Secret number 7 is difficult to explain.
But, let me tell you a story ...
Wendy Lim is a junior accountant, earning a good RM3,500 monthly from her company even though it's only been three years since she graduated. All her friends make much less, and they are jealous of her. You could say that she is successful, for her age.
But to Wendy, something is not right.
She doesn't like the fact that she has to come home at 9pm on most days, and sometimes have to finish up her work in the weekend. She gets worried whenever she has to walk to the car park alone at night, or walk through the LRT station in darkness.
She hates the fact that she has to apply for her Chinese New Year leave two months in advance, only for the boss to cut it down from 7 days to just 4. "We need people working during that time", her boss explained.
"This is not fair." she thought. "But I have no choice ... "
Wendy soon realizes that although she's earning ok now, the chances of her getting promoted and making much more money in the company is very slim. Someone is already occupying the place she wants, and even though she is smarter and better, there is no way she will be promoted until that person gets promoted, leaves the company, or dies.
So two years pass by and one day her manager announces that she is leaving for another company.
Finally, Wendy's chance has come! This is the opportunity she has been waiting for. Surely, she is the best person to replace her manager since she knows the business inside and out, and all the clients love working with her.
She's just waiting for her offer letter.
But after one weekend, Wendy walks into her office and finds a new face at the empty desk her manager used to sit. "Who's this?" she thought.
She soon finds out that this is her new manager, Mrs. Chan. She is a woman who has no experience in the job, but was highly recommended by one of the senior partners in the company. She was put there because since she is from outside the company and comes from a different industry, so maybe she has something fresh and new to bring to the company.
Wendy's heart sank, and throughout the day she was fighting to hold back the tears and fight the disappointment. "But they should have chosen me ... " she thought quietly.
Something changed in Wendy that day.
In the weekend, she got an email talking about "making money online" and she reads it. It takes her to a website that talks about how she can get started for a low cost, and yet earn as much (or more) than the money she is making working 5-7 days a week.
Plus it promised her that she will be able to do it all from home, working whenever she wants. Wendy eyes almost popped out of its sockets and for the first time in years, she was really excited over something.
She buys the ebook and reads every single page carefully. Her mind explodes with new ideas, possibilities and for once, new hope.
Hope to change her life; hope to get rewarded for her hard work and talents.
Being an accountant, she quickly calculated that by following the formula outlined in the book, and working about 1-2 hours per day as suggested, she could probably make an extra
RM100 next month. She then calculated that if she continues based on this, after six months or so she can actually be making RM2,OOO or more.
"Not bad" she thought.
Being a smart and motivated lady, Wendy soon created her first website on the topic of "FOREX". It was something she already knew a little about so she thought it's the best place to start. She has a perfectly written site and was promoting FOREX ebooks and software that based on her research, sells very well.
She then goes out to some related forums and websites. Where ever she found people talking about FOREX, she joined in and provided great ideas and suggestion. On the bottom of each of her replies were links back to her FOREX website where people can go to read about the best FOREX products.
Wendy did everything right.
But she didn't understand the basic concept on Internet marketing: residual traffic and residual income.
After just a few days, Wendy's new boss got posted to do a job in Singapore and since she knew nothing, Wendy had to follow. She completely forgot about her little website. Plus, during the trip she got to know her boss better so she didn't hate her as much as before. Her boss seemed to get along well with her too.
For a while, everything seemed to fall back in place in Wendy's life.
With her trust renewed, Wendy became her smart, hardworking self and again she was working 9-9 every day, sometimes on the weekends too.
"Maybe it just wasn't my time yet .. " Wendy thought.
For now, she told herself to be satisfied and be grateful, because some people in this country can't even find a job!
Six months later, the manager's post is vacant again.
It turns out that Mrs. Chan requested for a transfer to the HR department, as she felt there is more opportunity there. She never said a word about it to anyone, however.
By this time Wendy is 100% sure it will be her turn, but she tells herself not to be too excited. In her heart however, she was already jumping for joy.
When she opened the door and stepped in, she saw an older-looking Indian man sitting at the seat that was supposed to be empty.
A strange but powerful feeling came over her, something she recognizes by now. It's called disappointment. Quietly she sat down on her desk and started to surf the net. She opened up the FOREX website again, and looked at it.
Then she logged into her ClickBank account and found, to her shock, that there was USD230 in her balance. "Where did this money come from?" she thought. It took her a few days to understand how this "magic" money appeared to come out of nowhere.
She finally understood.
Her 3 days of "work", replying to forum messages with a link to her website, had gotten her about 10-25 visitors every day for the past six months. Some of those people must have bought the affiliate products, and she got commissions from each sale.
Shocked at the results, Wendy asked herself the most important question in her life: "Why if I didn't give up back then?"
This time, she decided to get serious with it. No one will ever disappoint her again, not even herself.
Why am I telling you this story?
Wendy is a fake character, someone I created.
But people like Wendy are everywhere, real people wanting more money, more time, and more appreciation. Just look around your own office, you will see many "Wendys" around.
In fact, replace the name Wendy above with the name "Gobala Krishnan" and it will be close to the story of my life. Although I made my first commission online from affiliate marketing in 200l, it took me more than 3 years working for people who didn't appreciate my talents to realize that I should have been more serious with my online marketing project.
Six months after I quit my job in November 2005, at the age of 25, I made my first RMlO,OOO month online.
The interesting thing is this; everything I knew at that moment was not much different from what I knew in 2001. In fact, it's the same skills and knowledge that I had for years.
I just didn't do enough. I didn't treat it seriously.
Decide if you want to do this. Then do it.
Don't give yourself excuses. Don't wait for the "right time". Don't think you need to know everything about ClickBank or affiliate marketing to get started. Just start somewhere.
Residual income is the ultimate secret on Internet marketing. One website that I created in 2001 still makes me RM300+ every month even though I had not touched it at all for two years.
But what if I didn't do enough? What if I never took the first steps to get my site up and get some traffic to it? What if I had waited for the right time?
Every website you create will continue to get traffic and sales. This is a FACT.
Just follow the formula we have outlined in Sistem Rahsia ClickBank and two years down the road even if you're still stuck to your job, you could still be making an additional RM200-RM2,OOO monthly.
And who doesn't want that?
What Do You Do Now?
I trust by now, you know the 7 biggest secrets of making money online from ClickBank, as a Malaysian. I especially hope you understand the last secret and remember it for months to come.
Now it's the time to take action ...
But where do you start?
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Secret Number 6: Multiple Related Offers
Another big secret of ClickBank millionaires - have multiple related offers ready.
Just because someone does not buy the product you are recommending at the moment, it does not mean they will not buy other related products.
For example: Assume you are promoting the top FOREX products.
Someone who visits your site may not be interested in the FOREX 4-5 ebooks or software you are promoting. But that does not mean they won't be interested in other ebooks, software or seminars. It does not mean they are not interested in other ways to make money like stock markets, Internet marketing, MLM or other methods.
They might be interested in any, or all of it!
But that does not mean that you need to promote 50 different products (see Secret Number 1). What it means is that after they reject your initial offer you can try to recommend them similar products they may be interested in.
You need to collect their names and email address, so you can email them later if you find any other related products. You can do this by using simple services like Aweber (http://getstarted.aweber.com)
These are called •• email marketing" services, and they help you by providing a simple form that people can use to submit their name and email address. Once someone submits these details, they are automatically entered into your database.
You can then see how many "subscribers" you have, and send them en email anytime you want, until they decide to "opt-out" or "unsubscribe" from your database.
If you let go of them before getting their name and email address, or any other way to contact them again, you will never be able to offer them something else they might be interested in. That means you have to keep getting new visitors to your site in order to make money from ClickBank.
Take me for an example.
When I first started to make money from ClickBank, my site was getting a little bit of traffic and I was making 1-2 sales a day. But once these people bought though my affiliate link, they are gone. I don't know who they are, and never will.
Then I decided to use Aweber (http://getstarted.aweber.com) to collect their name and email addresses, and after more than two years you can see I have more than 20,000 people in my database. Today when I want to promote a ClickBank product, I just write a simple email to them and give them my affiliate link.
I don't even need to create a website anymore. I can if I want to and add even more people to my database, but I don't need to.
This is why all super affiliates make it a point to put a simple "opt-in" form on their site. Even if only 2 people subscribe in a day, that means an additional 60 "prospects" in a month, and in a year you could have over 700 people you can promote to, at ZERO cost and with almost ZERO effort.
Consider this: Why make RM100 from one person, when he is willing to give you RM1,OOO?
Always have multiple related products to promote, or you are just not making as much money as you are supposed to!
Just because someone does not buy the product you are recommending at the moment, it does not mean they will not buy other related products.
For example: Assume you are promoting the top FOREX products.
Someone who visits your site may not be interested in the FOREX 4-5 ebooks or software you are promoting. But that does not mean they won't be interested in other ebooks, software or seminars. It does not mean they are not interested in other ways to make money like stock markets, Internet marketing, MLM or other methods.
They might be interested in any, or all of it!
But that does not mean that you need to promote 50 different products (see Secret Number 1). What it means is that after they reject your initial offer you can try to recommend them similar products they may be interested in.
You need to collect their names and email address, so you can email them later if you find any other related products. You can do this by using simple services like Aweber (http://getstarted.aweber.com)
These are called •• email marketing" services, and they help you by providing a simple form that people can use to submit their name and email address. Once someone submits these details, they are automatically entered into your database.
You can then see how many "subscribers" you have, and send them en email anytime you want, until they decide to "opt-out" or "unsubscribe" from your database.
If you let go of them before getting their name and email address, or any other way to contact them again, you will never be able to offer them something else they might be interested in. That means you have to keep getting new visitors to your site in order to make money from ClickBank.
Take me for an example.
When I first started to make money from ClickBank, my site was getting a little bit of traffic and I was making 1-2 sales a day. But once these people bought though my affiliate link, they are gone. I don't know who they are, and never will.
Then I decided to use Aweber (http://getstarted.aweber.com) to collect their name and email addresses, and after more than two years you can see I have more than 20,000 people in my database. Today when I want to promote a ClickBank product, I just write a simple email to them and give them my affiliate link.
I don't even need to create a website anymore. I can if I want to and add even more people to my database, but I don't need to.
This is why all super affiliates make it a point to put a simple "opt-in" form on their site. Even if only 2 people subscribe in a day, that means an additional 60 "prospects" in a month, and in a year you could have over 700 people you can promote to, at ZERO cost and with almost ZERO effort.
Consider this: Why make RM100 from one person, when he is willing to give you RM1,OOO?
Always have multiple related products to promote, or you are just not making as much money as you are supposed to!
Secret Number 5: Converting Landing Pages
Everyone's talking about blogs these days.
So many new, inexperienced people learn about making money online, and the first thing they do is create a blog and start to write article after article. They go on for weeks, months and sometimes even years.
Yet at the end of the day, 95% of these people make little or no money at all.
Don't get me wrong: I'm not saying you should not have a blog. In fact, I strongly recommend that you have at least one blog because it is a good way to get traffic. But it is not necessarily a good way to convert that traffic into sales!
The problem with blogs is that although it helps you get traffic rather easily, it is not a good "landing page".
Blogs are "content" sites that are designed to help you create and manage content. Sure your readers will like you because of your content, but unless you have a better "selling" page most of these people will eventually click away from your site to other sites, or just close the browser once they are done.
Let me give you an example. When someone first comes to your blog, there are more than 5 ways for them to leave your site and never come back again.
I can conclude that only 10% - 20% of all traffic to your blog will actually click on your ClickBank affiliate links. The other 80% - 90% will click on links to other blogs, links to your other articles, or even off to social bookmarking sites.
To make a lot of money online, you need what is called a "Landing Page". To put it simple, a landing page is a simple one page website that is created for one purpose only - making sales.
An effective landing page should have some sort of product review (as mentioned above) and very visible affiliate links. Most importantly, it should not contain links to non-affiliate sites that do not make you money.
Since there is no other link or article link to click on, they have only 2 options -click on your affiliate links, or leave your website. This will prevent them from getting distracted by other things, and keep their focus on just the products that you are recommending.
Unlike blogs, you do not need hundreds of pages; just a few pages that will do the job. It must (l) convince your customers to click on the affiliate link, and (2) buy immediately.
What if you really need to have non-affiliate links?
That's fine, but any link that does not make you money directly should be placed at the bottom of the page, where people are less likely to venture and click on them. For example, on your site you may need to put in your contact page, additional articles, or even a privacy policy.
Put them all at the bottom, also referred to as the "footer" area, and leave them there.
So many new, inexperienced people learn about making money online, and the first thing they do is create a blog and start to write article after article. They go on for weeks, months and sometimes even years.
Yet at the end of the day, 95% of these people make little or no money at all.
Don't get me wrong: I'm not saying you should not have a blog. In fact, I strongly recommend that you have at least one blog because it is a good way to get traffic. But it is not necessarily a good way to convert that traffic into sales!
The problem with blogs is that although it helps you get traffic rather easily, it is not a good "landing page".
Blogs are "content" sites that are designed to help you create and manage content. Sure your readers will like you because of your content, but unless you have a better "selling" page most of these people will eventually click away from your site to other sites, or just close the browser once they are done.
Let me give you an example. When someone first comes to your blog, there are more than 5 ways for them to leave your site and never come back again.
I can conclude that only 10% - 20% of all traffic to your blog will actually click on your ClickBank affiliate links. The other 80% - 90% will click on links to other blogs, links to your other articles, or even off to social bookmarking sites.
To make a lot of money online, you need what is called a "Landing Page". To put it simple, a landing page is a simple one page website that is created for one purpose only - making sales.
An effective landing page should have some sort of product review (as mentioned above) and very visible affiliate links. Most importantly, it should not contain links to non-affiliate sites that do not make you money.
Since there is no other link or article link to click on, they have only 2 options -click on your affiliate links, or leave your website. This will prevent them from getting distracted by other things, and keep their focus on just the products that you are recommending.
Unlike blogs, you do not need hundreds of pages; just a few pages that will do the job. It must (l) convince your customers to click on the affiliate link, and (2) buy immediately.
What if you really need to have non-affiliate links?
That's fine, but any link that does not make you money directly should be placed at the bottom of the page, where people are less likely to venture and click on them. For example, on your site you may need to put in your contact page, additional articles, or even a privacy policy.
Put them all at the bottom, also referred to as the "footer" area, and leave them there.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Secret Number 4: The Magic of Reviews
Now you understand that not all visitors are equal. Some visitors are more valuable than others, since they are typing in the correct Money Keywords when they find your site, and are already willing to buy.
Now you understand that it's not important to get 2,000 visitors to your website every day to make a lot of money from ClickBank. You only need the right kind of traffic.
Now you understand that your website, if you target the correct money keywords and have written good content, give the reader the balance 5% information that he needs to take out his credit card an make a purchase.
But what do you write on your website?
Did you say "do product reviews"?
Yes' that's correct, but how do you write a great review that will convince someone to buy now, from your website?
It's actually much simpler than you think.
Remember that someone reading your website is probably already sure what he wants. He just needs someone to tell him he's doing the right thing by buying the product.
You can do that is 5 simple steps:
• Clearly describe the product you're promoting
• Summarize the benefits of the product
• Highlight the uniqueness of the product
• Take advantage of guarantees and warranties
• Take advantage of the sense of urgency
This 5-step formula can be applied to almost any type of product review, and it will work like magic.
By writing a great product review, you save the reader valuable time. He does not need to read the long sales copy on each website, which is very often filled with a bit too much hype.
He does not need to be disappointed when he does not like what he bought, since you've told him about the money-back guarantee.
Plus, you're also telling him that he better buy now because the price may go up, or it may be sold out, or whatever the sense of urgency is.
Then, all you need to do is make it VERY clear which link the reader should click on to get to the website where he can buy. This link will be your ClickBank affiliate link, from which you will be paid commissions after the reader had bought.
Plus, by doing great product reviews you create a sense of satisfaction in the readers' mind. People want to buy, but they don't want to buy the wrong thing. They don't want to make mistakes.
When you think about it, this is not so different from how everyone else will buy anything in our lifetime.
How many people actually get a hand phone when it is first launched? How many people will try a new restaurant first before everyone else?
Did you just drive around one day and decide to buy a house? Or did you get advice from your friends or people you trust first, to see if it's a good location and to see if it's worth the money?
Most people prefer to wait and see what other people have to say. When our friends have bought it, and are satisfied, then we feel safer and more confident to buy it ourselves.
You see, doing product reviews is a natural part of selling. If you give someone the correct information that they are looking for, when they are ready to buy, you will have no problems taking their money. By doing a great review, you're telling them that they are making the right choice. They have nothing to worry about.
So why not buy now? Why not buy from you?
You not only get the sale, but you make the other person feel good about making a "smart" decision.
But here's ONE BIG PROBLEM.
A lot of people hate writing.
Most people would rather kill themselves than write. Writing (for professional purposes) is the second most common fear among people, right after public speaking.
Most people don't know I started off as a freelance writer with an American company.
In fact when I quit my job more than 3 years ago, writing helped me survive while I built my online business is.
Now, I write for more than 3 blogs every week. I write ebooks and I have even written a very popular book called "The New Millionaires" that you can find in MPH and other bookstores. I write sales copy, email promotions, product reviews, and much more.
But did you know I spend more time NOT writing than actually writing something? Yes, it's true.
The truth is, writing content is hard work.
It's ok if you're writing about something you understand, but what if you need to write about something you have never used nor have no knowledge about? That's when writing becomes a nightmare.
Also, not everyone has mastered the English language (or any other language) to write in a way that is clear, fluid, and convincing. Writing a book or blogging is very, very different than writing to sell!
If you have no confidence in English, then it becomes even more difficult for you to write. Writing in broken English is only going to confuse your readers, and instead of buying through your affiliate link they will immediately close your website and buy from someone else website.
50 what do you do if you cannot write great product review?
Here are some options:
• Translate - Write in the language that you are most comfortable with, and then ask someone else to translate. The problem is, very often the translated version is not exactly what you had written. A lot of the subtle language and meaning is tragically "lost in translation"
• Outsource it online - By going to sites like Elance.com and RentACoder.com you can pay someone to write great product reviews for you. It can cost anywhere between U5DS ¬U5D30 for a single product review. But, there is no guarantee that the reviews will actually help you make money.
• Hire a writer - You can also hire a part time / full time writer if your internet business is big and you have a lot of writing work to do. But the problem is most writers do not have the selling skills to write a great product review.
Now you understand that it's not important to get 2,000 visitors to your website every day to make a lot of money from ClickBank. You only need the right kind of traffic.
Now you understand that your website, if you target the correct money keywords and have written good content, give the reader the balance 5% information that he needs to take out his credit card an make a purchase.
But what do you write on your website?
Did you say "do product reviews"?
Yes' that's correct, but how do you write a great review that will convince someone to buy now, from your website?
It's actually much simpler than you think.
Remember that someone reading your website is probably already sure what he wants. He just needs someone to tell him he's doing the right thing by buying the product.
You can do that is 5 simple steps:
• Clearly describe the product you're promoting
• Summarize the benefits of the product
• Highlight the uniqueness of the product
• Take advantage of guarantees and warranties
• Take advantage of the sense of urgency
This 5-step formula can be applied to almost any type of product review, and it will work like magic.
By writing a great product review, you save the reader valuable time. He does not need to read the long sales copy on each website, which is very often filled with a bit too much hype.
He does not need to be disappointed when he does not like what he bought, since you've told him about the money-back guarantee.
Plus, you're also telling him that he better buy now because the price may go up, or it may be sold out, or whatever the sense of urgency is.
Then, all you need to do is make it VERY clear which link the reader should click on to get to the website where he can buy. This link will be your ClickBank affiliate link, from which you will be paid commissions after the reader had bought.
Plus, by doing great product reviews you create a sense of satisfaction in the readers' mind. People want to buy, but they don't want to buy the wrong thing. They don't want to make mistakes.
When you think about it, this is not so different from how everyone else will buy anything in our lifetime.
How many people actually get a hand phone when it is first launched? How many people will try a new restaurant first before everyone else?
Did you just drive around one day and decide to buy a house? Or did you get advice from your friends or people you trust first, to see if it's a good location and to see if it's worth the money?
Most people prefer to wait and see what other people have to say. When our friends have bought it, and are satisfied, then we feel safer and more confident to buy it ourselves.
You see, doing product reviews is a natural part of selling. If you give someone the correct information that they are looking for, when they are ready to buy, you will have no problems taking their money. By doing a great review, you're telling them that they are making the right choice. They have nothing to worry about.
So why not buy now? Why not buy from you?
You not only get the sale, but you make the other person feel good about making a "smart" decision.
But here's ONE BIG PROBLEM.
A lot of people hate writing.
Most people would rather kill themselves than write. Writing (for professional purposes) is the second most common fear among people, right after public speaking.
Most people don't know I started off as a freelance writer with an American company.
In fact when I quit my job more than 3 years ago, writing helped me survive while I built my online business is.
Now, I write for more than 3 blogs every week. I write ebooks and I have even written a very popular book called "The New Millionaires" that you can find in MPH and other bookstores. I write sales copy, email promotions, product reviews, and much more.
But did you know I spend more time NOT writing than actually writing something? Yes, it's true.
The truth is, writing content is hard work.
It's ok if you're writing about something you understand, but what if you need to write about something you have never used nor have no knowledge about? That's when writing becomes a nightmare.
Also, not everyone has mastered the English language (or any other language) to write in a way that is clear, fluid, and convincing. Writing a book or blogging is very, very different than writing to sell!
If you have no confidence in English, then it becomes even more difficult for you to write. Writing in broken English is only going to confuse your readers, and instead of buying through your affiliate link they will immediately close your website and buy from someone else website.
50 what do you do if you cannot write great product review?
Here are some options:
• Translate - Write in the language that you are most comfortable with, and then ask someone else to translate. The problem is, very often the translated version is not exactly what you had written. A lot of the subtle language and meaning is tragically "lost in translation"
• Outsource it online - By going to sites like Elance.com and RentACoder.com you can pay someone to write great product reviews for you. It can cost anywhere between U5DS ¬U5D30 for a single product review. But, there is no guarantee that the reviews will actually help you make money.
• Hire a writer - You can also hire a part time / full time writer if your internet business is big and you have a lot of writing work to do. But the problem is most writers do not have the selling skills to write a great product review.
Secret Number 3: Keywords That Sell
Keywords are the DNA of your online business.
Before you can dream about becoming an Internet millionaire, you need to understand keywords ¬what they are, how they work, and most importantly; how they make money for you.
Not all keywords are equal - some are more important than others.
Some keywords will make you money instantly, while others will just waste your time. Some keywords will bring in a lot of traffic, but no buyers. Some keywords bring in only a little bit of traffic, but every visitor you get is ready to buy.
So if you want to be a rich affiliate, not a poor one, then listen carefully.
Understand this statement:
Keywords show you where the money is, and how to get it
But as I said, not all keywords are equal. Some are better - or more profitable - than the rest.
Keywords show you the mental state of a person searching for information online. You can categorize them into 3 different groups:
1. Useless Keywords
2. Research Keywords
3. Money Keywords
You will not find a definition like this anywhere else.
I group keywords this way based on my own experience - it helps me make more money faster than most people, so this is my "special" way of categorizing keywords.
"Useless" keywords are words that are so generic that are almost useless to any online marketer.
One one-word search term falls into this category.
"Research" keywords are the things people type into Google when they are looking for information.
"Money" keywords are the things people type into Google when they want to buy something online.
So let take a look at each. Here's a scenario:
One day, Ahmad's laptop crashes and no matter what he tries, he can't get it fixed.
So the only option is to buy a new one, and Ahmad heard from his friends that by buying online he can get his new laptop at a much cheaper price. Plus, there are also more options to choose from.
Since this is his first time buying a laptop online, he goes to Google.com (or Google.com.my) and types in the search term "toshiba", At this stage, Ahmad will be presented with a few thousands (or tens of thousands) of websites to choose from.
But there's one problem.
Since his first search term is too general, he will soon discover that by going through the search results, he can't really seem to find anything. The websites he finds here seem to give him too much information, most of which is totally unrelated to what he wants to find.
So, now Ahmad goes to Google.com again and this time he types in "toshiba laptops",
Now he finds better websites that are more related to what he is looking for. Ahmad may spend a few hours browsing through the site until he finds the specific model of laptop he wants, the Toshiba Satellite brand.
At this point, Ahmad is more certain what he wants. But, he's not going to buy right now because he wants to "think properly" first and not buy the wrong laptop. So he closes his computer and goes back to work, sleep, or whatever it was he was doing before.
The next day (or a few days later) Ahmad continues his quest for a new laptop.
Now, he already knows what he wants to buy - the "toshiba satellite" brand of laptops. But he wants to be 100% sure - is there something about this laptop he does not know yet? Is this
is best laptop for him? What are other people saying about this laptop model?
So Ahmad types into Google the keywords "toshiba satellite review" and now what he finds is a website that offers a simple but useful description of the Toshiba Satellite and also related laptops. The website offers a "review" of each laptop, clearly stating the pros and cons of each.
If he is satisfied that he is going to make the right decision, he will click on any affiliate links on the website itself that shows him where to buy his Toshiba Laptop.
What can you learn from this story?
Like everyone else, Ahmad will not buy something online right away.
Instead, the first few times he uses the Internet, he is doing "research". Any website he sees during this time, he will not buy immediately. He will only buy after 2-3 times searching the Internet, and getting to the final website that convinces his to buy based on facts and a strong "review".
That's a million-dollar secret right there.
If your website shows up number 1 in Google when Ahmad typed in "toshiba", then guess what?
You don't make any money from Ahmad's purchase. If your website is ranked number 1 in Google when Ahmad types in "toshiba laptops" then guess what - you still may not get the sale.
However, if Ahmad sees your website when he types in "toshiba satellite review" or other Money Keywords that imply he is ready to buy, then the chances are high he will click on your affiliate links and buy right away.
Why? Because by the time Ahmad comes to your website he is already about 95% sure what he wants. He is just looking for the final 5% information before he can commit to take out his credit card and buy.
So, your website doesn't need to get 2,000 visitors per day. All you need to is target the correct keywords, and even though you only get 2-=50 visitors per day, all those visitors are ready to buy. It's much easier to make money from people who are ready to buy, then from people who are "still thinking about it" - right?
So what are the Money Keywords you should target? Here's a very simple list, any keyword that includes the terms "review" or "buy":
• [keyword] review
• review of [keyword]
• buy [keyword]
• buy [keyword] online
Just replace [keyword] with the actual search term you want to use. For example, if Ahmad is interested in buy the X-Box 360 video game console, he will type in something like this when he is ready to pay money:
• x-box 360 review
• review of x-box 360
• buy x-box 360
• buy x-box 360 s online
So now that you know which keywords to focus on, where do you use them on your website?
Basically speaking, the most important parts of your site are:
• The title of your web page
• The main heading of your page
• The content of your page
Before you can dream about becoming an Internet millionaire, you need to understand keywords ¬what they are, how they work, and most importantly; how they make money for you.
Not all keywords are equal - some are more important than others.
Some keywords will make you money instantly, while others will just waste your time. Some keywords will bring in a lot of traffic, but no buyers. Some keywords bring in only a little bit of traffic, but every visitor you get is ready to buy.
So if you want to be a rich affiliate, not a poor one, then listen carefully.
Understand this statement:
Keywords show you where the money is, and how to get it
But as I said, not all keywords are equal. Some are better - or more profitable - than the rest.
Keywords show you the mental state of a person searching for information online. You can categorize them into 3 different groups:
1. Useless Keywords
2. Research Keywords
3. Money Keywords
You will not find a definition like this anywhere else.
I group keywords this way based on my own experience - it helps me make more money faster than most people, so this is my "special" way of categorizing keywords.
"Useless" keywords are words that are so generic that are almost useless to any online marketer.
One one-word search term falls into this category.
"Research" keywords are the things people type into Google when they are looking for information.
"Money" keywords are the things people type into Google when they want to buy something online.
So let take a look at each. Here's a scenario:
One day, Ahmad's laptop crashes and no matter what he tries, he can't get it fixed.
So the only option is to buy a new one, and Ahmad heard from his friends that by buying online he can get his new laptop at a much cheaper price. Plus, there are also more options to choose from.
Since this is his first time buying a laptop online, he goes to Google.com (or Google.com.my) and types in the search term "toshiba", At this stage, Ahmad will be presented with a few thousands (or tens of thousands) of websites to choose from.
But there's one problem.
Since his first search term is too general, he will soon discover that by going through the search results, he can't really seem to find anything. The websites he finds here seem to give him too much information, most of which is totally unrelated to what he wants to find.
So, now Ahmad goes to Google.com again and this time he types in "toshiba laptops",
Now he finds better websites that are more related to what he is looking for. Ahmad may spend a few hours browsing through the site until he finds the specific model of laptop he wants, the Toshiba Satellite brand.
At this point, Ahmad is more certain what he wants. But, he's not going to buy right now because he wants to "think properly" first and not buy the wrong laptop. So he closes his computer and goes back to work, sleep, or whatever it was he was doing before.
The next day (or a few days later) Ahmad continues his quest for a new laptop.
Now, he already knows what he wants to buy - the "toshiba satellite" brand of laptops. But he wants to be 100% sure - is there something about this laptop he does not know yet? Is this
is best laptop for him? What are other people saying about this laptop model?
So Ahmad types into Google the keywords "toshiba satellite review" and now what he finds is a website that offers a simple but useful description of the Toshiba Satellite and also related laptops. The website offers a "review" of each laptop, clearly stating the pros and cons of each.
If he is satisfied that he is going to make the right decision, he will click on any affiliate links on the website itself that shows him where to buy his Toshiba Laptop.
What can you learn from this story?
Like everyone else, Ahmad will not buy something online right away.
Instead, the first few times he uses the Internet, he is doing "research". Any website he sees during this time, he will not buy immediately. He will only buy after 2-3 times searching the Internet, and getting to the final website that convinces his to buy based on facts and a strong "review".
That's a million-dollar secret right there.
If your website shows up number 1 in Google when Ahmad typed in "toshiba", then guess what?
You don't make any money from Ahmad's purchase. If your website is ranked number 1 in Google when Ahmad types in "toshiba laptops" then guess what - you still may not get the sale.
However, if Ahmad sees your website when he types in "toshiba satellite review" or other Money Keywords that imply he is ready to buy, then the chances are high he will click on your affiliate links and buy right away.
Why? Because by the time Ahmad comes to your website he is already about 95% sure what he wants. He is just looking for the final 5% information before he can commit to take out his credit card and buy.
So, your website doesn't need to get 2,000 visitors per day. All you need to is target the correct keywords, and even though you only get 2-=50 visitors per day, all those visitors are ready to buy. It's much easier to make money from people who are ready to buy, then from people who are "still thinking about it" - right?
So what are the Money Keywords you should target? Here's a very simple list, any keyword that includes the terms "review" or "buy":
• [keyword] review
• review of [keyword]
• buy [keyword]
• buy [keyword] online
Just replace [keyword] with the actual search term you want to use. For example, if Ahmad is interested in buy the X-Box 360 video game console, he will type in something like this when he is ready to pay money:
• x-box 360 review
• review of x-box 360
• buy x-box 360
• buy x-box 360 s online
So now that you know which keywords to focus on, where do you use them on your website?
Basically speaking, the most important parts of your site are:
• The title of your web page
• The main heading of your page
• The content of your page
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Secret Number 2: It's Business, Not Personal
Another BIG mistake most people make is they do not think rationally.
They fall in love with a product that they feel is great, and they will go all out to promote it for months and even years. They have a personal relationship with the product, and they speak like they are the product creator.
Sometimes they make some money with this kind of attitude. But what if they don't?
For me, it's pretty easy to explain this silly behavior:
• Guru-worship - May the guy who made the product is your "guru" or mentor?
• Sense of obligation - You feel like more people should know about this miracle product?
• Laziness - Maybe you just didn't spend time finding out the facts?
You will see people go all out to defend their favorite product in forums.
But why bother really? If a product is not making money for you as a ClickBank affiliate, then find other products that will. That's what I mean by "it's not personal, it's just business!"
The Super Affiliates are all about business. You can be their best friend, but if your product does not make them money don't hope that they are going to help you promote it.
Time is money, and opportunity cost is the greatest cost of them all. A super affiliate knows that his time can be spent promoting better products that sell, and at the end of the day he will make more money that most other ClickBank affiliates.
That's what I am asking you to do.
Even if you personally love a product, it does not mean that other people will love it. Try promoting a product for 4-6 weeks, and if you find that it's difficult to make sales for it, remove it from your website. Drop it. Move on.
Fact: A great product is only about 15% of what it takes to make an affiliate sale.
Here are the other important factors:
Key Factors of An Affiliate Sale
•Product Quality
•Sales Page
•Sales Process
•Pricing Structure
•Brand / Recognition
•Misc
So don't get too hung about a great product. If it does not have a great sales page that the quality will not matter because no one will know how good it is until they buy -IF they buy.
There are literally thousands of other products you can promote. Why stick with the losers when you can be with the winners?
They fall in love with a product that they feel is great, and they will go all out to promote it for months and even years. They have a personal relationship with the product, and they speak like they are the product creator.
Sometimes they make some money with this kind of attitude. But what if they don't?
For me, it's pretty easy to explain this silly behavior:
• Guru-worship - May the guy who made the product is your "guru" or mentor?
• Sense of obligation - You feel like more people should know about this miracle product?
• Laziness - Maybe you just didn't spend time finding out the facts?
You will see people go all out to defend their favorite product in forums.
But why bother really? If a product is not making money for you as a ClickBank affiliate, then find other products that will. That's what I mean by "it's not personal, it's just business!"
The Super Affiliates are all about business. You can be their best friend, but if your product does not make them money don't hope that they are going to help you promote it.
Time is money, and opportunity cost is the greatest cost of them all. A super affiliate knows that his time can be spent promoting better products that sell, and at the end of the day he will make more money that most other ClickBank affiliates.
That's what I am asking you to do.
Even if you personally love a product, it does not mean that other people will love it. Try promoting a product for 4-6 weeks, and if you find that it's difficult to make sales for it, remove it from your website. Drop it. Move on.
Fact: A great product is only about 15% of what it takes to make an affiliate sale.
Here are the other important factors:
Key Factors of An Affiliate Sale
•Product Quality
•Sales Page
•Sales Process
•Pricing Structure
•Brand / Recognition
•Misc
So don't get too hung about a great product. If it does not have a great sales page that the quality will not matter because no one will know how good it is until they buy -IF they buy.
There are literally thousands of other products you can promote. Why stick with the losers when you can be with the winners?
Secret Number 1: Quality, Not Quantity
The biggest mistake most people make, especially someone new to the idea of making money online with ClickBank, is that they want to promote everything.
Excited with the idea, they go out and promote every single product they can find. As a result, they make mo money. In six months they would have probably given up.
I see a lot of people like this during my seminars and coaching sessions. Just because you can promote everything, it doesn't mean that you have to. In fact, promoting more than 3-5 products at the same time is going to eat up all your time, energy and money; and leave you with an empty pocket.
Here's a story ...
Donald is looking for ways to make extra money, to help pay for his college fees. One day he discovers that using ClickBank, he can make more money online that whatever he earns in the company, and that he can get started part time with very little investment.
Excited, Donald gets his ClickBank links and starts spamming forums and blogs, sending everyone who clicks on his link directly to the product website. By not having the correct guidance and a proper strategy, he has promoted more than 70 products, some of which he can't even remember what they are. He never bothered to read the website's sales copy and he really has no clue what the product is all about and why anyone would be interested in them.
If he's lucky, Donald may make a few sales.
But the reality is this: Chances are very, very high that Donald would have made nothing.
The secret to making a lot of money from ClickBank is to know which products to promote. The good thing is that ClickBank already makes this very, very easy for you by providing complete statistics. The strange part is that many affiliates still don't know that these statistics exist, or what they mean.
The Super Affiliates, on the other hand, understand the numbers. They use the numbers as a guideline to build a strong affiliate marketing strategy. They choose only one or two "niche" markets to start with, and then they build a proper website for that niche.
Then they go out and promote the products - the same way you or anyone else does - but all that traffic they get is channeled to only the products that are going to make them money.
Who cares about all the other products?
In ClickBank alone there are over 10,000 different ebooks, software and membership sites you can promote. Are you going to promote all? If not, where do you start? How do you determine which ones you should focus on? Which ones will make you the most amount of money for the limited time that you have?
Just go to ClickBank, click on the marketplace link at the top, and ClickBank will readily reveal their best products to you. Under each product you will see something like this:
1) Real Money Doubling Forex Robot Fap Turbo - Sells Like Candy! Fapturbo Is The Only Automated Forex Income Solution That Doubles Real Monetary Deposits In Under 30 Days. No Backtest Tricks. The Best Converting And Best Performing Forex Product On The Planet, Period. No Wonder It Sells Like Candy. $/sale: $77.78 Future $: - Total $/sale: $77.78 %/sale: 60.0% %refd: 78.0% grav: 878.34 view pitch page create hoplink
Excited with the idea, they go out and promote every single product they can find. As a result, they make mo money. In six months they would have probably given up.
I see a lot of people like this during my seminars and coaching sessions. Just because you can promote everything, it doesn't mean that you have to. In fact, promoting more than 3-5 products at the same time is going to eat up all your time, energy and money; and leave you with an empty pocket.
Here's a story ...
Donald is looking for ways to make extra money, to help pay for his college fees. One day he discovers that using ClickBank, he can make more money online that whatever he earns in the company, and that he can get started part time with very little investment.
Excited, Donald gets his ClickBank links and starts spamming forums and blogs, sending everyone who clicks on his link directly to the product website. By not having the correct guidance and a proper strategy, he has promoted more than 70 products, some of which he can't even remember what they are. He never bothered to read the website's sales copy and he really has no clue what the product is all about and why anyone would be interested in them.
If he's lucky, Donald may make a few sales.
But the reality is this: Chances are very, very high that Donald would have made nothing.
The secret to making a lot of money from ClickBank is to know which products to promote. The good thing is that ClickBank already makes this very, very easy for you by providing complete statistics. The strange part is that many affiliates still don't know that these statistics exist, or what they mean.
The Super Affiliates, on the other hand, understand the numbers. They use the numbers as a guideline to build a strong affiliate marketing strategy. They choose only one or two "niche" markets to start with, and then they build a proper website for that niche.
Then they go out and promote the products - the same way you or anyone else does - but all that traffic they get is channeled to only the products that are going to make them money.
Who cares about all the other products?
In ClickBank alone there are over 10,000 different ebooks, software and membership sites you can promote. Are you going to promote all? If not, where do you start? How do you determine which ones you should focus on? Which ones will make you the most amount of money for the limited time that you have?
Just go to ClickBank, click on the marketplace link at the top, and ClickBank will readily reveal their best products to you. Under each product you will see something like this:
1) Real Money Doubling Forex Robot Fap Turbo - Sells Like Candy! Fapturbo Is The Only Automated Forex Income Solution That Doubles Real Monetary Deposits In Under 30 Days. No Backtest Tricks. The Best Converting And Best Performing Forex Product On The Planet, Period. No Wonder It Sells Like Candy. $/sale: $77.78 Future $: - Total $/sale: $77.78 %/sale: 60.0% %refd: 78.0% grav: 878.34 view pitch page create hoplink
$/sale: $77.78 I Future $: - I Total $/sale: $77.78 I %/sale: 60.0% I %refd: 78.0% I grav: 878.34
These numbers tell you everything you need to know, including whether you're going to make money promoting that particular product.
Now, to understand what they mean.
• $/sale: How much actual commissions earned by promoting this product
• Future $: How much recurring commissions you make, if the product has monthly charges
• Total $/sale: Total commissions earned, by adding the $/sale and Future $ data
• % sale: The actual commission payout by the vendor. In the example above the vendor will pay you 60% for promoting his products
• % refd: Percentage of sales referred by affiliates. In the example above 78% sales are made by affiliates, and the balance 8% made directly by the product owner.
• grav: The number of unique affiliates who earned a commission selling the product for the past 2 months.
As you can see, before you even create your affiliate link for a particular product in ClickBank, you can already see if it has made money for other affiliates. You can also see how much commissions you can get, as well as other important secrets.
But ask yourself: How often do you use this data in your affiliate marketing?
Are you making decisions based on facts, or are you marketing in the dark?
Throughout my research and training events, I found that most people don't us the facts. Instead, they just blindly promote products just because:
1. Someone else is promoting them on his / her blog
2. They have made money with another product from the same vendor
3. They have bought the product and think it is good
These are three of the worst reasons to promote a ClickBank product. But the last one is the most interesting ...
These numbers tell you everything you need to know, including whether you're going to make money promoting that particular product.
Now, to understand what they mean.
• $/sale: How much actual commissions earned by promoting this product
• Future $: How much recurring commissions you make, if the product has monthly charges
• Total $/sale: Total commissions earned, by adding the $/sale and Future $ data
• % sale: The actual commission payout by the vendor. In the example above the vendor will pay you 60% for promoting his products
• % refd: Percentage of sales referred by affiliates. In the example above 78% sales are made by affiliates, and the balance 8% made directly by the product owner.
• grav: The number of unique affiliates who earned a commission selling the product for the past 2 months.
As you can see, before you even create your affiliate link for a particular product in ClickBank, you can already see if it has made money for other affiliates. You can also see how much commissions you can get, as well as other important secrets.
But ask yourself: How often do you use this data in your affiliate marketing?
Are you making decisions based on facts, or are you marketing in the dark?
Throughout my research and training events, I found that most people don't us the facts. Instead, they just blindly promote products just because:
1. Someone else is promoting them on his / her blog
2. They have made money with another product from the same vendor
3. They have bought the product and think it is good
These are three of the worst reasons to promote a ClickBank product. But the last one is the most interesting ...
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