Regular readers will know that I am not generally one to push particular products on this blog but every so often I come across something that is actually, surprisingly good, and when that happens I feel it is my duty to let you know about it.

Marketing Tutorials by Armand Morin is a monthly product which was launched last week in a flurry of affiliate marketing emails that you know doubt, somehow, received.  I have known about this gentleman for some years now and have never particularly liked the pushy sales techniques used to sell his products, but some of them are actually, exceptionally, good.  For example, I have used his focus generator on the main business website for a long time.  When I bought it it was the only way to get past internet browser pop-up blockers.  Now of course there are lots of ways but I still use the focus generator because it’s really easy to use.

I tried the sales letter writing program Armand put together but never got on with it.  I asked for a refund and it was given immediately, without any questions, and they even told me to keep the software!  A good example of outstanding sutomer service.  I haven’t used it since but it made me look at other products they offer knowing what a responsible outfit they are.

I also bought the e-book cover generator software.  This is a cracking program and even a challenged designer like me can produce outstanding e-book, cd, and software box images with just a few mouse clicks.

Anyway, having established that I like some, but not all of this gentleman’s offerings, I decided to bite the bullet and see what this new Marketing Tutorials  thing was all about.  Ever sceptical, I gave up my card details and was immediately given access to the website that no only has the monthly tutorials but also a load of bonus ones such as:-

These are not just 5 or 10 minutes long with a load of standard fluff information.  They are substantial videos and each one has solid information that anyone can use to boost their marketing results.

The first video I watched which actually compelled me to join was one on google adwords.  This was an hour long and gave me, an adwords virgin at the moment, a deep insight into how to use this massive tool, without fear of being bankrupted in the process.  It has inspired me to start a campaign for the recession busting tips report (once it is written!) and I will test out the knowledge for real.

As ever, I will keep you informed here of my progress.

So, if you are interested in having a look at this stunning marketing material, use this link here.  I know it is an affilliate link but I wouldn’t have written this blog if I hadn’t thought each and every one of you would gain massive benefits from even just watching the free video at the end of this link.  Don’t feel obligated in any way.  If you want to subscribe and don’t want to use my link, just remove from the end of the browser address bar.  But as Tesco says, “Every little Helps!”  And any contributions to the costs of maintaining this blog are gratefully received!

~Ray

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This is a guest article…

There are a lot of reasons that Clickbank has been a successful gateway to internet profitability for so many people. But two big reasons so many findsuccess with the Clickbank system is that it is simple to understand and get started on quickly and everything in the Clickbank system works. It is such a well run Internet Marketing resource that a lot of people have turned to it as a payment gateway rather than PayPal or one of the other more well known funds processing agencies on the web.

Clickbank does an outstanding job of handling third party credit card transactions.  It really is a critical part of why their business works because Clickbank lists well over ten thousand products and is used by over one hundred thousand partner affiliates.  That kind of marketplace has to handle money reliably and safely to survive.  Everything about Clickbank is digital including all products and the means of delivery, the accountability for handling payments has to be absolutely rock solid, dependable and trustworthy.

The ability for any internet marketer to quickly and easily become a Clickbank affiliate is another reason it is such a stunning success.  It’s very easy to select a product from the Clickbank marketplace once you have a free account on the service which you can then easily set up on your own web site.  Once you have openend that account, Clickbank generates tracking codes so that it can tell when you have selected a digital product and started to promote it online.   This means, that with the simple step of creating an account, the doors are opened for you to sell ten thousand products on your websites and other marketing efforts.   Suddenly you go from a newcomer to cyberspace to the owner of a Wal-Mart equivalent on the web.

Every marketplace, on the internet or not, relies completely upon the coming together  of sellers and buyers. So to be a complete success, Clickbank also has to make it easy for creators of digital products to sell their goods through the marketplace too.   For a seller, there is a fee to get started on Clickbank, but considering that by putting the product into this market, it has a chance of getting picked up by an army of 100,000 sellers, a $50 start up fee and a small percentage commission to Clickbank is reasonable.   Also, since Clickbank is replacing your routine credit card processor and handling all of those transaction fees, their commission is much the same as you would have paid anyway.

You might have to wait a while once your item is listed because the system will only fully recognize your item once you have made your first sale.  Once listed however, the odds are that somebody is going to pick up your product and begin to sell it.  Clickbank tracks and records those sales scrupulously so other affiliates will start to pay attention as your sales pick up and before long you are making lots of sales and being promoted by this sales army you have never met and have no idea who or where they are.   But you don’t need to know.  They are making you rich and earniing a commission for themselves in the process.  It’s one of those few areas on the internet in the 21st Century where everybody wins.

Clickbank is a full service marketplace for the seller because you don’t have to find affiliates or even promote your product.  Just get it out there and once the momentum of sales picks up,  it can snowball into a huge seller for you.  The profits roll into your Clickbank account and on the regular distribution cycles you established when you set up the account, Clickbank sends the money to your bank account.

Job done!

Internet Marketing

Internet marketing success is not easy to quantify because it varies for each and every online individual.  But there are some indicators that can help you to gauge the success of your efforts.

Current internet marketing has developed and modernized the area of online advertising and marketing.  You need to make sure that your webpage has completely and thoroughly informed, persuaded and convinced you customer that they need to have your product/service without another moments’ delay.  Your web page should have astonishing substance, your articles should be attractive and persuasive and your videos should be well designed to help convince your customer to buy.

Although there is no definite description for internet marketing success, if your web site has a large number of valuable incoming links, your site will be considered powerful.  The more incoming links you have will certainly help improve your site’s Search Engine ranking.  Email marketing is an essential component of internet marketing.  You must capture every single visitors detail and create a list of consumers for your product.  You can then send them much more detail and specifications about your product/service.   You must have a thorough knowledge about the business which you have decided to start marketing online.  Along with your detailed knowledge, you need to be prepared to work very hard, establish objectives for your marketing strategy and continually test every activity you undertake.  Determination is an essential quality needed to enable you to persist with your business when times are difficult.  You need to ensure you clearly define what your product/service offers your prospective customer, what benefits they will experience from using it and how they will feel afterwards.  Just defining your product/service is not be sufficient.  Following the above will put you on the right track for success in your internet marketing efforts.

Once your website is performing well, you can add another element to it, affiliate marketing.  Affiliate  Marketing involves you promoting other complementary business products and services using your web site and earning commission for your service.

There are plenty of guidelines available for helping you to succeed.  A successful internet marketer requires a lot of knowledge but have an aptitude to continue learning and increasing skills, good planning ability and lots of energy.

The sky is the limit when it comes to internet marketing potential. Use all that you can find on internet marketing techniques, internet marketing tips and the plethora of tools available to improve your success rate.

Remember, be ready to learn and adapt to the latest Internet Marketing trends and integrate them into your activities.

~Ray

If a close friend of yours went from making around £20,000 making money with affiliate program online to making over £65,000 in a short period of time, would you want to know how they did it?

Of course you would!

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Wouldn’t you want to grill them for every detail about their affiliate opportunities and every insight? You’d want to know how to take what worked for them and apply it to your own life. I know your answer should be a resounding yes, isn’t it?  Well, I know that I would want to hear the ins and outs of how they got from point A to point B. I would also want to know how much work it took, what kind of methods was used and how I could do it too.

That sounds about the same things that you would want to know. Some friends would not want to tell you for fear that you would exceed them and you might have other friends that would not spare the information because they wanted you to succeed.

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Well, most Internet Marketers only share the secrets that they use for profit, which means that you have to buy their digital books first before you can find out any kind of information. Sometimes, too, this may be outdated information that has no use to you by the time it gets to you.

If I was your close friend and happened to be selling this type of information, I personally think that I would rather give you something that you could work with and not sell you something that only gathers dust on your desktop.

This is what a lot of Internet Marketers do to the unsuspecting and it really makes me angry when I think about how many people are so gullible enough to fall for that same old trick over and over.

Don’t get me wrong. I was one of those that fell for it too, but after a while, I got fed up with all the crap and decided to do my own research to find out what is working and what is not.

Do you want to know what I did? I spied on my competition. Yes, I did. Shameful, you may think? But wait. This is part of what market research is all about and the Internet is no different. You let someone else do the hard work and you just use the tools available to you to spy on what they are doing and emulate it.

I did not say copy. I said emulate and those two are different. I also used the old method of affiliate marketing to create an income stream so that I did not have to go to the extent of promoting my own product and dealing with refunds, emails and customer support.

If you want to really find out what others are doing to make money on the Internet, then I would highly recommend that you see this. Go to Make Money with Affiliate Programs right now at Top earning affiliate program.