Black Ink Project 2.0 – Ultimate Affiliate Training!
A while back, I posted about Jeremy Palmer and “The Black Ink Project” while I was going through the training he was offering. I can tell you that his course was top notch and has meant more to my success in affiliate marketing than probably any other training course or book I’ve read over the last 3 years.
I was like many of you reading this. You’ve heard of affiliate marketing, or maybe even dabbled in it a little, and you enjoy the concept and you’d like to make your living doing this. So you sign up for some free newsletters, get on a few email lists, and before you know it, you’re getting bombarded with the next great thing thats going to “put you over the top” and make you a fortune!
Everyone in the world is trying to sell you something, and according to them, if you don’t have this “secret” tool or bit of information, you’ll never be successful. It can be very difficult to tell the honest people from the “wolf in sheep’s clothing”.
Well I’ll be very straight and upfront with you. Jeremy just released, Black Ink Project Version 2.0, and unlike the training I went through in the original Black Ink Project, this one he’s actually charging for. Now before you let that turn you off, I think you need to hear me out. In my opinion…there is not a training program currently available that comes close to what you receive in this new version of the Black Ink Project. I say that with all sincerity. Read more
“Optimize My Site” Essential Affiliate Marketing Software
I’ve sung the praises of Jeremy Palmer in the past, because he’s a person I know I can trust. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Jeremy, he is the creator of, Quit Your Day Job, and the Black Ink Project. Quit Your Day Job is the ebook that got me started in affiliate marketing over 2 years ago.
Jeremy has continued to produce quality training for those who follow him, and the best thing is that he gives most of it away for free! Take the Black Ink Project for example…for the person wanting to learn the ropes of affiliate marketing, (or even the seasoned professional), you won’t find better training! Just go check it out and you’ll see what I mean. All FREE!
Jeremy makes 7 figures per year using Pay Per Click, (PPC), campaigns to promote merchant products. The only way you can ever expect to be successful using PPC, is by tracking your keyword success. You’ve got to know which keywords are making you money and which ones are killing your profits. Read more
Want To Build A Review Website? Look No Further!
Whether you’re an affiliate marketer interested in building a high quality review site, or simply a business owner that would like to promote your product or service, a review site may be just what you’re looking for.
Providing a good looking, high quality review of a product or service is a sure fire way to make a sale. I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve done preliminary research on a particular product before buying, and I always want to compare similar products or services to find the best deal for my money. And being in the internet marketing business, it’s easy for me to weed through the junk sites to find exactly what I’m looking for.
I was recently approached by Stephen Carter, who asked if I’d be interested in reviewing a product that he’s recently produced and offered for sale. Stephen has created an ebook that teaches you the “in’s & out’s” of creating a review site, and also offers some sweet looking web templates as a bonus. The name of this product is, “Affiliate Review Site Monopoly“. Read more
Jeremy Palmers Black Ink Project
UPDATED: Missed the first Black Ink Project? Jeremy is opening up Black Ink Project 2.0! Check Out This New Blog Post!
For those of you that have heard of “affiliate marketing”, but weren’t sure how it worked or whether it was something that might interest you, I highly recommend you jump over to The Black Ink Project.
What is the Black Ink Project you ask? This is an extremely comprehensive training program that teaches you pretty much everything you would need to know about affiliate marketing, without you having to spend a dime! No kidding! In a world where everyone wants to sell you the next “magic bullet” that’s going to bring you instant success and fame, rarely do you run across someone that is willing to give away this much information for simply providing your email address. Even after reading this, I’m sure you’re thinking…”yeah right…I’m sure theres a catch somewhere”. Actually…there is no catch. Go to the Black Ink Project, click on “register”, enter your name and email address, and you will then have access to hours and hours of classes and information that have been being taped over the last month & a half. Classes that provide real content that you won’t find anywhere else for free. Read more
Fortune High Tech Marketing (FHTM) Secrets You Should Know
Filed under: Affiliate Marketing, General, Inspirational, Other Stuff
You know…I pondered the question of whether I would ever post about FHTM, (Fortune High Tech Marketing), again…but I get so many emails and so many people asking for my thoughts, that I just couldn’t help it. Sometimes I wonder if this site shouldn’t have been dedicated to FHTM? This post is pretty much the result of a recent comment (scroll down to comment from Mark on Jan 15th, 2008.
First of all…let me say that I agree with the commenter on some aspects. I believe that “some” people can work at a job, for a corporation or whatever, be happy and be successful and have a wonderful life. Most people though, dislike their jobs and would rather be working for themselves in some capacity. I’ll be the first to admit that working for a company or corporation is not the most desirable way to make a living in my opinion. Do I work for a corporation? Yes… Do I want to work for myself, doing something I really enjoy doing, making money and being successful? Yes…and I will! Could “I” do that with FHTM? No…. Can others be successful with FHTM? I’m sure there are those that can and do, but I think the number of those people are fairly small.
Here is one of my big problems with FHTM. I personally feel like this company preys on those people that are sick and tired of their current job, and dream of being their own boss and independently wealthy. Someone walks up to them and tells them that for $299, they can join in this amazing opportunity and have their own business, and goes on about how “so and so” “made more money last month than he made all year last year…and he’s only been in the business for 6 months!” For the guy that hates his current job and is ready to quit anyway, he’ll likely say, “hell yeah…I’ll give you $299 to be in business for myself!” That sounds great! Sign me UP!!! If you’re reading this and just joined FHTM or have been in it a month or so, I expect you will lash out and tell me how stupid I am…and how I have no clue what I’m talking about. I expect that…and you’re free to fire at will. You might want to read on though…
One of the common points I hear from those people that defend Fortune High Tech…is that they have these “contracts” with all these major companies to sell their services. When I go to the Fortune website now, I see a total of 17 “products and services” listed. Out of those, 6, directly reference Fortune…(I think it’s no secret that the “Essentials” products are developed and marketed by Fortune), so I count them as part of that six. As for the other products & services mentioned…I’ve heard of GE Security, Magazines.com & Dish Network. As for the rest?…(I might have seen reference to them before…but I would hardly think that I could walk up to anyone on the street and expect someone to know who these companies are?) But here is something I learned when I got into internet marketing and affiliate marketing. “Most”, (not all, but most), companies have affiliate programs. So what is an “affiliate program”? Lets take Magazines.com for instance…, visit their website, scroll to the bottom of the page and look for a little link that says, “Affiliates”. If you click on that link, it will tell you that you can join their program and start making 35% commissions on sales! That means you sign up, “advertise” all you want, sell a subscription and you get paid!!! Thats pretty good, right? You don’t even have to have a website! So really…just about anyone can join, right? Now you expect me to believe that FHTM has some big “contract” with this company??? I wouldn’t be surprised if they haven’t worked out a slightly better commission structure if the sale flows through them,…but there is nothing exclusive about selling magazines through Magazines.com, that you can only do through FHTM. So what happens if “you as an FHTM rep” sells a magazine subscription through FHTM? Well…I can’t say for sure…but I’d guess you probably get a “very small” commission, and the majority of that commission goes to feed the people above you and the “mothership”. And really, the same goes for the rest of the products and services, unless of course…they’re exclusive to Fortune. Pretty much any company selling a product or service, will let “you” sell that product or service for them, and earn a commission. And the last commenter said, “We are not allowed to advertise our services because it is a conflict with our partners like ATT or DISH”. What???? You can’t advertise? I can tell you one thing…if I sign up as an affiliate with one of these companies, they want me to advertise to my hearts content! Sell any way I can!!! Why…because the whole point is selling products for them!!! Here’s a secret…they don’t pay for advertising to make a sale…you’re doing all they advertising…they simply give you a commission when, (and only when) a sale is made! It’s a great deal for them…and you make money for your efforts. When you stick FHTM in-between you and the company with the product or service…guess who’s probably getting the lion’s share of the commission? My point…lets stop misleading people by telling them you can only sell these products and services if you’re affiliated with FHTM.
You know I sold real estate for a while…and I’d swear that real estate companies bring in new recruits/salespeople, with the thought that these folks will bring them a little business, (cause everyone knows someone thats buying or selling a home or land). I wasn’t on the payroll of the real estate company…so if I brought them a home or two or ten, then faded away…who cares? I did my part for them and they could care less if I moved on to something else. Sound familiar?
You want to join FHTM? Ok…heres what I see. You can make money by signing up other people, or “selling” these products or services. Ok…you go to a meeting, you’re told how great this company is, how if you work hard, you can be free to live the good life. If you do well, you can get a “free car”…(check exactly what “free” means?) You’ll probably see pictures of mansions with Ferraris sitting in front. People sitting on the beach, drinking fruity drinks with little umbrellas in them. My guess is you’ll hear a story or two about someone in a nearby town, who recently quit their job to go with FHTM full time and making a “ton” of money doing it. If you’re even remotely considering quitting your job, chances are you’ll get caught up in what you’re being told.
Lets say it sounds too good and you sign up and fork over your $299…(or whatever the fee is now?) It’s all good for the first few weeks while you start calling friends, family, co-workers, people at the gym or golf club, people at Church, the person checking your groceries at the grocery store, the mailman and the garbage man…. At some point, you start running out of people to call. You might sign up one or two folks who are as enthused as you, but you hit a wall. “Who do I call now?”. So you’ll look for other ways to “network”, and you notice that as you begin your speech about this “amazing opportunity”, people cut you off or walk away from you or just flat out tell you that they’re not interested! People stop returning your calls. You begin to find that the majority of the people you talk to, are not interested or have been given the speech before. What now? How are you supposed to live the “easy life” like this? Maybe you’re instructed to branch out into a neighboring town…or even a town in another part of the region…maybe you’ll find some new recruits there? Am I being overly negative here? I apologize if you think so, but I’m simply trying to paint a realistic picture of what you’re getting into! The only way you could ever make this work is to branch out and recruit via the internet where there is unlimited potential.
Can you see whats happening? To live that “easy life”, theres a good chance you’ll be working harder than ever, chasing that elusive recruit! Do you ever think you will sign up enough people to live off that “residual income” that I’m sure you’ll hear all about? And if those people down-line from you drop out, or if the customers quit using the service they were sold…what are you going to do? What if one of these companies that FHTM supposedly has a “contract” with, pulls out for some reason? What happens to that residual income? You’ve got to keep acquiring new customers somehow? And now…a commenter tells me that I can’t advertise? I don’t know…what do you think? If I’m selling something…I want to advertise! My idea of “networking” is listening to a good joke with friends while having a cold beer at the bar! I sure don’t want to be trying to sell them something?
Hey…don’t get me wrong. Living the dream of owning/operating your own business, is something that I would encourage anyone to do if you’re cut out for that. If you read this post and feel like you want to give FHTM a try, then I commend your efforts and wish you the best. My advice…”if you don’t enjoy the way in which you’re being asked to make money, then chances are it’s not going to work out”. If you don’t enjoy calling people, confronting & trying to sell people at social gatherings, then why would you want to pay someone $299 to have the opportunity to do that? I would absolutely LOVE to see “actual” numbers of members/reps that drop out of FHTM in the first 6 months or a year. If I could post that number, you would probably be amazed. For “network marketing” in general, I’ve read that dropout numbers in the 95% to 97% range are realistic.
Do your homework. Ask questions. If you go to a meeting, bring up some of the things you read here and on other websites and ask the recruiters point blank, for an answer? If they can’t respond or if you don’t feel comfortable with what you’re being told, follow your heart. Again…the bottom line is…do you think this is something you would enjoy doing? If not…you aren’t going to like it…period…end of story! If you say…”well…I’ll try it and see…what’s $299?”…then fine! Give it a shot and I hope you do well! There are going to be a “few” people that will excel. Some are cut out for it, but most aren’t. Think about that as you’re looking at the glossy brochure or poster, covered with happy, smiling people, sitting in front of big homes and fast cars. Make sure it’s for you before you throw $299 down the toilet.
Have You Heard Of Jon Leger?
About a year ago, when I was about a year into my internet marketing journey, I ran across a guy by the name of Jon Leger. He had produced an article creation software that I was desperately needing at the time. So I bought the product and loved it, and have placed a lot of trust in Jon ever since. Read more
Need Extra Money For The Holidays? Check Out Project Quick Cash?
I’m on an email list of a particular gentleman that is really doing well in the world of internet marketing. He’s a programmer by trade, but he’s learned to couple his programming skills with internet marketing to create some great products and tools to help others create businesses and make money on the internet. Read more
High Performance Affiliate Marketing by Jeremy Palmer
UPDATE! Jeremy has decided to focus on helping his existing customers vs. trying to recruit new customers, selling and maintaining his eBook. Therefore, he has deactivated the links to his eBook. I’m fortunate to have purchased the book from Jeremy and to be considered one of his customers. So I’ll leave the text here…but drop the links. Thanks
I’ve been in the “computer world” for oh…about 20 years I suppose. Much of that time was spent actually working on computers, (turning wrenches and screwdrivers), and then
I moved more into different fields where I used computers to do work for “me”. Somewhere along the line came the internet.
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