Below you will find a guest article from Jimmy D. Brown, developer of the Mutiple Streams Theme wordpress blog theme.

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The Easiest Way To Outsell Other Affiliates

If you’re an affiliate marketer, then you’re always looking over your shoulder to see if the competition – your fellow affiliates – are catching up to you. Or, worse than that, you’re looking up ahead trying to catch up with them!

At times any market can be crowded, so selling the same thing to the same group of people means you’re lucky to get just a small share of the market. Imagine having thirty-five Wal-Mart stores in one small town, all competing with each other to get the local business. You get the idea.

But it doesn’t have to be that way. The easiest way to outsell other affiliates is this…

Turn your AFFILIATE offer into a UNIQUE offer!

You see, most affiliates try to sell the product as is. If your prospects are shopping around, they’re going to skip all the “buy from me” offers.

Instead, they’re going to focus on those offers that give them an incentive to buy. And that means you can outsell the other affiliates simply by offering a bonus product to anyone who buys through your affiliate link.

I’ve been teaching this concept since 2001 and, all things being equal, those affiliates who put this into practice will outsell those who don’t virtually 100% of the time.

It’s a very simple strategy. Let’s break it down into three steps…

Step 1: CHOOSE Your Incentive

Your goal is to make your offer stand out from the crowd by offering an incentive to buy from your link, thereby boosting your conversion rate. And that means you need to offer a bonus that enhances or otherwise complements the affiliate product.

Did you catch that? Your bonus should “enhance” or “complement” the product you are promoting as an affiliate. That’s what makes for the best incentive.

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Let me give you a “real” case study (not made up … actually done by one of my customers).

A customer – who is also one of my affiliates – recently purchased my Multiple Streams Theme wordpress blog theme. He loaded it to his site. Then, he invested a little time writing a small report that teaches how to customize and tweak the theme. He offered this small report, filled with insider shortcuts and tips for enhancing the theme, as an incentive to anyone who ordered the Multiple Streams Theme through his affiliate link.

Brilliant.

I’m just guessing, but I bet the report didn’t take him half an hour to write. He just logged his own personal experiences. And yet it has high value to anyone who has plans to order the theme.

That’s how you outsell other affiliates. You turn your AFFILIATE offer into a UNIQUE OFFER.

————- Case Study ———–

One way to do this is by reading the sales letter for the product and choosing one particularly enticing bullet point.

Example #1: If the sales letter tells prospects they can learn how to get traffic from social media sites, then you can create a report called “27 Ways to Use Social Media to Drive Traffic to Any Website!”

Example #2: If the sales page for a diet book promises a month of low calorie recipes to customers, you can create a supplementary low calorie recipe book and give it away to those who buy from your link.

Example #3: If you’re promoting a dog training book and you see a bullet point about eliminating bad behaviors such as jumping, incessant barking, digging in the gardening, etc. You can create a report or even a video called, “The Secrets of Training the Perfect Dog: How to Keep Your Dog’s Paws Off Your Guests, Off Your Counters and Out of Your Garden!”

The point is, your freebie should be directly related to the affiliate offer. You want your prospects to buy through your link just because the incentive is so enticing.

What kind of incentive? You can do videos, software, coaching, advertising, installations, services, etc.

But, “pound for pound”, the best and easiest incentive to create is a small report.

Step 2: CREATE Your Incentive

Once you decide on the topic, your next step is to create the bonus product. If you’re creating a short report or video, you can probably finish it in one day. Otherwise, you can hire a trusted freelancer to do it, which frees your time to focus on marketing the offer!

Tip: You find ghostwriters on sites like WarriorForum.com, Elance.com, and GetAFreelancer.com. You can also ask for recommendations from your colleagues via your social networks or on business forums.

Step 3: CIRCULATE Your Incentive.

Finally, your last step is to promote your offer by letting prospects know that anyone who buys the affiliate product using your link will get the bonus product.

Let your list know. Tell your blog readers. Tweet about it. Purchase advertising. Distribute free marketing materials such as ezine articles. Mention it in sig files at forums. You know the drill.

Now, there are a few ways to deliver the product:

1. On the download page. If you’ve developed a relationship with the product vendor, he may agree to set up a special sales page that promotes the bonus plus a special download page so that customers can download it instantly after purchasing.

2. Manually. You can have customers forward their receipts and then you send them the link to the bonus.

3. Automatically. You can also set up a special email address with an autoresponder, so that anyone who sends you a receipt gets the download link automatically. (Naturally, some people will try to “cheat” this system.)

And there you have it – the simple three-step strategy you can use to outsell your competitors and put more money in your pocket.

It’s so easy you could be making more money by tomorrow… if you get started today!

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After you have fired your boss and begin working for yourself it’s important to feed your mind with positive thoughts every day. My lifetime mentor, master business philosopher and personal development trainer, the great Jim Rohn, taught this philosophy constantly and called this technique ‘Vitamins For The Mind’.
As Jim once said, “Success is the study of the obvious. Everyone should take Obvious 1 and Obvious 2 in school.”
Here’s an example of feeding the mind – it takes just a couple of minutes to watch…..

Writing compelling copy is essential in any online business. Do it wrong and the cone of silence descends – but do it correctly and success is yours for the taking.   ’Copywriting Crash Course’ by John Anghelache – professional copywriter and consultant with millions of dollars in sales for clients to his credit, reveals the formula for writing unique, attention grabbing copy in this ebook with supporting MP3 files. Undoubtedly the best resource for home business executives who don’t want to become professional copywriters but simply must write compelling copy that hits the target every time.  

Essential, easily understood instructions that will have you writing ‘killer’ copy in just a few hours.  Not to be missed – this is definitely highly recommended – check it out and click on the link below.

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To make money online many people jump right in before they are properly prepared. You know that to be a rocket scientist, a doctor, a brick layer, a construction worker, an office worker, a teacher there are prerequisites, things you must learn, before you can be successful, you don’t just jump right in unprepared.

The same applies to the Internet marketing industry even though there are unsavory people out there who’d have you believe it’s a “Walk in the Park” and requires no more than the belief that you can just do it.

And I’ll have to admit, it is a walk in the park compared to what you have to put up with in the working world punching a clock being a subordinate to someone who does not have your interests in mind, but there are still rules you have to follow and pitfalls you must avoid to actually make Internet marketing work for you.

Most people will not make a dime online and yet there are others who will make more in one month than most people make in a whole year. Why is that?

My answer begins with the age-old chicken or egg question, “what comes first the chicken or the egg”? Personally I vote for, well never mind, each argument you or I make comes back to the same old conclusion – I have no clue and I don’t think many of us do either.

But one thing I do have a clue about and know for sure is that to make money online you must first have Passion for the company products and service of any Internet business from which you expect to make money.

Passion in this sense simply means that you’ve researched and like the company and products or services. It is then that you translate that like (or Passion) into the education, excitement and work that usually accompany Passion.

I will have to say that many online entrepreneurs are so good at what they do that they ignore passion because they can sell anything. But I’m concerned about those of you who are not so knowledgeable at working an online business successfully.

Now, I’m not trying to make anyone believe that Passion is the only thing necessary. Because to be successful you must also have a good website, good marketing, widespread advertising, company support, effective keywords, and etc. Those things are often learned from the company you join – but sidestep Passion and you reduce your chances for success dramatically.

It therefore follows that, if you have no Passion for the company and the products and services provided by that company, again, you won’t attempt to do the work you are being taught.

Internet marketing work is typically not all that difficult or time consuming but it does take motivation caused by Passion to get you off and running with a sustained effort so that you won’t stumble.

You have a great resource in the Internet search engines to search about the Internet Marketing industry for business opportunities, USE IT!

Your research should uncover a company that you like and have confidence in. It should be solid, founded on great principles, and easy to understand with great products and services that are sell-able for which you can have Passion. If you don’t find it move on,
You can find the right opportunity containing the attributes identified above.

Comments like, well, that one sounds good and the compensation plan is excellent so I guess I’ll start that business – does not sound like a decision based on anything near Passion. And remember when you hear that an Internet “guru” does that, don’t be tempted, because as I said earlier they are experienced and can sell just about anything, without being Passionate about the company products and services.

Note: By the way it’s your goal to get to the point where you can sell about anything online. That end skill and goal is a worthy one indeed.

Remember, there are other steps you must make before you step into Internet Marketing but if you don’t first find the right company products and services to be passionate about, all of those other steps may just cause you a lot of frustration instead of bringing you great success.

Not being Passionate about a company and products and services that has market proof that it will sell is a pitfall you simply must avoid.

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As you’ll see on the video those who control the energy industry worldwide control the governments, who in turn control the people.
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You’re going to love this. I mean, seriously love it. Have you ever wished the “Big Dog” gurus would invite you over to look at their offices? See their schedules? And, explain HOW to make this whole working at home thing work?

Well, my favorite marketing mentor, Jimmy D. Brown has done just that. His course Homepreneur Habits even has a picture of him in his jammies at his desk.

I enjoyed this course so much, that I asked Jimmy if I could post an excerpt from it on my blog. He agreed, so here it is: 

Excerpt: Homepreneur Habits
by Jimmy D. Brown

 

Hello, this is Jimmy D. Brown, author of the SR Zone™ Reports.

One of the questions that I get a lot from members of List And Traffic (as well as from my other customers and even subscribers) is this -

What does your home office look like?

There is a lot of interest in learning about the equipment I use, the setup of my office, my daily routine, etc. So, I’ve decided to create this report that I’m entitling, “Homepreneur Habits: How To Run A Successful Home Business”.

My goal for this series is to teach you some basic setup and operations for establishing and maintaining your own home business office. Which, ultimately, will translate into more efficiency, productivity and … profitability!

Whether you are a complete beginner or a seasoned pro, I think some of the insights that I’ll be giving you into how my own office and business is organized and operated will be beneficial to you in your own pursuits.

And, YES, just so you know, I really do work in my pajamas! In fact, as I’m writing this article I’m sitting here in my Ralph Lauren Polo pajamas and a white t-shirt. My wife snapped this picture just a couple of minutes ago…

(Warning: This is Jimmy in the morning in his pajamas … not for the faint at heart

Continue on at your own risk.

No lifeguards on duty.

Turn back, turn back, turn back.

Okay, you were warned…

(picture removed — only for customers)

You really can operate your own business in your pajamas. Or anything else for that matter. But, please, no file-sharing. I’ll take you at your word when you tell me you work in the same pair of holey underwear from college just to remind you of where you came from.

Okay, back to the point. I’ve got this series divided into three parts…

Homepreneur Habits:  How To Run A Successful Home Business

Lesson #1: The PRINCIPLES Of A Successful Homepreneur

Lesson #2: The PARAPHERNALIA Of A Successful Homepreneur

Lesson #3: The PRACTICES Of A Successful Homepreneur

In our first lesson we’ll look at some guidelines or “rules” that I go by in organizing and operating my home office. Lesson two will cover specific equipment that I use in my daily operations. And in lesson three I’ll share how to organize your schedule for increased productivity and results.

I’ll be sharing lots of visuals as you’ll be given an “all access” tour of my own home office.

All of this begins in our next lesson. (Excerpt ends)
Jimmy always ‘over-delivers’ with his coaching so I urge you to head on over and grab a copy of this right now and see for yourself while it’s still available:

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In any endeavour success comes at a price – and not necessarily the financial kind. As a home based business executive the first and most important contribution to make for personal success is to establish a clear objective and define the stepping stones to achieving the goal.
There is a quote I picked up years ago (author unknown) that remains pinned to the wall above my computer monitor. It looks across at me every morning and promts some positive reaction every time – it simply states -
“The Lord feeds even the birds – but He doesn’t throw the worms in the nest.”

That’s just a simple way of saying that nothing will happen today without personal effort from you know who!
So before getting started it’s a good idea to have a very clear idea of what a goal really is. The best definition I’ve been able to come up with is this,
A GOAL is a specific, measurable and time-bound end, toward which you direct specific effort until achieved.
Food for thought!
To your success…

Ever thought of converting your home to solar or wind power? 

I bet you have, but like me quickly gave up on  the idea because of the cost of the professional installation and never gave a thought to doing it myself! Well – the good news is – it can be done and it’s not as difficult or complicated as some would have us believe. There’s a ‘do-it-yourself’ system out there that puts household energy within everyone’s reach. Not only do you get free electricity but you are doing the environment a favor as well, and if you’re thinking about being short on sunshine in your area sometimes, there’s even an answer to that. How about your own backyard wind power generator to work seamlessly in tandem with the solar system. Better still, for the home business executive you can profit by providing a vast market of cost conscious householders with all the ‘do-it-yourself’ information eager to convert and utilize the power of nature for their own home energy needs. You could even sell your excess electricity back to the power company that’s been on the make from you for years.

Go check this out while it’s new on the market. There are so many ways that this will save money at home and provide a healthy residual business income as well.

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By now I think most people in the world know about blogs.

What most don’t know is that there is a great income to be made as well for free.

Rob Benwell is only a mere 24 years old and has already made several million dollars. Early in 2006 he shared his secrets with the world in his highly successful Blogging To The Bank ebook and has made making money online a whole lot easier for everyone.

Just over two years after the success of his first book with over 20,000 copies sold, and the 2007 2.0 update, he is now releasing his third edition of Blogging to the Bank helping to wet our appetites and keep the momentum going.

I got this book as soon as it was released. It covers quite a lot of new techniques and information to adapt your blog to the new demands of the major search engines. Many of the techniques in the earlier editions are now outdated and don’t work quite so well. This is why Blogging To The Bank 3.0 is a godsend.
Also this young man doesn’t consider himself to be a ‘guru’, he’s just a normal guy who wants to help the little guys out. I find this a nice change as he doesn’t talk ‘down’ to his readers like most of the other high flyers do. He explains everything in a nice simple manner that everyone can understand.

It may take a few reads until you get it but when you do it’s just sheer genius. Some of the topics in my opinion could have been covered in a little more depth, then others went into great detail. You also get his 5 Blogging Commandments For 2009 that you must follow to give your blogs the greatest success in 2009 and keep them future-proofed. This book should be printed out and put on the wall of every online marketer without a doubt! His book starts off with market research (so that you are making the most of your time) to building your blogging empire. Everything is covered in this new outing that helps bloggers confront todays online issues to keep the almighty search engines happy

Final Verdict: if you are out there in the blogging world and want to make money the easy way then I highly recommend Blogging To The Bank 3.0.

Why work harder than you need to as the new techniques are there ready for you to simply implement.
In a word – a must read and not to be missed – get it!

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