These are my Affiliated Marketing Programs

Actually it is pretty amazing  how many of these affiliated marketing programs can be collected if you don't watch out. 

Probably the biggest mistake I did was:  I would receive an email that contained some sort of button that I respond physiologically to.  Some of the marketers or their consultants are pretty savvy in this regard.  So I would click on the link to their website and read some of what they were expounding on.  I stress only some as most of them get very redundant very quickly as they go on and on, and on, and still keep going.  That is nuts and one of the things I object to with the marketing these days.  And...they are still going.  So I have made a new rule for myself.  If the marketing websites cannot say what they have to say in a page or two - next.  I am not getting involved.  Sorry people, but learn to stick with the facts and my benefits.  They teach that testimonials will generate a touchy-feely response from the viewers as people like to hear the experiences of others with subject programs.  I don't read them at all as I don't believe they are original or reliable. 

That rule is after the fact now, as I have pretty well determined whom I am working with.  It could have saved me a lot of time though.  And...sometimes money.  I look at each of these programs as an investment, either in time or money or both,  if I get involved as they are my marketing tools.  A carpenter has to buy his own tools too.  Sometimes you find these marketing tools for free and are just as good as the bought ones, however I seem to find the free ones after I have bought them somewhere. 

Another thing I have started to do is, if one of the emails tells me that their friend, buddy, partner, mother, or anyone else has agreed to let them offer me something F-R-E-E or half price, or nothing or whatever they come up with I run for the hills.  Delete email, delete email, delete, delete. 

I have a list of regular marketers that insist on trying to get me involved in something else beside what I did with them initially.  Their peers told them to put me on a Hot List, or a Bought List or whatever list and I get offered everything from a nutcracker to the best darn program that ever hit the Internet.  And they keep at it.  It doesn't matter how many times I delete, cancel my subscription or whatever, I still get them.  So I made another rule.  An email rule.  If I get something from so-and-so just download that email into my delete file.  That way I haven't hurt their feelings if I need something on the program I did buy and they are happy because their email appears to be attended to.  I wonder why their peers didn't tell them about that part? 

I hope if a marketer reads this they pay attention.  They are only hurting themselves.  We don't need an email everyday from them.  Or actually, every week even.  They are only expending their energy uselessly and they have lost their credibility too.  What they should be doing is learning how to do all of marketing the correct way without it being offensive to anyone.  If affiliated marketing programs are handled correctly they can be very useful to someone that wants to work from home, generate a little more income per month or likes the action and challenge of it all. 

Up until last month I never bothered with a list of names from anyone.  It seemed like a real chore and I don't feel right about getting in someone's face every time either of us turns around.  Know what I mean?  However reality has set in and apparently I do have to create a list of people that I can communicate with.  So I created my newsletter program, where folks do have to sign up.  I  put my own twist to it so if I do have to communicate with them I will not feel invasive and I hope they will not feel that way either.  You can check the newsletter out on the above link. 

I am involved with my affiliated marketing programs for all of the reasons I set out above. I have cloaked my likes for the obvious reason - I hate being ripped off by the smarties out there.

Marketing:

Marketing programs per se are created to make money - pure and simple.  It usually entails a lot of work and you do have to know a certain amount of Internet Knowledge to do them.

1.  This Company blew me over.  It took them 8 years to make their marketing program which came into being in 1996. I looked at it in 2006 and joined as a free member.  They encourage you to do it this way.  There is just so much to it.  You are invited to take the training to understand what is involved.  When it is fully functional I will be able to quit my day job.  When I upgraded, Dec 2009,  I committed to a monthly service fee.  The returns will far exceed their fee.  I get 42 different programs within this program, plus tools that one only dreams about.  I have never seen this offered anywhere else.  Their training is included and surpasses everyone - hands down.  I don't know if a person just starting out could handle all of this.  The Big One

2.  This is a Comfort Company.  Their training is included and comes with multiple programs.  It is free to join.  You can make your own web page here and they host it.  They have a very good E-book and article library that is available to their members for downloads which is really handy.  Mostly, I use them for my own self as there is some good material available and research as well.  Advertising is the most reasonable I have found and it works.  Their tool box is useful too. A Keeper

Traffic:

You are always encourage to get your own website.  If you cannot generate traffic to feed your website, it doesn't matter what you try to do you will fail.  So how do you get traffic?  Surfing is one way.  It is slow but effective.  I mean you get the traffic right away, what is slow is doing it.  You can also get viruses big time, so if you do it use Mozilla/Firefox to do the surfing.  I use 5 Traffic Exchanges.  I will only do 1:1 sites now due to the time involved and I do them all at once.

My first 2 Traffic Exchanges are owned by the same person.  These web pages are really clean of excessive advertising, clearly indicated action steps and the ratio is 1:1.  Look at a page - someone else looks at yours.  Depending on your performance weekly they give you their referrals to email once a week.  #1 and #2

This Traffic Exchange also has a clean face, easy to follow, Ratio 1:1.  It has a goofy way of keeping surfers honest but overall I like it.  #3

This TE is incredibly busy and you have to pay a little more attention to it.  I can send out 4,000 emails to their downline every 5 days.  They use rotators.  The owner is also a marketer so he is always promoting something - but nicely.  #4

The last TE keeps you on your toes with how the matching is presented.  Sometimes alpha and sometime simple math.  It is the rotator that I really like as one doesn't have to assign credits here - it is automatic.  #5

Tools:

There are different definitions for tools.  At least for me as you can look at everything as a tool.  A tool for me is a program that will mechanically do something.  Like the Search Engines are a tool that find you information.  WhatIs is a tool as it will tell you who owns a website and its history.  My computer calculator is a tool.  There are a couple of tools I don't want to be without now and they are unique. 

Everyone tells you that you have to have keywords for your web pages to make them effective for searchers or Search Engines to find your web pages.  So how do you figure out what keywords to use for any article or web page you make?  I kept reading about this scenario but no one  was really specific.  Like step one - step two and so on.  I mean you can do the Google thing and maybe you have a keyword tool but how to implement all the information that gets assembled.  This tool gives you exactly what to do.  I think their marketing approach is odd but the results are bang on the money.

You know those AdSense ads you see on many web pages.  Well, from the time they first came out I thought wouldn't it be neat if I could do that myself.  Well, I could but the ads would never get any sort of distribution if I just depended on my web sites.  This tool makes them for you.  You set them up on your website and then when the web page is posted, other advertisers ads slip into your web page and your ads slip into their web sites so you have - Voila - the same as AdSense.  I love it.  The programmer is super smart and very marketing active too so he is fun to associate with.

These are my shameless promotions:

People Searches  Looking for names, addresses, emails, family, who's looking for you, etc.

People Searches #2  30% of all searches globally are looking for people

People Searches #3  Deep Searches births, marriages, military records, criminal records

People Searches #4  Find out where the sexual predators are

My Web Host  Unlimited domains and bandwidth, super customer service

My Web Host #2  Unlimited domains and bandwidth, excellent customer service, autoresponder, Wordpress and lots more

A Traffic Bar  Besides generating traffic it also has tools that are quite handy.  Has a good e-book library for download too.

A traffic Generating Tool using your own programs or theirs.

A Four Prong marketing program which you can follow or work with your own programs.  All to generate traffic and income.  Sound good?

Lastly, You Need Leads  The download list gives you the source from where the leads come from, when, first and last name, address, town, state, phone number, etc., all for free.  You can upgrade the quantity of leads you get each month by obtaining referrals - 10 per level and there are 5 levels.  I found the lists clean and reliable.  Use them.

Weird Presentation but it works so here it is.

Ask me next year how this all worked out.  I will give you an honest answer.  You might want to share with me how you made out as well.  'Til then.