Archive for September, 2008

Alternative To Adsense Ads – Clickbank Ad Rotator Review

Multiple streams of income have become an integral part of Internet Marketing. If it were not for auto pilot earnings Internet Marketers would not make half as much from the Internet as they do at present. Systems that earn affiliate incomes and paid advertising commissions contribute to a large percentage of the Internet Marketers’ monthly income. One of the most popular sources of advertising commissions is Google’s AdSense Ads program. By the way, this blog post is not about Google’s AdSense program! Far from it in fact, this blog post is about the fact that lot’s of website / blog owners are losing a huge amount of revenue because of AdSense. When was the last time you earned over $1 for a 1 click from your paid ads? When was the last time you looked at your website ads and found Googles AdSense ads displaying something completely irrelevant to your website content? I gave up on Adsense a while ago, earning pennies for diverting potential customers from my sites is bad business in my opinion.

When I first started out to with websites / blogs, I got stuck right into Googles AdSense program and I did ok, but over the years my AdSense earnings have slowly dwindled and I decided it wasn’t worth it anymore. Now don’t get me wrong here, there are thousands of people who make great income from showing Adsense Ads on their sites, I have seen it personally, there have been times in the past, when I have checked my account and made over $20 in one day from the program so the bottom line is that AdSense does work and does earn you money. However, I do think it could be better. This is what bring me to ClickBank Ad Rotator. ClickBank Ad Rotator does more or less the same job as AdSense with some fantastic improvements:

1, You do not have to reach the dizzy heights of earning $100 before you receive a payment, this means that you receive payment after one click led sale.

2, Commissions are a lot higher than AdSense. This means that you get paid a lot more for sales, for example, ClickBank products are worth anything up $297.00 with up to 75% commissions on some products. This as you know is the highest payments possible, but if you take the average product at say $47 with the average commission 55%, this is still $25.85 commission from one click through sale.

3, You can select exact targeted ads using your own keywords, this is not run by scanning content and producing ads that sometimes, are not relevant to your website / blog content. This ensures that all your ClickBank Ad Rotator ads are relevant to the content of your website.

4, Simple to set up with guides in the form of email and video tutorials.

5, If you are happy with your Adsense Ad earnings you can even run both of the programs side by side. This enables you to have TWO streams of automated income!

This is just a selection the excellent features you can utilize to push your business further….

‘WANT SOME PROOF?’

Take a look at ClickBank Ad Rotator for a comparison table and real screen shots of a weeks earning from both paid ad systems. You will then see the truth.

ClickBank Ad Rotator is not a replacement for AdSense, the two can run together, side by side. If you are looking for an extra form of income on complete auto pilot from your visitors, then this program will help you on your way to website success. If your AdSense empire come crashing down from a banned account then this is your salvation too.

ClickBank Ad Rotator The Future Of Commission Based Ads Is Here!

Seriously, this is a no brainer and another auto pilot income stream worth buying in to!

Colin

Ei42 Will Help You Beat The Credit Crunch

Ei42 – Your Own Internet Shopping Centre – Will Help You Beat The Credit Crunch!

I’ve stumbled accross a great opportunity that I think will interest my readers – Ei42 – that enables you to buy what you want, from who you want, when you want and earn cash, NOT points, every time you shop! This is ideal for people that regularly shop online.

Times are hard, money is tight, the ‘Credit Crunch’ has kicked in, is there a better way to beat the credit crunch than receiving cashback from your online purchases?
There are over 1400 high street retailers involved in this scheme including, Tesco, Argos, Marks and Spencers, Halfords, B&Q, Woolworths, Dixons, The Body Shop, Toys R Us, Asda etc.etc.
Earn cash from Hotel Bookings, Holidays Abroad, Car Insurance, House Insurance and Holiday Insurance the list goes on and on!

Where does the money come from?

The money comes directly from the merchants to Ei42 and Ei42 use that to pay you.

Companies spend millions advertising in the hope that you will buy their products and services. When you go to a company’s website (through your Ei42 portal) to make a purchase, a commission is paid to you when a sale is made. This means that every penny the company gives you is the result of a sale, so they love what we do! The company gets a sale and we get cashback from the sale, everyone is happy!

Visit: Ei42 for more information.

This is not a pyramid scheme, it does not cost you anything, it takes only five minutes of your time to sign up. Once you have signed up you can start shopping and earning cashback straight away from your own online website portal.

The website and all associated fees are free, Ei42 earn moneyto cover their costs through advertising in the same way as companies such as YouTube and Google do. There are no catches, no hidden costs, just a great way to save money!
Why not do your Xmas Shopping Online and receive cashback for doing it?

*Ei42 is only available to UK residents at this moment in time, it will become available to other countries in the near future, please check back here for regular updates or join my newsletter for email updates.

Wizard Responder

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Wizard Responder-The Brand New Mailing List Builder

Wizard Responder-The Brand New Mailing List Builder.



Anyone who’s anybody in marketing online seems to quote of two statements as ‘The Gospel’ of making a regular income -
“The Money Is In The List”
OR
“The Money Is In Your Relationship With Your List”
But for many – the question is: How do I build and manage a mailing list of my own?
The short & simple answer is to use a Mailing List Management Service. More commonly known as an Autoresponder. The idea being to offer a
newsletter or incentive for website visitors to subscribe or join a mailing
list. And then to send periodic email messages to that list containing links
back to offers on the website or to affiliate links to other websites, and
thereby increasing the income potential of the list owner.
The list subscribers benefit by being the first to know of offers or receiving
’special’ rates for products or services they may be interested in. As well as
informative articles & educational emails from the list owner helping them in
whatever subject they may have an interest in thereby keeping them as loyal
subscribers.
It therefore makes sense for any website owner to build & maintain a mailing
list. Which begs the question…Where does one find a Mailing List Management
Company and how does one choose which service to use? A quick search on
google for ‘Mailing list management’ or ‘Autoresponder service’ brings back 2,640,000
& 227,000 results respectively.

Quite a choice I’m sure you’ll agree!

Next – a decision needs to be made. If you are a major company with unlimited
resources, you would probably purchase software to run an in-house system of
your own, with department managers actively running your own servers and hosting,
as well as building your corporate website.

However – for the average ‘Home Business’ entreprenuer, this would cost far in
excess of any small business budget. So the service of choice would usually be to
subscribe to an Autoresponder service.

Here the Autoresponder company would have their own domain and hosting with their
own list management software installed to manage their customers mailing lists. Allowing
customers to build multiple lists for each of their websites in exchange for an agreed
monthly fee. Although the search results pulled up 227,000 posibilities, In reality there
are just more than a handful that seem to have cornered the market.

There are free services that have restrictions on numbers and types of mailings
available and more often than not contain advertisments for other sites. These tend to
be frowned upon due to webmasters wanting to maximise their own profit potential.
Rather than have their hard won prospects tempted away by adverts in their emails.
Also the restrictions can be awkward in terms of creating a mailing as & when they
wish to – particulary in sending out an off the cuff ‘Broadcast email’.

Hence a paid service is most commonly recommended.

These leave the website/list owner in total control of their own mailing list & subscriber
base.
HOWEVER:
The more facilities and freedom these services give – usually also comes combined with
a price equally as professional!
Meaning that most would be entreprenuers are still left wondering which service would
give them the ability to build & manage their lists, but at a price that is comfortable
enough to make the monthly fees affordable without stressing over whether they can build
their sites on a part time basis!

With the most popular service recently reviewing their pricing structure, a lot of part time
people have been put off taking the plunge.

And this is where I’m happy to review and recommend a service called WizardResponder.

They seem to have taken into consideration that there are more ’smaller’ entreprenuers
looking to build a part time income and have that grow into something that can eventually
replace their ‘Job’. As opposed to the industry leaders who are investing in more & more
complex features & facilities which appeal to the ‘already wealthy’ full time marketers.

That said – I have found that WizardResponder  does have many features that even fulltime
marketers would be thrilled to have use of.

For Example – Look at this list taken from their salespage:

Unlimited autoresponders for your business.
If you’ve got 5 Magical products or websites, set up 5 Wizard autoresponders. There’s
No Sorcery required – no hassle and you don’t need to spend another dime! 

Unlimite’d follow-up messages.
No one will tell you how many times you can email your subscribers! 

NO restrictive limits put on the magical growth of your business.
You can keep adding subscribers to your autoresponders and mailing lists right up to a
guru sized 10,000 names! (And we’ll still work reasonably with you after that!) 

The Wacky Wizard Link Tracker.
If you need to know what strategies are working like magic and which ones may have
missed the trick, this bonus built-in a’d tracker is your method to test, test, test for
immediate, in-demand results. 

A Keyboard FRE’E Sign Up Process.
For people who fear typing and don’t want to fill out forms! Let people sign up for your
autoresponder with just a magical click of their mouse. Our Opt-In Email Sorcerer will
track down their email address for them! Skipping this step will help you grow your lists
even faster!  

Your Own Personal Magical (Autoresponder) Assistant!
Have this virtual assistant automatically take one subscriber off one list when he or she
subscribes to another (Like from prospect to buyers list) – making sure you’re not
sending the same message to them twice. And say goodbye to old, abandoned, resource
draining email addresses that are bouncing back to you each week. These worthless email
addresses are automatically removed from all lists at your request. 

Magic Message Scheduler. A “Wand-FRE’E” service!
Pop in the date and time Friday morning, leave for vacation that afternoon, and know that
your important message will start Wizzing out on Wednesday automatically!  

The Magic Site Brander.
Make your sales fly like a witch straddling a rocket, with this sophisticated yet simple tool
that plugs in each subscribers name into your web pages. When Merlin The Great visits
a web site that reads “Dear Merlin,” you’re one step closer to the sale. This advanced
feature lets you do this for instantly and with little effort!

The big difference though – is the affordability!

For the average marketer with a list of say 3000 instead of paying out $49 per month, 
rising to $69 when he/she adds another 2000 subscribers, the fee for WizardResponder
would still be Just $8.97 per month!

And that for a new would be entreprenuer, would seem to be a far more comfortable
figure than even the starting price of around $20 that most charge.
Having seen ‘inside’ the admin area too, it has to be said that the whole setting up and
managing of ones lists – is simpler if not easier than most. With step by step video
instruction, as well as a simple to follow design, and then a heap of features as mentioned
above – it’s an easy service to recommend.

So if you happen to be looking for a fully featured Autoresponder service, at what I
consider to be a very affordable price. I would highly recommend taking a look at the
Wizard Responder

I hope this Article/Review has been helpful to you!

Can You Sell Information Products Without eBay?

Can You Sell Information Products Without eBay?

Of course you can but ignoring the world’s largest marketplace would be a mistake if you want to put your products in front of millions of visitors every day, visitors looking for information of all types. The advantages of selling information products on eBay are attractive to both sellers and buyers for different reasons. Sellers have the luxury of targeted traffic, pinpointed at and looking for, their products. Buyers have an endless list of targeted products to choose from, based on their keyword searches. It’s a win win situation!
The first hurdle you face, if you are going to sell your products on eBay, is selecting which category you will be selling under, or which niche to target. The eBay home page has a long category list to focus both buyers and sellers to make it easier for everyone to find what they are looking for.
As an eBay seller, you have to select the keywords buyers are most likely to use when searching for the products you are trying to sell and then list your products in the correct category. If you didn’t write the information product you are listing for sale, for instance, if the product creator has given you resell rights, don’t make the mistake of just picking a category and listing it there without reading it first.
There are good reasons for this. First of all, you need to be able to answer questions if your potential buyers ask you for any clarification. Secondly, buyers looking for your products will not find them if they are in the wrong category. Also, buyers expecting a Cd-Rom information product, on a specific subject, will be asking for their money back if your products are not listed in the correct category. You need to read or use and get to know what you are selling and you will stay out of trouble with your customers and eBay.
You may like to consider broadening your presence on eBay by opening a store in addition to your auction and buy it now listings. If you have an eBay store, you can take advantage of good discounts on all your auctions and run them longer than the normal 10 days. After your auctions are over, or someone uses the “Buy Now” button to purchase, you can attempt to increase your upsells by sending them to a your eBay store to check out your other products.
Sales pages on eBay have to be as well-designed and professional looking as any other webpage online. You should include colorful, clear pictures of your products to make them stand out from the crowd of listings for products similar to yours. Your sales description copy has to be well-written and feature the benefits your customers will receive when they buy the product.
A strong call to action that makes your customers bid or buy right now should be included. Make sure the bonuses you are giving your buyers are related to your products, this will add value to the items that you want them to buy.
You can add interest and appeal to your auction by paying a premium price and getting included on eBay’s featured listing option. Listing upgrades will allow the use of graphics and icons to draw the browser’s eye to your products and increase the clicks on your page. The premium price you pay for these upgrades puts your auction in a prominent place on the search results page.
A few months ago, eBay changed its policy and no longer allowed the selling of products that could be downloaded, ebooks, reports, software, articles, videos, etc. This put a large dent in the immediate income most information sellers were enjoying.
What changed on eBay was the delivery process for the information product sale. Marketers could still sell their virtual products, but delivery had to be accomplished via offline services, like mail services. Marketers then started using Cd-Rom’s to send their products to their customers.
Marketing to your customer doesn’t end with the sale and delivery of your products. What you want is a loyal, returning customer who buys other products from you on a regular basis. Use thank you emails and consider sending them an occasional free report or PLR product once in a while just for being a customer.

After your first sale to a customer, your only job is customer service and above all, you must look after them!