Associate Programs Newsletter #242
Joanna and I have been taking a vacation (more about that later) but I couldn't ignore a startling new ebook by John Evans which is earning rave reviews everywhere.
Once you start reading this book, you won't be able to put it down.
So I interrupted my vacation to write a review?
Not this time. I asked my assistant Ros to do it…
CONTENTS:
1. Web success stories you can't put down
2. $250,000 affiliate shows you his best site – and more
3. New – a sort of AdSense competitor
4. Our vacation sparks two new goals
5. Thought for today: A good vacation
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1. Web success stories you can't put down
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By Ros Oliveira
It's not easy to be surprised these days by the claims made by so many Internet authors peddling ebooks about how to be an Internet millionaire in three easy lessons.
Most have something valid to offer, but we're often left with the feeling of being short-changed, waiting for really valuable information we can use. Unfortunately, most books just don't have it.
Not so with John Evans' new book “Success Alert – Conversations with Successful Internet Entrepreneurs”, which has just been launched.
As an Internet newbie, John wanted to gain as much useful information as he could from those who have made it big in the Internet business, so he did his research and set about interviewing 60 Web entrepreneurs, 10 of whom made it into this book.
It's unlikely you'll have heard of most of them before. The 10 examples John has chosen have simply come up with a unique idea they've each built on in their own way. The only common denominator is that they've all achieved success and the kind of incomes most of us only dream about.
What they have to say will amaze you – John asks the questions that give you the answers. You'll learn how each of them got started, their advertising and marketing strategies – what worked and what didn't – traffic building techniques, and the kind of information which will motivate and inspire you to want to emulate their success.
The success stories range from web sites about parrots, magic tricks, and socks to credit cards and vacuum cleaners. Even the kitchen sink rates a mention.
One guy has sold over $2.7 million in big-ticket items for other people on eBay, another earned $250,000 in affiliate commissions in one year, while another has doubled his annual revenue to $1.2 million in just two years, with 60,000 unique visitors each month.
There's no hype, no magic formula, just the strategies and techniques used by 10 ordinary folk that have yielded extraordinary results, and turned them into Internet millionaires (or soon-to-be millionaires). And they're not afraid to share the secrets of their success.
As John says, “I expected reluctance in sharing their powerful insider techniques … when they openly started revealing their proven big money tactics, my jaw visibly dropped…”
“Success Alert – Conversations with Successful Internet Entrepreneurs” is a book I'd recommend to anyone who's serious about achieving Internet success.
Once you start reading the first story you won't be able to put it down.
Read more about John Evan's powerful book here…
https://www.associateprograms.com/john
You won't be disappointed.
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2. $250,000 affiliate shows you his best site – and more
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I hope you've read John Evans' book. Even though I was on holiday I just couldn't put it down.
If you haven't read it yet, you're in for a treat.
The $250,000 affiliate gives you valuable insights.
For example:
*He tells you which of his affiliate web sites is the most successful – and gives you the link.
*He also shows you six more of his affiliate sites.
*He tells you why Google penalized his sites at one stage.
*He describes how he chooses topics for sites.
*He explains why he favors sites that earn $500 to $1,000 a month.
*He tells you how he gets articles for his site without writing them himself.
*He discusses the importance of AdSense, and so on.
It's not a step-by-step affiliate manual. For that sort of detailed help, the $250,000 affiliate recommends the book by his mentor James Martell –
https://www.associateprograms.com/james
If you already have James's book, you'll find this chapter is like the icing on the cake. It tells you all the important things you need to know.
There's a whole lot more to the book than the $250,000 affiliate.
My favorite chapter is the one on the guy who's selling big- ticket items on eBay.
He's doing stuff that no one else is doing and, so far, has no real competitors.
If that chapter doesn't set your pulse racing, you don't have a pulse.
You can read more about John's book here…
https://www.associateprograms.com/john
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3. New – a sort of AdSense competitor
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Russell Brunson has just launched Affiliate Power Ads, a sort of competitor to Google's AdSense – text links with pictures.
They're a bit like AdSense ads, except you have some say in what's advertised, and there's a viral marketing component, so news of this is spreading very fast.
You're paid per sale, not per click.
I'm testing Affiliate Power Ads on the main page of AssociatePrograms.com.
It looks as though it will work best for sites that have an Internet marketing theme.
You can see it in action here… AssociatePrograms.com.
(Click Refresh on your browser and watch the ads change.)
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4. Our vacation sparks two new goals
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Joanna and I have been having a vacation, traveling along the east coast of Australia, staying a few days in different spots.
We ended up at a beach house at Belongil Beach, a 10-minute stroll along the beach from Byron Bay, south of Brisbane.
It was a superb spot. When the tide was in, we were only about 10 paces from the sea.
We could watch people being taught to surf almost right in front of the house. One day we saw a school of fish leaping, and another day we watched two dolphins frolicking in the waves.
When we take a break from work I always feel energized and begin thinking of new ideas, new web sites, new ways to improve the business.
So we say to each other, “We must do this more often,” but then we foolishly fall back into the old trap of becoming totally absorbed in our business again.
We're determined that's not going to happen again.
This time we've written down two new goals: We're going to take a day off work each week (to start with) and a long weekend away from home once a month.
How about you?
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5. Thought for today: A good vacation
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“A good vacation is over when you begin to yearn for your work.” – Morris Fishbein.
All the best
Allan Gardyne
