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These “kids” are Anik Singal and Saj P. and the product I’m talking about is ClickBank Wealth Formula.  I’m sure you’ve heard of one if not both of these guys by now; they are both Internet marketing geniuses.  Anik was making $10,000 a month using the beginnings of this system.  Then, one day he heard about secrets that other Internet marketers were using, and, implementing those tricks, he made over $15,000 in one day!  He got together with Saj and, after three years and $67,000, perfected the system enough to sell it to you!

This system focuses on using ClickBank to make your fortune, but it can work on many other sites like Amazon, eBay, Host Gator, and Commission Junction; they just think that ClickBank is the easiest one to use and make money from.

ClickBank Wealth Formula is compiled with over 50 videos (separated into ten modules) that help you learn how to make money as an affiliate.  It works with any niche, doesn’t “require” Google (so you also can’t lose your business because of Google), and only uses a small amount of work, then goes completely on autopilot.

They say that there are only five steps in this system: sign up for ClickBank, pick a product, copy their template, use the traffic blueprint, then forget about it.  And, this whole course only costs $77 and three days of your time.  If you want to learn how to make more money as an affiliate, try this product out!

Technorati Tags: affiliate, anik singal, autopilot, clickbank, ClickBank Wealth Formula, google, niche, saj p

Check out the full blog post below:

I will no longer be promoting affiliate offers that have the following things going on with the product or website:

#1 – “A Hidden Method that is only revealed when they buy” ie.  This has nothing to do with list of 15 items… but does not say what it is. Vague.. we are out.

#2 – Out right lies.

#3 – Income, proof, screenshots, or income claimed from method shown as proof was not actually made from method.

#4 – False Scarcity – ie. Only 500 units will ever be sold. When they plan to sell thousands. I understand the use of urgency and scarcity, or a count down time etc.. but lies that make the customer look stupid, hurt the affiliate, and are not needed will not be promoted.

#5 – If I feel your sales letter hype will have a refund rate of 20% or more. If your refund rate is that high, then you are not providing the value you promised. In my 8 years online, I have never had a refund rate over 20%.

#6 – Poor customer support

#7 – A product that is not complete at the time you sell it. You promise it. It should be ready

#8 – Not honoring refunds. (You must honor refund requests within refund period) Or refund claims like “$500 cash over your refund.” If this is done to simply improve conversions yet you have NO INTENTION of ever providing that and it is cool to just say it to increase conversions… shame on you.

#9 – Positioning – Anti/ Guru , all the guru’s have lied to you. All other products except this one are crap. You have been lied to. Are you sick and tired of the guru’s shoving crap down your throat etc… if that is said or implied, I will not participate in the mud slinging.

#10 – More than 1 exit Pop. OMG some of you guys really think someone will buy in exit 11? What is wrong with these guys.

#11 – UpSells – Any UpSells that make the buyer feel unhappy about the original purchase we will not support. (i.e. To really make this work you will need this.)

#12 – You don’t have your ducks lined up. Your site and technology will work. The days of crashed servers are over. We should all be ready to handle the traffic. A few hiccups are to be expected

#13 – If you have a reputation of not paying your affiliates, don’t bother to ask. You are making the industry look bad. You should not spend money that is not yours. You may think people don’t know who you are but people are talking. Communicate the issue and make sure it gets paid. Put the money aside and pay your affiliates. Commissions due should be paid within 30 days after the refund period is over. (60 days.)

#14 – You should be FTC compliant. Income claims, testimonials, and privacy etc. If you are not, don’t expect a promotion.

#15 – Your reputation online should be solid. Poor products in the past will not get a reply from us. We would appreciate a review of the product or if it will be live coaching etc, we need full details on the product. “It will crush it and you get paid 50%” is not the details we want. We want to make sure that your product will help the customer. Anything else hurts us and your other affiliates.

#16 – Common sense. Put the customer first. Not your affiliates. Money is a by-product of value. A 50% refund rate is a crying shame. And the trend for a good converting sales letter and an attitude of “Who cares man, this is not my real name anyway” and “Churn and Burn” has no room in this business.

It’s time to clean things up. I have learned from my mistakes over the past. I have shared my experience with others. But this is not 2004. We have come a long way. This is not a short term game. If you can’t put your name on your product with class, then don’t look for support from us.

I understand that even with this, things may go wrong. Your software may have bugs. The world may turn on you. If that is the case, communicate with your customers and refund them. If I ever have to email my customers to apologize for promoting an affiliate product, you can rest assure I will never do business with you. Again, if the signs start to show, make sure to communicate and make it right with the customer and refund and close your doors until you can fix the issue. Customers come before affiliates.

The customers in this industry deserve the best we can do. Anything less, we let them down.

I am hoping to create a “BEST PRACTICES” model. I encourage you to follow the same guidelines for your JV Partners. It’s time we stand up and let people know this stuff is not acceptable. If more people follow this lead, we can start to clean up the industry. There are a lot of hate blogs out there and it is seemingly getting hard to know the good from the bad. Time to separate from the trash. Get your act together or get out of this arena.  There is just no room for it.

Speaking of “Hate Blogs” – I will be releasing a personal response about the “Jones’s” real soon. Time to set the record straight

Thanks,

Mike Filsaime

PS – To my customers reading this. This is our new policy going forward. We will do our best to hold our affiliates and vendors we promote products for to a higher standard as well as we strive to on our products. We are not perfect. We do not expect them to be. We only wish they have your best interests in mind. Most of our partners do. This message is to warn a few bad apples from a trend we are seeing.

But please, if we ever let you down from here forward, let us know. We will pass your experience over to our partners. We need your feedback to know if you are happy with what we promote.

Technorati Tags: affiliate offers, clickbank, false scarcity, ftc, Marketing Dot Com, marketingdotcom, Mike Filsaime

Today I have an interesting story to tell you…

My friend Bob is an internet newbie.

This is the same guy who still forgets to BCC when he
emails out to several people at once!

…I was STUNNED when he emailed today and said he’d built
14 profitable auto-updating blogs in less than 2 hours working
from home.

This is the “S.ecret” he used …

=> http://www.themarketingdeviant.com/go/abs

I figured he was joking, but he sent me the url’s and I
have to say they’re pretty great looking sites.

i) PLUS, he’s got them optimized for Adsense, Amazon, eBay and
Clickbank affiliate commissions. SMOOTH!
ii) He’s got articles, RSS, search engine optimized pages, you
name it all automatically managed and setup for him.

Can you imagine my surprise?

Watch this ‘SHOCKING’ video proof here…

=> http://www.themarketingdeviant.com/go/abs

I finally figured out his “S.ecret” he was using a
breakthrough blog creator software to build his blogs

He now generates thousands of dollars each month from
simple niche blogs. Now you can do the same!

To Your Success,
Mitch Sanders

P.S. If you want to create ‘MULTIPLE profitable blogs’ that you
can set once, forget and start getting sales in a matter
of hours like Bob did, read more details here…

=> http://www.themarketingdeviant.com/go/abs

Find Me On The Internet:
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FB: http://www.facebook.com/miitchsanders
TW: http://www.twitter.com/mitchsanders

Technorati Tags: Adsense, Amazon, Auto Blog, autoblogsamurari, clickbank, eBay, money generating blogs

This guy got so frustrated with affiliate marketing he
was prepared to throw in the towel… This guy got
so frustrated with affiliate marketing he was prepared
to throw in the towel…

=> http://www.themarketingdeviant.com/go/ata

He coughed up thousands of his hard-earned dollars
on useless eBooks, pathetic ClickBank guides, rehashed
dead-end affiliate tactics… the lot.

It’s remarkable that he carried on. He’d just lost his
J.O.B so his situation was pretty tight.

He’d also borrowed a lot of Cash to keep on going with
affiliate marketing ’cause he wants to make this thing work.
At that point it’d be easy to throw in the towel. Especially
considering his honest admission that he’s not the smartest
guy around.

But he didn’t. And what happened next is truly remarkable.

=> http://www.themarketingdeviant.com/go/ata

Take it from this guy, no matter how frustrating it can be
trying to make an income online or working from home,
you’re only one breakthrough away.

One discovery. One loophole. One glitch. One idea.

It can happen and it will happen. And when it does believe
me it’s worth every dollar and second that you spent online.
In fact it’s all the much sweeter.

You absolutely must check this out…

=> http://www.themarketingdeviant.com/go/ata

Talk Soon,
Mitch Sanders

P.S. If you’re short on time, spare two minutes for this.
That’s all two minutes. I know you’re not going to regret it.

=> http://www.themarketingdeviant.com/go/ata

P.P.S I have a very special surprise for you in the next
couple of days. Keep your eye out for it.

Find Me On The Internet:
W: http://www.TheMarketingDeviant.com/
FB: http://www.facebook.com/miitchsanders
TW: http://www.twitter.com/mitchsanders

Technorati Tags: affiliate marketing, affiliate tactics, clickbank, ebooks, Home Based Business, J.O.B., job, online business, Online Marketing, Work From Home

The message is below

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Have you seen this *SHOCKING* new video yet?

These guys made $237,522 this month with ClickBank.

And – most shocking of all – they’re “exposing”
some “big name” gurus.

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=>>> http://www.themarketingdeviant.com/go/0cost

Now I’ve got a very *important* question to ask.

Have you heard of Paul Liburd and Antonio Giuditta
before? No?

Good.

You shouldn’t have.

That’s the whole point.

These guys have been making up to $7,945 per day.

And they’ve done it COMPLETELY “on the quiet”…

Up until now, that is.

But today, after months of silent affiliateDomination,
they’ve decided…

“Enough Is Enough!”

It’s time for them toBlow apart the scene…

To show you how they’re dominating ClickBank…

And to expose the sham gurus and scammy systems and
e-books for what they are.

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video.

And I’m sure you’ll be just as suprised.

Can’t wait to see what the buzz is about?

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=>>> http://www.themarketingdeviant.com/go/0cost

So what on earth is this about?

Well, let’s just say that Antonio & Paul have discovered
something incredible.

A new affiliate system that requires…

* zero costs
* zero experience
* zero technical skill

In fact, all it requires is that you are prepared to
think *differently*.

Because this is like nothing you’ve ever seen before.

But there’s aCatch.

Apparently, the “gurus” and scam-peddlers are angry
this is out there.

And so they’ve set a *strict* limit on the number
of copies they’re releasing.

As such, if you want in, you’ll have to take action
right now.

So, hit this page, watch the video, and download your
riskFREE trial copy, because they could be gone any
minutes from now:

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To Your Success,
Mitch Sanders

P.S.: Don’t delay – this video could be gone any second
now…. It’sFREE and if you are serious about cashing
6 figures per month affiliates cheques you can’t miss
this out — go there NOW:

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Don’t sweat it, every new person learning Internet marketing has these questions… and some veterans too! So here’s some quick tips and tricks that can solve huge headaches for you in the future:

Keywords:

1. You need to kill ANY keyword that isn’t profitable. I basically try to give a keyword a couple hundred clicks, but it really depends on the cost. If I spend more than the potential payout of a sale on one keyword, then I typically bail.
2. If a keyword is getting a TON of cheap clicks… converting BADLY… but STILL profitable, then you definitely want to keep it (I know this is obvious, but I’m trying to cover all the bases here).
3. When a keyword IS profitable, then make note of how much you are spending… and what your average cost per sale is for that keyword. Now up the bid a little bit (hoping to get more traffic) and see if you make more or less per sale than you were before.
4. If a keyword IS extremely profitable, then try to think of other similar keywords that might convert well. Think of every variation of that keyword. (Use a thesaurus). SO many people don’t do this… and using a little brain power can go a long way.
5. Do your research and find long tail keywords. There are TONS of free keyword research tools available. Check out our video section where we walk you through a few of them.

Ad Groups:

1. Remember, Ad Groups are all about RELEVANCY. All the keywords in an ad group should be related in some way and paired with ads that match your keywords… or match the general theme of the keywords in that ad group.
2. Create at least two ads per ad group. Yahoo, Google, MSN… they all have an ad split test feature. USE IT. Write one ad that’s similar to the competition and another ad that’s more creative so that it stands out. (Always split test ads).
3. When creating an ad group, start with about 20 keywords. Add MORE keywords once you get an idea of the ad group’s performance. So start small… but go BIG when you find a profitable market.

Campaigns:

1. If a campaign is profitable, then you obviously want to keep it (and ramp it up by adding more keywords). You can also CLONE your campaign to possibly double your rate of success.
2. If a campaign is NOT profitable, then I typically don’t pursue it anymore. Move on… there’s plenty of fish in the sea.
3. If the campaign has a proven history of breaking even (or almost breaking even) then the SMARTEST thing to do would be creating a similar product for that market. Keep ALL the money. This way you could instantly make this “break even product” a money maker. Having a better sales copy will make you MORE money too.
4. Make sure you’re not wasting clicks on countries that aren’t BUYERS. Use the geo-targeting feature. START with the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Australia, but check to see what other countries would be good prospects for your product.
5. Set up “content network only” campaigns for Yahoo and Google and budget them separately. Content traffic tends to be CHEAPER and sometimes even converts better than search. (Actually the content network is how I got my foot in the door when I began Internet marketing.)
6. Be sure that your MONEY-MAKING campaigns are NOT turning off towards the end of the day, because your daily budget is too LOW. (Trust me… it happens.)

Alrighty… that’s about all for today, but here are some closing thoughts: Remember, Internet marketing is a NUMBERS game. Put a system in place that’s in line with your budget and allows you to test multiple offers. Don’t put ALL your eggs in one basket.

And if you make any changes to your PPC campaigns then make a note of WHAT you did and WHEN you did it. Because when you wake up one morning to find a campaign is suddenly making BIG money… you’ll REALLY want to know what you did to make that happen. 

Keep at it!
Mitch Sanders

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