over our threshold of limited losses. It could be that Monday gave us the lows in these financials after the two down days of last Friday and Monday. The challenge is always going to be with swing or intermediate trades that lasts from days to weeks is to allow a stock to move one way or another which to give it time and space to confirm it is or is not doing what is expected. And you will have to decide for yourself what comfort level or risk tolerance you have to absorb a stock going against you.
I’ve suggested 4-7% stop losses but depends upon what your style, personality, financial situation and strategy for that stock. I personally have higher risk tolerance and like to give a stock a chance to do what I forecast so it usually involves a larger loss if I am wrong than what many people can take for themselves. Yet at the same time, I am right about a lot of stocks that give a lot of profits, as you can see from the trades on these banks going long, short, long and now short.
What we have had for months is an underlying potential for stocks to really move up sharply and the talking heads on the financial websites and TV networks have come out of the woodwork saying how many trillions are under peoples’ mattresses available to invest.
So the sentiment and the talk that is increasing in frequency actually can help build a momentum of buying. That hasn’t happened yet but for months I have had on the bottom of this newsletter that I am expecting some sort of substantial rally that could be caused by the stimulus spending and the initial spark could just be an oversold condition and in the current environment, good news is starting to be rewarded.
The actual news may not have any substance to it and the overall economic outlook may be bad for another year but the stock market could go into rally mode even with that overhanging dark cloud. My hunch (only an educated guess) is that we could start getting into rally mode but it is really hard to tell right now.
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Scam? Jeff Paul’s Shortcuts to Internet Millions
May 31, 2009
It is a night like any other night, when your insomnia hits. Yeah, it happens to the best; usually brought on by stress. You can stress-out over anything these days, your child’s education, which shirt to wear, or your finances. You, are laying down and not able to sleep due to the stress of your increasing bills and decreasing income. Making ends meet has you stressed out and you know that you need to do something more to even out your income. You turn the TV on to relax and reduce the stress off on your mind; surfing the channels and wanting to sleep.
Finally, you flip to Jeff Paul Internet Millions Shortcuts infomercial, an interesting show that answers all of your worries. You feel the stress roll right off your shoulders and you quickly write the number down before you drift off to neverland. But in the morning skeptisim has brewed, so you decided to get online and do some further reseach.
Anyone with a logical thought would be able to find flaws with the program. Seriously, would you sell your method to financial success to anyone; even if you stumble upon the simplest technique to making instant riches in just “3 simple clicks”? Most likely not…
Don’t get me wrong, it is entirely true about making money online. Many people make a good living from an online business and they will be the first to tell you that “3 simple clicks” does not even get you through the first step. You can own a successful online business that creates wealth; you need to learn about Internet Marketing and apply the information correctly.
There is more to the cost of Jeff Paul Internet Millions Shortcuts. You will pay $40 for the “start-up package”, which gets you started, but there is not enough information to actually make money.
Jeff Paul does a great job in motivating you in believing that you can actually make a million dollars in a week not doing a thing. If making a million bucks is that easy, umm…why aren’t we all millionaires? Oh yeah, as soon as the purchase goes through, Jeff Paul’s telemarketers call to let you know that if you are really serious about making money online, you will need the rest of the packages selling for $5 - $10 grand a piece.
Making money on the internet is needs to be earned; there is no special system that created wealth out of thin air. You will find all the information you need to create a successful online business. You will find some programs with top of line coaching, online communities, and training. These have affordable costs and there are no calls requesting more money in an attempt to rip you off. One-way to be confident in the product you choose, it will not state the amount of money you can make or how easy it is. Just understand that succeeding in an online business will take dedication, desire, and effort.
You will only become successful when you decide to learn the methods and skills and put forth some effort. Good luck you
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Top 5 Reasons to Join Big Ticket to Wealth!
May 31, 2009
After reviewing Big Ticket To Wealth for roughly eight months, I feel it is time give a written review of my experience. In addition to the work from home business, there is so much more to the program than how it actually works and the huge profits that are made!
Big Ticket To Wealth is an all-inclusive program and is viable for all levels of Internet Marketing even the newbie marketers. This program is very innovative since the product is flash videos designed for resale to various offline businesses. No other business offers this type of product. From experience, a business needs to have a great product in order to do well. Despite how great the compensation plan is, without an awesome product, no one will buy it therefore, you will not succeed. For more reasons to join Big Ticket To Wealth, read the following for a list of the key points:
1) The Huge Commissions - These are contingent upon which initial package (3 levels - National, Executive, and Presidential) is purchased. Once your website completes a sale, direct sales commissions are paid. The override commissions are paid for personally sponsoring a new recruit. The matching override earnings consist of commissions your recruit earns from a sale; you earn a matching commission; for example, a presidential recruit’s $900 commission would equal $900 for you as well.
2) The Support, Training, and Mentoring - The information that is included is so thorough and detailed. You will have no need for any more information because the whole team is there for you. They find gratification when you succeed. There are live trainings and webinars. In addition, you have a personal mentor, in which you build a strong relationship. Nothing is more important part of any online business plan is the relationship between sponsor and recruit; especially when you are instructed how to market properly online and use the resources so widely available to you. You can earn a remarkable income from the comfort of your home and have more time spend living your life. It is that simple!
3) The variety of Website’s & Flash Videos you get with the Program - Upon joining Big Ticket To Wealth, you automatically receive access to instruction manuals for making money online, a large selection of internet software, and other business tools that help with internet marketing mastery and prospecting.
4) All the Products - E-books, Flash Videos, Websites, Travel, Downloads, Software, etc. You can use the full resale rights to sell and for your own business and create multiple streams of income!
5) How this business teaches you how to become a Top Internet Marketer with all the Training in the Back Video Tutorials, Marketing Tools, Downloads, & Live Training/Webinar; fills in all holes left out by the other programs and systems that the seasoned professionals have been looking for; yet allows the newbies perform like experts!
There are so many more reasons to join Big Ticket To Wealth, this is just a taste of all of the great features. Just remember, when you join, Big Ticket To Wealth is a method to create a business using the products for personal education and results. To achieve maximum success, there is regular work involved; thus requiring desire, dedication, and patience. Learning from Big Ticket To Wealth, you are in position to internet money making success!
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The Absolute Best and Most Profitable Affiliate Programs to Promote
May 31, 2009
This article is going to be short and sweet; this is about making the most amount of money with the most profitable affiliate programs.
Have you heard of the term “Residual Income” or “Recurring Income”?
If not, it’s a term that’s used by people in MLM or Network Marketing (same thing different verbiage) when they are presenting their business opportunities.
Both these terms mean you’re doing the work once and getting paid over and over again.
This is how MLM’ers make their long term money and that’s how you as an affiliate marketer will be making your long term money.
First, let’s look at what most affiliates are doing. I want to show you what separates the average affiliate that’s making little or zero money to the ones that are living their financial dreams.
The Super Affiliate.
Don’t worry if you’re doing the same things as everyone else is right now, after reading this report that will all change and you will become a SUPER AFFILIATE!!
Typically, the average Affiliate Marketer heads off to Click Bank or Commission Junction and searches for products that they want to promote.
They look for products that offer high commissions, 50% or better. Heck, if you’re going to do this you might as well make as much money as possible right?
Side note: When you choose a product to promote, it’s far easier to promote something you have an interest or basic curiosity about, not something you know nothing about.
I like hiking, so promoting products and services about hiking is easy for me because it’s something that gets my juices flowing. (Sorry if I just gave you a bad visual)
However, if I was trying to promote products and services about quilting something I know absolutely zero about and have no interest in learning anything about.
But I started promoting this affiliate anyway just because it had a high commission available I would probably have only moderate success, simply based on the fact it holds zero interest for me.
Ok, moving on…
Now that you’ve found the products and services you want to promote, you’re off to the races marketing these affiliates.
When you make a sale, you make a commission. However, you only make the one commission for that one sale. You have to start the process all over again.
One sale and one earned commission.
One sale and one earned commission.
One sale and one earned commission.
Wow, sounds like a lot of work to do over and over and over.
Why only make one sale and one commission why not take a page for all those MLM’ers and make residual income?
All you need to do is start promoting affiliate products or services that offer recurring commissions.
And these affiliate programs would be Membership Sites.
For example:
- Dating sites
- Online gyms
- Personal trainers
- Internet Marketing
- Business in a box
- Self Improvement
- Cooking
- Advertising
- And so on….
None of your marketing efforts or advertising strategies changes when promoting membership sites, the only thing that will change is your income.
Let’s look at some basic math and let’s start getting YOUR juices flowing. (my turn for that visual)
I’ll be the average affiliate marketer and you will be the Super Affiliate.
ME: I’m promoting a product that sells for $27, and I get a 50% commission for each sale $13.50. And in my first month I make 100 sales, so I have earned $1350.00.
YOU: You’re selling a product that has the same price tag of $27, you get the same commission for each sale $13.50, you sell just as many in the first month as I do (100) and you make the same amount of money $1350.00.
So far no big deal, were making the same money all is well and we are both decide to start looking at that new car.
Now month two rolls around and here’s where the difference is.
And I mean a BIG TIME difference.
ME: Let’s say I am a good marketer and I sell another 100 items. This means I make another $1350.00 in my second month. Not bad most people would jump at making that kind of money online.
However, here is we separate the average affiliate (me) and the Super Affiliate (you).
YOU: You’re a good marketer too and you also sell another 100 items and make another $1350.00 in your second month. Not bad good on you (golf clap).
BUT WAIT!!
Don’t forget about the first 100 people you sold last month. You also get paid from those sales which means you have another $1350.00 coming to you.
Plus the $1350.00 you made this month, you have made a total of $2700.00 for your second month.
Let’s keep with this sales theme where we both make 100 sales per month.
I will keep earning ONLY $1350.00 per month.
However the smarty-pants you are. You will be ADDING $1350.00 to your monthly income.
Month three your income is now $4050
Month four your income is now $5400
Month five your income is now $6750
Month six your income is now $8100
Are you staring to get the picture?
Because I am not promoting affiliate programs with recurring commissions, I only made $1350.00 in my second month, and $1350.00 in my third, and $1350.00 in my fourth and so on and so on.
Because I’m an average affiliate marketer my income does not increase each month.
Now with that said obviously I can increase my income each month. All I need to do is sell more or promote more then one product or service.
Nevertheless, I have to do this over and over again just to maintain my monthly income of $1350.00 or to better it. But you will ALWAYS have a head start each month, because your income is recurring.
Now the example I gave was us living in a perfect world where everyone that is paying for their monthly membership dues will continue to do so month after month.
Well this is not true, people drop out of programs everyday. Therefore, the chances are those first 100 people you were paid on in the first month will probably be less in the second month.
SO WHAT!!
Even if half of them do not continue with their membership dues, that’s still 50 people giving you an addition $675 head start on month number two. Where in month two I’m starting at zero, I have no head start.
No matter what math you use, promoting affiliate programs with recurring commission are the absolute best and most profitable programs to promote.
Side Note: One of the resources I use to find affiliates is Click Bank. When you’re searching for affiliates in the click bank marketplace, under the results is a list of information regarding each affiliate, simply look beside “Future $” if there’s no dollar amount there the affiliate offers no recurring commission. If there is a dollar amount they do.
To Your Success
Leo Emery.
For over 5 years Leo Emery has been teaching people how to earn a 6-figure income from home with Affiliate Marketing. Discover how you can increase the size and consistency of your affiliate commission checks no matter what program you choose to promote FREE Secret Affiliate Report
Types of Office Stationary
May 31, 2009
Stationary is a term which was originally used to describe all products including fine stationary and custom invitations which were sold by a stationer and as the name suggests, was initially a book shop in a fixed location usually near a university. The life cycle of stationary has changed enormously over the past hundreds of years and no more so than during the last 30 years with the advent of electronic media.
Despite the onset of many types of electronic media, there is still a stationary cupboard to be found in virtually every office. Varieties and usage of stationary is becoming more and more elaborate with new products being developed all the time to keep up with market demand.
Office stationary comes under many different guises and its shape and form is subject to the type of office environment. There are however many office items which are found in virtually every business corner.
Files
Files are found in every office and indeed in most households. Their usage varies and the filing systems range from very plain paper wallets to sophisticated lever arch files. Some of the main file types used are portfolio files, clip files and suspension files. These systems naturally vary greatly in price, quality and colour, and although electronic media stores a vast amount of previously filed documents, there is still a requirement for a paper storage system, for example in doctor’s surgeries and colleges.
Paper
Despite the fact that we live in a technology advanced society, there is still no such thing as a perfectly paperless office and paper which we use nowadays is becoming more and more sophisticated.
Business Cards
Whereas previously, paper would have been restricted to one or two sizes and thicknesses, today there is a vast range of paper textures and weights, colours and printing processes to choose from and business stationary in particular has reached a very high standard of excellence. Business cards are becoming more sophisticated and whose origin dates from usage within the 19th century American and European middle classes. Some of the paper types used are copier paper, inkjet paper, multifunctional paper, photo paper and labels.
Pens
On top of every desk you would be hard pushed to ignore normally a plentiful supply of writing instruments. Pens, pencils and markers, including permanent, non permanent and specialist markers are becoming increasingly elaborate including premium pens, the original fountain pens, roller balls, fibre tips and ball point pens. Highlighter pens are large water based fibre tip pens in fluorescent colours which are perfect for page marking as it leaves the text underneath visible.
Office adhesives
There are certainly some items which are necessary to ensure the smooth running of an office. These goods may include such things as staplers, punches, post-its, scissors and white liquid paper.
When you purchase staplers and punches, you usually purchase an associated range of refill packs of staples. An office also has many items such as stick and liquid glues, adhesive spray, blu and white tack
Calendars and time management
The effective organisation of time and ideas forms the heart of any office or organization. A plethora of products on the market place ensures that effective business planning and event organization becomes easier, there is less room for error and that the logistics of planning events and appointments becomes more of a pleasure and less time consuming.
Desk calendars
The great majority of people in any form of economic activity manage their daily schedules and long term events via integrated mobile phone devices and computer organisers. There is however, always a requirement for wall and desk based diaries and calendars. These aids range from highly sophisticated and expensive leather bound desk diaries and electronic desk calendars to the smaller and cheaper paper pocket diaries.
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