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The New ClickBank Marketplace

Jan 16

Posted by Steven Wagenheim in General | No Comments

In case you haven’t noticed, ClickBank just changed its marketplace. Some love it, some hate it. Either way, I’m going to give you the five cent tour of what I feel are some of the things that could probably be made better. I’m a big ClickBank lover but I think there are a few items that need to be addressed. I’m going to cover them in this article.

At the top of the list of things that I feel need to be changed is the obvious attention being directed to the commission percent of each product. Right now, it’s pretty much the main thing that people see. And normally, I’d say that’s fine. But there is a big problem with drawing attention to commission percent above everything else.

When somebody sees a high commission percentage they’re likely to choose that product over one that has a lower percentage. It’s human nature. However, let’s do the math. Let’s say that you have a $50 product that has a 75% commission attached to it. If you do the math, that comes out to $37.50 per sale. Now, let’s take a $100 product with a 50% commission. That comes out to $50 per sale. If somebody is just looking at high commission rates, they’re going to miss the latter product and miss out on an additional $12.50 per sale. I’m not saying that one stat should be highlighted over another (it never was) but doing this is giving affiliates a distorted picture.

Another thing that I think needs to be looked at is the number of items that you can display per view. In the old system, you could view up to 50 products at a time. This made finding a product go a lot faster. Now, you are limited to just 10 per view. Therefore, you have to spend more time initiating searches than you did with the old system. I am hoping they will put this functionality back in.

Finally, and to me this is a big thing, there is no longer the option to view just new products. As somebody who is constantly on the lookout for new products, this functionality was a must have. Now, there is absolutely no way to tell what products are new. You can’t really go by gravity or affiliate percentage of anything like that because there are plenty of old products that don’t sell. Hopefully, this will be rectified as well.

I won’t comment on the aesthetics of the site because how people think it looks is totally subjective. What’s one person’s beautiful is another person’s ugly. So I just restricted my comments to the actual functionality of the site. And yes, sticking that big old commission percentage up there like a bulls eye IS functionality. It all depends on how you look at it.

Anyway, head on over to the new marketplace and see what you think of it. If you think changes should be made, let ClickBank know. I’m sure they ultimately want a positive user experience for everybody.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim

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Article Writing – Passive Voice is a Good Choice Over Active Voice – 3 Reasons Why

Dec 1

Posted by C.A. Perez in Article Writing | 2 Comments

You must be asking, “What in the world is he talking about?” In article writing the rule is active over passive voice, always. Well, that is a good rule. Yet, we overlook the fact that passive has its place and sometimes is a good choice over active voice. Passive can be a preferable construction.

Besides being sometimes preferable, passive voice can also be profitable. Here are three reasons for choosing passive over active voice.

  • Variety
  • Emphasis
  • Keywords

Variety

Active should be the predominant verb voice that you use throughout your article. It does help the reader understand what you are trying to say. It forces sentences to be more concise.

However, an article that uses active voice exclusively can be too staccato and sound like a monotonous drumbeat. Inserting an occasional passive voice sentence will add some variety. In fact, in some situations, you may not have a choice or it would be awkward to use active voice.

Example (passive): “It is written, ‘Thou shall not use passive voice’.” I do not know if anyone has ever written that statement or not.

To change it to active would be awkward. “God, Shakespeare, somebody wrote, ‘Thou shall not use passive voice’.” The passive sentence has a certain mystique or quality that the active one does not have.

Emphasis

Another opportunity to use passive for emphasis is this example. Suppose you are writing an article on reasons why active is the preferred voice to use. One reason could be:

Example (passive): “Visuals are created in the reader’s mind by active voice.” Here the emphasis is on the reason, visuals. To change it to active: “Active voice creates visuals in the reader’s mind.” It is your choice.

Keywords

Here is where using passive is most profitable. As you know, emphasizing keywords is critical to SEO (Search Engine Optimization). As in the previous example, in the passive voice, you can bring those keywords to the forefront in your titles and in your opening paragraphs to capture the reader’s attention.

Example: Let us suppose that your keyword is “apple jelly”. In a title (passive): “Apple jelly is made from good apples.” To change it to active: “Good apples make good apple jelly.” But your keyword, “apple jelly”, may not be read because it is not at the forefront.

Do not abandon passive voice just because your teacher or some computer program tells you it is not the voice of choice. In some cases, it may be the voice of choice.

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Article Writing Help for the Novice – 3 Tips

Oct 22

Posted by C.A. Perez in Article Writing | 1 Comment

Article writing attracts new internet marketers because it is free and because it appears to be easy. Are you not sure where to start? This short article gives writing help for the novice.

In the beginning, you may find it easy to write about something familiar. It is not enough to put pen to paper or punch a keyboard and write a good article.

Although content is king, there are other factors to consider. Here are three tips to consider as you start your writing adventure and ultimately earn money from your efforts.

1) Title

Make sure your title grabs the reader so that he will want to read what you have to say. Use keywords in your title. Still, do not stuff your title with keywords. The title needs to make sense and it should promise the potential reader an answer to his spoken or unspoken question.

2) Keywords

Keywords are important. Without them, there is no exposure, no traffic to your site. Maintain a balance between content and keywords. You can easily insert keywords and keyword phrases in your content that are relevant to your content. Now that the search engines pay attention to Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI), there is very little reason to stuff your article with keywords or keyword phrases.

What is LSI? LSI is simply a search engine’s ability to find words related to your keyword not by definition of the keyword alone but more by the context of the keyword in the article.

LSI allows the author much more flexibility in his choice of words and, consequently, it allows an author the ability to write better content and still “sell” his product.

3) Brevity

Keep your articles short 300 – 700 words should be enough, of course, there are always exceptions. Remember that readers these days have a short attention span.

Read any documentation on web browsing and you will find that most web surfers do not spend more than a few seconds looking at a web page. Your article is no different.

There are many more hints and tips that can help writers improve writing skills and earn more money.

Do you want to learn more about article writing? This short article touches only the surface of the art and craft of article writing in internet marketing.

Besides learning the art of writing, you must learn how to market your product with your words and you must learn how to market your own article.

Do you want to learn more about article writing? How to improve your writing? How to make money, writing articles? Of course you do. You owe it to yourself to learn more about article writing and marketing.

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Internet Marketing Tips – Do You Have to Be a Genius to Do This?

Oct 10

Posted by Steven Wagenheim in General | No Comments

Do you have to be a genius to be a successful Internet marketer? It’s a pretty simple and straight forward question. The answer that I’m going to provide you with is probably going to surprise you in many ways. You might want to read what’s coming next. See, I am a genius.

No kidding. I was tested at an IQ of 148. That technically makes me a genius. However, the answer to the question I asked is going to surprise you. No, you don’t have to be a genius to be a successful Internet marketer. In fact, I’m not sure it even helps at all. Why do I say that?

When I first started doing this Internet marketing thing, I was a total failure. I made all of $28 in my first five months online. So obviously being a genius didn’t help me one bit. I had no clue what I was doing and it showed in my results.

See, it doesn’t matter how smart you are. Internet marketing is not a “smarts” kind of thing. It’s really very basic and by the numbers. Anybody who can read and understand simple instructions and hit a few keys on a computer can do this…successfully. The reason it’s not all that hard is because you don’t have to reinvent the wheel. You don’t have to think things to death. The basic concepts of marketing are simple. Find a hingry market, find a product that they want, and then give it to them in a way that makes them want to buy it.

And the beauty part of it is, you don’t have to think of this stuff yourself. Can’t write a sales letter? No problem. Go hire somebody who can. There are plenty of great copywriters who can write you a sales letter that will convert. Can’t write articles to get traffic? Hire somebody to do it for you. Once you learn the marketing techniques and what works to bring in traffic, there is no law that says you have to do each thing on your own. Do you think Donald Trump lays brick for every building he puts up?

Once you understand what is required to get a prospect’s attention and convert that prospect into a paying customer, the only thing left to do is execute the plan by putting all the pieces together. If that means you have to hire seven different people to put those pieces together, then do it.

You don’t have to be a genius to be a successful Internet marketer. What you have to be is motivated enough to get the job done.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim

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Building Your Own Webpage – Newbies, It’s Easy!

Sep 23

Posted by C.A. Perez in Getting Started | 1 Comment

As a newbie Internet marketer the task of building your first webpage may seem complex and daunting.  It’s not!  Building your own webpage is easy.  The Internet offers may sites that will help you create your first webpage or website.  Don’t be overwhelmed by the number of sites willing to help you.  A search for “free websites” in Google will return over 55 Million hits!

The Problem:

You can create a webpage from scratch.  Creating it is not overly difficult, if you want a very basic looking page.  You will have to learn some basic Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML).  That too is not difficult.  It comes down to a question of time.  How much time are you willing to spend before you go online; before you start making money?

If you surf the Internet and have checked out the competition, you know that there are some very professional looking websites out there.  You would be hard pressed to compete with a very basic looking page.   But, there is hope.

You can outsource your work and have a professional do it.  Well, that costs money and time.  Time spent in coordinating with a web designer, the layout, the content, the colors and fonts.  How long before you can launch it and start making money?
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The Solution:

Although you can use template-driven software like SBI or Dreamweaver to create your webpage, nothing beats the ease of WordPress.  If this is your first attempt, with WordPress you can have a webpage up and running within minutes.  You will want to tweak it as you learn more.  But, you can have a live professional looking webpage knocking on your customer’s door very quickly.

As with a search for “free websites” in Google, you can access many a tutorial on the Internet to help.  The difference is the quickness with which you will have your webpage online.

Learn more about WordPress and how to start building your own webpage with WordPress. You will cut your learning curve in half.

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Word Press and Blogging-Are You using It Yet?

Sep 14

Posted by C.A. Perez in Getting Started | No Comments

In 2002, blogs reshaped the online marketing world.  While most people at that time started with various blogging systems to create their blogs, eventually most of them shifted to WordPress.  WordPress has become much more than a powerful website content management system (CMS). If you read any popular blogging tips online, WordPress is most often listed as the number one tool of choice for creating blogs.

Serious Internet marketers soon discovered that Word Press was more than just a blog tool.  Word press  can be used to build profitable websites.  With it internet marketers can manage  large amounts of text, audio and video content making Word Press a very powerful business tool.

Although you can use template-driven software like SBI or DreamWeaver, after a dozen pages it becomes difficult to manage a static HTML site.   Nothing beats the ease of WordPress.

Using premium Word Press tools you can easily transform a static website, create an article directory, a membership site system, a complete e-commerce site, auction sites, portfolio sites and much more.  You can use Word Press to create just about anything.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is another important element.  By default, WordPress is very good at optimizing and creating SEO friendly content.  However, by utilizing simple WordPress plugins you can increase and maximize your MSN, Yahoo, and Google SEO rankings.

The best thing about WordPress is its flexibility.  You can easily switch between WordPress themes, and improve its functions by using plugins and even some custom programming. Best of all its free!

If you aren’t using WordPress you should.  To power your online business, go ahead and use WordPress!

To discover more about WordPress, I strongly recommend that you visit this website: Word Press

You’ll get tons of step-by-step video tutorials on how to use WordPress, web 2.0 technology, search engine optimization, making money, and so much more. Get more information here.

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Internet Marketing Newbies Fail 95% of the Time – Want to Know Why?

Sep 2

Posted by C.A. Perez in Getting Started | No Comments

At this stage of my Internet marketing career, I am what is labeled as a newbie, a noob someone who knows very little abut Internet marketing of any kind. You and I know that Internet marketing has unlimited potential. Yet I also know that the latest statistics show that 95% of us “newbies” will fail. I know why.

Like many others that are just getting their feet wet. I have “opted in” to many an offer of free material that promises to help me make millions of dollars.  These offers come in all sorts of flavors they range from affiliate marketing guides, to affiliate marketing for beginners, to beginners marketing guides, and even newbies guide to affiliate marketing.

As newbies our learning curves are very steep. There is a lot of information to be digested and much of it is scattered throughout the Internet. It’s no wonder that so many fail at Internet marketing. You are distracted by all those offers of assistance. You are distracted by all the methods that you can apply to make you successful at Internet marketing. Internet marketing success is like a shotgun blast, there many ways (pellets) to hit the target.  For a no frills, no bull assessment of products visit: http://NewbieAffiliatesDirectory.com

Here is why we newbies are likely not to succeed at this business. As a newbie, after four months, I just now realized how much time I spend reading all those emails that I get. Do you? They offer me new ways and methods to make money online. Many of them come with free e-books and reports. Some offers ask for your e-mail to allow you access to the free give away; some don’t. Regardless, you download the files; you open up the freebie; and you start reading or viewing the information. The next thing you know, it’s lunch time where did the morning go?

What have you done to increase your revenue? What product or service have you exposed to the Internet and to potential customers today? How many websites or blogs have you created today?

That’s the bottom line – Customers. 95% of us newbies fail because we are to busy learning the hundreds of ways of making money, instead of choosing one and sticking with it until we are making money.

It’s time to delete those emails. If you can’t delete them, file them away, unread; and read them on the weekend or when you’re rich.

Another thing we do: visit forums. Forums are a wonderful place to ask questions and learn from more knowledgeable people and to socialize. Before you know it, an hour is gone, maybe two hours. You have read through all the threads on a topic that interests you and the day is gone.

What have you done to increase your bottom line? You say, “I’ve got to learn. I’ve got to read and ask questions. How am I going to make money, if I don’t know what to do next?”

We do have to spend time learning. The question is how much time. When do you put into action what you have learned? It does not matter that your knowledge may not be complete. Will it ever be? Most, if not all, of those gurus that are making those big bucks started at the bottom like you and me. They were once newbies. Let us not forget!

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Welcome To The Newbie Affiliates Club

Aug 1

Posted by C.A. Perez in General | 2 Comments

A Newbie profile2

This website is aimed at helping us Newbies get started.  It’s a combination of a website, blog, forum format.  You can comment, ask a question, and get a response.  It will be interactive. There will also be informative articles added regularly that will help us stumble less along the way to making money online.  I will promote product but nothing that I haven’t found helpful.  After all, I am an Internet marketer!  As I come across FREE STUFF that I find helpful, I will pass it along.

Like many of you reading this, I’m a very new affiliate marketer working online from home.  I must tell you that I’ve been at this for four months and haven’t made a penny yet!  After twenty plus years in the rat race of corporate America, I retired.  Like you, I had dreamed of owning my own business.  I bought a retail store with my corporate retirement money and for seven years I toiled 24/7 to keep that store running smoothly.  Eventually, I retired from that endeavor.
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