There is a hitch to the affiliate program. At this time, you have to have a registered copy of Market Samurai. Meaning, you have to buy it before you can promote it. They’ve got a price hike coming, so this is a good time to get in if you are interested.

Check out Market Samurai Here.

The Affiliate signup page is Here.

Happy 4th of July to my friends here in the USA. Please make it through with all of your fingers attached!

Due to changes in technology and eBay
policy this program is no longer available.

Interesting. Changes in technology? Meaning Dave didn’t want to update his code? Or sales were finally flat enough it was time to scrap the project? And, I know eBay has been changing policies (making it more difficult to get an ePN account) but what policy is prohibiting these sites?

Anyone got any inside information? Please share!

As of November 20, Matched is out of beta, and according to their site, out of business.

It was fun while it lasted.

A while back, I was doing some keyword research and found a niche that I knew something about. I say keyword research loosely, because in all reality, I wasn’t doing research. I was playing with SEOBook’s Keyword Research tools to see what it could do. I found a keyword set that had some pretty good results in a niche that I know something about (bad credit auto loans and “buy here pay here” lots, if you must know), and figured I’d write a short article on it.

I had been invited to join the affiliate program of a bad credit lender on Commission Junction (which is really what sparked this whole thing). This particular program pays 10 bucks a lead. Not too bad.

I was able to register a dot com name with the keywords in it. I grabbed a free web template and put my article in it along with the affiliate link in several strategic places throughout the article.

I then forgot about it. Did nothing with it – no promotion at all.

6 months later, I’ve made 50 bucks off of the site.Sure, 5 leads in the time the site has been up is not a lot. But you know what? It’s 50 bucks I didn’t have before.

Proof to me that organic search works, and that you CAN make something from article marketing if you even take just a little action.

I’ve bought lots of “how to do affiliate marketing” products in my lifetime. Some from relative unknowns, others from the cornerstones of affiliate marketing (such as Rosalind Gardner).

I learned about the Secret Affiliate Code on Earn1KaDay. I took a look at the sales page, and I originally thought that it was another dime-a-dozen affiliate marketing guide. So, I didn’t think twice about it.

Well, for some reason (I think it was because I kept seeing the author, Craig, post tidbits inside Earn1KaDay) I kept going back to that salespage. It looked good, and the price point was $67 – less than I’ve paid for other products. (I got it for $47 – there’s a $20 discount for the first 1000 buyers if you find the special link on the page to click). I had not read any reviews anywhere, so I was going into it with neutral opinions, just what I had learned from the sales page. With the money back guarantee, I figured I’d give it a shot.

I was presented with an OTO that I skipped. Now that I’ve gotten the product, I wish I had gotten it. I only downloaded the videos and the couple of ebooks that come with the package; I have not yet downloaded the bonus MP3 interviews with marketing greats (Willie Crawford, Eric Rockefeller, more).

The skill level required to follow along with the author is definitely fundamental – everything is explained. He takes the reader step by step through setting up affiliate promotions with tools such as Squidoo, Hubpages, Wordpress, Blogger, Wikidot, and much more. When the author says to forget any methods of affiliate marketing that you may know, he means it. This is literally a step-by-step, with plenty of screenshots and insider “fill in the gaps” information. Inside are multi-layer methods to begin domination of the search engines, and Craig explores tools and methods that I have never seen nor heard of before. 

This is a very well planned out product. I honestly don’t see how anyone, regardless of their skill level, could not take this, learn it, and start finding and profiting from affiliate promotions in relatively short order. 

Check out Secret Affiliate Code today (Hint: The discount is the sixth checkbox)

Go Now!

There are 3 really good “Get Paid To Complete Offers” websites that I know of and have experience with. They are:

1. CashCrate
2. XSVCash
3. MarvaMoney

Go join them (all for free), and take notes on their affiliate payout structure and some of the payouts for their offers. Complete a few free offers in each one and take notes on your experience.

Important: When you join, make note of your affiliate links! (AffiliateManagerPro comes in handy to record the information)

Now, go over to OWSD.org and find a nice website template (they’re all free too). Download the template, and using your notes, write up a nice little “top 3″ review site (using your affiliate links to link to each site of course…make sure you cloak them!). Put the site up, submit to search engines, put it in your forum signatures, anything to get it out there.

Alternatively, create a short ebook with your review notes. There are plenty of forums that allow you to post your free ebooks or reports, so post away!

PS If you are with AWeber you could set up a list and get the email addresses of your viewers.

Above all, have fun!

This check is from EyeEarn. EyeEarn is a new marketing system from SFI where you get paid by wearing T-Shirts, putting a banner on your car, and handing out XCards (business cards with your ID on them). Pretty painless way to earn some affiliate commissions. It sure surprised the heck out of me, and it just might do the same to you! SFI has TONS of different programs to promote, such as merchant services, music review programs, and more, so check it out!

Fortunately, I just found some help – a set of Clickbank Email Sets from Greg Lloyd. I say “Sets” because it is 180 messages – 3 messages each promoting 60 of the hottest Clickbank products.

The salespage describes the emails best…

First, each Subject Line has been crafted carefully to create curiosity and high open rates… then we get into the body of the messages…

1) …The first Message in each set puts readers into an attentive state by building rapport, drawing them into the copy, introducing the product and communicating the BIG benefit of the product, suspending their skepticism long enough, to make them immensely curious so they click-through to the site to learn more …

But as we all know… sending a single message gets some sales, but over 60% of the real profits come from the ‘follow-ups’. So I created 2 additional messages for each product being promoted, using a specific and proven successful method, that helps close even more sales for you automatically.

2) …The second Message puts them into an attentive state by using Q&A’s about the product and answers any objections they may have so that they are pre-disposed to order the product now that their questions are answered…

3) …The third Message puts them into a attentive state by using bullet points to drive home important benefits so they click-through to order immediately…

The copy in each message series is CAREFULLY CRAFTED for MAXIMUM DESIRED RESPONSE and ENGAGING! Your subscribers will love them and ACT ON them.

…and these can be used as blog posts, postcard mailers, whatever. Just plug in your ClickBank ID and you’re ready to go!

Cost? 7 measly bucks. And you get a ready-to-go redirect file (HTML and PHP) and PLR!

Check out the Clickbank Email Sets now!

Here’s the email I received about it:

We are excited to announce eBay’s new global affiliate platform: the eBay Partner Network.

The new platform will go live on April 1st, 2008 PST, at which point eBay will no longer be running its affiliate program through Commission Junction. Beginning April 1st, affiliates should register with eBay Partner Network and migrate their links from CJ to the new platform.

While CJ and ValueClick have been valuable partners to eBay throughout the years, we’ve decided to give our affiliate community a customized experience for eBay affiliates.

All the great tools and benefits of working with the eBay program will remain the same – access to the Editor Kit and affiliate API, the flexible destination tool, the great payout structure. In addition, the eBay partner network will provide several new features:
• Easy global registration to multiple countries simultaneously
• New, targeted banners and rich media creatives
• New landing page optimization and geo-targeting capabilities
• More detailed reporting capabilities for eBay’s programs

The eBay Partner Network and Commission Junction will run in parallel for one month through this process, so please plan to complete your migration by May 1st, 2008.

You can receive an additional 5% bonus for all traffic tracked through eBay Partner Network in April 2008 (bonus applicable to traffic sent to Half.com and US, UK, Australia, Canada, Italy, India and Spain eBay sites). The sooner you migrate, the more you’ll earn! Just:
• Register with eBay Partner Network on April 1, 2008
• Confirm your registration, and obtain your new identifiers
• Update your links with your new identifiers.
• Reminder: Please plan to complete migration by May 1, 2008.

You will receive more information and step by step directions for the transition on April 1st. A special help desk to answer your questions about migration will also be available starting April 1st. You can find more details, including a list of programs that will be affected, at http://affiliates.ebay.com.

My feelings? While I really like Commission Junction, I’m excited to see that eBay is taking an initiative to manage their own affiliate program, especially as they expand the eBay brand across more and more niches. I can only hope that their reporting tools are on par with CJ’s.

Here’s the link: sign up on April 1! – http://affiliates.ebay.com