…with a twist.
Yeah, I’m sure you’ve seen TinyURL. But does it provide;
Jon Leger’s new URL shortening site does. And it’s free. Take a look!
OffTo.net
…has changed hands.
WordPress Affiliate Pro is a top-notch plugin originally developed by Catalin Ionescu. I originally got it on a special one-time deal some time ago…and fell in love with it.
In short, WordPress Affiliate Pro makes promoting affiliate programs a snap to do in WordPress. No programming, no static redirects, no nothing – it is easy to install and easier to use…plug in your keyword and the link you want it to link to, click save, and…done. It’s a snap.
It recently changed hands. It’s now run by Daniel Turner and Mark Lindsay. I like the look of the new salespage, and it would appear that the new team is going to take this further than it has been before – I’m excited to see what’s in store.
Take a look now – WordPress Affiliate Pro – you won’t regret it one bit. Cash in and make your blog make cash for you!
For those of you who are still struggling to securely sell digital products online, and not pay hundreds of dollars for a “digital security system”, your salvation has arrived, and it is totally free.
One of the problems of setting up a minisite to sell digital products on is security. If you just use PayPal buttons, your product is wide open for sharing. Meaning, if someone buys it, they have the download link now, and can freely pass it around to anyone and everyone.
Enter PayGuardFree by Dan Moran. It secures downloadable product downloads by creating a dynamic, expiring link, as well as actually confirming that the product was paid for. While PayGuardFree isn’t as full featured as other protection systems, it costs a lot less than other protection systems – it’s free.
Check it out: http://www.payguardfree.com/
Today’s lesson – be careful who you get PLR (Private Label Rights) material from.
PLR material is a great way to get started with a product you can make all your own. Generally, PLR material is a report or ebook that you can totally edit and put your name on. Add material, reword or rewrite, and there you go – your own product, ready to go.
Too often, though, marketers will put out PLR material that is really badly written. I once bought a PLR product that really looked awesome in the salesletter department. I paid about 400 for this product. I figured the price tag was worth it, since it was a niche topic that wasn’t very common at the time, and it was over 100 pages. So I ordered…
Once I got it and cracked it open, however, I found that there was only about 10 pages of useful material. The rest was filler. Many pages were just rewritten versions of prior pages, like the author was trying to set a World Thesaurus Record. I would say roughly 80 percent of the ebook had no “flow” and made no sense. The sad thing is that this was purchased from a fairly well known marketer, who has…erm…had a good reputation (my opinion, anyway). Once bitten…*sigh*
So, be wary when you purchase PLR materials. There are only 2 or 3 people that I will regularly buy PLR content from nowadays.
Just follow my friend’s advice: “When you polish a turd, you wind up with a really clean turd.”
A PLR tip: If you buy a PLR in a particular format, change it to another. For example, I’m in the process of creating an audio product from a PLR report I picked up. It’s a good way to increase both value and originality of the product.
Welcome to my viewers from Common-Man-Marketing.com and InternetSuccessWorkshop.com – I’m pleased to have you here. I’ve shut those blogs down for several reasons; mainly so I can concentrate on this blog and my core business. (I had too many darn blogs!) While this blog caters towards newcomers to internet marketing, I hope you’ll find some goodies here too.
-Dave
