Archive for April, 2008

You Are Using Redirects Or Cloaked Links… Aren’t You?

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

I’ve written several articles, and written in several
of my ebook, on the importance of using promotional
domains when promoting affiliate products… and of
cloaking your links at times.

The biggest reason is that during many BIG affiliate
promotions, overly aggressive affiliates over-do it
and aggrevate a lot of people. This leads to a LOT
of spam complaints.

So, it’s not uncommon for the domain for a product
to be blacklisted during a major launch. That means
that spam filters can be triggered just by your email
containing that url! If I remember correctly, that did
happen with Product Launch Formula 1.

It has happened for numerous other launches that I’m
aware of and IS why you are advised over and over again
by affiliate program managers to use cloaked or
redirected links!

At the same time,there a people who will tired of
receiving an ezine and rather than unsubscribing,
they’ll drop an entire issue of the ezine into one of
the sites that accepts/process spam complaints.

For example, I once had an article running in a
very well-respected ezine with hundreds of thousands
of subscribers. My article was one of several in that
issue. A subscriber visited SpamCop (if I remember
correctly) and pasted the entire issue into their
complaint form.

The sites’ form parses emails and identifies EVERY email
address and url in the email that is complained about
as a spammer. So, just by having an article with my
url in the resource box, my domain was blacklisted.

While that does not sound fair, it’s the way a few
sites out there operate, and it can be nearly impossible
to get removed from some of these lists. The owner of
at least one of these sites has even received death
threats because he has adversely impacted so many
businesses, but his heavy-handed tactics continues.

So, you have been warned :-)
By the way, if you need a good place to get domains
inexpensively, I set this site up for clients where
I offer domains at VERY close to my costs:
http://WillieCrawford.com/domains/

I need to increase my price there :-) Willie

Tell Me About Your Upcoming Product Launch

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

I have access to a database of roughly 50,000 affiliates
who are constantly looking for new, QUALITY products to
promote.

If you are on the verge of launching a new product, I’d
like to know about it BUT since my schedule is relatively
tight I do require that you be very brief in telling me
about it.

If you’ll drop me a description, I’ll see if I think I
can help you in any way. To do that, please submit a
ticket at my helpdesk: http://WillieCrawford.com/helpdesk/

- Please use the category “Personal For Willie”

- Please, very briefly tell me what the product is,
the price point, who the target market is, when it
will be released, and the url for the sales page.

- Please do NOT at this point send samples of the
product or access to it. I can’t look at the majority
of products currently sent to me, so if I need that I’ll
request it.

- I anticipate getting dozens, perhaps HUNDREDS of
submissions, so it will likely take a short while to get
back to you.

Please be patient.

My staff and I DO respond to all tickets. That category
only goes to me, so it will take longer than most tickets
submitted to my helpdesk.

Let’s get your product some publicity and sales…
provided it’s a quality product that the market actually
WANTS :-)
Willie

He Reads My Blog On His Cell Phone :-)

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Here’s a shot and a note from a subscriber who
monitors my blog while he’s out an about.

It’s a large image even after I optimize it,
so give it a minute to load.



This Blog In A Cell Phone Feed Reader

His note…


Hi Willie,

thought you might enjoy this, when I’m out and
about I read your blog thru the feedreader on
my Sony Ericsson P1i Cellphone.

Often then when I get home, I go to your blog on
my pc to re-read stuff. Its a great way to pass
time when in the doctors waiting room, waiting to
get my hair cut or whatever.

thanks
Fiachra
http://www.help-vids.com

When The Gurus Want More Traffic - This Is Who They Call…

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

If you ever wanted to learn how to get massive amounts of
traffic without Google, or SEO.

Then this will be the most important email you will ever read.
(Im serious)

You see…

For the last 3 years many people have been hounding this one
guy to speak and reveal how he gets more traffic that some of
the biggest fortune 500 companies.

All the top Internet guys have heard of him but nobody has got
him to open up.

Until now…

This guy ran over 5.2 MILLION dollars PER MONTH through his
merchant accounts.

He has run BILLIONS (Yes, that’s Billions with a “B”) of
impressions through his adservers.

His websites have been ranked by Alexa as some of the highest
traffic websites in the world.

Lets just say he knows how to get MASSIVE AMOUNTS of traffic.

And he does it with out Google, SEO, or any search engines.

You always knew there was more to traffic than just SEO or Adwords.

Last year, he accepted 30 students who each paid $25,000 to learn
how he does it.

Right now his top student is making over 2.2 million a month!

And now, for the first time ever, his traffic tactics are
exposed in this video.

The best part is that you don’t need to pay 25k for this,
actually you don’t have to pay anything, just click on this
link to download this marketing genius’ secrets into your brain.

http://TheRealSecrets.com/TrafficUniversity/

If you want to make a lot of money online, then watching this
video is not a choice - IT’S A MUST! Think about it… This video gives
you internet marketing coaching from The Master of Mass Traffic,
who people pay 25k to learn from and it won’t cost you a dime! Not
watching this video is seriously like refusing thousands of dollars
in cash…

My only advice = GO WATCH THIS VIDEO NOW!!!!

http://TheRealSecrets.com/TrafficUniversity/

Willie

By the way…

One word of caution… business people who have applied his
techniques have reported extreme flooding of sales and many have
had their merchant accounts blow up! So make sure you follow
his advice about stocking your inventory and warning your merchant
accounts BEFORE you apply this stuff.

You Did Get This?

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

This may be pulled soon:
http://TheRealSecrets.com/SimplyAmazing/

Willie

Learning A Few Things From Mike Stewart

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Here’s a shot of me with Mike Stewart.
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Willie Crawford & Mike Stewart In Atlanta

Mike showed me some of the new audio stuff that he’s
doing. Be on the lookout for a teleseminar where
we’ll share some of it with you.

Mike also understands a LOT about helping local
businesses better use the internet. He showed me
lots of local car dealers, restaurants, etc. that
he set up with websites years ago… and the websites
that he designed still rank at the top of the search
engines and generate a lot of business for them.

Mike understand that offline businesses are a
MUCH better market that internet marketers.

Willie

Does Armand Make Me Look Skinny :-)

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Here a shot of Armand an I as Big Seminar wound down.
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Willie Crawford & Armand Morin in Atlanta

We had a lot of fun the night before with karaoke.

I’ve know Armand for about 9 years, and have
learned a lot from him. He has seminars and new
product launches down to a fine art.

Willie

Ken McCarthy’s System Seminar - Chicago, Illinois, May 30th - June 1st, 2008

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

If you ask many of today’s TOP internet marketers where they
got their real break-throughts they will tell you “The
System Seminar
.”

Just take a look at all of the big names who RARELY
endorse others who gave Ken video testimonials and you’ll
see just how many careers he has indeed impacted.

Check out: http://www.thesystemseminar.com/133-1.html

I’ll be attending this years System Seminar, and hope to
meet you there :-)
The last big price discount does go away THIS Wednesday,
April 30th :-)
See you there. Mark May 30th - June 1st, on your calendar ;-)
Willie

How To Stop Wasting Time On Products That Don’t Sell! Here’s How To Do That At Clickbank!

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Why Do People Market Products That Don’t Sell?

That’s a rhetorical question, and I have to admit
that there was a time when I sold products that
didn’t sell that great.

However, after “being beat up” enough by people like
Marlon Sanders and Jonathan Mizel, who point out
that “Dead ducks don’t quack” and said things like
“Whatever they’re buying, I’m selling,” I finally
got a clue.

The easiest thing in the world to sell is what
everybody is buying. So why sell anything else,
provided it is legal, ethical, works, etc.

With the software tools available today, it’s very
easy to “spy” on the marketplace and see EXACTLY
which products are selling best, and even watch
trends over time.

As an example, one of my favorite tools allows
me to download the ENTIRE Clickbank product
database and then sort on that data a dozen different
ways… to locate the current best seller in any niche.
I can tell things like if most of those sales are
being made by the product owner or by affiliates,
refund rates, and whether the product is rising
or fallings.

In other words, with the right tools, THERE IS NO
NEED TO GUESS :-)
Here’s my semi-secret tool for finding the products
on Clickbank that won’t be time wasters:
http://www.cbaffiliaterevenue.com/millions/

Willie

Striking A Post With Sylvie And Michel Fortin At Big Seminar

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Another set of Friends that I got to hang out
with was Michel and Sylvie Fortin.
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Sylvie Fortin, Willie Crawford and Michel Fortin in Atlanta

I use to bounce emails off Michel years ago, after
reading an issue of his newsletter that really
resonated with me. Michel is an awesome copywriter
and I recommend that you check out his blog from time
to time at: http://www.michelfortin.com

Michel was walking with a cane at Big Seminar. On
his blog, he explains that his back is actually
BROKEN. Ouch!

Willie