As I recently went over my sources of actual online
income, I noticed that I get a lot of smaller checks,
from numerous places, every month.
Over the years, I’ve promoted dozens of products
very successfully, and some of them offer recurring
commission. Now those have built up to nice little
“oil wells.”
I used the term “oil wells” because I was visiting the
site of my friend Greg Writer, and that’s what he named
his site. On his site, Greg actually shows many of
the checks that he gets like clockwork. I noticed that
I get checks from many of the same places.
You can check out Greg’s site at:
http://SageMarketer.com/OilWells/
Yes, I do one-time promotions for product launches,
but those are not my bread and butter. Instead it’s
the regular recurring income from those oil wells.
For example, I have a private label of the 1Shoppingcart
system at http://ProfitAutomation.com I’ve had that
since 2003, and have build up a nice customer base.
We do have an affiliate program incidentally.
I’ve sold lots of web hosting over the year, and
that has started to add up.
My pet project now is an audio, video, article, and
press-release submission service called Easy Pushbutton
Traffic. EPBT costs $27 per month for unlimited
submissions AND pays 50% commission. Over time, that
has started to add up.
Check them out at: http://EasyPushButtonTraffic.com
Even ebooks that I’ve written have turned into oil
wells. For example, I co-wrote one called “20 Ways
To Make $100 Per Day Online” and promote that ebook
heavily (in articles, interviews, etc.). That ebook
sells for $27 but has a 100% commission affiliate
program.
When someone purchases 20 Ways, they are offered the
opportunity to sign up as an affiliate on the download
page… then THEY can market the ebook using their
affiliate link, with commissions going directly to
their Paypal account.
You can check out 20 Ways at http://20Ways.org
I market my own helpdesk software via Clickbank. It’s
at http://ThreePillarsHelpDesk.com and is a consistent
seller 
I actually have dozens of these little oil wells going…
some producing a little, others producing a lot. They
add up.
I remembers listening to Ted Ciuba joke about getting
commissions checks and having NO idea what they were
for. I have the same thing happening to me because
they often just have the company name, but the product
is mentioned nowhere on the check. I guess that’s a
good problem to have though.
My real point in today’s newsletter is that when
marketing affiliate products, you don’t always need to
go for a homerun. Marketing several products that sell
consistenly is probably a much better model.
Over time it can all add up, and you could find yourself
with a lot of internet oil wells.
I prefer products offering recurring commissions, and think
that you can see why
Take a look at all of the oil wells that Greg has at:
http://SageMarketer.com/OilWells/
Willie