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The Newbie Affiliate and the Guru

Alright everyone,

Today,s little lesson is geared toward the Newbie Affiliate.

The term Newbie is not in any way, shape or form to meant as an insult or looking down upon. It is just the term that happened to stick in the business world for anyone starting out fresh in any industry.

We have ALL been newbies at one point and I will testify first hand that is so frustrating in the beginning if you do not have the right answers when starting this new way of life.

There are many rip off artists out there that can seem so genuine and honest. If you do not know how to spot them, you are in for a world of losses and pure aggravation. I suppose that is exactly what got me started on the whole review tangent.

I totally have your back on this one.

So you want to make money online eh?.

Where do you start?
How do the people out there do it?
Can I really get rich?
What is the best way to pick a product to promote?
What the heck does an affiliate marketer really do anyway?

Lets go down the list together shall we?

Where to start:
Before you do a thing, you start from within and decide what type of niche you are most drawn to. You can build on different niches as you go along. Lets just take it one step at a time o.k?

Once you have made a decision on your niche, get over to Google and do a keyword search on the niche you have just chosen.

If it pulls up a lot of other interest in the search engine, chances are you have a good niche and can start the ball rolling on promoting companies that have the products that fill that need in the market place. Cool?

O.k, lets take the next step.
How do other people out there do it?

Loaded questionn. We all have different ways of running our businesses. We have different thought processes, different passions and different business models we go by. However if we take that same question and change it up a bit to something like, “How do the Super Affiliates and Guru’s do it?” Well now we have a much better question. Agreed? Awesome..
There is a formula to it all when you start digging your heels into it.

One thing that is agreed upon by all the Super Affiliates and Guru’s is this:

GIVE FIRST!

One big mistake I see with many newbies is they do not know this value yet. And yes it is Value. Think about it this way. When you are looking for something online to either learn or purchase, do you stay on pages that give you nothing up front? There has got to be value in everything you do. Not only will your potential customers thank you and actually buy from you but you will have the knowledge that you are giving the best you can give up front. No strings attached. Just great content and information to educate your readers and lead them to making their own decision on weather or not they want to buy from you. You are competing for business just like in the off line world. People buy from their friends and from authorities they trust and like. If you not build trust and keep honesty in your business dealings, YOU ARE DONE! Baked, Cooked And Fried! Got It?

Now I could go real deep here with a complete business plan and road map for you but I won’t do that here because I do plan on writing a book along with some video tutorials to sell you one day.

For now if you just can’t wait for it here is a link to on of my favorite GURU’s that made this just for the Newbies…and yes this is an affiliate link of mine... (See, upfront and honest!) “This is one you can TRUST.”Click Here! I will get to that whole who to trust thing with products out there as well.

Next one:
Can I really Get Rich?

Again, this is a question you need to answer for yourself. Can you? Well, yes. Will you? Depends…

We all have the same opportunity to make our dreams of financial freedom come true. First off, you need to decide what rich really means to you personally. If you are really asking can I become a millionaire off of this type of business. Absolutely you can! But it is work and dedication. Just ask any millionaire in the world what they do daily to get there and the list will amaze you.

Next:
What is the best way to pick a product to promote?
Be very selective with whom you jump in the sack with on this one.

My suggestion is you sign up for a click bank account and start looking through the programs that are offered. Look at the pitch pages from the owners of the products.

If it looks like crap to you chances are it will look like crap to someone else. Also look at what the offer for affiliates are.

The best offers will be no less that 50% of the commission. These guys know that we the affiliates make up for close to 90% of their sales. So be sure to compare the product with the rate and do investigate who you are dealing with.

You can always ask me to give the scoop on them. When you subscribe to my newsletter you will have access to my email as well. Fair?

Next and last:
What the heck does an affiliate marketer do anyway?

We do exactly just that. We market online products to the world. We have several ways of doing this but for now here is just a small list. And it is a BLAST!!!

We write blogs, articles and newsletters. We do click bank campaigns. We make pages on our websites (easy to do by the way) that promote products. We add links to our pages with our affiliate codes. We educate, inform and encourage others.
We love what we do and make money at it.

So, now that you have a little bit more..And I hope this helps..

Remember to always have love in your heart and give thanks for every window of opportunity that comes your way. And most of all Give First, Reciprocate and always do what you say you will do.
Here is the link to Ewen’s Newbie Affiliate Course

Rhonda G.-

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Alright already…

I have been getting lot’s of questions from my subscribers asking me to let them in on my thought process and how I get time to actually test and write about the software, tools, and affiliate programs that are out there. (I’ll get to that in a moment)

Yes, there are a crap load of them and about 90% of them are absolute junk from what I have personally witnessed.

This does take time and dedication to get to the root of it all.

First off there is the burning question new online marketers and affiliate partners and marketers want to know the answer to:

HOW DO I MAKE MONEY AT THIS?

Uh, here comes the open can of worms…

EDUCATE YOURSELF!

O.k, so we got that biggie out of the way.

I will repeat this all day everyday if needed.

Education is a must in this game of internet marketing. Here’s the problem most seem to have.

The Scenario:

Jump on line
Surf pages
Sign up for everything
Get you mail box filled with stuff
Go through your mailbox and delete all the stuff you just signed up for.
Rinse, Repeat…

Come on kids this is not rocket science.

Sit yourself down, write out on paper what it is you want to accomplish.

Need a head start? alright here are a couple of thoughts.

First off you might want to get the notion out of your head that if you hit a button you will get rich. REALITY CHECK!

If anyone could just push a friggin button and make a gazillion dollars on line we would all just be pushing buttons, sitting back and whistle dixie all the way to our paypal accounts.

It takes WORK, DETERMINATION, DEDICATION and without

    PROCRASTINATION!

    Lets say your driving your car to a destination you have never been before.

    Whats the first thing you need to get there? Oh, you already know?

    Winner Winner Winner!

    Yes the almighty map with directions..

    Well unless your one of those that don’t need a map and get lucky once in a while to get there from instinct. I’m certain you have never been lost or gotten turned around before. right?

    O.k, back to me for a minute.

    I use my road maps! I sit down and draw them out point A to point B.

    Do I ever get turned around or take a fork in the road? Of course I do but I do everything in my power to stick to the map.

    Education: I educate myself on what I want to learn but it goes further than learning it.

    I PUT IT INTO ACTION!

    If I ever gave one valuable piece of advice that was given to me from LISTENING. It is this..

    Take what you learn and immediately put it into an action step. It does not matter if you goof something up along the way, you can fix mistakes. However, if you do not take that step to even know if you are going to goof it up your just spinning your wheels and staying in the same spot. Sounds pretty hopeless.

    So, here is my day in a little nut shell.

    I wake up, get dressed, NO PJ’s allowed…(Be ready for anything that comes at you.) Being dressed and ready for business will put you in a mind set of a business person. “I am pretty sure making money online constitutes as running a business.”

    Get a bit of exercise in so I can actually have oxygen running through my brain so I can be as productive as possible.

    Get to work… No phone calls, No emails, Cell phone off…

    I take two hours right out the gate and go down my list of TO Do’s that I already had written out the night or even the week before.

    Focus Focus Focus.

    It takes 15 minutes to get into a zone of focus and clear understanding. So now you’ve got 105 minutes left to get a whole bunch of stuff done.

    Here is an example of what you can do with 105 minutes.

    (This is For Everyone Pretty Much)

    Get a Blog posting done:
    15 minutes or less including pinging and bookmarking.
    Get your Twitter On auto tweets for the day.
    15 minutes or less with social tweets as well as affiliate links attached.( always make time to be social and thankful to your followers..Do Not Spam them) Be true and honest with no B.S.
    Get your affiliate links organized and lined up for marketing:25 minutes at least if you have a handful of companies.
    Make sure you are Marketing for the companies you are an affiliate for. If you just jump around from on to the next you are wasting your time and not benefiting yourself or others that may actually be looking for the product you have to offer.
    Get in your auto-responder and make sure you are updated in your email campaigns. 30 minutes. This is one of the most important places you want to take care with. Content is everything to your subscribers. They trust you as an adviser to give them what you said you would when they signed up in the first place. Do not send junk to your email subscribers. You will piss them off and they will unsubscribe.
    Go through your training that your affiliate partners give you in order to help you succeed. 30 minutes to refresh and put into action. If you are working with a company that does not offer this and you are not making money for them or yourself, well, personally you may want to drop the deal with them. All the best programs out there will have training that you can easily understand and put into action immediately.

    O.k, so I went over by about ten minutes but you get the picture.

    This is what I do. It works for me. I hope it will help you out a bit.

    Peace.

    Rhonda Giarraffa
    http://www.affiliatereviewguru.com
    http://www.affiliatelearninglinks.com
    Protect Your Commissions… Build Your List… Instantly Profit…
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Viral URL Just stepped it up..

For those of you who have not had the pleasure of working with Viral URL, you are in for a big treat.

I came across this nifty tool via an email that was sent to me from a fellow affiliate marketer.

Now, this guy does not usually send me emails concerning his own links or products but he just put together a new program with a sales page and to get a quick shot of traffic to it he jumped on this free site called Viral URL.

Out of curiosity of course I had to take a peek at what this thing actually does.

Cool, it’s free to sign up I thought to myself so no harm no fail. So, I signed up. At first I was a little confused at on how it all worked.

Duh, tutorials were right in front of me. Awsome Awsome Awsome!

Anyhow, I took about thirty minutes more than I really wanted to due to time constraints but knew if I didn’t I would not get the full benefit out of the concept and workings of how it goes viral with ads.

This is where it gets really cool. You actually earn credits by clicking on other ads that then in turn click on yours and so on. So, yeah totally viral at this point. Also, and you had to know this was coming, AFFILIATE Program to sign up for.

I have another cool site that is close to the same concept but I am keeping it to myself for a couple of days until I test it as well.

Have A Productive Day!
Rhonda G.,

Twitter Affiliate Cash Test

What the heck is Twitter Affiliate Cash you ask?

Well, it is a series of video tutorials that are easy to navigate through so you can immediately start getting TARGETED Twitter Followers.

When I first got my hot little hands on this program I as usual was a bit sceptical as to weather or not it would be what I was hoping for.

I am very pleased to announce that not only was I happy with the content of the information received but I got results as soon as I put what I learned in to action.

Here is a video I personally made for you showing my results from doing what the tutorials lead me to do.

Oh, and the REALLY COOL part of this… Is it has an affiliate program built right in to it. Soooo, not only do you get knowledge on how to get Twitter Followers FAST, you get to make money from the Video when you sign up as an affiliate!

Here is the Link for Twitter Affiliate Cash

Or:Click

Giving Value as an Affiliate!

It’s one thing to be an affiliate but a completely different animal when it comes to giving value as an affiliate.

Affiliate marketing seems to be in a stage of rush at this point in time. I mean, there are tons of newbie affiliates jumping on the wagon to wealth and that is awsome. However, there are many that still have gotten the wrong advise from some of the bottom feeders that are purely in it for a quick buck.

This is where we as the more educated marketers need to help out. Yes it is true that there is always a compete but there is also heart that should go into what we do.

So, to the newbies of affiliate marketing, I will give to you value in everything I put out there.

I know there are other marketers online that will stand with me on this as we move forward in our niches and want to truely make a difference.

Lets look at it this way, if there are tons of new affiliate marketers and even veteran marketers out there that have learned bad behavior from others that are not giving value, it will eventually hurt those that are serious about our way of making an honest living.

Lets keep in mind here that Affiliate Marketers are the extended arm of both small companies that have great product to offer as well as large corporations out there that hand the preverbial marketing stick to us.

We know how to get around the internet, we know how to go on auto-pilot and we know how to make money.

If we do not teach the up and comers the right way to market we are really shooting ourselves in the foot.

I was a mess when I started marketing on line. I had to dig deep to find the right answers and all the tips and tricks for transposing my off line marketing skills to the internet world.

I acutally at one point had the same bad taste in my mouth about on line marketers simply because the small amount of bad ones were so bad about it that they took the good light out of it and #$%# it up for the those that actually had value to give.

I welcome all coments on this post and have faith that there is still more good that there is bad out there.

Let’s all give value as affiliates to those that are jumping in the game.

Have a Productive Day!

Rhonda G.
http://www.affiliatereviewguru.com
http://www.affiliateleaninglinks.com

Follow Me on Twitter!

Twitter Affiliate Cash

As most of you know I have been searching diligently to find a product or program that would give up the goods on the whole Twitter thing.

I literally got to a point to where I was starting to look under rocks for something to get to my readers and subscribers.

After a disappointment with Viral Tweets customer service or should I say lack there of, I am pretty sure I found what we have all been looking for!

I did a video review on this cool guy named Bill McRea that developed this suite of video tutorials on Twitter and how to cash in by using your twitter account.

Twitter Affiliate Cash

The best thing about this is that it is on the up and up and just an incredible value.

I have to admit I got sucked in to the trainings for about two hours solid. I really could not pull myself away from them. Yes, it’s that good! Oh, and I did make a commitment to my readers and myself to put it in to action tonight so I could see how fast it all works.

No rest for the weary…

So basically what you will find in this suite of video trainings is pretty much everything you need to know about building your followers at a rapid pace but doing it in the way that makes sense.

I could go on and on about it but in a nutshell, you get the followers that are of value to you and you follow back as you may be of value to them.

This is learning how to be followed by an audience that is looking for what you have to offer. Make sense?

I am putting it to the test as usual and should have my final review on it by noon tomorrow.
For more info on this Click Here!

Have a Productive Day!
Follow Me On Twitter!
Rhonda G.
http://www.affiliatereviewguru.com
http://www.learninglinkshare.com
http://www.affiliatelearninglinks.com

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