My Blog Readers have Earned Over ONE MILLION with Neverblue

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Breakdown of a Profitable Facebook Ads Campaign

With the latest backlash of articles coming up on TechCrunch about deceptive and scammy ways to make money on Facebook, I wanted to provide you with a full breakdown on how to create a successful CPA Facebook ads campaign. Step and step details on a … Read More

Create Killer Landing Pages – Free Template

I get questions all the time about landing pages and what are the best ways to create them. Instead of writing a post on what you should focus on, I will simply take an existing ad campaign from MarketLeverage, and made a real landing page out of. … Read More

Insider Secrets to a Making a Million Dollar Web Site!

A few days ago I released my first post on "How I Made $860,538.38 PROFIT in 4 Months!", along with the picture of my $306,373.24 check. Due to the massive exposure and questions generated from the post, I thought I'd bring you the second … Read More

How I Made $860,538.38 PROFIT in 4 Months!

First off, I would like to make it clear that this post is NOT to impress you, but to impress upon you what's possible! This is a quick review on how I went from one of my worst years of making money online to my best year, and all it took was one … Read More

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How to Plan a Successful Affiliate Conference or Event

Here are some tips I found very helpful. To get started on hosting an affiliate marketing event you first need to think about what kind of event you want to host. Are you going to do a meetup that’s a relaxed atmosphere or are you trying to do more of a learning event where you have speakers and try to teach those who are attending?

Once this is figured out you can get started on planning your event. Any event takes planning, but with the help of a few friends, and a little hard work, you can create a very successful event.

First off, a number of questions must be answered.

  • What is the vision and purpose behind the event? (ours was to get closer with our affiliates and make new contacts)
  • What are some ways you can accomplish your goal?
  • When is the best time to hold this event? (with the planning of our meetup we had to watch out for other shows and holidays)
  • How many people do you want to have attend? (will have a big effect on cost)
  • Where can you accommodate the number of people at the time you want to hold the event?
  • How much money will the event cost?
  • How much money is available, and from where will it come?

These are all questions which must be answered, but by taking them one step at a time, an effective successful event can be planned. Consider these steps to give you a framework to help plan your event:

1. Come up with an idea, vision, or set of goals for the event. (we wanted our event to be very care free and fun for those attending that’s how we came up with a “at sea” type of agenda)

2. Determine what is necessary to implement the vision and create a budget. (things can add up fast)

3. Contact places to hold the event and inquire available dates for the event. Make the reservations for the proper facilities to put on the event.

4. Identify possible sources of funding and begin to request money for the event. (unless you are funding this yourself also you can ask for or sell sponsorships to the event)

5. Reserve the proper resources, equipment, and personnel necessary for the event.

(steps 3, 4, and 5 should happen at about the same time)

6. Publicize the event.(I feel like this is very important get the word out as much and however you can)

7. Host the event.

8. Follow-up from the event.

Picking an event location and date.

Auditoriums are a great place to bring a speaker, or host workshops. Depending on the nature of your event, you might want to even look into using outdoor facilities. (which is what we did we wanted a unique location) For dates take into consideration there are a lot of shows in our industry and almost everyone tries to attend these. For instance are meetup is the same month as adtech and thanksgiving so we tried to come in somewhere in between (November 19th).

Publicizing an event:

The key to hosting a successful event is to publicize it well. You can put in all the time and have all the money in the world, but if no one knows about the event, attendance will be low. What we have found to be a great source is the blogs such as Zac Johnson and other well known affiliate bloggers. Also facebook and other social media sites work well for this. Don’t forget the shows like affiliate summit.

Plan, Plan, Plan! Prepare,Prepare,Prepare!

Depending on what you are trying to do look at it from all angles make sure all your bases are covered when planning an event. Hopefully your event when it is over will have accomplished what you wanted.

Thank you to Zac Johnson fo allowing me to post this info and helping me spread the word about NDemand Affiliates meetup in Puerto Rico November the 19th 2011 and I look forward to seeing everyone there. Don’t forget to rsvp at Puerto Rico Meetup

This guest post was written by Mike Pacheco of NDemand Affiliates.

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Rank Higher in the Search Results with SEO PowerSuite

As much as we would all like to be the Jack of All Trades, it just can’t happen. When running a business online this can be anything from blogging, to creating ad campaigns and managing SEO. Each of these tasks are completely different and continuously changing over time. Fortunately there are solutions out there for each. Just like WordPress keeps us updated on the latest changes in blogging, software can also keep us up to date on the latest changes and improvements to SEO and our web sites, while also tracking our progress.

There is always an ongoing debate about SEO and what really drives search results, but in the end we know it really comes down to backlinks and building content and structuring web sites correctly. Through the use of SEO PowerSuite, you can take all of the complications and tedious time out of SEO management, and use it’s powerful tools that provide you with all of the winning components to rank higher in the search engines. Most SEO software is just one application, but SEO PowerSuite is actually four different programs, each supplying you with a particular set of utilities and information.

A Powerful Suite of SEO Power Tools

Getting your site to rank in the top of the search engines isn’t simply about getting backlinks, and if you approach it the wrong way, you could end up causing more harm than good. SEO PowerSuite is an excellent tool because it breaks down the SEO building process for you, and walks you through the process.

The four different tools that make up SEO PowerSuite, each focus on a different area. The first is the Rank Tracker, which suggests the profitable keywords you should be targeting within your niche. The tool also tracks web site rankings, creates web ranking reports and more.

WebSite Auditor is the second tool on the list, which scans the structure of a web site, along with it’s content. After analyzing a web site, you will then be provided with further advice and optimization for the site.

Third is the SEO SpyGlass, which checks backlinks to a given web site and also provides information on each, such as the authority, PageRank and location of the web site.

The last tool in the SEO PowerSuite is the LinkAssistant, which gives you the ability to better manage your link building campaigns.

Let’s have a brief look at how these four tools work together to help you rank for your target keywords and keyword phrases.

Track Search Result Listings with Rank Tracker

Using the Rank Tracker, you can get suggestions for what keywords to target (based on your initial keyword choices) and then you can track how you are doing with those keywords across a number of metrics.

As an example, I took a look at how one of my writers at BloggingTips.com, was ranking for freelance-related keywords. As you can see in the results above, their site ranks well on Google for “freelance writer” and “freelance writing.” These stats are based on the actual ranking at the time of the search. One of the features in this tool is to track your rankings and changes over time.

After your initial keyword search, the next question is… how can you improve these rankings?

Improve Site Performance with WebSite Auditor

Now that we played around with the Rank Tracker, we can move onto the next tool. Using the WebSite Auditor, we can get an analysis of how a website is currently performing for on-page search engine optimization. The WebSite Audior will help you fine-tune your site’s content and structure for the search engines of your choice. It allows you quickly spot and fix such structural problems as broken link, coding errors, and many others.

At the end, it will generate an A-Z report that goes through all of these different on-page SEO characteristics, as well as information related to the top competition for your keywords. You will also be supplied with a series of useful suggestions on how you can help your rankings, such keyword density and placement and ways to improve loading times and site tags. Having the program lay out all of the areas for improvement and what steps to make, is what makes this a great tool for all site owners and marketers.

Further Improvements with SEO SpyGlass and LinkAssistant

In the brakedown above we walked through the Rank Tracker and WebSite Auditor tools in the SEO PowerSuite. As a registered user, you’ll also have access to SEO SpyGlass, which is a cool feature for peeking into competitors’ secret link building strategies and LinkAssistant for building up your backlinks.

There are currently three different versions of SEO PowerSuite available, all of which are subsequently available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

If you would like to download the free trial version of SEO PowerSuite, you can access each of the tools mentioned above, but with limited usage and features.

To get started with the full version and all features, the cost is $249. There is also a top of the line version, which is the Enterprise license at $599, which adds such higher-end features as exporting data, publishing reports to the web, and emailing reports to clients.

SEO PowerSuite

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Buying Established ClickBank Products through Flippa

One of the hardest parts of releasing a product and making money, is the actual product creation and launch. If you are continuously working on a product for release, and keep tweaking and improving, you may never find yourself ready to launch. Another scenerio is that you already have enough side projects going on, and you are simply spreading yourself too thin, and your product is not getting the attention it needs.

If you are focused on selling a product of your own, that’s great. With your own product you can keep the majority of the proceeds, and not just push another affiliate offer that is making someone else rich. If time or product concepts is a concern, you may want to look into buying an established product that is already launched, but never found the success it could have. An excellent place to start looking is through Flippa.

There are plenty of ClickBank products and membership web sites being listed for sale on the auction market place. Some of these listings are for products that are generating a great deal of revenue each month, but the majority are for products that never took off, but are still quality products and already listed in the Clickbank market place.

So why do some products succeed, while others don’t? The main reason is usually the person who is behind the product, and the marketing efforts involved in getting others to see the product. Though it can sometimes be both.

With that said, there is a wide range of products and membership sites for sale on Flippa, which can range from under a hundred dollars, to almost a million dollars! Let’s take a deeper look into some auction listings found on the Flippa marketplace.

Watch Out for Low Quality ClickBank Products

Just like any market place, you are going to come across products that are worth it, and others that aren’t. In the end it also comes down to what a seller is looking to sell for, which can usually give you a good idea in the true value of a product. In the example below you can see two ClickBank product web sites that both successfully sold.

One site sold for $50, then the other for $300., yet they are the same product. When you are looking through the Flippa market place, make sure you look for any replica and exact product matches. Some times the seller of these products will offer full resale rights, which basically means others can sell the same product for any price they want. This is something you will want to stay away from.

Buying a Real ClickBank Product Business

Once in a while you will come across a real product that has a flowing supply of customers and recurring revenue, that is exactly what we have in the example below. “Blogging to the Bank” has been one of the best selling “blogging / make money online” products on ClickBank and it was quite exciting to watch the auction take place. It’s a legitimate product, which has been promoted by many well known and high end web sites. The killer here is that the product generated over a million dollars in sales, but still sold for only $900,000. Flippa is usually focused on selling much lower end and smaller web sites, so this one may have done better with a broker/independent sale, as I assume many Flippa users didn’t have a million laying around to spend on a web site business.

Nonetheless, the point is, you can find some really great web sites and products for sale on Flippa, along with a few duds as well. Make sure you take the time to differentiate between the two and find the potential winners for your business.

When looking for an already created product, keep the two simple questions in mind:

  • Does this product match my web site or blog audience?
  • How can I make this product better?

To search the current listings on Flippa that are ClickBank related, simply visit their site and perform a search for “clickbank“. There is also a post on the Flippa web site about how to transfer ownership of a ClickBank product, after the sale.

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Mobile Affiliate Marketing with Sponsormob

I’m continually blogging about the power of mobile marketing and how much money is being made with mobile apps. The numbers just continue to grow, and it won’t be long before the mobile device completely replaces everything in our wallets. As the mobile market continues to grow, so does the potential for earning more money. One affiliate network, Sponsormob, knows and understands the sheer power of mobile marketing and has made it the core of their business.

If you already have your hands in the mobile advertising market, you are already aware it’s not that easy to find great mobile offers. Sure, the major affiliate networks out there might have a few that you can select from, but wouldn’t it be great if you could just go to one network that focuses solely on mobile ad campaigns? That’s the focus at Sponsormob.

Three Ways to Make Money Using Sponsormob

Sponsormob is a CPA network for the mobile web, connecting mobile website publishers and advertisers globally.  In short, through a partnership with Sponsormob, affiliates, advertisers and developers can monetize their mobile traffic.

- Affiliate
Monetize mobile traffic and generate revenue.

When someone visits one of your web sites on their mobile device, what are they seeing? The internet is still well behind the advancement of mobile devices, and many web sites are still not compatible when being viewed on a mobile device. This is where you can make money with the monetization of web sites and mobile traffic. Once you login to the system you will see an array of mobile offers available for many different countries. From gaming offers to dating, iphone apps and mobile content… it’s all within the Sponsormob network. (more on affiliates)

- Advertiser
Advertise on mobile devices.All risk-free on a CPA basis.

As more people are using their mobile devices for every day use and shopping, it’s becoming a necessity for companies to get exposure on mobile devices. Through the developer and applications marketed through SponsorMob, advertisers can expand their reach and only pay for leads on a performance basis. Through the use of iPhones, iPads and Andriod devices, advertisers have access to over 10 billion world wide impressions per month. (more on advertisers)

- Developer
Monetize or promote your appsand profit with Sponsormob.

The developer side will always have a ton of opportunity and growth. Unfortunately the developers are usually not the best marketers, so this is where Sponsormob comes in. Creating an app and allowing Sponsormob to monetize through a cost per action basis, is an excellent way to generate revenue with any mobile app. (more on developers)

Sponsormob Network Breakdown

As you can see from the details above, it doesn’t matter what type of marketing or work you are doing in the mobile space, Sponsormob still has a plan to increase your mobile business. In addition to individual business plans, the following benefits are also available for affiliates, advertisers and developers.

  • Full mobile Analytics – view revenue sources by country, carrier, device, operating system, and ad
  • Real-time Reporting – statistics are updated hourly so that up-to-date details are readily available
  • Marketing Material – we provide creatives (banners, landing pages) to help you run successful campaigns
  • High earning Affiliates qualify for regular payment terms
  • Guaranteed support – our campaign managers are dedicated to your success and are always available to support you
  • Access to over 1,500+ offers, spread through out many different countries

If you are currently working in the mobile space, or have always wanted to, but didn’t know where to start, Sponsormob is one of the best places to get started. Sign up to their web site and they will quickly get back to you and help you get your campaigns moving.

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Outsourcing Yourself Five Dollars at a Time

As amazing as it is what we can accomplish, us individual entrepreneurs and affiliates, it’s always great to have outsourcing options. But at the same time, the idea of spending a decent amount of money on a full or part time employee, isn’t always an option for some. Whether that being too high of a cost, or not knowing/trusting who to use. Instead, thanks to sites like Fiverr.com and JustaFive.com, you can outsource simple jobs and tasks that may cost your several times more at other place, or end up taking up your valuable time.

What can you get outsourced for $5?

Sure, five lousy bucks doesn’t sound like much to most of us, but these amount of jobs posted and completed daily is amazing! Even more so, is what some people will do for $5… but that’s another story. Instead we will focus on what you can do for ad campaigns, creating backlinks and building content.

Fiverr

The biggest five dollar job site out there is Fiverr.com, and it’s paved the way for the cheap outsourcing job market. Through Fiverr you can have some amazing work done for $5. In the screenshot below I have the top results for “Advertising”, but there is so much more beyond. Users on Fiverr will create video testimonials, build text backlinks, write original articles and probably anything else you can think of.

JustaFive

Another site, based off the concept and job structure of Fiverr, is JustaFive, which despite the name actually has jobs for $5, $10 and $20. By opening the job pricing to higher amounts, it actually brings in services that may take longer and require more than a $5 payment. Though JustaFive is a smaller web site, it’s another one to look through for outsourcing simple jobs at low prices.

So what’s the takeaway?…

I wouldn’t recommend running over to Fiverr or JustaFive and blowing your bank roll on trying to outsource everything possible. Some jobs like link building are done with the use of automation tools. If you are wanting to promote a high quality and authority web site, having someone blast your links all over forums for five dollars probably isn’t the best idea. However, using services like this to promote third tier content link article directories or youtube content would work better, though still frowned upon by Google and others. At the same time, there are plenty of users offering manual submission to social bookmarking sites and search engines.

Want to advertise on Twitter, but don’t want to pay some of the outrageous prices that celebrities are charging to send a tweet out to their lists? Run a search for “Twitter” and you will find users with thousands upon thousands of Twitter followers and will send out a tweet about anything for five dollars. Compare these numbers and rates to any other sponsored Twitter messaging service and it’s a no brainer!

The bottom line is, you need to look at your options through micro job sites like Fiverr and JustaFive and see what you can outsource to save money here and there, while getting more accomplished. Sure, some users offer low quality services, but the majority of the users on these sites are of high quality and this can be reflected in to their feedback and history.

What have been your favorite listings and services seen on these micro job sites?

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