Associate Programs Newsletter #267

Lots of good stuff today...

Keyword research, AdSense millions, niche content packages and more...

CONTENTS:

1. How to choose the best keyword research tool
2. AdSense million dollar man
3. Does a truck deliver your AdSense check
4. Ready made niche content packages
5. How to make the best use of articles
6. ValueClick buys FastClick
7 Important stuff: How Google weeds out junk
8. Paydotcom grows
9. Underground videos nearly sold out
10. Thought for today: Courage

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How to choose the best keyword research tool
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Coming soon...

You know that doing keyword research plays a fundamental role in the preparation you do before you build a new website.

Sound keyword research is vital for boosting AdSense revenue, for AdWords and other pay-per-click campaigns, for choosing keywords when creating and optimizing web pages, and when doing research for new products.

But WHICH keyword tool does the best job?

There's a bewildering number of options, a lot of hype and a lot of conflicting advice.

Is good old Wordtracker all you need? What about those keyword tools with similar names? Have the new versions of old tools made a significant improvement?

Or the brand new tools, how do they compare?

My new assistant Jay Stockwell has been spending hundreds of hours intensively testing 19 paid keyword research tools.

Jay has solid experience in keyword research.

He's the founder and CEO of ClickSentinel.com, the author of an SEO book, Microsite Miracles, and the creator of SEO reverse engineering software.

He's producing a major, in-depth review which has taken a staggering amount of painstaking research.

"I am working out which tool is best used for different users (e.g. niche miners, SEO people, PPC people, AdSense people etc.)," Jay says.

"We've done the work so you won't have to."

There's absolutely nothing like this report on the market.

So if you need a keyword research tool, I strongly recommend you wait until you've seen Jay's report.

Here's the good news.

You won't have to pay a cent for this incredibly useful report.

It's a bonus for readers of the Associate Programs Newsletter.

You'll get it first.

I'll let you know as soon as it's ready.

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2. AdSense million dollar man
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Believe it or not, some of my readers complain when I write about affiliates or Internet marketers who generate huge incomes.

"Ordinary people can't do that. You're giving people false hopes," one sourpuss told me.

However, I'm hoping that most of you are like me. You want to know what's possible. When you know what's possible it's much easier to set realistic goals.

Here's a man who refuses to aim low...

Jason Calacanis has revealed in his blog that his company is on track to generate $1M in AdSense revenue in 12 months.

He could earn considerably more if current growth rates continue.

Before you get too excited about this, you need to know that his company, Weblogs, Inc., has 80 blogs, 103 bloggers on the payroll and a staff of nine.

Jason has given an interview with Jensense.com discussing his rapid progress, suggesting ways Yahoo! could beat AdSense, and giving AdSense tips.

One quote surprised me. Jason said...

       "AdSense doesn't reach the level of display advertising ($3 to $12 CPM)
      and it never will..."

Never will?

Good grief!

How can this man earn so much and know so little?

Please don't use Jason's figures as your goal posts.

I own several very plain, ordinary, simple sites, with AdSense ads prominently displayed, which achieve average CPM figures considerably higher than Jason's.

They were built using SBI and following its instruction manual.

Here's Jason's blog post and the interview...

$1M a year in Google AdSense
http://calacanis.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000403051129/

Interview with the AdSense million dollar man, Jason Calacanis
http://www.jensense.com/archives/2005/08/interview_with.html

...and an interview with Hugh Macleod, whose blog attracts nearly a million pageviews a month...
http://whatsnextonline.com/wno/current.html#4555

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3. Does a truck deliver your AdSense check?
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If all those busy blogs have encouraged you to aim higher, you'll want more names of successful people to keep an eye on.

The following ones have achieved extraordinary success online.

Michael Fortin, Jimmy D. Brown, Ryan Deiss, Nathan Anderson, Jack Humphrey, Brad Fallon, Andy Jenkins, Mark Hendricks, Mark Braunstein, Peter Lenkefi, Dr. Mike Woo Ming, Carl Galletti, Mike Stewart, Sylvie Charrier, William Frazier, and Diana Barnum.

They're making from $500 to, get this, $60,000.00+ a DAY with AdSense and product sales.

When you earn more than $10,000 a month from AdSense, Google sends a FedEx truck to deliver your certified check.

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4. Ready made niche content packages
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If you're building a string of websites, writing a blog or distributing articles to article libraries, you need a lot of articles.

It's time-consuming and tedious trying to research and write all those articles yourself.

You can hire writers at places such as elance and RentaCoder, but if you've tried that, you'll know it can be done but it's not as easy as it sounds.

So you need a workable shortcut.

Stefan Everaet has come up with a good one for you.

He's creating ready made niche content packages. He makes at least three new packages available each month.

Niches covered include financial, gardening, pets, health, sports, travel and a whole lot more.

Stefan even encourages you to let him know which topics you prefer and he'll do his best to provide content on those niches.

Each package includes about 20 well written articles, beautiful graphics and keyword lists.

I'm a subscriber, so I've had a good look at the quality of the content. I was pleasantly surprised how well written the articles are.

The August keywords list includes phrases which people are paying more than $3 or $4 for - very nice for AdSense revenue.

If you get some of Stefan's packages, I strongly recommend that you do a little rewriting. As Stefan says, the articles have not been written with any particular keyword density in mind.

You'll want to tweak and optimize the articles to help search engines find them.

This is a good thing. It's means your articles will be unique. You can also add your own tone and personality.

It's much easier improving a ready made article than writing a brand new one entirely from scratch.

Stefan is limiting the number of niche content packages available, so you can rest assured you won't be facing unlimited competition, the way you do if you publish articles from article libraries.

This is a very good deal. You can read all the details here...

http://www.niche-content-packages.com

However, I've made it even better.

For readers of the Associate Programs Newsletter, I've arranged a special discount price and a special bonus.

As well as getting the just-released August packages, you'll also receive access to the July packages. Two for the price of one.

Be sure to use this special bonus/discount link...

http://www.niche-content-packages.com/allangardyne.htm

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5. How to make the best use of articles
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Here's a little gem from our affiliate forum.

A forum member asked this question:

"With my current schedule I am able to write 5 new articles per week, but I don't know if I should add those articles to my site or if I should submit them to article directories for the backlinks I gain that way."

Here's the answer...

How to make best use of my articles
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6.ValueClick buys FastClick
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ValueClick is getting even bigger.

ValueClick, which owns affiliate networks BeFree, Commission Junction and Web Clients, has bought ad network FastClick.

Story:
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3526811

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7. Important stuff: How Google weeds out junk
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This is a VERY important article...

Research by Joel Walsh shows that Google likes well written web pages. This is one way Google is weeding out junk.

Google's 'Good Writing' Content Filter
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=1874

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8. Paydotcom grows
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Paydotcom, the new alternative to ClickBank, is gradually growing in size and has fixed a few teething problems. It's worth checking out.

http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/pdc

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9. Last chance: Underground videos nearly sold out
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You'll need to be quick to grab this...

On August 19, 2005, at 6 PM, ET, Yanik Silver's limited-edition DVD/CD set from his "Underground Online Seminar" will no longer be for sale.

Yanik says he's stopping selling them so he can focus more time on other projects.

So this is your last chance.

I've ordered my copy. I want to learn about the cutting-edge strategies and techniques which aren't talked about openly.

Get yours now or miss out...

http://undergroundonlinesecrets.com/peek

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10. Thought for today: Courage
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"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." -Anais Nin.

All the best

Allan Gardyne