Terry Dean

That product was one that I helped my online accountability
partner to launch, several years ago

It caused me to go back and look over my own numbers, and
based upon what I discovered, this is the ONLY affiliate
program that I can say has paid me commissions, consistently
for 3-4 years now.

That’s significant!

David Perdew, who set it all up, often talks about “one
and done” product launches. Those are the types of launches
where you do one or two promotions for a product and then
it’s pulled off the market.

David Perdew

I don’t know about you, but I personally DISLIKE those
types of promotion for two reasons:

1) It means that as an affiliate marketers, even if I am
successful at selling my customers that products, I need
to look for something else to sell them a week later. The
big DISCONNECT there is that that means I can’t really
even give them time to benefit from what I just sold them
before I’m suggesting that they buy something else.

I honestly don’t think that’s fair to my subscribers who
would really benefit from that first product IF they would
just take the time to go through it and actually APPLY what
it teaches. I shouldn’t be distracting them from being able
to do that.

2) With many promotions that we do, our subscribers may
not even get around to reading an email, or being ready
to buy, until a week or more later. With the one-and-done
promotions, by the time they are ready to focus on the offer,
it’s too late.

So, we waste all that effort. Those are two reasons that
I’m focused on the product that Terry recommends. It’s
something that you can honestly promote today, and earn
commissions on a year or more later.

David actually “tags” your referrals in his database in a
way that you earn LIFETIME commissions… and you get credit
even if they delete their cookies because his affiliate
tracking system does not depend upon cookies.

The “creame de le cream” of David’s products is his
Niche Affiliate Marketing System Workshop, which is THE
very best internet marketing workshop that I have ever
personally attended.

In fact, I now teach at each of David’s workshops. NAMS
#8 is coming up in August, and unless I’m mistaken, I will
have only missed teaching at one out of the eight.

Take a minute now and check out what I’m convinced is the
very best, hands-on, internet marketing training out there.
There is a member-only affiliate program that is also, as
I just explained, in my opinion, the best affiliate program
out there.

Check it out here:
http://TheRealSecrets.com/MySingleHighestRecommendation/

Oh, here’s part of Terry’s email, that caused me to go back
and take a hard look at my numbers… edited slightly so that
we can track responses:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Subject: affiliate payout $4.68 per unique click

I’m a numbers guy.

Either something works or it doesn’t based on the numbers.

Track everything.

Measurement eliminates argument.

Many affiliate programs will hype you up by claiming huge
payouts.

They’ll talk about the prizes you can earn in the new contest,
or they’ll have their affiliates compete with each other to be
the top of the scoreboard.

Nothing wrong with any of that.

But when it comes down to it, it’s about the numbers.

And it’s also about delivering value to the customers.

This morning I was running through some of my affiliate
accounts.

And I took notice of an affiliate program that I haven’t given
much attention to, but sends me money through Paypal every single
month.

I promoted them in September 2011, so less than a year ago.

And did some other minor mentions of them, but haven’t done
anything heavy.

What jumped out to me from the stats is they have paid me $4.68
per unique clickthrough so far.

And they’re not finished yet. Each month they send me money for
clicks I sent 8 months ago.

That $4.68 per unique click for me has been increasing each
month.

You can find out more about this affiliate program and register
for free here:
http://TheRealSecrets.com/MySingleHighestRecommendation/

It is a two tier program so you’re also paid off JV referrals.

What’s unique here is they pay:

- Commissions on their entire product funnel from $5 to $500

- Multiple free eCourse link bait for driving new members

- First click referral tagging – get paid forever off a referral
today (that’s what I like)

Basically you earn more money every time they send out an email
to those you’ve referred.

Awesome deal!

At least I think so. Seeing the numbers this morning means I
will be promoting for them more.

And I haven’t even mentioned the quality of the products yet.

The reason those commissions keep growing is because members
STICK with them.

They receive value.

And once they see the quality of what is offered, they buy more.

This program is run by David Perdew who runs the NAMS events
(Niche Affiliate Marketing System).

That’s where my initial promotion came from. I attended the
event as a speaker and was impressed with how it was a
step-by-step workshop to help people at any level…from beginner
to advanced.

In addition, they have a membership program with 17 ways to give
you better training, content, and tools for your online business
today.

Check it out:
http://TheRealSecrets.com/MySingleHighestRecommendation/

Make sure to use the coupon code MyNAMS80 to get the best price.

Your Marketing Coach,

Terry Dean
“The Internet Lifestyle Mentor”
Earn More. Work Less. Enjoy Life!

Note: Your results will vary of course, because it’s based on
how responsive your visitors are, the offers being made, and
buying interest.

P.S. If you’re in any type of internet business field, and
you’re not an affiliate with them, why in the world not?

http://TheRealSecrets.com/MySingleHighestRecommendation/

P.P.S. Look for the 8 Affiliate Myths that are killing your
commissions coming in the next email…

In this training you’ll discover:

- How to get others to happily link to and recommend
your site for free.

- How to incentivize people to send you all of the
traffic that you can comfortably handle… with no
out-of-pocket costs!

- How to set up traffic magnets, that will draw free
traffic into your site for the long-term.

- How make sure that you are not already wasting
the traffic that you already have.

- What are the best sources for getting 100% free,
highly-targeted traffic

The training in Wednesday, May 23rd at 8pm Eastern.

We actually feature a different expert each week. I
just happen to be next week’s expert

Register here:
http://TheRealSecrets.com/FreeWeeklyTraining/

Willie

Back in 1990, while stationed at Yokota Air Base,
Japan, I let some co-workers talk me into climbing
Mt. Fuji.

It was a rather long, somewhat tedious climb, that I
think took me five hours. We started our climb at a
“station” already partly up the mountain… where
buses commonly dropped people off.

We climbed at night, when it was cooler, with
flashlights strapped to our heads. It was fun looking
down the mountain and seeing all of the other lights,
like a trail of ants

The air got thinner and thinner as we climbed, and
I had to stop and take numerous breaks. We arrived
at the top somewhere around sunrise, if I remember
correctly.

After a short break, where we admired the scenery,
noticing that the water was actually bubbling in the
crater of the still-active volcano, and taking lots of
photos, we headed back down.

All the way up, I followed a well-traveled path. I stuck
to the zig-zag trail most of the way back down too.

However, I did stop once, and noticing that if I got
off the trail for a while, I could probably save
50 yards, by going more direct.

That’s when life taught me that often it’s better
to follow the well-blazed trail than to think that you
are smarter than tens of thousands of others who could
follow simple, proven instructions.

Almost as soon as I stepped outside the carved pathway,
I could sense that the hill was a lot steeper. In fact,
it was so steep, that I soon began to slide down the side
of the mountain. I dropped to the ground where I
continued to roll until… luckily I arrived back on the
trail.

Getting up, dusting off my torn clothing, and noticing
only a few scrapes and bruises, I waited for my friends
to catch up with me, then smiled sheepishly, and stuck
to the trail the rest of the way down

Online today, I see many people who want to start
businesses, also think that they are smarter that all
of the successful people who have gone before them.

They observe the others successfully navigating the
trail, and earning a decent income, but reason that
there must be a faster, less meticulous way.

Those people try shortcut-after-shortcut, sometimes
getting scrapes and bruises for YEARS, before they
stand up… safely back on the trail, and like me,
sheepishly decide that maybe that’s the better way.

If you are interested in internet marketing, here
is that well-marked, and time-tested trail:
http://goo.gl/M2rBW

It’s called The Niche Affiliate Marketing System (NAMS
– for those of us who are smart enough to be teachable).

I’ll see there, and even chat with you as we travel
the path together

Willie, NAMS Faculty

Check it out here.

Willie

This is a frequent topic of discussion as I interview potential
clients to decide whether or not I will accept them, and
orchestrate their product launchs.

In fact, I had a 30-minute discussion this morning with a client
where I made it very clear that I would require a six-figure
commission from him, which he happily agreed to… because he knew
that it would be worth it!

Anyway, you can download that MP3 by clicking here:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/1-1/TheMillionDollarJVBrokerMindset.mp3

After you download the MP3, please take a minute to check out The
Ultimate Social Media Challenge. Social media is one of the tools
that I leverage very effectively, and that enables me to deliver
the results that my clients rightfully expect. Please check out
The Ultimate Social Media Challenge by clicking here:
http://TheRealSecrets.com/UltimateSocialMediaChallange/

Thank you,
Willie

I haven’t previously put that on a webpage because it’s
not a mass-market thing.

Here’s…

A Snapshot Of My Joint Venture Broker Training
And Certification

Since 2004, I have earned a major portion of my online
income from brokering joint ventures. What I basically
do is go out and recruit, and motivate affiliates for
other people’s product launches.

I also use my 16 years of internet marketing experience
to review EVERYTHING about the product that I’m helping
to launch including the product itself, the entire
sales funnel, etc.

So, my JV brokering also equates to a consultation. I
do offer regular consultations, on an hourly, monthly
and annual (retainer) basis. You can read a little
more about that on my site at:
http://williecrawford.com/mentoring.html

Before I take on clients as a JV broker, for consultation,
or as a student, I put them through a mini-interview.

That’s because I absolutely insist upon only working with
people that I like and resonate with. Life is too short to
get stuck working with people (or on projects) that you
don’t really care for.

I work as a joint venture broker from my cell phone and
laptop as I travel the world, take several exotic cruises
a year, and enjoying life. For example, this year, I
will take trips to Australia, Hawaii, the UK, Thailand,
and The Philippines (two trips to the Philippines).

I can afford this lifestyle because, as a joint venture
broker, I get paid 10% of the gross revenue generated
by all of the affiliates that I recruit for my clients. I
don’t typically take on projects that I think will make
less than $500,000 in sales, and I focus on projects that
will make several million in sales. So that 10% adds up.

At the same time, I choose to only take on a few projects
per year… based upon how much I want to work.

The reason that a joint venture broker gets paid so
handsomely is that it’s generally a lot easier to create
a product, and sales process, than it is to get large list
owners to promote your product. The large list owners and
centers-of-influence often get approached DOZENS of times
per month requesting that they promote products.

My training teaches you how to identify, contact, and
convince these large list owners, and centers-of-influence
to agree to and then actually PROMOTE your clients products.

I put my students through 60 hours of recorded training
(videos from live training workshops that I’ve taught and
audio from tele-classes that I’ve taught). After the 60
hours of recorded training, then you are ready to begin a
full YEAR of hands-on training.

For the next year, I work hand-in-hand with the apprentice
joint venture broker as you help clients to flow out and
then carry out product launches.

I work with you on as many projects as you do in that year,
but YOU do the work, I don’t. If I’m going to do all of the
work, then I would simply be the joint venture broker for
the launch myself.

In my 16 years as an internet marketer, I’ve seen many more
product launches fail, or succeed only marginally, than I
have seen achieve major success. Most internet marketing
gurus don’t talk about their failures that often, but I’m
friends with most of the old-timers, and we talk about what
has and hasn’t worked among ourselves.

Entrepreneurs who create and launch their own products are
risk-takers by nature, and they don’t realistically expect
everything that they do to succeed massively. Entrepreneurs
realize that you have singles, home-runs, and that sometimes
you strike out. Entrepreneurs earn more than the average
person because they are crazy enough to take the necessary,
calculated risks!

I’ve had behind-the scenes looks at literally hundreds of
product launches. I’ve gone through all of the major
(and many minor) courses on product launches and brokering
joint ventures (deal making) and as a result am a
storehouse of practical knowledge.

I’m trained as a classroom instructor, and in my military
background, I trained as an instructor in a life-and-death
environment. I trained students to navigate aircraft and
do airdrops in an environment where a mistake could
literally kill many people… including the young
paratroopers that I’ve air-dropped tens of thousands of.

As a result of my experience, I understand transferring
practical skills to a student, and stepping them through
handling the stresses of “the heat of battle!” Make no
mistake about it, when you are orchestrating a multi-
million dollar (or even $300,000) product launch, and
you are in the middle of the launch, and things are not
going as anticipated, it’s as stressful as any battle that
I’ve seen.

Soldiers plan things in excruciating detail, knowing that
every plan changes, often drastically, in the heat of
battle, and that there is a reason that they call it “the
fog of war.”

I step my clients through this process, and often things
go exactly as planned, but somethings we encounter
unexpected circumstances.

I work hand-in-hand with my students, as they step their
clients through this process.

The ability to engineer or facilitate a successful product
launch is one that people don’t mind paying 10% (or more)
for. They understand that if their launch fails, 100% of
nothing in NOTHING. Many product owners also understand
the concept of a 2-tier affiliate program, so they also
view your JV broker’s fee as akin to a 2nd-tier commission,
but as a broker, you can also often negotiate an additional
upfront fee. That extra fee is akin to a consultation fee.

If you actually looked at the webpage that I gave you the
url to earlier: http://williecrawford.com/mentoring.html
you’ll see that small business owners who retain my services
pay me $50,000 per year largely to be able to call me up
from time to time (or meet with me face-to-face when they
travel to where ever I am at).

Those who don’t anticipate needing my services for a year
can call me from time to time to discuss projects for $5000
per month. I charge $3000 to review an ebook or piece of
software… and offer feedback on it’s feasibility during
a product launch.

My apprentice joint venture brokers pay me a mere $10,000
for me to transfer my 16 years of internet marketing and
product launch knowledge to them. I transfer that knowledge
the same way that I do to students that I instruct in the
martial arts. I assess where they are, and I move them as
fast as they prove to me that they are ready for. To move
you faster than you are really ready for only does you a
disservice.

I’ve studied, and taught the martial arts for over 30 years,
so I understand conveying knowledge and skill in a practical
manner. I have taken clumsy, fragile kids, and turned them
into amazing, confident, skilled individuals. That’s also
what I do with apprentice joint venture brokers.

I am totally dedicated to your success, should you desire
to become an apprentice, but that also means that I don’t
want to accept you as a student unless you are really,
really serious.

When I first started karate, my instructor had only 5 regular
students. It was at NC State University, and unless I’m
mistaken, I was his only student who was not a graduate
student or professor.

He had one of these students show me ONE “kata,” and then
he required me to practice it for a month before deciding
if I really wanted to join the dojo. After the month, when
he could see that I would be committed to the grueling 4-hour
once-a-week group workouts, plus daily practice on my own, he
accepted me. I’m still his student 33 years later… still
VERY teachable.

I’ve raised the bar as high for apprentice joint venture
brokers because when a product owner comes to you, they
quite literally are trusting you with the success or
failure of their businesses. I won’t put my seal of
approval on anyone who isn’t totally committed to
taking care of those clients… putting the client’s best
interest first.

For the student unable, or unwilling to pay the $10,000
upfront, I offer then the option of paying $997 per month,
for a year. In both cases, my recorded training, and much
of my one-on-one training, and resources (such as example
contracts, swipe files, case-studies) is offered via a
membership site.

After the full year, students who wish to continue under
my guidance, still pay a negotiable monthly fee. At that
point, they will be black-belt joint venture brokers, but
as any experienced martial artist will tell you, reaching
the black-belt level means that you’ve only demonstrated
that you have what it takes for a lifetime of continuing
to learn and hone your skills.

So there you have a snapshot of my training. In-case
you didn’t do the math, with my training, just one $300k
joint venture, properly brokered, will earn you $30k. A
$2 million product launch pays you $200,000. As I’m sure
that you can imagine, it DOES take a lot of skill to be
worth that much to a product owner.

People happily pay me that much for brokering joint
ventures, and I get approached to broker many times more
product launches than it is reasonable for me to even
consider taking on. When I say no, I’m often asked to
recommend someone else. I often recommend one of my
apprentices.

My training and certification does also include handing
you a number of pre-screened joint ventures for you to
broker during the year. After the year is over, I’ll
continue referring projects to you because I will know
beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are capable of taking
exceptional care of the client.

If this sounds like a career that you would like to
pursue, feel free to email me at:
willie.crawford@gmail.com with the subject line,
“Interested In Being A Joint Venture Broker” and I will
get back to you to confirm that I feel we should work
together.

If I decline to take you on as a student, please don’t
take it personally. Life is simply too short to spend
with people who will waste your time. There is a lot
to learn, and much of it will only be mastered through
practical application. So, I’ll be committing to
holding your hand as you master my craft. I don’t make
that commitment lightly.

——————

Willie Crawford, is the 2011 The Winners’ Circle Joint Venture
Broker of the Year. To download a free MP3 audio and PDF
transcript of his insightful interview “Secrets Of A 7-Figure
Joint Venture Broker” please visit:
http://TheRealsecrets.com/InsiderJVSecrets/

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See if you can spot the similarity.

What do the following three statements have in common?

1. I can’t do it right now, but maybe later.
2. I’ve already got my mailings scheduled.
3. Let me get back to you.

Got the similarity spotted?

These are all typical responses that most people get when asking
partners and affiliates to promote their offers.

Chances are you’ve gotten answers much like these, right?

Don’t despair … there are ways around the barriers of
reluctance and passiveness.

Let me share some simple ideas for getting affiliates to take
action on your promotions quickly. I use the acronym “N.O.W.” to
describe three ways to get others to promote you now…

N – News

In journalism, no one wants to be “scooped” when it comes to
newsworthy items. Sharing some big story that another network or
publication broke days ago is a big “no-no”. You always want to
be first when it comes to getting the word out.

That same philosophy applies to what I’ve labeled “The Principle
of First”. The idea is simple: being “first to market” aids in
responses. Those who let their contacts know about your news
promptly will generate the greatest results. If they wait,
someone else will break the news.

So, to apply this principle, you simply need to create some
newsworthy buzz that your affiliates and partners can’t pass up
on sharing with their network of influence.

**CASE STUDY**

Several months ago I decided that I was going to remove the
archives from one of my membership sites. This announcement
served as a strong motivator to get my affiliates to promote my
site promptly before someone else did. The result was almost 500
new members paying monthly fees!

If you make dramatic changes to your offer, or create some other
kind of “story” or “news” that warrants discussion promptly,
you’ll find you can get many fence-setters active in promoting
you.

O – Occasions

Another great way to motivate affiliates to get active is to use
“occasions” that have a real deadline involved.

Some examples include –

* Product launches
* Firesales
* Live events (teleseminars, workshops, etc.)
* Contests
* Special offers
* Limited quantities

This is what might be referred to as “The Principle Of Force”.
That is, you MUST promote the offer now or miss out simply
because the offer will no longer be valid. You “force”
participation.

For example: If you have a 3-day “firesale” set for a specific
date, then anyone interested in earning commissions for referring
customers to the “firesale” would be “forced” to promote it
during your pre-determined timeframe or they’d miss out because
the event will end.

My recommendation is that you schedule some kind of “occasion”
every quarter. That should give you four significant spikes in
your revenue each year, which can be a tremendous boost to your
bottom line.

W – Wants

What do your partners and affiliates want? Seriously, stop and
think about that for a moment. In fact, go one step further than
that and ASK them a simple question…“What would it take for you
to promote this offer this week?”

Make it happen.

I want you to remember the intangibles here: the sales of your
initial offer aren’t really all that important. (Don’t freak out,
hear what I have to say It’s building a lead list, an
affiliate list and a customer list along with ADDITIONAL offers
over time that makes the real money.

Consider this –

Option A:

Miss Ima Guru ignores your request to promote your offer as it
currently stands.

Option B:

Miss Ima Guru accepts your modified offer which includes giving
her 100% of the revenue she generates. You make nothing off her
promotion…but in the process of her promotion she adds 500 new
subscribers to your list, 75 new affiliates and 60 new customers.

Which would you rather have?

Whatever it takes to get people to promote your offer now, make
it happen.

*** NOTE ***

Now, let me make a simple suggestion here: The deal you make
should be directly proportional to the potential results the
partner represents.

Some affiliates and partners bring more to the table and should
be offered more in order to get them to participate.

That being said, you can get virtually any affiliate to promote
you now if you make it worth their while. So, ask them, “what
will it take?”

This is what I call “The Principle Of Fear”. That is, a feeling
of “This is such a compelling offer, I can’t afford to miss out
on this deal.”

All of this adds up to more involvement and participation among
your affiliates and partners…

N – News +
O – Occasions +
W – Wants =
——————-
Other people promoting you NOW!

—————–
Jimmy D. Brown knows about getting completely free traffic as
he’s been getting it for more than a decade. His groundbreaking
course, How To Get Free Traffic, is a whopping 300+ pages of
step-by-step tutorials, examples and ideas. Never pay for
advertising again! Details at http://TheRealSecrets.com/JimmyDBrown/

The usual way to advertise your business is by putting your ads
in front of your market. Sometimes you can do this for free,such
as by optimizing your content for the search engines. Sometimes
you pay for these ads, as is the case with pay per click
marketing.

However, in all cases there’s just one problem:The prospective
buyer is a bit skeptical of your advertising claims.

Now imagine instead if one of the prospect’s friends recommends
your business or otherwise passes along your advertising message.

Will the prospect take notice? You bet. And he’ll be even more
inclined to buy, simply because a neutral friend is essentially
endorsing your products or services.

This is what happens when you use viral marketing. And that’s
why viral marketing is so powerful. Here’s how to start
implementing your own viral marketing campaign…

1. Post a link bait post on your blog.

Link bait content refers to any content that’s so controversial,
humorous, offensive, entertaining, useful or otherwise engaging
and unique that your readers just have to pass it along to
others. That means that they’ll post your link on their own
blogs, on niche forums, on Facebook and elsewhere.

2. Create a “share worthy” report.

Instead of posting content on your blog, you can release it via
a report (PDF document). That way, people can share it directly
by email. However, sometimes it’s a good idea to give people an
incentive to share your report. Which brings us to the next
point…

3. Create a rebrandable ebook.

By “rebrandable,” I mean that you allow other people to change
some of the links to their links. That way, you can use your free
ebook to promote your products, while allowing other people to
rebrand the book with their affiliate links. End result: Everyone
has an incentive to pass your ebook to others!

Tip:You can let your readers rebrand the books themselves by
using a tool like ViralPDF.com.

4. Post a share-worthy video on YouTube.com.

What do I mean by share-worthy? Just check YouTube.com to see
what’s popular in yourniche. Videos of cute babies and animals
are always big hits, as are extremely motivational stories or
unusual talents. However, these may not apply to your niche, so
you’ll need to browse around to see what your prospects are
currently interested in watching.

5. Give away software or other useful tools.

You don’t need to create information products –you can also
create tools. For example, offer a free WordPress theme. You
benefit by including your link at the bottom of every theme.
That’s a goodadvertisement, but you also get the benefit of
plenty of back links.

6. Create an anticipation-building, curiosity arousing product
launch.

That’s right, a product launch can go viral – if you do it
right. The trick is to turn it into an event that’s surrounded by
alot of mystery. That way, you’ll get people talking about it on
forums, on Facebook.com and elsewhere.

7. Create a contest.

Indeed, if you create a contest that’s built on referring
others, then your contest will go viral naturally.

—————–
Jimmy D. Brown knows about getting completely free traffic as
he’s been getting it for more than a decade. His groundbreaking
course, How To Get Free Traffic, is a whopping 300+ pages of
step-by-step tutorials, examples and ideas. Never pay for
advertising again! Details at http://TheRealSecrets.com/JimmyDBrown/

If you’re trying to build a steady stream of traffic on your
own, you’re in for an uphill climb. You’ll need to spend a lot of
time (such as on tasks like search engine optimization), a lot of
money (such as on pay per click marketing) – or both.

Fortunately, there’s an easier way to get loads of traffic very
quickly – and for free. All you have to do is leverage other
people’s traffic and resources. Read on to discover ten ways to
get other people to send you their traffic…

1. Be a Guest Blogger

Some bloggers solicit guest articles, in which case you can
create a blog post and submit it for consideration. However, even
those that don’t advertise accepting guest articles may be open
to the idea if you give them a reason why they should.

For example, you can:

• Trade articles with the blogger (so that they get to post an
article on your blog too).

• Use the blog owner’s affiliates links in your article, so
that they make money when their readers buy a product.

• Offer something else attractive in trade, such as an
endorsement in your newsletter.

2. Recruit Them to Your Affiliate Program

One quick and easy way to sell more products using other
peoples’ traffic is by asking them to join your affiliate
program.

If you’re selling digital products, you should offer at least a
50% commission rate to affiliates, and even higher for “super
affiliates” (those who can send you a lot of traffic and sales).
You may even offer additional perks, such as bonuses or discounts
for their customers.

Tip: You can quickly and easily set up an affiliate program for
your digital products using Clickbank.com (which is also a
payment processor).

3. Trade Blog Links

Instead of trading content, you can trade blog links with other
people in your niche (AKA “blogrolling”).

The first benefit is that it’s visible for a long period of
time, as usually these links are permanently placed on the front
page of the blog.

Secondly, you can also get a search engine optimization benefit
if the blog has a high Google Page Rank (and if you use your
keywords as the anchor text for your link).

4. Trade Newsletter Articles

If you like the idea of trading content, then consider trading
newsletter articles with other people in your niche.

Tip: Look for those who also post their newsletter issues on
their blogs, as then you’ll get the benefit of a backlink and
ongoing traffic!

5. Co-Promote On Your Download Pages

If you have products or services that are closely related to
another marketer’s products, then you may agree to trade product
links on your thank you / download pages.

Alternatively, you can ask the marketer to use his affiliate
link to point to your product sales page.

Either way, this tends to be responsive traffic, since they’re
customers who just bought something (and thus they’re in the
buying mood).

6. Swap Links On Your Subscription Confirmation Pages

Another place you can trade links is on your newsletter
subscription confirmation pages. You may even agree to trade
endorsements in the welcoming emails that you send to your new
subscribers.

7. Do Joint Mailings

If you ship physical products, then seek out other marketers
who’re selling physical products in your niche. Then ask these
people to send out a flyer advertising your products in every
shipment they send, and you’ll do the same for them.

Tip: Look on eBay® to find marketers in your niche who’re
selling a high volume of physical products.

8. Ask to Interview Them

The biggest marketers in your niche might not be open to some of
the other suggestions we’ve talked about so far, such as content
swaps (especially if you’re relatively unknown and don’t have a
busy blog yet). However, they may be open to you interviewing
them, perhaps on a teleseminar. And if so, then they’ll also
likely help you advertise the call, which means you get free
traffic.

Tip: Be sure to mention your website link on the call, because
then you’ll get traffic months or years from now if you
distribute the recordings.

9. Co-Write and Promote Articles

Instead of creating a recording with another marketer, you can
create an article together.

Example: You can each share five niche tips. Or one of you can
share the tips and the other person can write the article.

Either way, you’ll get traffic because your partner will help
you distribute the content, perhaps by posting it on his blog and
telling his list about it.

10. Create Rebrandable Reports

Finally, you get others to send you traffic by creating
rebrandible reports (using a tool like ViralPDF.com). This is
where you allow others to change the affiliate links in a report
to their affiliate links, so that anyone who distributes the
report has the opportunity to make money on the backend.

Summary

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to get traffic – not when you simply leverage other people’s
traffic!

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When you think about starting an online business, some
models are just a lot more profitable than others, and a
lot less work too.

The model that I see used the most often, actually makes
the LEAST sense to me. That model is sticking up a
one-page, direct-response sales letter, that offers one
item. Often, the owners of those sites don’t offer the
customers who buy from that sales letter anything else.

The owners of those sites have to forever focus on
generating new traffic to those webpages. Often, they get
bored with one product fairly quickly, and go off to
create something new and “more exciting” for their
potential customers.

A much more profitable model, that requires much less
work once it gains momentum, is a membership site. Build
a site with just 500 members, paying you $20 per month,
and you have a nice residual income of $10k per month!

If you build your site so that the members actually
generate most of the content, then you really have a
dream situation. Then all you need to do is replace the
members who periodically drop out. That’s not even really
a problem because you can just add an affiliate program,
and pay existing members a percentage commission for
bringing in new members.

It really does sound like a dream business – doesn’t it?

It leaves you wondering why more people haven’t actually
set up a dozen such site that are chugging along, making
them a fortune, while they sit on the beach in Brazil.

Actually, I do have numerous successful membership sites,
and I do spend a lot of my time sitting on the beach,
or on cruise ships, or traveling to exotic locations, and
working from my laptop and my cell phone.

However, I do things differently than most people who
operate membership sites. I have a close friend, Steve
Odette, who pointed out the flaw in the way that most
people operate their membership sites, and I took his
teachings to heart.

The first fallacy about membership sites, is that most
that I’ve studied only kept members for an average of
3-4 months. So, these sites are having to constantly
search for new members. That’s not very “residual!”

Most membership sites also only sell their members the
ONE product, and have no built-in, logical way to sell
them other products and services without risking offending
the members.

Where my sites differ is that each time a member logs
in, he or she has immediate access to the content that
they paid for, but in my sites’ navigation bars, they see
links to other products that I have for sale. As they
visit my sites, month-after-month, year-after-year, when
they need one of my other products or services, they
merely need to click on a link and buy that product.

There are two keys to the success of my membership sites:

1) I over-deliver in value. Members stay because they
find that they are actually benefiting from the
membership. Part of the way that I ensure that is by
building in a time-released training program… and
often even one-on-one mentoring.

Since members actually see that their membership is
improving their lives substantially, because they are
actually “consuming the content,” it’s natural for
them to stay for a long, long time.

2) My sites all have multiple ways of becoming a
member, and then being exposed to my other products.

Members may first discover my sites by signing up for
a free mini-course, or accessing some video training.
Some of my sites, have as many as a dozen such related
products/doorways, ALL pointing potential members to a
main site in a given niche.

The secret is that once you have someone inside a given
site, you show them other RELATED products and services
that are logical upsells. So they may enter a site to
access information on dog training, but notice that you
also have products on dog nutrition, dog breeding,
dog clothing, dog health, dog friendly vacation
destinations, etc.

Unlike most sites that have to keep chasing after new
members, mine keeps the momentum going for each new
member, and offer them other closely-related products.

The model that most people use is a lot of stop and
start, so the sites’ owners never really gains any
momentum, or hang on to members very long. My model
gives members what they specifically joined the site
for (over-delivering) and then answers the “what next”
question.

These sites are powered by a full-featured, yet very
intuitive membership site script called Rapid Residual
Pro. Rapid Residual Pro is a script that you pay a
one-time licensing fee for, and then you are free to
use it FOREVER.

You can learn more about the model that I use from my
mentor, Steve Odette, in a free video that I posted here:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/MembershipSiteModel/index.html

No opt-in is required… no hoops to jump through. I
just recorded the video and posted it on my AmazonS3
Account for your viewing pleasure and convenience.

Membership sites can be very profitable, but you need
to use a proven model, and you need the right system.
Take a look at the video above, and you’ll get a
complete education, sharing things that many others
never seem to discover regarding the real secrets to
mega-successful membership sites.

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Willie Crawford has been teaching others to build successful
home-based businesses since 1996. For more tips on how he
builds and runs his seven-figure business, subscribe to his
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