This blog isn’t even 100% finished yet re structure and links etc., and I’m already considering closing it up. Why? Well, at the end of the day, this industry is known for both showing your status and spot, as well as documenting your success. More importantly for me though, this business is about automation. My version of status and spot, is to get the fcuk off these computers in the near future. Ever hear a guru try to teach you that? Yep, I said it, my goal and aim, is to go from where I am now into epic levels through quality partners and a big enough greased wheel to allow me to free myself from gazing into a screen(s) all day.

This blog doesn’t make any direct money, it has a couple referral links here and there, and perhaps also helps recruit into my affiliate programs, however the novelty is wearing off and frankly - updating this thing is fun at most, daunting at least. I’m even starting to chuckle to myself that I named and branded this with so much bling and wow factor.. . …

Perhaps I thought “Ok, it’s been 12 years, start a blog already, tell some stories, educate a few people, have some fun, and yes you’ll need it to recruit and get noticed in this industry”. Realistically, this blog hasn’t really done jack shyte for me other than remind me that I ‘gotta do a blog post’ every other day/week. The value of these things can be high, however the overall experience for a publisher to try to keep a blog, and get personal on it as well as mix in some business, has become a bunch of BS.

Having said that, I have no idea where this blog will go from here, you might just see the domain forwarded somewhere else shortly, or I might overhaul it again and stop the bling/money approach - I’m starting to enjoy my free time, and maximizing it for personal or more business reasons - documenting my success shall happen in other ways for me I think.

True automation is quite difficult in any form of business. The only real robots are the machines that enable factories to speedline their products. Every single publisher/merchant/affiliate I know still has a lot of day to day tasks no matter how much you automate your systems. Customer support, retention strategies, competitive intel, new campaigns, skimmers/fraud/refund enthusiasts, technical glitches/hacks, copyright infringement, the list goes on. These short lived spurts of income can become distant if you stop the chase, and I’m finally realizing that focusing on a set of valuable programs with one to one customer support is the true way to success. Not blogs, not recruiting in mass, launching more ebooks, but focusing on developing a relationship with nothing but quality people AND customers.

I will always be available through the Niche Choppers forum, and this domain may in fact get forwarded there in the near. This all stems from a huge launch for a new product/service happening tomorrow. Blogging is not something I really want to do anymore simple as that. It’s been ‘fun’, it’s been crappy at times when getting tons of bots posting bullshit comments/links, it’s been a bitch to try to finish, and it’s been fun keeping in touch with some of you guys through here.

Thank you,
N.

It’s quite amazing every now and then when you sit back and think “I’ve grown recently, I might not be where I want to be just yet, but BOY am I glad I’m not where I used to be!”. The more often you have these moments, the more often you attain… goals, happiness, growth.. .. …

I’ve been hanging out with some old friends lately and doing my best to be a positive influence to them not really to achieve their financial success to but to take their ‘person’ to the next level… It’s heartfelt to have many types of friends and acquantances (sp?), and seeing how one person grows differently from the next. I think those that are successful, are truly the ones that first and foremost are aware of their surroundings, their outreach potential, and their inner circles. It’s no wonder why most Harv. Grads become successful, most are surrounded by success from birth. Well - with that said, there are just as many success stories that derive from the ghettos, the dropouts, the underdogs - and THAT is what I want to ramble on about today.

Simply put - when you go through life being the underdog, you learn to be creative, stretch limits, it’s not a choice for you it’s just reaction/survival… Well in our eco-system it isn’t that much different is it? The bigger inner circles are well coordinated, they pass the hat, they run the lists, they acquire HUGE customer bases quickly, they learn to monetize as a collective with an independent yet collective nature… And then there are the 97% or so that are always trying their best to get through the clutter and start to become successful with their online ventures. So you think - can an underdog or newbie really make it nowadays???

In truth - it’s like asking can you quit smoking if you really wanted to? Could you give up coffee or candy or any other habit? I’m sure you can if you ‘REALLY’ wanted too or had to! The journey through manifestation and attracting your desires and goals doesn’t come from desire alone, it comes passion, determination, believing in yourself and sometimes willingly put yourself in a pressure zone where you must ‘make it or break it’ - because we all work best when we are under pressure or ‘need to survive’…

If you were to think you have 10 days to raise 5K or else…(put horrible scenario here) - it would be similar to saying ‘you have 4 months to live if you don’t stop smoking’ - ummm uh oh - I must survive!!! I’ll QUIT RIGHT NOW!! This is rather extreme, but that’s what it comes down to when you put yourself in a pressure spot, and you WORK your brain like never before to acquire your want/need. The will to acquire your goals is about 90% of your actions and the remaining 10% is reactions you will generate. The more actions you take that equate success, and the more times you can overlap them, the more often success will be in your favor. If you’re the underdog, chances are you’ll learn a lot through trial and error, and that’s what makes coming out on top even more rewarding - saying you did it from nothing! Homegrown baby!!

No matter how big you get, how much you earn, you’ll always look up to somebody(ies), and it’s good to have mentors and those you respect around you not just for financial goals but for bettering your person too. If you surround yourself with nothing but miserable negative people, chances are it won’t take long for it to rub off on you - alternatively the more you focus on taking in more success and pure souls into your life, the more success you will deploy with your daily actions by default. Do your best to be the positive leader you know you are, when growth happens - it doesn’t announce itself - it just happens. However in order for it to happen, it’s like the old lottery saying ‘you can’t win if you don’t play’ - so the more often you practice and play, the more chances you have at winning and attaining your goals in life.

I’ve manifested recently from a spot in life that me by a grip, and has finally let go - a little personal but it involves a woman and a ring so… yeah - During this growth I made myself focus on my career/business and really forget about women, and in turn it’s like a) women smell it on me and want me more b) i’m really focused and much less distracted c) I’ve become even more aware of my limits and success potential. When I heard recently that she’s getting married to someone else it was that final bit of closure - and I got a chance to reflect on everything that has happened in my life for the past year… .. . A hidden blessing in disguise, and I find myself sitting back yet again saying, “I might not be where I want to be just yet (underdog smiley here), but I’m sure glad I’m not where I used to be”! It was a nice ring too

When success happens, acknowledge it, accept it, don’t analyze it too much just reset your goals and keep improving/optimizing/networking/duplicating and all the other fancy marketing words you know… Manifest yourself starting yesterday and think of this blog post the next time you realize something great has just happened, and not so inadvertently… rather through the seed you planted via your own laws of attraction.

So what’s my secret? Lot’s of sleep! Lot’s of networking, not being naive to what is available to me, taking advantage of this thing called the internet you might have heard of - and for my offline personal ventures I just try my best to be a great person, honest, loyal, transparent, a good leader, and do my best stay happy 100% of my day, lately it’s happening more and more. The more honest you are with yourself and the more open minded you can stay to achieving extraordinary goals, the better your chances at achieving them - simple!

Daydreaming is out of style - making those dreams a reality is, in fact, your own reality if you choose to acquire it and stop at nothing (within reason!) to getting it. Remember being a baby and crying to get what you want? Probably not but you’ll agree - IT WORKS! While I don’t endorse that you start crying out loud and screaming that you want success - that’s how much you need to want it day in and day out if you’re a hungry underdog - and you WILL eventually - get what YOU want!

Motivation is key and not wasting time is also key. Perhaps take a good look at your daily tasks and figure out how many things you do on a daily basis that can be eliminated to equate to a) more time to yourself enjoying life b) more time to lucrative ventures and actually applying steps to complete tasks c) filter out the BS in your life and focus on your bigger goals - manifestation is incremental yet does not happen on it’s own, filtering is important to the underdog as well as the experienced gurus of our time. Motivate yourself and replace negative time with applying those motives to profitable/gainers in your life.

A cool one liner I’ve heard recently: “You only get ONE shot at this ‘life’ stuff - make the most of it! Live today like it was your last, you’ll find yourself doing some pretty crazy things”.

Cheers family, best of luck with your next manifestation.
NC.

OOPS! I just finished saying I wouldn’t paste another screenshot until I was at my next goal - I CAN’T BELIEVE THE DAY I JUST HAD! While I’m use to seeing nice numbers this is my personal best to date achievement for one day as a publisher or an affiliate.

What The Hell??!?!?!?!!?? HOW/WHERE/WHO/LET ME IN!!
Ok ok - so here is the scoop. Publishers rarely do this (post account earnings) - While I had to mask out some numbers you can see that today (yesterday now - I’m such a night owl!) has an ENORMOUS bar next to it! While the last few days were somewhat plateaud at high 3 figures per day. So what happened? Where did all this come from? Well quite a few things happened in a lucrative sequence… .. here is the scoop.

When you launch a product, you simply cannot predict what will happen sometimes, who you will meet, how you will be found, where your competitors truly make their money, which superaffiliates to try to recruit, what other pros are doing, what lists your promo ends up on - blah blah blah… As your site grows, you start to acquire a ton of customer inquiries, feedback, affiliate support scenarios, JV and list scouting etc.

While our program is doing wonderful and everyone is happy, we wanted to take it to the next level and after being live for a month had plenty of new resources to add to our sites. Thus we both revamped our already profitable site (i know, don’t touch what’s not broken, and we took a risk, boy oh boy am I glad we did!), scouted for a few new JV’s, and set today as another promo/mini relaunch day for many new partners to blitz together…

So having said that - The combination of revamping, constant tweaking, recruiting, and continuously conversion mastering the whole operation - today equated to an unbelievably profitable day! Even most of our affiliates got a boost in sales from both those getting blitz material and researching before buying, and from their existing campaigns now pointing at an even sharper page. It’s amazing what small yet important little changes can do to a site. If you’re a publisher and or you work with an AM for your program - stay close to them, learn what you can from them - and make sure they know what they are talking about not just recruiting you to garbage programs!!

When you’re an affiliate within a new niche and profitable campaign, you always keep your ear to the streets - you seek out hot new products, and though some don’t like jumping onto a hot bandwagon, let this be a testament to ‘there is no such thing as a saturated market if you know how to market’.

Cheers family,
NC.

Deep Thoughts about marketing online… Never thought I’d belong to a ‘gang’… but…

I, along with 500,000 others belong to a very elusive yet blatant group of digital entrepreneurs known as todays digital cartel or mafia. We still operate on the right side of the law, and 99% of us are simply trying our best to work from home and be a soldier in the affiliate marketing arena. Equipped with complex distribution systems, lucrative and attractive recruitment systems, stealth training in the art of influence, global outreach and addictive products - we account for billions of dollars that are spent and earned each year on the internet.

It’s almost too close for comfort when you compare this industry to any world renowned underground movement.

The Top Tier: The Networks - always taking a cut from everybody - the merchants setup fees, to transaction charges, to affiliates earnings, to your earnings, to penalties, etc. etc. - they will always be the biggest earners and rule makers. Rightfully so as they are the most important ‘organizers’ of our world.

The Production Houses and Product Lines: The people behind the manufacturing and assembly of any widget you can think of both on and offline (we’re still thinking on the legal side of the tracks here). They are next most important element in this world - without stuff to sell, there would be no point in any of this right?

The Bosses: These are usually known as your AM’s (affiliate managers). They are always keeping close watch on their chapter of the gang, ensuring a proper role is made and met by each individual in their chapter. When it’s a sensitive chapter, new members must be accepted individually and many are denied access and membership time and time again. Most AM’s are praised for their leadership skills and knowledge base when it comes to our world. Some are unfortunately also participating in secret alliances within their own eco-system robbing the gang blind. AM’s are often also responsible for recruiting, in fact many times they are rewarded for getting their chapter to recruit another tier of members, as is each member that does so successfully.

The Soldiers: Ahhhhh the soldiers. You can NEVER have enough soldiers. These are the 450,000 work from home enthusiasts who either make or break the bank with their time and efforts trying to move the product pushed down through the hierarchy above. If the bosses were expected to move this much product worldwide on their own, they would grow old and gray before they accomplished 10% of what the soldiers accomplish in a day. Soldiers are the ones that really drive the fiscal earnings for the hierarchy. Without them, our eco-system would also die.

The Customers: Well, no brainer here, the entire tree above is rendered irrelevant if there are no customers right? There needs to be a demand for your gangs product. If there is no demand, you need to influence one, you need to create awareness, give some product away for free - get the word out about getting your fix quick with a new and better solution than the last one… it ALWAYS gets better, and when mass awareness is generated, mass appeal is created, and demand is instigated. Much like bombarding teens with alcohol ads, the brands that reach them the most often and relate the deepest, are the ones these teens will stay loyal to for generations… influencing awareness/appeal/demand is very much alive in any eco-system of profit.

The MONEY: Now that you’ve gone through the most important parts of the hierarchy, it’s time to look at the most of important part and whole point of this gangland fraud infested digital warzone of an eco-system, the benjamins… the food that gets shared among all the predators and prey… All of this stuff above is a huge puzzle of odd shaped and complex pieces, that when put together - paint a very detailed and organized flow of profit/food at each level. It’s not just the average computer thug that is a part of this circuit of warriors either. We are doctors, lawyers, teenagers, teachers, moms, students, and anyone in the world that is connected to the internet. We are not a rare breed, rather a very intelligent one. We understand and analyze very complex scenarios in our battleground and create road maps to money, to defeating rival gangs or pushing more of your local mass appeal products… . .. It’s a beautiful honeycomb, filled with different levels of order, everyone working against each other yet together because we realize the importance of each role in our eco-system.

Often times each level of order and conduct expected is flawed, and though the ranks of the ladder are willfully grown climbed slowly - many are plagued with disease and soldiers gone wild, or cooked bosses and policy enforcers… Some common scenarios:

The initiation: This is just like entering a gang, instead of getting your A** kicked for 30 seconds, you get the label ‘newbie’, and must endure great agony via absorbing and dissecting countless bulls**t ebooks, videos, audio guides, reading forums, discovering how the eco-system works before you start learning what soldier boot camp even means…

The first hit: You finally got through your newbie days and got your first stripe by assigning yourself your first contract and task for your gang - to go out there and create an awareness campaign for your chosen product to push - and finally - you successfully converted your very first customers. You now understand and have proven the system is indeed real and alive, and thus you pledge allegiance that this gang is worth the blood in blood out… errr.. the money/time in - money out risk, you decide to dedicate the next phase of your life into this. By now you are usually close with an AM or a boss, have shown loyalty to a network and a production house, and have many allies/soldiers you have created alliances with.

Your first bit of real food: You’ve been hungry, you’ve been through fluctuations, you’ve set a big return on your hits and finally - you got your first check in the mail that’s worth mentioning or showing proudly to your mates/family - this is your first badge of honor. Your first reward worthy of an ear to ear smile and a little celebration before heading back into the battlefield.

Your brilliant idea. You’ve been a great soldier and one day get hit with an idea like a brick at your head - YOU are going to become a boss… and you will either step on toes and come out on top as one of the self appointed leaders with loyalty - OR - you will get shot down by other leaders, or by networks, or by soldiers, or even by no fault of your own however the ‘demand’ part of the equation above just doesn’t fall in your favor - so you crawl back into your soldier uniform and give it a few more big contracts before attempting THAT again.

Getting Robbed: Not at knife point, and not for your shoes or wallet… not at night in an alleyway either - EVERY single part of our eco-system gets robbed in many shady and carefully planned ways. For every smart CEO and security specialist, there is an equally smart dark side leader - just itching to get in on your loopholes, your products, your earnings. It’s simply a part of our nature. Some robberies are much worse than others, however luckily there is no violence or life loss in our jungle - simply bandwidth, virtual losses, financial losses and reputation, the odd time the robbers end up in jail however usually they are just kicked out of the gang with no help from bosses, and are left hungry/stripped of their recent rewards and food.

Getting out of the game: It’s tough, it’s an addiction, it’s all some know and want to know. Getting discharged as a soldier in this field sucks, but that doesn’t make you want to stop usually… Making money on the web is more than a hobby to most, and is a full time living to many. While it has it’s rude awakenings and comes with a need of a strong stomach and will to survive - it can be QUITE a lucrative journey if you belong to the right chapter, are loyal to your bosses and respect the morals/ethics and rules of the top tier organizers. None the less the turnover rate in this eco-system is HUGE, and is mostly among the soldiers, hence the constant and never ending supply of new gangs and bosses keep showing up trying to recruit to their gang - many fade quickly along with their whole chapter.

Even deeper than money: What thrives all this buzzing around above that goes deeper than the green monster? The yearning to set yourself free from the modern day slavery, as even sitting in front of a computer writing on this blog is not as beautiful as the beach and palm trees I should be sitting at. The keyword here = SUCCESS. << As long as there is the ability to be better and more stable than the next person, and as long as there is awareness/influence/demand/instigation, there will always be an uneven and viral influence of greed, hunger, growth, and addiction to success. As much as I preach it - I too, am still hungry for more, content but truly looking forward to the days I can spend less time in front of a screen and more time enjoying this planet and its wonders without the need of ANY eco-system but the one I create for myself at will… Cheers to that day, and may each and every one of you reach it too.

Bless you all, take a deep look at yourself and figure out what role you play in this - and if you’re new and have no clue what I just rambled about here - chances are it’s a good thing today, as this shark infested pool we call marketing is a rollercoaster ride, and fear will eat away at any man that entertains it - so if you’re looking to get into this eco-system please bring back up (time and money), please bring patience (willingness to learn and grow, and get scammed, and fail, and and and), please bring your A+ game, and please play by the rules of not only the top tiers, but of the unspoken rules of the digital streets too.

Norb Czufis.

I’m not even sure how to start this entry, other than saying that this past weekend catered to an interesting digital theft scenario not in my backyard, but more like my bedroom…

While doing a part of my daily geeking session - msn pops open with a message “Hey - “LINK” << Your product is being shared” or something or other - I click - and sure enough - I come to a blackhat forum where I am actually a member (for various reasons, and this being one of them), and see one of the members actually posting my download page - not only that - but I notice a TON of products that are jacked/cracked/shared via 3rd parties, etc., and everyone gets repped/thanked/etc. for finding the new gold, the new gems, the expensive programs, the stuff these scavengers will goob all over and download like crazy…

So - I sit back in my seat, and I think to myself “When I signed up here, I wondered if I was going to see my own stuff someday, and here I am, here it is, time to react”… I’ll tell you now - most publishers would probably do this

*Email the forum owner to remove the thread and add this to their ‘do not share’ list.
*Change the location of everything, perhaps put the files onto a totally different server.
*Perhaps expose this incident to the appropriate authorities (if there are any).
*Seek some type of compensation and immediate damage control.
*Perhaps document everything tightly for a week quietly, and then litigate the forum owner.
*Stay quiet about it and never say a word to preserve their pride and ‘unhackable claims’
**Insert other reaction here_______________

So I really thought to myself, you know - there probably IS another way to handle this without having to do any of the above, and to have karma work on my side here. It didn’t take much thought before simply changed a few things around on my server, but not enough to realllllly deprive that community of having it, just to make them work for it a little bit if they really want it. So here is what I did, and here is what happened…

*I post a quick hello and “hey this is my product, I’m flattered that a BH forum thinks my stuff is good enough to steal…”, and introduce/plant a little seed to cause a good buzz here - I wanted to have fun with this - I know I’m not bulletproof, if these guys are going stop at nothing to get my goods, I will at least take the good karma that comes from it, I’ll educate these cats on what and how good karma works, and I’ll flip this whole thread around into a promo for me by the time we’re done with it…
*A member advises that I ask the mod to put my product on the ‘do not share’ list, which I still might do, but for now - this little thread and theft is actually NOTHING MORE to me than some bandwidth… so I point out that since the thread was made, I am noticing a bump in my affiliates, an affiliate sale was recently generated, my site is getting more traffic, and without having to go against the skewed TOS, I successfully managed to now turn this into a full on recruitment tactic and networking opportunity - you can’t BUY the kind of publicity and attention this OP just gave me… so I gave him rep for it instead of freaking out on him for jacking my product. I also mention that people are free to PM me and I might be happy to just give them the link/product anyway… Perhaps to challenge them and myself, and to see if in fact any of them would PM me (within 48 hours - 4 PM’s - 29 jacked downloads as I left the location of the files the same and kinda liked watching my traffic logs to see the various creative ways these guys are getting to my page - taught me a lil’ here and there - thanks boyz).

*Next day - wake up to see many of the members leaving really heartfelt messages regarding all my programs i.e. “I love your sales pages”, “I second that”, “Hey great graphics”, “next compliment here”… Perfect, this is working already - so I express my gratitude and continue to disregard my option to notify the admin to add this to the ‘do not share’ list…

Instead I’m now milking all the marketers from that forum into joining my operation - and since then many have befriended me, approached me, offered partnerships on future projects with me, and for it being a blackhat forum, well, the scavengers are indeed there but so are quite a few elite and highly respected names. I have nothing to hide by being a member there, and want you all to know that right now - I LIKE being a member of a place like that so I can see what is possible, how and where the weaknesses lie within the various systems I support/need/work with, etc. And in turn, this knowledge has made me a much stronger white hat marketer. My clients are too sensitive, the projects I touch are too sensitive, and for me to try BH techniques would/could result in huge losses so I simply poke my head in, read what/where i can, have a few ‘AHA!’ moments, and take the knowledge with me on my way out…

The paradox of the thread is this: For all the community knows, along with the forum admins, this whole thing could have been a setup

For all the community knows, I paid the OP to post this in order to plant this seed and buzz campaign.

For all the community knows, I paid the admins to allow me to operate like this - after all its a black hat forum right?

For all the community knows, I AM the op, behind a set of proxies with multiple marketing identities and accounts.

For all the community knows, this black hat world could have just been hacked white hat style and gotten away with it - after all it’s marketing, influence, and perception not a creed of code of ethics among theives that the truly successful manage to attain.

And - for all the community knows, this was indeed all natural including all reactions including my own - but who will EVER know the real truth? I’ll take this one to the grave with me… As I’ve stated in a previous BH post - it’s a black hat world - after all.

I have devised the-most-brilliant-and-automated-way-to-make-money-online! I want to share it with everyone because I now made my millions and want you to make yours too!

Now there is only one catch - of course - but don’ worry:

*You don’t have to PM Me

*You don’t have to buy anything

*You don’t even have to read anything

*All you have to do is look at your bank account and watch cash pile up!!

*You don’t have to submit articles

*You don’t have to make adwords ads

*You don’t have to sign up to anything or opt-in anywhere

*You don’t have to do A THING! ALL YOU DO IS WATCH CASH PILE UP!!

*I am so confident that you will make a million, that I offer a full money back guarantee - wait a minute - it’s free - but I’ll still offer a refund, you invest nothing - so I will give you 100% of your ‘nothing’ back if you are not satisfied.

*You don’t have to click on any links

*You don’t have to make landing pages or fumble with codes

*You don’t have to make videos/audios/flash pieces or submit them

*You don’t have to EVER look at a computer again!!

*Yep - YOU - my friends are only moments away from discovering my ultra new super steroid tactics that will PUMP cash into your accounts faster than you can ‘refresh’ your page!! Don’t believe me yet? Keep reading…

*You don’t have to have a paypal account

*You don’t have to have a physical address

*Heck - You don’t even have to be human for this one - so if you’re green - it’s OK!

*You don’t have to speak English - or speak any language

*You don’t have to meet an age limit, height limit, IQ limit or otherwise

*You NEVER have to message anyone - Instant CASH - yep - In your account!

*You don’t have to be a benificiary to any deceased pretend family member

*You will not have to show any ID or cross any borders or cash any checks

*You do not even need a bank account!!?! Can YOU - believe it?! This is the bestest system I’ve ever launched and am guaranteeing YOU - that - YOU will make money online and finally be able to stop your dreaded hamster wheel life! WOW!

*You don’t have to wear clothes

*You don’t have to shave or smell good

*You don’t have to be male or female or in betweenie

*You WILL have to like CASH - lot’s of it - so much that all the models and celebrities will be at your door in a few days wanting to party - R- U - READY FOR CASH?! Do YOU love CASH THAT MUCH?!

*This is the most lucrative and high paying post on DP - I pwomise - YOU WILL get paid - I will fly to see you personally, and hand you over a suitcase full of money EVERY time you do NOTHING at least ONCE a day!

*I even have 16 testimonials from happy NOTHING doers who are living life like they always imagined - DOING NOTHING! You can read them once you are in my inner circle, I’ll even jump on the phone with you to reassure you that NOTHING is great and an easy thing monetize!! It’s all about NOTHING!

*My top affiliate earned $16,389,188.00 on his THIRD DAY! I have proof! He’s that guy that everyone knows, you know, John…! He’s so filthy rich now that he NEVER even goes outside, he’s just lazy and sleeps in PILES of CASH all day - he smokes though - but that’s ok because he ACTUALLY SMOKES $100 BILLS!! Imagine being THAT rich!! Doing NOTHING?!

All you have to do to qualify for this nuclear bomb of an offer.. .. ….. Is… .. .. You guessed it - NOTHING!

Why are you still reading? Don’t you want MONEY - Go! Do NOTHING!!
NC. This is a tribute to ALL marketing forums out there who have members that love to creatively and non-intrusively create padded threads, ‘pm me for more info’, second tier referrals, link bait, backlink jackarses, fake screenshot or earnings posters, PM spammers, leachers, trolls, and the 1000 other things you get called for trying to monetize a community you are trying to become one with. In honor of the few golden nuggets among these forums, please do the following:

**Anytime you see a link/pm bait thread - feel free to copy and paste this whole  message above CO/NCMEDIA into their spammy thread, elite members and n00b’s will get the picture…

Feel free to add your silly addition in a comment below, i’d love to hear the cracks and smacks you guys have seen on the forums… Cheers, Norb.

I know every single one of you that take your affiliate marketing seriously and are really deep into your journey, probably have gotten past the frenzy of telling other people how you make money online from scratch… Usually when asked, you probably go “oh me? I play with computers” or “I do marketing stuff”…

Because you know that if they drag you into elaborating on it - it will turn into an hour long conversation - and in about 10 minutes you will be ‘right into it’ and find yourself recruiting again while you are just supposed to be having a chat… “I Do A Lot” Is my usual answer, I can’t sum it up because I touch many branches branches in the marketing arena so there is no ‘one hour’ I can dedicate to an overall explanation. You know what I mean?

Do you find yourself trying to explain it to someone, even the basics, and they just scratch or heads - OR - They think”WOW - YOU are brilliant!!!” and you think “Umm, not really - there are thousands like me - millions like me!”. I then remember that not everyone understands everything about marketing, or use their computer for much more than simple daily tasks at work/home/msn/email/little web surfing… I then remember ‘Wow - you’re ‘not even a newbie yet’ - how in the world am I going to explain ‘what i do’ to you? Ummmm… I… sell stuff…. no I make stuff to sell…. but I don’t sell it I get others to… yes I pay them but not until it’s sold… umm… they just find me, i scout for them to help me sell and give them good money for it… .

Yes - they get a lot of ’stuff’ to help them sell… no i don’t know most of them… yeh i have many ‘products’ and teams all at once and I sell the odd product for someone else too…. .. .. no I don’t invest a penny, just time/talent/resources… .. yeh I make a killing - sure i can teach you - just go to… blah blah and sign up, then go to blah2 and sign up, and blah3 and start to market stuff with blah and blah totally free, then buy adspace at blah for targeted traffic - oh that’s the traffic you need to get, no you can’t just buy 10K for $10 and get sales… why? because it’s… oh wait - yeh umm we were supposed to chat about the weekend and that cottage weren’t we? How did we get you here? Yes I know you want more money and to automate your life but hang on lol!!! I usually just try to avoid the topic now really.

I’m at a point where my studio is actually CLOSED and I’m rather enjoying NOT taking on anymore clients for a while too - I’ve managed to automate a few projects really well and get to focus on partnering with people I want to work with for future projects So now when someone asks me what I do for a living - I might say something like… I do NOTHING - and I make money - in fact - by the time I finish this sentence, I will make money It took me years to do ‘nothing’ and earn from it - but I’m finally here - and what do YOU do?

It’s a deregulated market guys, a lot can happen overnight - I’ve been developing branding material for big firms and smaller businesses for long enough - this might bite me in the butt but I kinda don’t want to build any more marketing campaigns for ANYONE other than my internal team ever again! You have no idea how hard this industry can be sometimes - I’m owed well over 200K if not more over my last 11 year stint working with suits/powerhouses/illusive entrepreneurs… I’ve made a heck of a lot and it balances out however I’d rather minimize that risk and worry have to worry about ME ripping myself off - much better problem to have

So let me ask you THIS - please answer it in a comment below: If a stranger asked you today “what do you do for a living?” How would you sum it up in less than a paragraph?

Landing pages and Mini Sites.

Landing pages are basically quick presell pages that vendors offer their affiliates, they serve
many purposes and most times a landing page is going to convert for you much better than
straight aff linking from ads to the main site. These pages are usually designed with SEO in
mind, HOWEVER: We STRONGLY recommend you change the title, some meta tags, and some
text on the page, I’ll explain why shortly.

This product has various landing pages for you to use and customize. If you still don’t get it: We
do our best to attract affiliates to help us sell Project Wealthy, and we need to offer them all types
of marketing material to get them selling with minimal effort. In addition to the main site, we make
great little one page sites that affiliates point their traffic and ad campaigns to, that landing page
has their affiliate link and ID attached to the links so when they click fom the landing page to the
main site, we know exactly which affiliate sent the traffic.

If a sale is made, both the affiliate and the product owner will know where and how the traffic got
there. Some landing pages are amazing and others will just not convert. We recommend using
landing pages that are attractive, short, sweet, and have amazing calls to action to click through
to the main site.

How to use them: The best thing to do is to download all the landing pages a vendor offers,
optimize them all with your own affiliate links and seo tricks, and upload them to your
servers/hosting space. Now submit those pages to as many SE’s, directories etc. as possible.
Though it’s not mandetory it will obviously make most sense to grab a domain name
(godaddy.com $2.99) that is relevant to the product, and forward your domain name to your main
landing page.

If the product your are promoting does not have a landing page, you will have to create your own.
Take some of the graphics and text/colors/fonts/etc. from the vendor page and utilize them into
your own powerful one page call to action. Make sure there is a continuity in design, and do not
try to sell them anything yet, do not show price points, simply get them OFF the page quickly
and onto the merchants sales page.
Monetizing Intermissions
Looking after my own products and promoting others: I can confidently say this.
1. If you find a profitable system with adwords via direct linking, you will soon get bumped (i hate
that!). Superaffiliates can smell a successful campaign a mile away.
2. Landing pages have MANY pros and few cons, for the products I run, my best affiliates
convert with the landing pages that i premade, which they changed re text/meta/seo, and some
now place higher than the main site for certain keyphrases organically.

If done correctly your landing page should:
a) Get you long term results if you take the time to change up the meta/seo and submit those
pages to se’s. There is a whole chapter on SEO etc. if you haven’t read it yet you’ll love it.
b) Utilize a social bookmarking tool on your landing pages, it may go viral without you knowing
or having to do anything.
c) Allow you to get a domain name and forward it for your own sub-branding, and not competing
with the main .com in sponsored listings.
d) Well made langing pages are not meant to keep the customer on them, they are meant to
quickly get visitors onto the merchant site. Look for landers that are not long pitches but quick
effective intermission pages.
e) More control over the content, keys, presentation, tricks etc.
f) Allow you to throw in your aweber (explained in the ‘email marketing’ chapter) or other forms
for follow up/list collection.
g) Easier tracking/analytic abilities if you make multiple landers w/their own sets of ads.
h) If a product offers more than one landing page in their affiliate section, I recommend grabbing
them all, changing them all to your own keys and submitting them all to se’s, why do one if you
can double/triple test your campaign.

Monetizing Intermissions cont’d
I have actually made over 90% of my sales with the use of effective LP’s on both my own
campaigns promoting cb products, as well as watching how my affiliates work on my products.
The ones that succeed are the ones that indeed utilize both, however the ones that stick around
are usually the ones that use landers (because they see more sales).

Some believe that landing pages get penalized by google and you get a low quality score on
your ads because it is only a single page without much content. The best workaround is to make
a 3 step pre-sell - so on landing page 1 you intro the product with a call to action link that goes
to page 2, here you tell them a bit more about the info, perhaps a video/audio/flash demo, and
have another call to action and link to page 3, here you tell them how much this product is going
to help, what advantages there are and your most important call to action link will now point them
to the merchant site. IF the free info and step by step you’re giving them is put together well, you
can literally presell the customer so well that they won’t even read the entire vendor site and just
scroll to the ‘buy now’ button to order.

You will notice that most ClickBank products pretty much follow the same formula, most are very
long sales pitches that follow a sequence of important information, testimonials, offers, bonus
material and powerful close. These pages are usually designed and written by professional and
expensive copywriters. Why? Because often the sales letter will be more powerful than the
product itself, so vendors realize that getting into the minds and emotions of their customers is
important.

There is a science to it, psychology and reaction play a big roll, and this money pulling, reaching
for your wallet influence is very important for the customer to absorb. SO, in my opinion it is still
better to get your traffic and customers OFF your landing page quickly with a great call to action
to the merchant site, chances are you will not be as good at the whole sales pitch as the vendor
and their team.

Take action
Even if you do not have hosting or have not picked a product yet, please complete this action to
understand how to maximize your landing pages.

1. Please pick a CB product that offers a landing page now, download and open it.
2. Inspect the page, look at all the SEO and meta-tags, re-arrange them with your own tricks and
target new/better keywords, try to outdo the vendor with their SEO.
3. Add some customization to it, if you have Aweber, put a form on the page. Make sure the
lander has a social bookmarking tool, if it does not - install one.
4. Now that you have one page mastered, make a backup copy. Now starting again, create your
first two or three-step call to action. Make two-three pages, and get creative with how you’re
going to entice your visitor to click through them and onto the merchant site.
5. Review, refine, double check links, seo, etc. Once all is complete, if you have a hosting plan
upload the pages to your server and check everything again in a live online environment.
6. If you’ve done everything correctly, point your .com or dns to this page, and proceed to submit
the pages/domains to as many SE’s as possible.

The sooner you start to build landers, the more experience you will have and the better your
knowledge base will be for future products. To truly maximize landing pages it does not take
much effort, and most of the work is usally already done for you.
Thank you for reading this chapter and if you are ready to proceed please open the next eBook.

To your success!!
Norb Czufis
NC Media
Project Wealthy

It’s funny nowadays that so many pirates have polluted forums, infested networks, taken control of the industry and consider themselves ‘the elite’ if there is such a thing… Some of these people are simply what I like to call ‘Virtual land owners’ - Their real estate online is ‘hot’ - they monetize by simply ‘being there’ with a great .com and a big head start in the industry… Lucky them huh? They get free user generated content, discussions, rantings, bashings, advice, chatting, creating pages and pages of backlinks and keyword stuffing << I just did it actually, just by trying to describe this process, go look up ‘generous marketing’ - .5million + results and I’m on page one within 2 hours (at time of this posting I’m at #3 - this lil’ blog of mine has some ‘juice’! **EDIT: now on page 2 ((the following day)) - however google sometimes reindexes or crawls and updates if you add/change pages, so generous marketing keyword << goes there, let’s see if re-adding the phrase “generous-marketing” a few times and changing my headline makes a difference and bumps me up again, I will update this part tomorrow or the next day) ((EDIT #2 - Following day - Now I’m on Page 1 - result #2!! this is for both google.ca and .com - it….worked;)) … Anyway so you think that if you could just get a site that gives you free content auto-generated and indexed quick, you can just throw some adsense in there - or some affiliate programs - or both (not recommended), that you can cash in the online cow and auto-pilot your revenue right?

Let’s take a different approach on things for a second though. Let’s talk about just good old marketing. When you get exposed to enough of it or have to look after many of your own clients, you see that sometimes the most bizarre techniques can actually get you the biggest results. Let’s look at internet marketing for a second, and the various ways we ‘do things’ in our day to day. We pick products to endorse, we buy ads everywhere, we get domains and set up tiny urls, we get opt-ins and autoresponders, we do upsells and retention campaigns, we re-cycle lists to keep trying to monetize them, we partner with others to do all of the above on a bigger scale… all in the hope of getting sales, affiliates, and at the end of the day consider yourself a good marketer paying his/her way through life with an internet connection…handsomely, hopefully!

Ok so ‘that other thought’ - everyone likes ‘free’ right? And everyone likes ‘money’ right? When you launch a campaign based around generous marketing or as I like to call ‘karma’ marketing - you have no idea what kind of buzz you can generate! Car manufacturers give cars away at promos or car lots all the time as prizes , in a branding effort, or a community effort, balloons are given away to kids at carnivals for the same - the feeling - the thought - it’s memorable and you’ll come back next time with a smile…. Marketers do it ‘every day’ and they do it in many different ways… but - there IS usually a catch, there IS usually someone, somewhere - that will want to monetize you or put other offers in front of you, I am no different! However this can also be done in a transparent way and under a good light…

Imagine if… you could offer someone some solid - genuine advice today. No really - some information that they perhaps were ‘craving’ for and having a really hard time finding… You might think of consulting or lawyering or a specialist you might hire or have hired. Now if YOU were the person that had the knowledge and information, how valuable would it be to you if you gave it away to your peers for free? How much ‘detail’ would you share? How much do you think you would be appreciated for offering someone that information - that could in fact make a big difference in their pockets and earnings? Sounds fishy right? of course, we’re all use to it - however when you have something people want, and you do a contest or a giveaway that is money related, you’re going to see that the response is huge and you will make an impression…

Here are two examples of such experiences, this goes to further shed light on a mass scale of all of the above.

How To Do A Giveaway Launch:
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=811869 - Good Karma Marketing

Best ClickBank Starter Tips >> Getting Rep For Your Free Knowledge:
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=831441- Generous Marketing

Next time you’re thinking of a hot promo - allocate a part of your efforts to a giveaway. Bonuses seem to run a large portion of the daily sales for many people - adding bonuses to your offers along with free knowledge, well - now we’re ‘talking’….

Make it a great day!
Norb.

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