Does it pass the sniff test? Affiliate Marketers read this to see why you aren't getting conversions.

"Something stinks" I said. One of our members, let's call him Bob,  asked me to take a look at his advertising campaign for his Affiliate marketing program. He'd spent a lot of money on advertising specifically solo ads, he was getting "sign ups" or leads but none were converting. He'd been at if for some time, watching, waiting for some kind of return. He wasn't a newbie either, he'd been doing online marketing for a few years. Finally in frustration he came to me for help.  I am sharing with you what I found, so you can avoid making the same mistakes and know what to look for when you buy advertising to promote your own affiliate marketing links. First, I took a look at his Solo Ad copy. It was well written, got to the point, punchy, benefit - rich and enticed the reader to click for a Special Free Offer. No problems with his Solo Ad copy whatsoever.    Next, I looked at the landing page he was using in his marketing, he had 3 different test versions and was tracking clicks on each. Each landing page (squeeze page) was well written, employed all the essentials of good copy writing, attention getting headlines, call to action, clear benefits, compelling offer, simple sign up / optin form. Then I reviewed his click rate data for each page.   He had a significant number of clicks with an interesting pattern. When the landing page was promoted in his Solo Ad, the clicks came in within seconds and minutes and hour of the posting, then stopped completely. No clicks at all after about an hour of the ad posting. Let me share some experience with you, as a company we spend thousands of dollars on advertising, and I can tell you that when we post an ad, especially to a list, we get leads for the next few days, even the next week. The responses don't abruptly stop within an hour of the posting. The ad may go out in a few minutes, but the recipients don't check / read their emails at the same time.  Next I turned to his list of leads.  The leads when viewed as a long list was revealing. There was a suspicious pattern. They had very similar entry data, first initial only and a last name. Then some with a Name that was exactly the same as the email address. Some were entered in all capital letters, while others had the same style of abbreviations.  Odd. I've been in the affiliate marketing industry for over 25 years, I can tell you one fact about data entry. Numerous people don't enter data in the very same way, and rarely on a list of 100 leads would you see the exact same or very similar data entry pattern. Here's the real eye-opener. When I analyzed if any of these "sign ups" had done anything after they entered their name / email to the optin form, I found that NONE of these leads had taken any further action. By action I mean, they didn't login, they didn't take the next step to "GET" what they had opted in to, or signed up for. Strange. If you are like me, when you "Sign up" for something you usually take (or are required) to take further action to verify the optin, or click to access the provided services, or login to collect on what you were offered and signed up for. Even if you are not like me, you would think that at least SOME of the leads / sign ups would "do" something, not one did. Why?  These leads didn't pass the sniff test.  I broke it to Bob. The sign ups were fake, either generated by a robot, or a software auto click program, or spit out by a randomized database of names / addresses/ spoofed IP addresses.  The leads are delivered in large numbers quickly to make the buyer happy. His reason for no conversion? The leads weren't real people, robots and fake names don't buy.  Finally, I asked Bob, where he had placed the Solo Ads. When he told me the source where he had been posting, the gig was up. He had been using a source that our experience and testing shows is a complete waste of money.    Author:  Sandi Hunter, President, Co-Founder, Worldprofit Inc. —-> Not yet a World Profit member? You're missing out on valuable services and training to help you learn how to earn at home from reputable online sources. World Profit provides training, resources, software and support for people who want to learn how to earn at home from reputable online sources. Find out why for 25 years now World Profit continues to be the # 1 popular choice for online home business training. Join over two million people worldwide who trust World Profit for online training and support.

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Review: Worldprofit's Home Business Bootcamp Training with George Kosch. Deprogramming the

 

Worldprofit's Bootcamp Instructor, George Kosch wasted no time getting down to the meat of the training. George made some announcements about new services available to Worldprofit Silver and Platinum VIP Members. -New Members are URGED to start the online training lessons and stick with it. -New Landing Pages are now available -Dr. Jeffrey Lant's 19th book is completed now! We are just working on the marketing materials. All Members will get this ebook at no cost to use as a business builder -New products just added to the Worldprofit MONEY MAKER KIT. You now have access to 59 products that you can promote to earn 100% commission. (That's just in the Money Makers Kit, don't forget the 190+ products you have in the CB Promo Kit). -Congratulations to our TOP 20 Sellers this month and especially to Linda Elze recognized for being in the #1 spot for April 2014. - TWO Super Solo Traffic Packages available for sale (or your own purchase). Anyone who is marketing online needs a trusted source of advertising, these are very in demand and can increase your commissions. -All Members are reminded to simply submit a Support Form if you need help with the online training. Discussion: Deprogramming the "BRAIN-WASHED" Marketer Demonstrations: Who's Logged in - how to use this tool to know who are your BEST prospects. This is included in your Silver and Platinum VIP Membership. George's Secret Project - George gave attendees a peek at something not yet officially released Conclusion: Thank you to each of you who attended the LIVE interactive home business training. Your comments, requests and feedback help us deliver training that is relevant to your specific needs and also benefits the entire Worldprofit home business community. The recording of the training will be posted to your Worldprofit Member area within 24 hours to the TRAINING section located on TOP MENU. Next LIVE home business bootcamp training session is Friday - every Friday morning! Hope to see you there! If you are reading this and not yet a member of Worldprofit, can you sign up for a free Worldprofit Associate membership. Find out for yourself why after over 20 years in business Worldprofit is the #1 popular choice for online home business training.

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Automating Your Marketing

One easy way of automating the list building process with Twitter is by using the services of www.SocialOomph.com You can send out automatic direct messages to those who begin to follow your updates. These automated messages could include a direct link to your website, blog or better yet ? your squeeze page where you offer each Twitter user a free incentive, such as a report, ebook, article content or guide based on your niche market. When it comes to using Social Oomph to build your list and initiate first contact with those that follow you, be sure that the product you are offering on your squeeze page is extremely focused on your niche market and offers something of value. You don?t want to give away a product that is already saturated online, such as outdated PLR. Try to offer something original, even if it?s a short report or mini-product, the more exclusive it is to your list, the more likely that your visitors will subscribe to your newsletter. Just like with every other social community, your marketing campaign needs to be tweaked and offered in a slightly very different format that caters to their desire to network with other like-minded individuals. This means that you want to make sure your automated DM message, as well as every tweet you broadcast is seemingly written for the benefit of the reader, rather than direct advertisements. Posting entertaining and useful tweets is an important part of successfully building your online business with twitter, however you want to focus on spending your time wisely and ensuring that each tweet is productive in helping you further your brand, right? This is where twitter link bait comes into play. Rather than posting a link to a direct news story, post a summary of it on your blog and direct people to your page in order to read the message you are broadcasting. This is a passive aggressive marketing tactic that works very well within twitter, because rather than directly trying to sell to your following base, you are simply posting about something you found interesting, useful or entertaining. Once you have them on your blog, they?ll likely explore your website and if you?ve done your job of developing relationships with your following base and staying active within the twitter community, it will be a lot easier to convince them to subscribe to your newsletter or purchase your products. Show people that you are interested in getting to know them, what they are interested in, what they are looking for. Focus on giving, more than receiving and you will quickly discover, just how effective twitter can be in helping you further your brand and building your online business. By answering questions and providing help, tips or advice on questions that people have, you can establish yourself as a credible source for information within your niche market, quickly and easily.

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Affiliate Marketing Cost Can Be Cheap

If you are thinking about getting involved with affiliate marketing you are probably wondering what affiliate marketing cost you can expect to incur. The good news is that you can start your very own affiliate marketing business for free or very little cost. Yes, I said free. Though I'll be honest, that's not going to get you as far as quickly as if you invested a small amount of money, let me explain why. There are probably thousands of different types of products and services you could become an affiliate for but the real trick is getting customers to your website. You need to get a steady stream of hungry customers to your site if you want to make money. One of the best methods for generating this traffic is by article marketing. That means you write quality, informative articles about the product you are promoting and when someone reads your article they can click on a link at the bottom of your article and be taken to your website. Not only is this method free it also has the added advantage of helping you set yourself up as a trusted expert. The downside to this method is that many of the article directories (websites that will let you submit articles for publication) won't allow you to put an affiliate link in your article, you need your own domain name. There are some ways you can get around that such as putting up pages on sites like Hubpages and Squidoo but that's not as effective as purchasing your own domain and hosting. You can buy your own domain name for less than $11 a year and hosting can be less than $10 a month. So, while you can get involved in affiliate marketing for free, if you've got even a small amount of money it can help you get established a little more quickly. When you're first starting out you'll probably hear a lot about Pay Per Click (PPC). This is a form of advertising that allows you to place ads using topic specific keywords. You will only have to pay for the ad when someone clicks on it and is taken to your site. The amount you have to pay will vary depending on the keyword you're targeting and is determined by a bidding process. PPC has a lot of variables and if you're not careful you can really rack up hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Because of the steep learning curve I recommend anyone who is new to affiliate marketing start with the free marketing methods such as article marketing. They are every bit as effective as PPC but they won't cost you anything. Then, when you are making more money and have the time to learn to do PPC properly, you can expand...if you want to. There is nothing stopping you from starting your own affiliate marketing business. The affiliate marketing cost is very low (or even free) and the potential rewards are virtually unlimited. Just remember, that even though you can start this business with little or no money, if you don't treat it like a business and learn all you can, you'll never make any money either.

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Nurturing And Developing A Home Business With Simple Ideas

You need to have some knowledge of what to do and expect from a home business. You need to know what resources are available to you and who can provide you answers as to what you need for the future of your business. The tips below can help you start. To keep your finances in order, acquire a unique checking account and credit card to use for your home business. Use them for every business transaction you have, and use them for business only. Keeping your business finances separate from your personal finances will make it much easier on you when tax-time rolls around. A good way to start gathering information on how to be successful at a home-based business is to join an online forum or community discussion group. You can find many useful resources by doing a simple Google search. Blogs are another great resource when it comes to educating yourself about online businesses. Ask the other members of your household to refrain from interrupting or otherwise compromising your work. Keep regular work hours so that they know what to expect. If you have kids, schedule work hours while they are occupied at school or extracurricular activities. Don't leave work materials in common areas where they might be moved or damaged. Since your home is also your work place, make a point to get out of the house on a regular basis. Don't isolate yourself for the sake of convenience. Go have lunch in the park, grab your coffee at a bookstore, etc. Just make sure you are out breathing fresh air at least once a day. As you begin your home business, make sure that you believe in the product or company that you are supporting. It is very difficult to try and sell a product that you would not want to own yourself. Similarly, if you do not believe in a company's message or business practices, you will not work as hard for them. Make sure you respond to any customer inquiries in a timely manner. Keep track of your messages to make sure every question gets answered. This will show customers you care about your business and they will come back to do business with you for their future purchases or business needs. Keep everything as organized as possible to make it easier for you to keep your bills paid on time and your customers happy. Find a place with few distractions that you can dedicate to only your home business supplies. It will make the time that you spend working more efficient. If you are planning to start a home-based business, try teaching music lessons. If you play a musical instrument, it's an invaluable tool for making money. Good music teachers command good pay, you can use any room in your home and you will have no start-up costs. It's the perfect way to use your talent to your advantage. As you have seen in the above tips, there is a lot of knowledge, you can acquire before starting and maintaining a home business, and it is this knowledge that can help you with your future. Do everything you must to ensure the success of your home business for the future.

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What is Worldprofit. Revealed insider details you need to know.

What is Worldprofit? Simple question. The answer more complex.  When we as Co-Founders (George Kosch and Sandi Hunter) started Worldprofit on a kitchen table in Edmonton, Alberta in 1994 we were a hosting company. We then started offering website design.  We had a few customers. We grew, and grew some more, really fast.  We had big ambition and perfect timing to take advantage of a new and exploding industry, the World Wide Web.   Here's some historical context. When we started Worldprofit in 1994, Google didn't exist, they didn't arrive for another 4 years in 1998.  When we submitted Worldprofit's website to be indexed for the first time to the main search engine - it was 1995 - it  was Yahoo. Yahoo was a fledgling, an upstart so small we were on a first name basis with the team at Yahoo. Facebook was a latecomer not appearing on the scene until 2004. Ah the good old days.  Fast forward to today, things have changed for us all.  It's been an incredible ride! Today, with over 2 million Members, Worldprofit has evolved into a comprehensive business platform, providing the tools, resources, training and support necessary for our Members to start and grow their own online business. We offer a unique Membership but all these years later, we still provide web site hosting,  for one critical reason. We believe that having your own website, a domain based website is just as valuable today as it was 25 years ago. With your own website you have a home, a place of business - YOUR place of business. It's your online property. It's where you brand yourself and tie into your social media feeds.   Your website is the CENTER of your business universe. The important factor being that it's YOUR site, not belonging to anyone else. It means when you promote your website address, it's professional, and you are promoting YOURSELF while building your own contacts and subscribers.  Too many people underestimate the value of a website. The cost for a domain name,  website hosting and design is minimal for the value you get for GROWING your business. Building your brand and growing your online property means investing in online real estate, that starts with your own domain based website. When you have your website you can easily integrate with your blog and all your social media content to expand what is to be your successful online business.     Worldprofit Members are provided with a website hosting AND business package along with resources we know to be essential based on our 25 years of experience.  Our Members are from all walks of life, from all parts of the globe  ranging from those wanting to earn a few extra dollars to people determined to earn a full time income from their online business. Worldprofit is NOT in the business opportunity industry, what we do is create and support online business owners. People who want to work for themselves promoting quality digital products and web-based services, people who want to learn about online marketing as they grow their business.  In the same way that technology is quickly eliminating traditional jobs, Internet technologies and the sale of digital products is opening up endless jobs online and infinite opportunities. The key is to know what products to promote, how and where to market and advertise so you start with one sale that grows into many sales for YEARS to come as your business thrives. At Worldprofit we recognize that our Members want to promote more than just Worldprofit's products and services - in fact - we don't just recognize this we base our entire platform on providing resources and instruction to help you earn from multiple sources. Think BIG! It doesn't matter what affiliate program you are involved with you still need sources of quality traffic, ways to generate leads, methods to organize, automate and expand your business,  a marketing system that is proven successful, training to save you time and frustration (and money) and importantly HELP and mentorship on your journey to success. You get all of this and more at Worldprofit.  You may be involved with any number of affiliate programs including ClickBank, JVZoo, network marketing programs, or affiliate marketing programs of your own choice.  A key value of being a Worldprofit member lies in being part of a home business community, a network of people helping people all involved with affiliate marketing. Long ago we understood that simply putting products and software into the hands of our Members wasn't enough Training and support on how to use those resources was a critical component contributing to the success our members. Most people do not have a lot of technical skills, they are new to online marketing, support is essential.  Since our success is based on the success of our Members we realized it was paramount that Worldprofit create a comprehensive training program focused 100% on the business of affiliate marketing.      About 20 years ago, Worldprofit developed something unique, something unheard of at the time, we created our online Home Business and Affiliate marketing bootcamp, a series of online lessons complete with videos and LIVE weekly interactive training. George Kosch, CEO and Co-Founder of Worldprofit created the lessons based on his first hand experience and continues to this day as the Bootcamp Instructor, and Mentor for our Members. A a former Captain (Pilot) in the Royal Canadian Armed Forces, George incorporated that military style discipline into his training encouraging his students to follow the training, to learn then DO the work to get the results.  When George Kosch left the Air Force in 1994 to start his own internet business, there was no handbook on how to do it, so everything George learned was from the school of hard knocks, drawing from his own successes and failures to learn what worked and what didn't.   Building on that foundation, George a self-taught software developer, created specialized tools and software available exclusively  to Worldprofit Members.  His goal was and continues to be to provide and teach our Members a sophisticated proven marketing system utilizing the software and resources included in Worldprofit's membership to start and grow their online business.  Out of the Bootcamp training arose a need to recognize those Worldprofit Members who progressed successfully through our training to achieve a certain level of status.  Worldprofit offers two levels of achievement and recognition, the Certified Ebusiness Consultant (CEC) and the Masters Certified EBusiness Consultant (MCEC).  Each level requires Members to meet certain criteria in order to achieve and maintain the status of CEC or MCEC.   The basis of the program being that we felt it important that our Worldprofit Members have a certain level of familiarity and understanding about online marketing so that they can professionally help others as EBusiness Consultants.    We are honoured that so many people around the world put their trust and confidence in Worldprofit to receive the resources, training and support they need to  take charge of their financial future, by making a decision to start their own online business.  Think Big. It all starts with one sale. We provide you with everything you need to make that happen. Worldprofit is your one-stop success shop. —-> Not yet a World Profit member? You're missing out on valuable services and training to help you learn how to earn at home from reputable online sources. World Profit provides training, resources, software and support for people who want to learn how to earn at home from reputable online sources. Find out why for 25 years now World Profit continues to be the # 1 popular choice for online home business training. Join over two million people worldwide who trust World Profit for online training and support.

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How To Pick a Legitimate Home Business Opportunity

 

You've seen the emails, the offers, the promises and the claims. Everyone it seems has a way to help you make money online. But how do you know who you can trust? How do you know what system works? How do you protect yourself? The fact is that you CAN earn money online from legitimate sources, here's what to look for when picking an online business opportunity. Products or Services with actual value Many companies including large companies like Amazon and ClickBank offer what is known as an Affiliate marketing program, or sometimes called a Reseller program. This allows you to promote a company's products or services and earn a commission when a sale is made through your website link. The key in knowing what is legitimate is to be sure you are actually promoting a real product, or a digital product, or an actually service. Beware of selling anything that seems without substance, and has no real market value. An example of something suspect would be getting paid to recruit people into a program who have not paid any money to do so. All business online and off works when there is an exchange of money for a product or service. Pyramid schemes exist online and off and are an example of focus on recruitment into a program rather then the sale of an actual product. In the case of a pyramid scheme, and example is someone paying to join a program but receives no product or service of REAL value in return. In short, make sure that you are actually selling something of value. Customer Service and Support Legitimate companies that sell actual products and services will support or service what they sell. In other words, good companies will have a Customer Support Department, or a Service Department or Technical Support division to assist customers who have either bought a product or intend to do so. Reputable companies offer this support in any number of ways, online chat, support forums, Twitter, Facebook, telephone support, or online support. Time in business Legitimate business opportunities most trustworthy are often those that have stood the test of time. On the web it is very easy to set up a company, sell questionable products and services, then disappear into the night when the business practices come into question. When picking an online business opportunity select a company that has been around for at least a few years. Companies that continue to exist are usually those that demonstrate an interest in keeping their customers happy, are accountable, and adhere to policy and legislation that permits them to provide a product or service. Reputation When picking a reputable business opportunity people will often look to review sites for feedback from others. This can offer you some interesting details about what people think about a company and how the company responds to complaints. In reading the reviews though keep an open mind knowing that no company exists without complaints against it. Good companies that you would want to associate with, are those that try to address customer complaints or resolve issues brought to their attention. People with an axe to grind will sometime post negative reviews and hide in the anonymity of that post. So be smart when reading review sites, and look for dates, patterns or themes and try to separate the intelligent comments from the less helpful and questionable ones. Look before you leap When you decide on which business opportunity you wish to join, be sure to take your time and read over what you are agreeing to before you sign on the dotted line or hit the submit button. Determine what your up front cost is, your monthly cost (if any), your ongoing cost? What happens if you want to cancel, is there a guarantee, or is there any long term obligation or a penalty for cancelling? Find out how your sales will be tracked, how often will you paid, for which services and how will you be paid. In summary, here are 5 questions to ask yourself for any company you are considering for a home business opportunity. 1. How long has the company been in business? What is their reputation? 2. What is the product or service you will be selling? What is the value in the market place? There should ALWAYS be a product or service being sold. 3. What is the initial cost to get started in the business? What do you get for that amount of money? What are the ongoing costs? 4. What kind of support or service will you receive as an Affiliate Marketer or Reseller for the company to help you make sales? What kind of support of service will the people you refer receive when they make a purchase? 5. How much money are you paid by this company when you make a sale, how often, and how will your sales be tracked? These questions and information contained within are a guideline to help you make a smart decision about an online business opportunity that is right for you. One final bit of advise. Once you have found a company to represent be sure to be realistic about your earnings and accept some responsibility for your own success. At the end of the day, your success comes down to you, and your efforts. It won't matter what business opportunity you select if you don't take the time to learn about the program, learn how to market online, and make an honest consistent effort to build your own success. I hope this has helped you so you can select one or more legitimate companies and you can join the growing population of people making money at home using the power of the web. About the Author Sandi Hunter is the President of Worldprofit Inc., a company providing training and support for small and home based business since 1994. Services include home business training, reseller programs, affiliate marketing training, earn-at-home programs, traffic tools, advertising, webcasting, hosting, design, WordPress Blogs and more. Find out why Worldprofit is considered the # 1 online Home Business Training program by getting a free Associate Membership today.

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