This post comes shortly after my 1000th post at an affiliate marketing forum (<<You should read it - I gave away tons of free profitable campaigns) or webmaster forum… I signed up to DOZENS years and years ago, and went through signing up to about 20 (or perhaps ‘resigning up’ would be more accurate) about a year or so ago…

It can be a rather… intimate experience, one part of you is just trying to fit in with this group, another part of you is absorbing and filtering the bullshit, another part of you wants to network, and yes for many these plague infested fcuking forums are also filled with spammers, wankers, scammers, wannabees, and HILARIOUSLY fubar signature links with all of them chasing the same nickel… Now don’t get me wrong, forum marketing is HUGE, and I love it myself, and use signature links too however what I find fascinating are the kids that blatantly put “Make 7K your first 3 weeks online” - yet proceed to ask the stupidest and most basic questions totally diluting his own credit and being a broken inglush hypocrite … . .. Grrrr.. . …

So - in light of this new little milestone and being loyal to xx forums, and constantly refining my journey through them all, I’m going to try to offer a non-biased straight up look at the truth about each forum below. Please feel free to drop your opinions or agree/disagree with me - I AM going to offer a few of my ‘opinions’ here as well.

1. NicheChoppers Marketing and webmaster forums
100% Free, No paid sections yet, Na ads! must sign up to view most goods:
Visit: http://forums.nichechoppers.com

^^ I’m obviously going to have to spam my own first - it’s newer than most, is JUST starting to get busy, and I’M GLAD I waited a year of being loyal to others before really shaping and recruiting into mine - in short: No hassle bung free environment, moderated well, rather aggressive yet loose approach, tying my family in a little tighter with each day. Closed loop family with success stories, tons of step by steps, growing daily.

2. Digital Point review - Visit: http://forums.digitalpoint.com
Usually where most people start at, it’s HUGE and full of…. crap:however is also the forum I myself had to filter and waste time at for over 1000 posts (1001 at this time) before handing in my diet card and bowing out… I’ll be back, however probably just to laugh at the de ja vu of stupidity and horrible moderation. If it’s one thing DP has, it is shear SIZE and the fact that it is always BUSY - however at the same time is FULL of just… everything bad with this industry, like everything…

I personally must have helped get 20-30 idiots banned from there… FACK makes me angry thinking about that place!! If you’re a TOTAL n00b, enjoy the rare little golden nugget you can find in there, and don’t buy ebooks or click on signature links unless you view it from a marketing point of view not a consumer… (Hi guys, miss me yet?). If DP let ME run the boat for a few days, I’d a) kick a lot of people off b) get BETTER MODS c) Monetize it better d) Change the colors

3. WarriorForum review - Visit: http://warriorforum.com/forum/
Well, definitely a step up from DP!! WF is known to have a TON of the bigger ebook and digital products/services players all hawking their newest WSO (Warrior Special Offer) to each other and there is a LOT of padding, and patting! Hey I myself have sold a few things in their WSO section, and their JV section is actually pretty good if you’re scouting for new offers, launching, or looking to partner up with someone on a project…

I thought about dropping some names here but I’m not that kind with my link juice yet… and this blog seems to do great with ranking - so perhaps I’ll give some props to at least one person I can say a LOT about in there so far - and that is Nicholas from MasteredManuscripts << Great writer.

4. ClickBankSuccess review - Visit: http://clickbanksuccessforum.com/forum/
Once I joined CB - I wanted to start scouting for AFF’s and for pubs alike, thus joining CB’s appointed forum… I liked it a lot more at first than I do today - Main reason is it might as well be a ’support’ forum as their rules and door are quite tight re what you can/can’t talk about… If you so much as question whether or not CB is down/acting up/failing, the post gets removed and you may get banned… I can see why they do it and I would hate that on my forum too, so perhaps a stupid example but overall - THEY’RE TIGHT!

The good part is you’ll find a LOT of both CB n00bs and pro’s asking/answering GOOD and relevant CB questions. Though even with their own appointed forum - DP’s CB section alone easily compares to the activity and n00bness factor in each… (GUYS - A FEW FCUKING STICKIES!! THAT’S ALL IT TAKES TO STOP DUMB QUESTIONS AND FAST-TRACK PEOPLE - oh wait, you WANT dumb questions, versioned intel, make them ask… more threads and posts right??).. meh, sorry they’re all like that to a point not just this one. So yes, stickies and loosen the tie a little please.

5. ABW - AbestWeb review - Visit: http://www.abestweb.com
Perhaps the ONLY forum I’ve ever been banned from and kicked off of… wankers! I made a HUGE blog and formal complaint about it a while back but decided to remove it due to their response/reaction… more wankers! Also very busy, MANY top level brands and bullshit commission structures on things like carpets/rugs/tangibles/etc… Lot’s of pro’s and I heard the owner can be a nice guy, but the short lived days I had there proved him and his crew otherwise…

In short: I launched a Recruitment and affiliate spy software (TFRP), and paid to put up a advertorial/recruitment post… The first response was a hidden insult at my whole program FROM A FCUKING MOD - Referencing another new member and getting the whole crew to come to my paid thread, and rip me plus my program to pieces… Ok cool, I got to show some colors too, and have a good look around at all their sigs, their thread style, their learning curve/operation etc… and can only say that the elitists there do a good job of making n00bs stay n00bs, and detouring any chance of real earnings with mouthy personal bullshit back and forth, ‘at least put some humor into it you WF wannabees’. Anyway so within a day, I got thousands of views, some PR, some negative buzz, a lot of affiliates, and a pissed off group of elitists for not ‘freaking out’ like I’m sure they hoped…

Finally posted my final ‘fcuk you and have a nice day, I’m out’ but in a very gentle way, and my post got removed, then my whole paid thread got removed… then got a refund and a ban and kick in the ass out the door for standing up for myself, because I was vexed that a MOD would make an idiot out of a sponsor/paying member publically (hi Trust - hope all is well in ‘fun’ mod land)- wankers! Before all this drama - I was STARTING to like SOME of the banter and the members and offers/pubs…, however will still say that most are stuck on selling rugs and see 3-12% commission on $59 offers as ‘amazing’ programs, SAS seems to have them by the balls along with a few other networks, and the digital arena products/services is just ’stench’ to them…. On the flip side - THEY BANK (just needs some clean up with operations/day to day bullshit they allow). **Oh and too much advertising imo too (I know they’re for profit, but c’mon - easy on the offers man - way to make me feel UNcommunity - what is this church? You’re waiving a money basket at me when I just got here??).

6. 5staraffiliateprograms.com review - Visit: http://www.5staraffiliateprograms.com/
One word - WOW - More on the corporate side of things, LARRY IS DA BOMB - and the main owner is actually really cool and involved with the op fairly intimately so the moderation is par… perhaps a tiny bit tight but for the programs and offers/clients/recruiters etc. that they attract, I think it’s best this way - To note the above - if ABW mods and members came to 5star, they’d get wake up call that’s for sure.

This place is like an affiliate and publisher wonderland full of anything and everything to do with our industry. News, gossip and funny banter is minimal - rather expect a mix of dry humor with witty banter and low tolerance to crapola. Also home to many networks sponsor threads and good recruiters/programs for all levels of experience. I said this once on there before - “Every Forum Needs A Larry” - And just might make him a t-shirt that says that oneday… Known not to sleep for 3 days because he actually PM’s just about everyone/anyone for any reason or just to help, or break their posting cherry, etc… (Wonder what he’s worth actually - most committed employee I’ve ever seen)… Kudos to you guys, sorry I’m not there as much, get an easier to remember domain and I’ll stop wasting time trying to get there and giving up .. . .. Jokes.

6. WickedFire GAY MARKETING FORUM review - Visit: http://www.wickedfire.com/
Two words - HOLY SHIT - “They can actually get away with this stuff?!?!” is probably the first thing you’ll think before visiting less than 4 threads. Perhaps the most diehard and down to earth AM forum - DEFINITELY NOT A PLACE FOR N00BS!! Lucky my name is Norb not noob - and although I PHAILED MISERABLY there on occasion - I’ll easily say that this is one of the best and upbeat places to mingle/stay active (just don’t transition from DP to there and you’ll be fine - maybe).

Amazing names and faces, top level industry veterans along with perhaps the most lethal dose of internweb humor you’ll ever experience… It’s like a Seinfeld episode and Kramer is 10x as fuct, mixed with many elements of ’survivor’ and a splash of ‘reality fcuk you’ daily n00by disaster pwnage…

All fun aside though - I’ve been there a little more often recently and after getting pwned myself, I’m making headway and gaining a few points with their elite .. . … i thinkz… See - if you haven’t been there you’ll think I’m an ass for calling it a gay marketing forum in the title lol, however once you get there and read some threads, you’ll see what I mean (no they are not actually gay - and no you should NEVER click on things - even when they look absolutely harmless… TRUST ME DON’T DO IT!!!) - it’s home to the most epic dickroll since the inception of the interweb, and you’ll be scarred for life!

Ok as you can see I’m really liking this one. However perhaps more than most others because it has a LOT of EDGE - kinda like me, though I’m quite tame in comparison - it’s amazing what they actually DO get away with - I won’t spoil it, and I won’t promise YOU will like it or fit in or get liked, but I will promise that it is packed with everything from black/blue/white/fcuking polkadot hat tactics, n00b guides, great threads, and an addictive humor base to boot.

6. WebmasterForums review - Visit: http://www.webmasterforums.com/
Kinda dry really, I think this was one of the ones I signed up to eonz ago and didn’t like it too much then either. It’s not that it’s bad - it’s just that I have to compare it with a LOT of other shtuff above - and that shtuff is just.. better.

Anyway - It’s got some great technoids that do seem to enjoy that side of the industry a lot more than actually making money (being a webmaster) - Not as busy as some of the others, not as intimate, and a lot of the threads are hard to decipher as it attracts a LOT of foreigners with horrible typing (god bless you all however you’re trying to break into the MARKETING spectrum in English speaking markets - you NEED to par up your writing/grammar before trying to be some expert/guru/makehmoniez ebook developer…)… Sorry but I’m giving this and DP the same playing field and user experience rating… At least this one laid out a little better and the pros/mods seems to care for the community a little more.

7. eWealth review - Visit: http://www.eWealth.com
I like it - Not as busy as many of the others, however home to many big names as well as great focused community involvement. Things to look for are the interviews with the pros, the announcements for programs/callouts to affs, and a well spread section for a few networks out there… Can’t really say too much more about it! 4.5 stars! (Good mods/good humor from senior members).

8. BlackHatWorld review - Visit: http://www.blackhatworld.com
Retarted amounts of info and ‘tools’ are available on this forum. If you’ve ever wanted to venture over to the wrong side of the digital legal tracks and see how to monetize them… this is the place to learn. It’s kinda funny actually - as my loyalty grew to this one slowly, I noticed that it’s actually filled with 80% n00bs too, most have no clue how or what all this BH stuff is, but want to eagerly learn/explore, and thus these n00bs probably (imo) evolve into amazing whitehat/greyhat marketers very quickly. I like hanging out in there sometimes because they don’t sugar coat shit, they don’t tollerate dumbasses, they explore and document sooo many tactics that you’ve probably never thought to do (and will probably be too chicken shit to try).

Once you get your initiation out of the way it’s smooth sailing… Not nearly as ‘bad’ as you’d think re the people or the vibe. Cheers to the admins/mods there they’ve been great to me (had a bunch of my shit shared there, and they actually have a blacklist for people like me to add their progs to make sure members don’t share them or they get banned - woot! And of course - I had to learn the hard way - everyones initiation is different)…

Damn I gotta run, was hoping to do at least 10 - perhaps I’ll do volume 2 later though I probably won’t… So in closing - yes I’ll probably still poke my head into all xx forums, no I probably won’t be signing up to anymore, HELL NO will I NEVER be paying for them like many dumbasses do, and HELL NO I don’t think I’ll be making my 2000th post at DP anytime soon…

I tried to raw - sorry if any of you owners read this and don’t like it - perhaps my own forum will now be under scrutiny but that’s fine mine is still a baby and has no $ agenda other than to honestly make my team money - because they sell my products they also make me money - so it’s in my best interest to make sure my forum, my family and my crew earn well, learn well and grow fast… /shameless plug.

<forumdiet> bigtime </forumdiet>

Norb.

I knew that title would get your attention

So - my studio is about to unleash a pretty crazy project onto the markets. My previous post about these Forex systems was indeed a pre-text to gage the markets, search results and popularity of these products as a market test for our new release.
The Forex Tracer is going to rival the big boy products in this sector for quite a few reasons - see - All these products are somewhat similar in nature, and the real difference between them all is the branding and packaging behind them. While many pay and or get endorsements from industry veterans, it’s really all the same - unique aspects within each software may indeed be present - however they all have the same goal - to data mine the forex markets in real time and bring back profitable spreads on currency exchanges… . . .. a 3 TRILLION Dollar a day market.

Understanding the logistics and mathematics of these robots, tracers, raptors, killers, autopilot systems etc. is not something the average Joe can decipher. Most of the algorithms used in all the software are probably the same in my opinion, again the difference being in how efficient and reliable end results are.

So having said all that - I’m enjoying this branding treatment and this product is said to hit the affiliate world within the next few weeks if not sooner - the sales page is coming along - and although this may be a bit premature, I know many people out there thrive on getting news first, and being able to act on it first to help us monetize fast.
The site so far: www.ForexTracer.com

It will more than likely find its way onto the ClickBank marketplace - the CBID for this will be ‘iforex’.
Affiliates will be able to expect a $50+ payout, and we welcome any and all Forex enthusiasts in advance if they want to try it out and offer a review/testimonial… .. …

Hope you guys are ready for this - The marketing material is looking great and we expect this one to be among the top sellers on whatever marketplace(s) this ends up on.

Stay tuned, and keep your eye on that site.
Norb.

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

Today is……… “‘Show A Newbie Love’ Day” I wish I had something like this when I first started, would have saved my time and money, and I would have been here or farther - faster.

YOU: This is the first time you’ve heard of ClickBank, you know people are making money, you’re tempted… - You “Go Get Your CB Account” BUT WAIT! Don’t sign up yet - read: When you sign up, it doesn’t matter which you choose - affiliate/publisher - both enable both and are one in the same when you sign up.

**Your NickName: THIS IS UBER IMPORTANT! Even though you might be tempted - DO NOT use a nickname like “SuperAff101″ or “MoneyMan” or “Johnnny”… In Fact: Think about this for a second, when someone clicks on your link, unless you cookie stuff them (don’t worry about that for now), they will come to a page like http://www.yourvendorssite.com/index…op=SuperAff101 < You want that code at the end to look natural. You don’t want people looking in the address bar and thinking it might be some reseller network. Many think that “If it’s not in the IM niche, they don’t care” - This is TRUE! however it still doesn’t make any sense to use a name like that - you cut off a lot of the markets. **Use nicknames that look like they belong in the code like ’securepage’ or ‘product1′ or ‘2n8fk29fsol’ < then it looks like the site generated the code. So - go - pick a great nickname now> ClickBank.

You now have an account “YAY”. So you can now go pick out of 1000’s of products that have all kinds of creative offers and commission/bonus structures - this is the hard part. If you’re brand spanking new to all this - My advice would be to click ‘marketplace’ and do a few searches for things YOU love about life - you’ll find tons of stuff to promote. Sort your searches by two important factors - 1. Payout Amount * Most search for % and think that the 75% products are the only ones they should pick - on the contrary - pick anything that makes you $20 or more - aim for $30-$50. When you search for products you’ll get stats under each product - inspect the ones that stand out. Gravity= the amount of affiliates that converted at least once in the last 6 weeks. So if you see a gravity of i.e. 20.32 - This means that at least 21 (round up) affiliates have converted at least once within today to 6 weeks ago. If all affiliates make 10 sales each or 100 sales each - that 20.32 would remain the same. So think of it not as sales - but as conversions. Sometimes low gravity is GREAT, sometimes the top gravity is also great, though harder to convert.

Only choose products that have amazing branding: Meaning the page ‘looks’ great first. You’ll notice that 90% of them are…. scammy/spammy looking - don’t worry about those ones, just look for great presentation first. Now READ IT! You found a good one, good commission, it’s converting, you like the actual product - READ THE PAGE! So - You are reading about something you actually enjoy in life or a problem you have had or have now, that you want to fix. Is the text convincing? Would you buy it? If you say yes - you have a winner. These are the most important elements - and good publishers spend good money or have years and years of experience in this sector, so: They hire the BEST designers, BEST writers, BEST developers, and conversion master every pixel/piece of text/code/sales pitch/call to action etc. so that it’s easy (or easier) for you to convert… .. That other 90% - those crappy products - they are newbie vendors, they need to go through this cycle but most never make it out alive after their first 1-2 products, stay away from those.

Ok you found your product(s), you are happy about them, and are ready to promote. **IMPORTANT - Consider yourself a ‘franchise’ not just some nicknamed affiliate - you now ‘endorse’ this product and publisher! You stand behind them, you promote and sell for them, they need you-you need them, give eachother the respect of giving it your 100% and nothing less. If you just throw some articles and PPC around here and there from product to product, you’re going to fade fast, or never convert once and give up. If you can, contact the vendor - ask for a review copy or just some reassurance on the phone that this is legit, if the vendor is in their right state of mind - they will be happy to hear from you! Don’t forget you are selling for them, why wouldn’t they take time to speak with their salespeople?! I do.

Ok so you found a product - for this example we’ll use the fat rich pig -
You signed up with a nickname of ’securepage’ for example. you found a product with the vendor id being ‘richpig’, so your link for this product would be : http://securepage.richpig.hop.clickbank.net << In that exact order, it is important to have your ID first, publisher second, .hop.clickbank.net << .net NOT .com. you’ll notice that you end up on page with a URL of http://www.thefatrichpig.com/index.html?hop=securepage << there you are So now if someone buys this product - you get the commission set out in their clickbank marketplace listings.

Sounds easy right? Not yet - So now you have a good nickname, you chose a good product, you figured out how to create your hoplinks and how they work… .. Wait - so…. .. how and what do you do with that link? This is the fun part:

** Most places on the web do not allow you to post affiliate links, so if you thought you could just go start spamming and fluffing the net with your links, you’re wrong… well… no you’re not - you’re absolutely right! BUT - you will need to do just ONE little thing - GET A DOMAIN - godaddy.com - you can buy a .info for $2.99 - BUT being the smart marketer you are - get a .com - it just looks better, feels better, and has more value when aged. When you buy a domain name - YES you should buy a domain (or 2-3-5) for EACH product you promote - remember you are endorsing it not jumping from product to product. So for the link above ‘the fat rich pig’ you would want to buy a domain that a) sounds similar b) has important key words in it c) creative and catchy. So rich-pig.com or affiliatespysoftware.com or the-fat-rich-pig-software.com etc. * Go get one!

You now have your domain name, and you can now fluff the web with your domain instead of your aff links (that was easy eh? almost wrong…!) In godaddy you have two options with the domain name.

a) Login in to godaddy - click domains - click your domain - click ‘forwarding’. Now forward your domain to your hoplink from above. - Masking - YES so now you still see YOUR domain when on the vendors site. Add your meta/keywords and Voila!

b) You can get hosting and get landing pages from merchants if they provide them. Most smart merchants that expect sales from their affiliates will have a page made with downloadable and or copy/paste promotional stuff for you to go promote with - so an example to the above - you would download and host your own landing page from a page like this http://www.nichechoppers.com/niche-p…atrichpig.html

Again - if you’re brand new, you’re probably better off with option a). However if you end up promoting the pig product, I will offer to host your landing page for you - just tell me which one you want to use and I will install your CBID into it and host it - and just tell you which URL to point your domain name to and mask.

Now: You have a nickname, a product, a domain, and either a landing page or straight linking.

From here on out you literally have thousands of ways to promote, the ones that work for me with live examples of real money that I’ve made:

Article marketing: http://www.ezinearticles.com < MAKE AN ACCOUNT - DON’T BE LAZY! Remember - you chose to endorse this, you need to get the fundamentals out of the way and at least TRY these methods, then focus on your own or the ones you like best (the ones that pay/convert).

When you write an article about your product, you will have your domain name on the bottom of the page either IN the actual artice or in your resource box, back to that in a minute…. .. YOUR TITLE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF EZINE! If you’re promoting the pig product - it should relate to popular keywords of that product - some examples of great headers with keys would be:
* Easily Spy On ClickBank or PayDotCom Affiliates And Vendors, oh & Recruit Them Too!
* How Do I Get Affiliates To My ClickBank Or PayDotCom Product? Is There Software For Recruitment?
* The Truth About The Fat Rich Pig Will Shock You… .. The Scam Of Scams!
* Marketing Morals? Funnels2Wealth and Affiliate Crusher Are Getting Geared Up To Spy & Cheat The Gurus…

Your First Paragraph - Again examining the keywords, focus on 3-5 or 8 max in your your WHOLE article, so only put 2-3 in your first paragraph. DO NOT SELL THE PRODUCT! No BUY HERE CHEAPY CHEAPY crap - people on ezine are not ready to buy - they are (90%) researching the product - this is your opportunity to convince them to check your views and build up anticipation towards the end to want to know more…(click).

Main Body - Here is where you can go all out and use many variations of your keywords, cluster them together, throw “quotes” around popular worded lines (i.e. From the author “This is the best spy tool for clickbank we have ever developed…”). Remember you are not selling - you are reviewing, you are telling them your experience with the product, you are elaborating on the product, perhaps the morals of it, perhaps the price, the competitors comparisons - but NEVER sell it (chances are it will get rejected anyway if you ’sell’).

Go over your article at least once. Make sure you break it up well - look at this post you’re reading - it’s LONG but if you’ve read this far - chances are I GOT YOU HOOKED on reading further - and if it was all in one huge paragraph you would have clicked away by now. Spacing, bolding, bullets, format it! make it what we like to call - a greased slide read - it’s so slippery and good that your instincts cannot help but to keep reading based on the way it is written AND how it is presented.

Near the end of your article, in a non intrusive way - link a few words to your domain name or type the domain name. Usually you leave the domain name for the resource box - the last bit of body could be like: I personally thought the kit was pretty good! The funnels2wealth ((hehe, did you just try to click?)) transcript taught me a lot! but the Affiliate Crusher… oh boy, I CAN’T even tell you too much about it here… it’s just THAT sneaky!…. the underlines would link to your domain. Your resource box is a way to promote yourself “John Smith is an internet enthusiast who spends his time passionately reviewing all of today’s newest gadgets and software. “There is a good video walkthrough of how this works in real time at: “Your-domain”. Just remember who told you about it first! **Always build anticipation, anxiety, fear, desire, focus on emotions not ‘buy now’ - if you can phsychologically convince your reader - YOU’RE ONTO SOMETHING!

Don’t write TONS of articles - ONLY write grandslam articles OR for every 5 articles you do - 3-4 MUST be prime - you may fail initially however when you have 100 articles in a few months from now - TRUST ME YOU WILL GET MORE TRAFFIC AND BETTER READ THROUGHS FROM ARTICLE TO ARTICLE. Please PM me if you follow my steps and you end up converting a product due to this - that is all I ask! Here is an article that points to a landing page that has made me more money than what most people make with 50 articles: Example article

Another popular way to get targeted traffic is YouTube. Don’t be afraid of it! Use it the same way as articles but use video - there are tools to help you get youtube vids, compile them/remix them/build your Hot Videos - Use keywords in the title (same importance as ezine) - use your keys in your description when possible - MAKE LINKS BESIDE YOUR VIDEOS WITH GOOD WHITE SPACE - LIKE THIS: http://youtube.com/watch?v=OXVyXGCAyNs or http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZsamSEiwkm0 (NOTICE SPACING) **These videos don’t get that many views but I can’t show/share ALL my stuff so these principles apply to ‘hot’ videos, getting videos ‘hot’ is not that hard - in fact… shhhh… you can …. hire people… to do the videos/submissions/remix them for you - right here on this board!.

Once you do a few of these articles, videos, and start to understand the other components from these CB threads - you’ll learn that ClickBank - Is nothing more than another network that has its doors open to offers and to affiliates. There are many of them. You’ll learn that it’s not some secret that some ClickBank geeks hold to themselves, IT’S MARKETING! It’s creative manipulation of the internet, of messaging, of monetizing these said offers. ONCE YOU convert a few times, you’ll understand that you can sign up to many networks, you can convert on tangible goods, you can convert on the phone for huge upsells - it will eventually spiral for you if you do not give up. It will eventually open your eyes and make you realize that you - my friend - are a business guru! not just a clickbank affiliate - You will sooner than later figure out that ‘Hey this stuff is great, I have sold xx already! Now, wait a minute - what if I did my OWN product! what if I did many of my OWN products! YA!) and you’ll probably fail at 8-9 attempts before you get one that wins - so stick be understanding the industry for a while if you’re new, stick to ‘converting’ your chosen ‘endorsed’ product and do not deviate from your commitment to them - if you choose a product like fatloss or waterforgas, expect to fail at first - don’t do PPC until you read about it here for at least 2 weeks, really understand it.

If you were to ask me which ebook to buy - i wouldn’t know where to begin - I can recommend a dozen - it doesn’t matter - read everything EXCEPT that 90% of the scammy pages I first chatted about - those are usually created with ’sales letter automaters’ and dreams - and poor copy/design, BUT it might tempt you to buy because of pictures of cars/houses/boats/treasure chests/etc. Look at those from a marketers point of view ALWAYS not a consumers - Only buy the products that look pro.

Thank you all, back to my pigpen….
Norb. **PS - No proof reading on this one - straight raw - also posted at DP forums to show some newbie love.