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Internet Marketing IQ — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:31:07 +0000

Recession Proof Opportunity – Get Rich in 2011!

Easy Online Marketing Opportunity for Huge Commissions!

Make Money in Less Time With or Without a Website

Get excited! Insanely profitable opportunity! You can make serious $$$ selling Electronic Cigarettes. Get started today with these two proven winners! If you want to make money you have to promote products that pay!

Sign up here: GreenSmoke Brand Electronic Cigarettes

Sign up here: Luci Brand Electronic Cigarettes

These are the two programs of many that YOU as an affiliate should be selling.

Update Nov 2009: People who smoke are a constant stream of income for you! Sell them one time and get paid over and over. I’m doing really well with e-cigs in spite of Paypal refusing to take payment from e-cigarette companies. People who buy seem to have a VISA, AMEX, or MASTERCARD. So get to work… this is paying out even better than I expected. This one is Recession Proof – when times are tough people still keep smoking!

————– This is what you can expect to make from an Average Order ————-

Please note that all commissions are initially placed in the Pending Approval page of the Commissions tab in your affiliate back office. 30 days after the products have shipped (i.e. the grace period for the 30-day money back guarantee has passed), the commission is eligible to be approved. It will then be approved on the upcoming 15th of the month.

In rare instances, a sale may be appropriated to the wrong account. We reserve the right to correct any discrepancies regarding misapplied commissions.

Here is a little “Proof” so you can see what average commissions look like for this program. This one is not going to make me a millionaire, but it does add some nice income to my monthly revenue stream.

Commission Amount: $8.25 USD
Order Number: 100511-15XX37-7XX3

Commission Amount: $20.25 USD
Order Number: 100429-14XX28-3XX7

Commission Amount: $16.71 USD
Order Number: 100420-08XX49-8XX2

Commission Amount: $20.01 USD
Order Number: 100425-11XX20-7XX5

The great thing about this program is it’s an “Evergreen Niche” – you get paid for return purchases!

—————- These add up in a hurry if you can move product! —————————

There is no other opportunity for 2010 where even a little guy can get rich! What matters as an affiliate is not what other people are selling, but what YOU can make money selling. Focus on the money! In 2008 the USA Market for e-cigarettes was $100 million! In 2009… it’s exploding! How much money will you make?

There are other programs, but these have the best product materials to make your job as an affiliate simple. I can’t make the money for you… you still have to do that… but in the world of affiliate marketing it doesn’t get easier than this. You’ll come across BluCigs as they have a good site design and nice graphics, but they are always out of stock. And if people can’t buy you can’t make money!

Exactly Why You Should Be Promoting Electronic Cigarettes…

On Monday June 22, 2009 President Obama signed legislation allowing the FDA (The Food and Drug Administration) to regulate the tobacco industry. And while this may be a good thing for the Health of the Nation it’s horrible news for people who profit from the Tobacco Industry. Prices of Cigarettes are going to continue to skyrocket. Add to this the continuing tax burden State Governments are placing on Cigarettes and you should be able to easily see that Smoking is one very expensive habit.

People should just quit right? Yes, probably so. But they CAN NOT quit because they are addicted. And addiction is a terrible thing, but you can take advantage of it … by marketing Electronic Cigarettes!

And here is some great news… not only are you going to make money… you are going to be helping people get healthier! Tobacco smoke contains 4,000 chemicals known to cause cancer. Electronic cigarettes contain water vapor, flavoring, and nicotine (You can actually order electronic cigarette cartridges with ZERO nicotine). So while electronic cigarettes may not be 100% safe the are many times safer than tobacco cigarettes.

Nicotine is not a cancer causing agent… in fact it occurs naturally in tomatoes, potatoes, and eggplant.

The Nicotine Content of Common Vegetables:

There is considerable evidence that nicotine is present in certain human foods, especially plants from the family Solanaceae (such as potatoes, tomatoes, and eggplant). Castro and Monji,2 Sheen,3 and Davis et al.4 have reported on the nicotine content of foods and drinks. New England Journal of Medicine

Source: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/extract/329/6/437

Nicotine is a poison in high concentration and highly addictive when smoked. But it is not the culprit for causing cancer. Nicotine however may have links to certain changes in brain chemistry over time. Nicotine is not a good thing for the body, but it is not the cause of cancer. Further proof:

Women who smoke are more concerned about their habit and their ability to quit than men, yet both genders appear misinformed about smoking and its link to cancer. In a new study presented at CHEST 2005, the 71st annual international scientific assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), the majority of smokers mistakenly believed nicotine causes cancer, leading many to smoke “light” cigarettes because they believed them to be less harmful. Women also were more likely than men to have feelings of guilt, fear, and worry associated with tobacco use and quitting the habit.

So now you can feel good about promoting a product that helps smokers get more healthy. Lets face it who wants to make a buck promoting something that hurts people? I don’t.

The Market for Smoking Materials is GIGANTIC!

It’s estimated in the United States that about 1 in 4 Adults smoke cigarettes. That is a huge market that is currently untapped, but it gets even better when you factor in the rates of smoking around the world.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Gallup first asked Americans about their smoking habits more than 60 years ago, and recent Gallup polling finds Americans reporting among the lowest smoking rates ever measured (24%). The percentage of Americans saying they have smoked cigarettes in the past week did not drop to approximately one-quarter of the population until the mid-1990s. Gallup has asked respondents in more than 90 countries around the globe a similar question regarding their smoking habits, and the data indicate a median percentage of 22%. This result is statistically similar to the U.S. rate, but in some individual countries this figure ranges from a fraction of the U.S. responses to more than 40%.

You can read about the rest of the worlds smoking rate here: http://www.gallup.com/poll/28432/smoking-rates-around-world-how-americans-compare.aspx

So now you can see there is a GIGANTIC market.

Are you a Person Who has Trouble Finding Profitable Niches?

Then this opportunity is for you! Why? Because even if there is tons of competition the market is so huge that there is room for tons of Affiliates. Think about it. With all those smokers you are bound to come across people you can promote to.

The Profit Margins on Electronic Cigarettes are Very Good

Why sell a product that costs $25-50 and pays only 4 or 5% like most of the products on Amazon? Or Travel products like Airline Tickets which pay 2%? Start making real money you can promote Electronic Cigarettes that pay $10-20% and the company I am showing you will pay you OVER AND OVER each time the customer you send them makes a purchase!

Simple Way to Promote Offline for Massive Profits

Think about this simple method. How often do you see smokers in your everyday life? What is to stop you from taking your marketing efforts offline? Have a 1,000 business cards printed up with your special affiliate code. The company I’m showing you gives you a special coupon code you can print on your business cards that allows each of YOUR customers to get either 5% OR 10% OFF! You decide.

Now you carry these cards with you whenever you are out… the grocery store, the clubs, the gym (Yes the Gym… what a great place, people who smoke work out too!), church, everywhere. And hand them out. Tell them about the benefits of switching to Electronic Cigarettes.

Your Promotion Possibilities are Nearly Limitless.

Summary of Why You Should Be Promoting Electronic Cigarettes

Huge Market Worldwide that is just in it’s infancy
Health Benefits to Existing Smokers
High Commissions
Repeating Commissions over and over
Compatible with almost every kind of website
Electronic Cigarettes are an Easy Sale – they are 60% Cheaper
Easy to promote offline in the “Real World”.

What are you waiting for? I can’t make the money for you… don’t you owe it to yourself to at least check out this opportunity?

Here is what REAL People (Smokers) are saying about Electronic Cigarettes

Source: St. Petersburg Times Tampa Florida

Bobbie from TN

Jun 11th, 2009 11:55 pm

I am impressed with the many smokers who say these work. I worry about them being made in China. I don’t trust China. They’ve poisoned enough people/babies/animals already. Wish they were made in the good old USA. “lifestyle tax” is coming next!

Pam from Cheshire, CT

Jun 10th, 2009 10:26 pm

Within a week I went from a pack a day for 30 yrs to 0. Aside from the obvious – no smoke, no smell, no carcinogens etc, I noticed if I get any vapor in my eyes, it doesn’t sting like smoke. My animals don’t even blink if it blows in their faces

Karen from Spring Hill, FL

Jun 10th, 2009 9:47 pm

I smoked a pack a day for 35 years, and quit because of ecigs. It’s saving my life! And the FDA and anti smoking groups are concerned for my health? They want to remove ecigs from the market, but KEEP cigarettes for sale? Talk about contradiction.

Mark from Wadsworth, OH

Jun 10th, 2009 8:24 pm

After 22 years of smoking over a pack per day, e-cigarettes got me off of cigarettes in 2 days. After 8 weeks I’m using 0 nicotine in my e-cig. I can see why Philip Morris and the government are about to ban this. They’re losing victims too fast.

James from Warwick, RI

Jun 10th, 2009 12:08 pm

The fact that the FDA is considering a ban on this safer e-cig alternative is appalling. Aren’t they SUPPOSED to be the watchdog for public health and not Philip Morris’s puppet? I was a 2 pack a day smoker for 20 years. The -ecig is saving my life!

Anna from TN

Jun 10th, 2009 10:24 am

I’m not one of those people who flaunt the ecig in public. I’m just happy my lungs feel better, my husband can’t smell the ecig, I have energy, I could go on and on. Whatever the FDA finds, I KNOW ecigs are healthier than the reg cigs. I FEEL better!

Michelle from Montana

Jun 10th, 2009 8:25 am

Amazing,the Bull our govt will come up with when their tax income is being threatened. The FDA already APPROVED a Nicotine inhaling device! I tried one MANY times hoping to quit a 25 year, pack/day habit!With my e-cigg, 46 days smoke free!

Julie from ATL, GA

Jun 9th, 2009 4:48 pm

I’m a non-smoker but ever since I learned about e-cigs I’ve been trying to convert my friends. I rarely get involved in politics, but I believe in e-cigs will help to keep them from getting banned in any way I can. Smokers should have a choice!

Matt from Cheyenne, WY

Jun 9th, 2009 3:07 pm

Excellent article. On 3/10 I switched from a pack a day smoker for 15 years to e-cigs. I don’t smell like an ashtray, my smell/taste have returned, and I’ve stepped down to a lower dosage. Starter pack M401 $50. Fill my own carts @ ~$20/mo.

Chris from Portland Oregon

Jun 9th, 2009 1:09 pm

Thanks for an excellent article. E-cigarettes have caused me to give up smoking traditional cigarettes. They’re effective and represent greatly reduced risk. People need to know the truth about them.

Matt from Orlando

Jun 9th, 2009 12:54 pm

I’ve been tobacco-free with my e-cigs for the last 55 days. I feel better, can breathe easier, and have more energy than I ever had while smoking 2 packs a day for 19 years.

Debbie from St. Petersburg

Jun 9th, 2009 12:31 pm

Was a pack & 1/2 smoker for 30+ yrs. am now down to 2 cigs. per day, hopefully 0 soon, after 9 days using my e-cig.

Debra from Tarpon Springs, FL

Jun 9th, 2009 11:05 am

I haven’t smoked a cigarette in two months thanks to the e-cig. After 40 years of smoking 1 1/2 packs a day, that’s a huge thing for me! Nicotine gum didn’t work. This works. You can get different strengths of nicotine or none at all.

SB from Tampa

Jun 9th, 2009 8:04 am

Karen: You can fill them with nicotine-free e-liquid. I stopped smoking over a month ago using an e-cig with NO problem, after 1 pack/day for 15 years. It’s great. Sadly, if Big Pharma NOR Big Tobacco can profit, they’ll probably be banned.

Karen from Dunellon, Florida

Jun 9th, 2009 7:21 am

I bought the Njoy e-Cigarette & am disappointed. I love the concept, but you aren’t saving any money with Njoy. One pack of 10 cartridges is 19.99 plus tax… 1 cartridge is equal to about a 1/2 pack of cigarettes. Be careful which brand you buy.

Get Paid to Show Text Ads on Your Blog(s) or Website(s)

Internet Marketing IQ — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:15:29 +0000

Attention Bloggers and Affiliate Marketers

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Commission Junction Glossary

Internet Marketing IQ — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:20:57 +0000

I can’t believe how many people in Forums have CJ accounts but have no idea how to use them. Why people won’t read the help files is really baffling. How can a person expect to make money if you have no idea how the system works?

Here are some very important terms to understand – and Yes I copied these directly from the Commission Junction Help Files.

3-month EPC

Your EPC (Average Earnings Per One Hundred Clicks) is a relative rating that illustrates the ability to convert clicks into commissions. Three month EPC values are calculated and updated daily, using data beginning five months previous through three months previous. On the first of each month the \”five months previous through three months previous\” timeframe changes to accommodate the month change. For example, an EPC rating in June is calculated using data from January, February, and March. It is necessary to use data beginning five months previous to give accurate EPC ratings that may include extended or reversed transactions. NOTE: There must be at least 1000 clicks for the 3-month period to calculate your EPC. If less than 1000 clicks occurred, N/A will display for the EPC. Your EPC is calculated in an \”apples to apples\” comparison with all publishers by taking each publisher’s total commissions earned (regardless of currency) and then converting that total (if necessary) to US dollars. After each publisher’s commission total amount has made this conversion to a common currency (USD), the amount is then divided by the total number of clicks times 100. At this point, your EPC is established. Your EPC is then converted back to your functional currency (provided it differs from USD) when you view it on the Home Page of your Publisher Account Manager.

7-day EPC

Your EPC (Average Earnings Per One Hundred Clicks) is a relative rating that illustrates the ability to convert clicks into commissions. The calculation is made by taking the sum of all commissions for 7 days and dividing it by the sum of all clicks for the same 7 days then multiplying this by 100. If today’s date = N, the date range used is N-8 to N-2. NOTE: There must be at least 100 clicks for the 7-day period to calculate your EPC. If less than 100 clicks occurred, N/A will display for the EPC. In addition, advertiser EPC will display as \”New\” for the first 90 days in the Commission Junction Network. Your EPC is calculated in an \”apples to apples\” comparison with all publishers by taking each publisher’s total commissions paid (regardless of currency) and then converting that total (if necessary) to US dollars. After each publisher’s commission total amount has made this conversion to a common currency (USD), the amount is then divided by the total number of clicks times 100. At this point, your EPC is established. Your EPC is then converted back to your functional currency (provided it differs from USD) when you view it on the Home Page of your Publisher Account Manager.

Account Links

Links appearing in the Login Manager which allow access to each linked account.

Action Data Transfer

Commission Junction’s data transfer system enables advertisers to transfer action (sale, lead, etc.) data and data corrections to Commission Junction on a scheduled basis.

Advanced Link

A category of advanced functionality links. Link types in this category include Interactive Link and Dynamic Content Link.

Advertiser

(also referred to as Merchant, Retailer, E-retailer, E-tailer, or Online Retailer) Any Web site that sells a product or service, accepts payments, and fulfills orders. An advertiser with Commission Junction places ads and links to their products and services on other Web sites (publishers) and pays those publishers a commission for leads or sales that result from their site.

Advertiser Expired

Program Terms that were once active for a publisher but that have been subsequently expired (i.e., \”dropped\”) by the advertiser.

Advertiser SmartZone

An Advertiser SmartZone is a package of links that the advertiser creates, using only links from his program. Each link within the SmartZone is given a \”weight\” that determines how often it will display in relation to the other links within the SmartZone (rotating).

AID

Ad ID. Specific value assigned to a link in the Commission Junction Network with a numeric value of 4-10 characters.

Arbitrage

The simultaneous purchase and sale of similar commodities in different markets to take advantage of a price discrepancy.

Banner

A clickable (linked) advertising graphic. This is the most common type of Web advertisement.

Batch Processing

Commission Junction’s batch processing method allows the advertiser to store the information (Publisher ID, Ad ID, Shopper ID) collected during the initial click-through and link those values to the consumer transaction (sale or lead). Once all the information is prepared, the advertiser may send a batch file to Commission Junction for processing.

CAD

The acronym for \”Canadian Dollars\”, a functional currency supported by Commission Junction.

CID

Company ID or account number. Your account number (CID#) is used to differentiate your account from every other member’s account.

CJ Performer

CJ Performer identifies and promotes top tier publishers meeting substantial minimum financial performance and quality requirements. Membership in this program is indicated by CJ Performer status.

CJ Performer (CJP)

A publisher with the title CJ Performer (CJP) is a member of the CJ Performance Program. This status indicates a top tier publisher meeting substantial minimum financial performance and quality requirements.

CJP

CJRP

CJRP is the \”Commission Junction Recruiter Program\” that allows approved publishers to earn commissions for referring new publishers to the Commission Junction network. This program works just like any other advertiser program in the network: you must apply to join the program, meet the program’s requirements, and then, if approved, use the CJRP links provided to promote Commission Junction. Joining the CJRP is not a requirement for membership as a publisher in the Commission Junction Network.

Click-through

(also called click or hit) Refers to the action a consumer takes when they are referred from one Web site through a link or advertisement and are taken to another Web site.

COC

Code of Conduct: An agreement signed during account setup in order to guide publisher practices and assist publishers in adhering to ethical standards for online advertising.

Code of Conduct

(COC) An agreement signed during account setup in order to guide publisher practices and assist publishers in adhering to ethical standards for online advertising.

Content Link

This type of link provides similar functionality to a text link, but allows up to 32,000 English-based characters and multiple lines. This type of link can be used to provide visitors with compelling content that looks more like an e-zine article than a standard ad.

Cookie

A small file stored on the visitor’s computer that records information of interest to the advertiser site.

CPM

(Cost Per 1,000 Impressions) A metric for online advertising where a rate is set for every thousand impressions.

(Conversion Rate)The rate of visitors from a publisher’s Web site that are ‘converted’ to a sale or lead, and go on to earn the publisher a commission.

CTR

(Click-Through Rate) The percentage of clicks for the number of advertising impressions displayed.

Declined Applications

Publisher applications that were declined by the advertiser.

Declined Offers

Offers (i.e., program terms) that an advertiser sent to a publisher which were declined by the publishers.

Email Content Link

An Email Content Link is an email, complete with content and ready to be sent, created by the advertiser for you to mail to your client base. For example, an advertiser could create an email link to promote a \”Summer Sale\” and you would simply need to grab the HTML for that link and immediately be able to email it to your customer base.

EPC, advertiser

(Average Earnings Per One Hundred Clicks) A relative rating that illustrates the ability of an advertiser to convert clicks into commissions. It is calculated by taking commissions paid divided by the total number of clicks times 100.

EPC, publisher

(Average Earnings Per One Hundred Clicks) A relative rating that illustrates the ability of an publisher to convert clicks into commissions. It is calculated by taking commissions earned divided by the total number of clicks times 100.

EUR

The acronym for the Euro, a functional currency supported by Commission Junction.

Functional Currency

The currency used to store and display all financial and reporting data in an account. Accounts may have only one designated functional currency and that currency cannot be changed after an account has been created. Commission Junction will support functional currencies for both advertisers and publishers of United States Dollars (USD), British Pounds (GBP), Canadian Dollars (CAD), and Euros (EUR).

GBP

The acronym for Great British Pounds, a functional currency supported by Commission Junction.

HTML

HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is a markup language designed for creating web pages with hypertext and other information that can be displayed in a web browser. Commission Junction offers this form of link code.

Impression

The viewing of an advertising banner, link, or product on the Internet.

Incentive Site

A Web site that offers incentives to visitors, donates a portion of proceeds to charity or otherwise requires special approval from Commission Junction advertisers.

Interactive Link

An HTML link (added in the \”Advanced Link\” area) that accepts up to 32,000 English-based characters and provides for some type of user interaction, such as a search box or a drop-down box.

JavaScript

JavaScript links enable scripting access to objects embedded in other applications. JavaScript links put the publisher site ID (PID) and advertisement ID (AID) in the HTTP header (using the POST method). Commission Junction offers this form of link code.

Keyword Link

A Keyword Link is used by publishers who are interested in using paid placement to promote their advertisers. When publishers make bids on their advertiser’s keywords, they can use the information in the keyword link to get data on the advertiser’s preferred marketing message and tracking URL for search, their keywords, and the associated bidding rules for those keywords.

Lead

A lead constitutes a situation in which a user registers, signs up for, or downloads something on an advertiser site. A lead might also comprise a user filling out a form on the advertiser’s site.

Link Accounts

The process of adding accounts to the Login Manager to enable access to all accounts regardless of in which account you currently reside.

Login Manager

Enables SuperUsers to add links for their multiple accounts which enable you to access all accounts regardless of in which account you currently reside.

Network Earnings (Advertiser)

An advertiserâ€™s Network Earnings ranking shows how the advertiser rates with other advertisers in the network based on the volume of commissions paid. Advertisers are ranked in an \”apples to apples\” comparison with all advertisers by taking each advertiser’s total commissions (regardless of currency) and then converting that total (if necessary) to US dollars. After each advertiser’s commission total amount has made this conversion to a common currency (USD), the ranking is established. Ranked using a bar graph system, the Network Earnings are based on a scale of zero-5 \”bars\”. New advertisers are ranked as \”New\” for their first three months in the network. Advertisers paying zero commissions are excluded from the overall calculation and given a \”blank\” rating. The ranking is calculated relative to the entire network based on commissions paid to publishers during the previous month.

Network Earnings (Publisher)

Your Network Earnings ranking shows how you rate with other publishers in the network based on the volume of commissions earned. You are ranked in an \”apples to apples\” comparison with all publishers by taking each publisher’s total commissions (regardless of currency) and then converting that total (if necessary) to US dollars. After each publisher’s commission total amount has made this conversion to a common currency (USD), the ranking is established. Your EPC is then converted back to your functional currency (provided it differs from USD) when you view it on the Home Page of your Publisher Account Manager. Ranked using a bar graph system, the Network Earnings are based on a scale of zero-5 \”bars\”. Publishers earning zero commissions are excluded from the overall calculation and given a \”blank\” rating. The ranking is calculated relative to the entire network based on commissions earned by publishers during the previous month.

OID

The advertiser’s order ID. A unique value that an advertiser will pass in order to cross-reference transactions with data on their system. The data could be the customer name or any number or string (generated by the advertiser’s scripts/software). An IP address is displayed by default. Email addresses cannot be used in the OID field.

Organic Search

Organic search, also known as search engine optimization (SEO), focuses on optimizing Web site content, architecture, meta tag development, linking strategies, directory listings and Web page submissions based on the relevancy algorithms search engines use to index and rank Web pages. Organic search methodology is a long-term solution to obtaining search engine exposure without paying the recurring costs associated with pay-per-click advertising models.

Paid Inclusion

Paid inclusion is primarily the process of fast and up-to-date indexing of Web pages by paying a specific price for a URL in order for that URL to be searched and listed. Paid Inclusion results are immediate and generate large volumes of targeted traffic by exposing Web site content across multiple engines and directories.

Paid Placement

Paid placement is the process of competitively bidding on specific keywords, which in turn buys top search engine listings (or placements) for the keyword searches most relevant to an advertiserâ€™s offerings. Paid search drives highly targeted traffic and increases brand awareness.

Pay-For-Performance Search

Pay-for-performance search is the process in which publishers engage in search marketing efforts on behalf of their advertisers. As a trusted independent party, Commission Junction honors advertisersâ€™ protected/branded keywords and facilitates publishersâ€™ search involvement for maximum effectiveness. Pay-for-performance provides advertisers with a risk-free search method.

Pay-Per-Lead

Commission structure in which the advertiser pays the publisher a fee for each qualified lead (customer) that is referred to the advertiser’s Web site.

Pay-Per-Sale

Commission structure in which the advertiser pays a percentage or fee to the publisher based on the revenue generated by the sale of a product or service to a visitor who came from a publisher site.

Pending Applications

Applications for advertiser programs will remain in the \”pending\” status until the advertiser approves or declines them.

Pending Offers

An offer (i.e., a program term) that was sent to you from an advertiser will remain in the \”pending\” status until you approve or decline it.

Performance Incentive

Incentive for which an advertiser increases commissions based on publisher performance during a given month. For example, an advertiser might set their program to pay a bonus to publishers who refer a certain number of leads. Whenever a publisher reaches this goal, the additional payout is added into that publisherâ€™s account at the end of the second month after the goal is reached (two months are required to include extended transactions, if any).

Performance Reports

Run a Performance Report to get details about your program. Find out which Web site, which links, and which advertisers are creating the most traffic.

PID

Publisher Web site ID. This is the identifier of the publisher Web site from which the consumer clicks to the advertiser site. Please note that deleted PIDs will continue to track provided that the links on the Publisher Web site were not removed. Deleting a PID simply makes that PID unavailable to a publisher who wishes to obtain link code via the Link Detail page. Any active links on a live Web site that were placed prior to the PIDâ€™s deletion will still contain the PID/AID parameters and track per the active program term.

Product Catalog

A Product Catalog contains one or more product links. Whereas other link types promote the advertiser’s Web site or company, a product link promotes a specific product. For example, instead of a banner that promotes \”CoolShoes.com\”, a product link can promote a specific pair of shoes. Product Links allow you to place the advertiser’s products within the context of your content and create impulse buying opportunities for consumers. Product catalogs are currently in use by many top rewards sites, comparison shopping sites and shopping mall sites within the network.

Product Links

Product Links are contained within product catalogs. Whereas other link types promote the advertiser’s Web site or company, a product link promotes a specific product. For example, instead of a banner that promotes \”CoolShoes.com\”, a product link can promote a specific pair of shoes. Product Links allow you to place the advertiser’s products within the context of your content and create impulse buying opportunities for consumers. Product catalogs are currently in use by many top rewards sites, comparison shopping sites and shopping mall sites within the network.

Program Term

\”Program Terms\” are the criteria that make up the \”agreement\” between advertisers and publishers. The Program Terms include the action type (e.g., sale or lead), the commission rate, the referral period, the number of action occurrences allowed, and performance incentives (an optional feature).

PSA

Publisher Service Agreement: Service agreement signed during account setup.

Publisher

(also referred to as an Affiliate, Associate, Partner, Reseller or Content Site) – An independent party, or Web site, that promotes the products or services of an advertiser in exchange for a commission.

Publisher Expired

Program terms that were once active for a publisher but that have been expired (i.e., \”dropped\”) by the publisher.

Publisher Service Agreement

(PSA) Service agreement signed during account setup.

Read Only Mode

A read enabled and write disabled system state used by Commission Junction in order to update the system while enabling users to complete read actions (view information, search, run reports, etc.) using information current to the beginning of the read only mode. Write actions (edit, compose, save, etc.) are disabled during read only mode. Transactions are accepted during read only, and information is updated at the completion of read only.

Sale

Transaction that occurs when a user makes a purchase from an online advertiser.

SID

Shopper ID. Commission Junction provides the capability for publishers to track where their actions originate through the implementation of the Shopper Identification, or SID. One application of this technology is the Commission Junction SmartRewards program, in which publishers can target and/or reward their unique shoppers. Contact a Commission Junction SmartRewards associate by clicking the \”Contact Us\” hyperlink in the CJ Account Manager. Then click \”Go\” in the \”Ask a Question\” area of the pop-up window. Once in the question interface, select the \”Linking\” category and the \”Advanced Linking\” subcategory.

SmartLink

SmartLink is a Commission Junction ad type that enables advertisers to host links.

SmartZone (Advertiser)

A package of links the advertiser can create for use by publishers. Unlike Publisher SmartZones that may contain links from many different advertisers, Advertiser SmartZones are created by each advertiser and contain only their links.

SmartZone (Publisher)

A package of links the publisher creates that may contain links from many different advertisers. Each link within the SmartZone is given a \”weight\” that determines how often it will display in relation to the other links within the SmartZone (rotating). The SmartZone functions just like any other link, in that publishers only need to place the SmartZone code (consisting of JavaScript) once on their site.

Text Link

A simple link (without a graphic) limited to 150 characters or less.

Third Party Link

Advertisers now have the option to utilize other vendors’ services or tools that improve the merchandising experience for themselves, their publishers, and consumers. Using a third party vendor, advertisers can provide trackable interactive links to their publishers. Advertisers simply sign up with the Commission Junction-approved vendor of their choice, create their links, and upload them to the Commission Junction Network. These dynamic selling links allow a publisher’s site visitors to interact with the links and make buying decisions before clicking away to the advertiser’s site.

Transaction Report

Run a Transaction Report to track the commissions you’re earning.

Trend Graph

A graph that plots information from a report against a specific time period. The horizontal axis displays the time period of the report, while the vertical axis displays the reporting information. The information displays as points connected by a trend line.

Are You a Talented Writer, But Disinterested Marketer?

Internet Marketing IQ — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:56:30 +0000

You know the cliche “There is more than one way to skin a cat”. Well a lot of people are very talented writers, but not so talented marketers. And you don’t have to be. If you are truly talented as a writer then you might want to consider selling your work on:

HubPages

Constant Content

Helium

Associated Content

People with exceptional skills can make a pretty good living selling their writing… but it takes real time and talent. And you MUST have an aptitude for correct grammar… so I’m out!

More places to investigate selling your writing:

Dailyarticle.com
Demand Studios.com
Families.com
Methodshop.com
Rentaghostwriter.com
Reviewstream.com
Squidoo.com
Suite101.com
Triond.com
Wordfirm.com
Xomba.com

Clickbank Affiliate Programs Making Money and Working with Clickbank

Internet Marketing IQ — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:50:31 +0000

There are 2 kinds of people making $1,000′s a day with ClickBank.

1. The Super Affiliate. This person really knows there stuff. They understand they need to drive a lot of traffic to a specific landing page that has been written to convert. They may spend $100′s of dollars a day on Pay Per Click Advertising, or they may have a large list of subscribers that they mail to, or they may have a ton of traffic to their existing websites. Most likely that are doing a combination of all three methods.

2. The Affiliate Program Owner. These are the people that create the product to sell on ClickBank then recruit affiliate marketers to sell their products for them.

Can you be a Super Affiliate or create your own product? If you can you can really make money with Clickbank.

Lets Talk Money and How You Get Paid by ClickBank

Most of this information comes directly from ClickBank and you should take the time to read their help files. But for your convenience I’m going to sort out the important facts for you.

Most New Affiliate Marketers get in such a rush to promote ClickBank programs they don’t take the time to read their “fine print”. This is a huge mistake and could really cost you! You must understand the payment process.

How Commissions Are Calculated and Reported

Every ClickBank product has a commission rate that is set by the vendor, ranging from 1% to 75%. When you drive a sale to that product, ClickBank processes the sale, applies its charges, then calculates the commission rate based on the remaining net sale amount. Here’s an example of how much you’ll earn on a one-time purchase product with a 55% commission rate:

Retail Price: $29.95
Subtract 7.5% + $1: -$3.25
Net Sale Amount: $26.70
55% of Remainder: $14.69

Therefore, as the referring affiliate for this sale, you would earn $14.69.

The maximum commission you can earn on a single sale is $150.

Getting Paid by Clickbank

Obviously, the goal of being an affiliate is to get paid for your efforts. To receive your first commission payment, there are two requirements:

1. You must reach your Payment Threshold:

The “Payment Threshold” is a predetermined minimum amount of money you must have in your account before we cut you a check. You may select an amount from $10 to $100,000 as your Payment Threshold amount. The default setting is $100. We hold your payment until your payable balance reaches this amount. A $2.50 pay period processing charge is deducted from each payment we issue. To change your Payment Threshold, login to your account and select the “Account Settings” tab. Click “Edit” to the right of the “Payment Information” section. Select the “Payment Threshold” of your choice, and click the “Save Changes” button.

2.You must meet the Customer Distribution Requirement:

ClickBank will withhold payment of any account balance until the following criteria is met:

Sales made with 5 or more different credit card numbers; and,

Sales made with two different payment methods (either Visa, MasterCard, or PayPal).

Note: PayPal purchases do not count toward the minimum 5 different credit card numbers.

This requirement is in place to help prevent Affiliates from abusing the ClickBank Affiliate program by using their accounts for the sole purpose of fraudulently collecting rebates and/or discounts on their own purchases.

Once you have met the Customer Distribution Requirement, your account will begin issuing payments normally, in accordance with our Accounting Policy, beginning on the next payment issuing date.

Now Here is Where ClickBank Really Sticks it to the Average Affiliate Marketer

Dormant Accounts

Accounts with a positive balance but no earnings for an extended period of time are considered dormant. Dormant accounts are subject to a charge of $1 per pay period after 90 days of no earnings, $5 per pay period after 180 days of no earnings, and $15 per pay period after 365 days of no earnings.

Refunds and Chargebacks

One question you may have is whether you will still receive your affiliate commission if the product is returned or if the customer requests a chargeback on the purchase. Unfortunately, the answer is no. All money is returned to the customer, so the vendor and affiliate must return their portions of the sale as well.

Because of the 60-day return period for all ClickBank products, we utilize a return allowance to cover the possibility of returns.

So Can You Make Money With ClickBank?

Maybe! But you really need to be aware of these rules. Unfortunately the average guy will only make a couple of sales and never be paid. If you are going to promote ClickBank products you’ll need to do PPC or have a pretty steady stream of targeted traffic. If your site gets less than 200 unique visitors a day I wouldn’t do ClickBank. Instead focus on other affiliate products and Adsense. Then as you build your traffic you can introduce ClickBank to your visitors.

Remember this simple fact (And forget about the Hype you read from people claiming to make $1,000′s a day)… conversion ratios matter!

If you have 200 visitors and a 5% click through rate you’ll have 10 hops a day! On an average site it is not uncommon to have an actual conversion ratio of 1 in 500. This does not mean that for every 500 visitors you make a sell, it means for every 500 visitors that actually click on your Clickbank link you’ll make a sell. So the real numbers look like this:

200 x 5% = 10 click throughs to your Click Bank Hop a day

1 sale per 500 visitors = 1 sale every 50 days!

Crazy eh? You bet it is and if you are doing one sale every 50 days it’s going to take you a while to get your first check! These are real numbers folks! Some people do better of course can’t even do this well. It’s all about traffic and conversions.

Lets take a better case example. Lets say you have 500 vistors a day at 5% click through and a conversion rate of 1 in 200.

500 x 5% = 25 click throughs to your Click Bank Hop a day

1 sale per 200 visitors = 1 sale every 8 days!

Much much better, but can you live on a single sale once per week? This is the reality of selling ClickBank products. You need traffic and you need conversions. This is why so many new marketers get frustrated. They confuse visitors with conversions. It works like this:

Someone visits your site>They read your pitch and decide to click or leave>If they click they read the pitch on the Affiliate Site then stay or leave>If they stay they click the buy button>Do they stay or leave?

Selling is a process and buyers are always reluctant to pull the trigger. Most people drop out at the shopping cart. This is fact!

Affiliate Network – Best Affiliate Programs for New Online Marketers

Internet Marketing IQ — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:31:24 +0000

The Easiest Affiliate Networks to Join for New Online Marketers

Are you the type of person who has a lot of ambition and desire, but doesn’t know exactly how to get started as an Affiliate Marketer? Then this page is for you. These companies are the easiest for new Online Marketers to join. So if you don’t know where to start or “how to” find affiliate programs this is the place for you. There are several more Affiliate Networks you can join, bet these are the easiest to get accepted into when you are new.

Max Bounty

FACTS: By far the easiest way to get started. Choose from 50-100 current offers. MaxBounty is a CPA (Cost Per Action) Network Company. What this means is you get paid when a customer takes an action on an offer. In simpler terms this can mean anything from inserting a ZIP Code, an email address, or making a purchase. Offers include things like Personals/Dating, Surveys, Free Giveaways, Coupons, Free Trials, Ringtones, etc.

Linkshare

FACTS: LinkShare is a professional big time company. You MUST have a professional looking website before you join; however it’s easier to join than Commission Junction. No one should try and join Commission Junction until they have some experience, because they are very quick to close out non performing accounts. Linkshare on the other hand is much more tolerant of lower performing accounts. Linkshare offers a huge selection of quality merchants from a variety of industries – Automotive, Financial Services, Health and Beauty, Games and Toys, etc. You should be able to find programs from almost any viable niche.

MoreNiche

FACTS: First I am going to tell you a very simple “Trick” to make yourself lots of money! MoreNiche pays big commissions to people to promote their products directly by referral. What this means is simple. Sign up for MoreNiche then go get the code to promote the MoreNiche Brand. You make a quick $20 for everyone you can sign up. This is an easy program to promote in Forums and Blog posts, but you have to join first. Then take a hard look at the products they offer and see if they fit your own sites. The product line is mostly Casino/Adult/Health related. I have a dedicated post in this same category to MoreNiche you may want to read.

PepperJam Network

FACTS: PepperJam is growing faster than any other Affiliate Network Company. Each day new advertisers are coming on board. PepperJam will also pay you to recruit new affiliates, but not as much as MoreNiche. PepperJam has a lot of clothing and consumer/retail offers. Pepperjam also has an excellent selection of “cut and paste” banner advertisements for the new marketer.

Adbrite

FACTS: Adbrite offers Adsense Style Advertisements. The “Trick” with Adbrite is to take the time to read the offers and be selective in what y ou display. Some ads can pay as little as a penny or two per click. Sites with large amounts of traffic in select industries can do very well with Adbrite, others will be a waste of time. Definitely a program to check out and learn from the inside out. I have a separate post on Adsense Alternatives which includes information on how to profit with Adbrite.

ShareaSale

Webmaster Sign Up: Shareasale

FACTS: Established in 2000, Shareasale began on the premise that they could provide any merchant – large or small – with high quality, reliable tracking software – at a lower cost than the industry norm – with the added benefit of being plugged into a large network of quality affiliate sites. ShareaSale is a good network for Affiliate interested in smaller niches and working with small businesses. While Commission Junction and LinkShare go after the big boys like American Express and Netflix, shareasale focuses on the smaller business which when appropriately applied can be extremely profitable. Don’t overlook Shareasale there are some real gems hiding within the ShareaSale etwork!

ClickBank

Webmaster Sign Up: ClickBank

FACTS: Well this is both opinion and fact so here goes. ClickBank… love em or hate em. Yes there is a whole lot of Crap within the 10,000 digital products you can promote. Finding the true opportunities will make the difference between your success or failure. Take the time to read everything you can on the site so you understand the ins and outs before you jump in and start promoting. Be aware that ClickBank isn’t exactly a secret site… pretty much everyone in the Industry is promoting somehing from ClickBank so you’ll have your work cut out for you. The Top Products are heavily promoted. Find you niche!

Commission Junction

CJ is a very solid network, I promote my share of CJ Affiliate Programs, but they are not the best place to start. You want to have a fully developed site/blog and some traffic before you sign up. There is no point in signing up until you are ready. They may not accept you, and even if they do you may have your account terminated if you don’t start producing quickly.

Tip: The Best Affiliate Program isn’t always buried within a network. Many companies run their own operations. It’s up to you to find the products and services that match your niche.

Make Money with Google Adsense Alternatives

Internet Marketing IQ — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:06:18 +0000

Have You Been Banned or Not Accepted into the Google Adsense Program?

First off I’m not going to bullshit you… it’s a lot harder to make money with Adbrite than Adsense. It’s harder to make money with Adbrite than Yahoo. But what if you can’t get into Adsense or YPN? Well you should focus on affiliate marketing, but if you still want to go after contextual advertising then you may still want to consider Adbrite. Adbrite is a huge company and there is a ton of money to be made. But you really have to know what you are doing with Adbrite or you simply won’t make much money.

The bottom line is people are making some serious cash month after month year after year with Adsense. I know… I’m one of them. I do not display Adsense here on Internet Marketing IQ because my target audience is very Adsense Savvy and it doesn’t make sense for this site. This is why you seldom see Adsense on any of the other Top Marketing Blogs. But it makes huge Sense (Pun intended) on sites that are marketed to the general public.

You should also know that there is no real Alternative that pays in the contextual marketing space as well as Adsense. The reason is simple… Adsense has the mindshare of the Advertiser. They have a huge volume of Advertisers ready to spend in almost every niche.

However there are “similar” programs which if carefully crafted can yeild some impressive returns.

Adsense Alternative – Adbrite works! (Learn more…)

If you are unfamiliar with the Adbrite Network you need to know it is NOT as simple or as easy to make money as the Google Adsense program. However with a little “tweaking” you really can make money. To use Adbrite effectively you need to understand your traffic sources.

The Upside to the Adbrite Network

A variety of Advertisers
Cut and Paste Code
Decent Statistical Tracking
CPM, Full Page, and Inline Ad options
Text and Banner options

The Downside to the Adbrite Network

Low Traffic Sites perform poorly
Niches that are too “tight” may perform poorly
Not as many ad block size options as Adsense

How to make Adbrite Work for You

The first thing you need to do is get yourself an account. Fortunately its much much easier than applying to Adsense. And yes there are rules, but it’s not a tight as the Adsense rules.

Click the Button Below to go Directly to the PUBLISHER sign up page.

How to Make Money with Adbrite

Adbrite has a lot of low paying JUNKY looking CPM Advertisements. If your site is displaying these ads you’ll make next to nothing because you are paid a set amount per 1,000 Ad Exposures. Most small sites simply do not have the traffic to make money with CPM.

What you need to do is set up your site to make money from the Cost Per Click Ads. And here is where it can get tricky, and you MUST have patience.

The first thing you need to do is set your ads to display everything available, and to create your Adzones with the most appropriate Keywords to your niche. You’ll go back and “fix” your keyword selections in a few days after you have some test data.

Then you let you site “rest” for a couple of days, perhaps even a week. Now you can go in an look to see who is bidding on Advertisements to display on your site (You know this by the Ads that are displaying). Now is the time to uncheck the display all ads, and let advertisers bid on your site. This will take more days of testing, but this is the only way to figure out who is willing to pay and what you can effectively charge.

Unlike Adsense you can choose the ads to display and you can set your minimum price. Set it too low and you get junk, set it too high and you get nothing!

After the “testing period” it’s time to tweak your advertising campaigns. If your keywords are too narrow you need to widen them to make your site more available to additional advertisers on the network. So if your site were specifically about Chevy Corvettes and you picked a tight group of niche keywords that is not performing it’s time to back up and select new keywords.

In this case you would want to consider such broad keywords as “Automotive”, “Car Rental”, “Insurance”, “Loans”. That is how you’ll get the ads that pay on your site.

Adbrite is a little more work to set up, and more work to monitor, but if you are careful and test your Ad Zones you really can make money with Adbrite.

Adbrite is also a great way for you to Test Advertisments BEFORE you jump on Googles Adwords program.

Best of luck with your Adbrite Campaigns.

Yahoo Publisher Network

Honestly it’s nearly impossible to get accepted into unless you have a ton of traffic and can figure out how to communicate directly with a representative. The upside is it works, the downside is the “Beta” is still in “Beta” 4 years after the fact.

You can try, and I’d suggest you do… but don’t get you hopes up.

What About the Other Contextual Advertising Programs for Publishers?

I don’t use any others because I am successful with Adsense and YPN and I’ve tried a few other including Chitika and found that for my marketing methods Affiliate Programs pay much better. Actually Affilaite Programs pay much better on many of my sites than YPN or Adsense as well.

Tough Niche Market But Big Time Profits

Internet Marketing IQ — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:50:23 +0000

Opportunities Paying You from $20-$175 per sale!

These Niche Market Opportunities can be tough to promote, but with the right methods some really big profits are attainable. Seriously if you can make $175 from a single sale you don’t need to sale a lot to make a very comfortable living. We are talking about Niche Markets that are already saturated (But not impossible to break into).

Niche Markets like: Weight Loss, Health and Beauty, Male Enhancement, and Online Casinos (Online Gambling is not legal in USA).

So if you think you are up to the challenge then you should give these a look.

Website: More Niche Affiliate Programs

If you want to make money online, you have to choose an affiliate program opportunity that is high paying. I don’t waste time promoting programs that only pay a few dollars a sale.

For example, you could promote a car rental company that paid $1 per lead, or you could promte a travel company that paid 8% commission on car rentals with the average rental period of 3 days and $40 per day.

1. Example Opportunity one pays $1 per customer

2. Example Opportunity pays $120 x 8% = $9.60 for the same customer!!!

If you think you have got what it takes then Quit Promoting “Little Stuff”- Start making REAL MONEY Join Today…

Why you should join:

It’s Free to Join
They write the Articles for you!
Choose from 23 Free Custom Web Templates or Make Your Own

Stop worrying about what to sell, what articles to promote, or how to make a great looking website. All you have to do is get out there and start promoting…. easier said than done I know. But some people are cashing in big time on these products, will you be the next?