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Affiliate Programs

Azon Authority Vs. Prosociate

April 7, 2015 by Dave

I just spent my last two working days learning about and deploying both Azon Authority and Prosociate.

I found that it was a lot easier to just install the plugin and figure it out with Azon Authority than watch the hours of training videos.  However, I did sit through all of them.

I was really confused.  Then I went over and tried out Prosociate which costs less.  I figured out how it works from their videos and tried it.

It appears that both pieces of software are VERY similar.  There seems to be a common origin somewhere.  (Developer maybe? )

I ran into some problems.  One was that a product I wanted with a parent / child relationship on Amazon just could not be imported via prosociate.  None of the child items could be uploaded with just the child ASINS.   I used the parent ASIN and ended up with 1 listing with four variations.

I didn’t have this problem with Azon Authority. I was able to import my child ASINS by themselves.  That was cool in comparison.

I settled on a woo commerce theme rather than using Azon’s theme. Azon Authority’s theme looks good, and it looks VERY customizable,  but it seems like it takes a lot of work to configure and part of that work will be figuring out HOW to configure it. (Despite the extensive and long videos).

Both Prosociate and Azon Authority Have A Problem

When I clicked through a product and went to Amazon, everything was fine in the Chrome browser.  However, when I used Opera I discovered that nothing was added to the cart.  In other words, Amazon didn’t receive any ‘cart’ information from either pieces of software when using Opera.

nothingincart

With Chrome there were items in the cart when I clicked through.

So, if you are trying to sell items and someone is using Opera there may be a problem for you. In other words, you may lose out on any commissions.   In addition, these were the only two browsers I tested.  There may be problems with other browsers as well that I’m completely unaware of.  This problem may have something to do with cookies.  But, I’m not sure that is the problem.

In addition, if you are the product owner on Amazon and your customers see that page, they may just choose to use Amazon’s search bar and they might find your competitor’s product instead of yours! That would be a “Double Ouch!”.

Azon Authority Upsells

There are a number of upsells that Sean has when you try to buy Azon Authority.   I ended up spending about $400 in the end.    Was it worth it?  I’m not sure.   You definitely don’t need them to make the Azon plugin work for you.   I don’t think the cloning thing is necessary unless you plan on building a LOT of sites.   The only really interesting thing was the pro version of the editor.  I’m not even sure I need that.  So the extra money in the end, may not have been well spent.

 

In General

I’ve always had problems with affiliate programs.   I have watched some very closely and there is nearly ALWAYS a loss of commissions one way or another.   This problem with the Opera browser mentioned above is the latest example.   So affiliate marketing is flawed in the first place.

Whether a merchant rips you off on purpose or by accident is another matter.  I KNOW both cases occur.   Anyway, that is another story.  I wanted to give you information on both software items mentioned above.

Will I use them?  I have no idea.  I have a loose plan but it doesn’t really fit with my overall marketing strategy for my products.   I can make it fit.  But will it be worth it?   I don’t want to redirect people to Amazon only to find there is ‘nothing’ in the cart and they just keep shopping on Amazon.    I don’t know what the problem is with opera but it occurred on both pieces of software.

There is also something I consider a little dishonest about the Azon software.  In between your site and Amazon there is a message that says ” we are searching for the best price for you”.  Then, “We found it on Amazon”.   Obviously, there is no other option being considered.  I think there is some type of delay when using the API interface with Amazon and Azon Authority fills the gap with this message.  I noticed a similar delay on prosociate but without the message.

Feel free to comment below.  Basically, these experiments took two days of my time that I kind of wish had gone into something else.   If the only productive thing that comes out of it is this blog post, so be it.

-David

 

PS:  I’m not knocking either piece of software.  I think they both CAN work for you.  One is obviously cheaper.  But, the other worked with the child ASINS (which I like better).  If either software owner reads this, please don’t be offended.  You can reach out to me if you wish to.

 

UPDATE:  Upon further experimentation, I found this problem mentioned with Opera also happened in the Chrome browser – but only one time out of many tries.   So, this problem is not isolated to just one browser.  If either of the product owners would address this problem in the comments below, it would be very interesting.   Please provide proof that you are the product owner though so that people won’t get confused by false information / people.

Filed Under: Affiliate Programs, All Posts, Amazon

The Secret To Free Energy?

June 28, 2014 by Dave

I was wondering if setting several magnets into motion around a center might be a source of energy?

It would be similar to our solar system’s  planets orbiting the sun  or to electrons orbiting nuclei.

I’m not sure how the magnets’ polarities would be aligned or counter aligned.   I imagine that an initial push would be needed to get it started (perhaps electricity).

Know one knows how the Earth rotates around itself, but the Earth has an electric field.

Maybe the secret to ‘free’ and ‘clean’ energy has been right in front of us all along?

 

Share your thoughts below,

David

 

Filed Under: Affiliate Programs, All Posts, Alternative Energy

Guest Posting And Amazon Affiliate Linking Opportunity…

November 19, 2012 by Dave

Place Your Amazon Affiliate Link or Banner On Your Guest Post For This Blog

Guest Posting OpportunityI thought it would be interesting to see what would happen if I gave guest posters an opportunity to place their own Amazon banner or Amazon affiliate link in their guest post.  (It sure would be nice if you used to affiliate link to link to my book on Amazon – But not required  🙂  LOL.

You can contact me for this opportunity on the contact form OR (and I prefer this) give me a call at the number on the top of this site. (mention that you are calling about this post right away)

 

There Are Some Requirements

1. The first one is that you most be a real blogger.  (Regular links from your guest post must point to your blog)

2. Your blog guest post must be 100% unique.  No rewritten, spun or copied content.    In addition to being 100% unique, you must agree to never use that article anywhere else on the Internet in the future.  You can post it in a print magazine offline though.

3.  I may edit your article for spelling, grammar and perhaps even other minor edits.

 

How It works

Once accepted, I will create an account on this blog for you and you will be able to create your post, complete with your Amazon affiliate link or Amazon banner ad as well as up to three links back to your own blog.   (One of which should be at the TOP of your post so people can find you more easily)

Of course, your post MUST be family friendly and NOT propagate hate, slander, prejudice or other negative mindsets.

Then I can check your article for approval and posting.

That’s it. 

If you want to take advantage of this article, you know what to do.

If you have any comments or questions, post them below. 

About The Author

 

Filed Under: Affiliate Programs, Blogging, Internet Marketing Tagged With: amazon affiliates, blog posting, bloggers

Earn money through affiliate marketing…

December 20, 2011 by Dave

In today’s world, many people are seeking a way to make some extra cash. Affiliate marketing has become one of the methods that people use to earn a little more than they currently have.

Some people have even turned affiliate marketing into a full time business.

What is affiliate marketing?

Affiliate marketing is essentially a per sale payment for the sales that you make. Yes, if you are thinking ‘commission sales’ you are absolutely right. Because that is exactly what affiliate marketing is.

The one difference between this and traditional commission sales work is that you might never have contact or conversation with your prospects.

Online affiliate marketing can be as simple as a link that you place on your blog, website, facebook page, twitter posts, or in your email to other people (after your signature). When a potential customer clicks on this link and makes a purchase, provided that everything is set up and transpires correctly, the affiliate marketer makes a commission each time that this happens.

With affiliate marketing, you can sell physical products or information products. I have personally had the best luck with physical products.

A good example of an affiliate program that you can join to sell physical products is that at Toothy Grins Store. With that program, you can earn a commission selling products like this one.

Disclaimer: The author of this post works for Toothy Grins Store.

There are literally hundreds of thousands of products around the globe that you can sell with affiliate marketing. One strategy might be to simply sell the products that you are already familiar with and that you like.

The possibilities are many with affiliate marketing. How you do it has a lot to do with your personal imagination and effort.

You can take an email course on affiliate marketing by signing up here.

Starting an online business is not always easy and there is no guarantee that you will be successful.

Much will depend on your personal efforts.  Not to mention a bit of luck.

Be sure to consult the appropriate professionals for any business that you start or think about starting.

This post and email course speak in general terms only.

Sign up for the email course here.

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Filed Under: Affiliate Programs Tagged With: affiliate marketing, earn more, ecommerce, online marketing, selling online

Online Marketing Scams – A Bit Of A Rant

September 5, 2009 by Dave

Special Note: If you are marketer who has been ripping people off, I challenge you to change for the better.

Let’s get real for a minute. You are bombarded everyday with this marketer’s and that marketer’s money making package.

Could it all be for real? Well, if you ask them it is. But what are your chances of getting rich after buying, reading and implementing one of these ‘packages’?

I’d say in most instances your chances are pretty close to ZERO.

If you can’t make it work, they want you to blame yourself. “I didn’t try hard enough”. etc. There is always some angle they will psychologically feed you. This is a tactic used in various groups as well.   There is no need to control you when you are perfectly willing to control yourself.  Watch out for this kind of very powerful psychological manipulation.

Now, I won’t go all out and say that what these people say doesn’t work. Although, in some cases that is true.

A lot of people are throwing all kinds of rehashed stuff out there for outrageous prices. There is very little NEW information in these things.

You can get a lot of information for free by reading between the lines on email lists, downloading free reports, reading articles, reading good reputable forums. All of the marketing information is out there somewhere. Do you really need to pay $97 to someone to give you some rehashed information on marketing?

Let me tell you what is closer to the reality: Making money online is hard. Yes, once you get to a certain point, it may become easy – but getting to that point is hard. I can tell you, I’ve been working my tail end off for a long time to have what I have and it still requires daily work to maintain / grow it.

So, please don’t think you are going to put up a blog and start spamming twitter with your RSS feed (a technique suggested by some) and that you are going to be a millionaire in a couple of weeks.

Another thing that I find despicable is some of the BS testimonials that are out there. You see, these ‘big dogs’ are all friends. They gladly give their testimonials to each other in exchange for the same down the road. Watch out for this con. I believe there are many who flat out make their testimonials up. And that is a shame because it leaves you with the feeling of ‘who do I trust’?

I’m not here to bash anyone. Please notice that I’m not mentioning any names. However, I am dismayed by all the BS marketing tactics going on. If you are legitimate, offer me a money back satisfaction guarantee. That means if I am not happy, I decide whether you give me the money back or not, not you. If your stuff is that good, then there would be no reason for me to ask for the money back. They will lie to you and tell you they have to protect themselves from getting ripped off. BS. If you are satisfied with their service, then they have nothing to fear. Most people won’t ask for their money back. There are some who will, but most won’t. Many, but not all people, will ask for their money back if they feel they have be ripped off, however.

It is a known fact that there is a high return rate on ‘digital’ products. Why is this? Because many times you get the product and realize it is simply the same old information you have gotten everywhere else. There is nothing new.

If they have a large email list, they can spam their subscribers all day long and someone is going to buy, these marketers know this. That’s why you get BS emails that say, oh, I gave you the wrong link in the last email etc. They do this to get even more exposure for their messages.

I can’t begin to tell you how many ‘big dog’ marketers have people calling around trying to get you and me to buy their 5K coaching programs.

Here is what the acid litmus test is on these 5K coaching offers: Do they offer a money back satisfaction guarantee? Um, NO! They try to side skirt that issue by saying we offer a guarantee that we will help you for up to a year. What does that mean? In the end, it probably only means that you can email them questions. The value of the answers is what I don’t trust. I can tell anyone to do more PPC or article marketing or give some other vague and goofy answer and it would be ‘valid’ from a logical standpoint. Advertise more and you are bound to get an additional sales! But, in good conscience, telling someone the obvious is not really an honest way to make money.

Here is what is important to know when it comes to making money online in my opinion : Everyone’s unique situation is different. EVERYONE’S! What may work for one may not work for another. You have to find your own path and leverage your own unique situations to get to a profitable business.

Stop buying money making products. Pay attention in really good forums, make friends with someone that can help you. BTW – have you noticed that these big name ‘marketing dogs’ are never accessable? Can you guess why? 🙂

As far as the forums go, the same testimonial crap is going on. I know because I have bought garbage and I see other people on the same thread in the forum saying how great person “insert name here” offer is. And how satisfied they are with the service or the product. This is how this kind of marketer works – they will return the favor later.

The reader who has no idea what is going on gets excited when he sees this kind of testimonial and may even be motivated to buy.

In closing, let me say that there is a lot of scamming going on at the lower levels of marketing too. I’m talking about people who setup fake names to sell their ‘information’ products. They don’t even have the guts to use their real names. In reality, they may not even believe in the product they are selling – THAT’s How bad it is out there – Right now!

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Filed Under: Affiliate Programs, All Posts, business, Dental, Publishing, work at home Tagged With: earn a living, make a llving online, Marketing

Many (Even Most) Internet Marketers Lack Integrity…

September 4, 2009 by Dave

I’m disappointed in the amount of ‘shenanigans’ that is going on around the Internet.

In particular, I want to complain about the number of people selling ‘information’ products – well more specifically – how they go about it.

Many people are using bogus names on their sales letters. This is wrong. If you are promoting a product, you need to use your own name and provide your own contact information.

If you can not, it very well may be a sign that you don’t really believe in what you are selling, perhaps you are even embarrassed or ashamed?

I do use pen names when writing articles. I think that is acceptable.

However, when you are actually selling something to the public, ie, taking money from people in exchange for a product – then I believe you should put your real name on it. Anything less is ‘shenanigans’.

So, if you are one of the people that uses a pen name when actually selling to the public, Let us hear what your rationale is. Comment here.

My real name?

David Snape

https://www.ToothyGrinsStore.com

https://www.tobeinformed.com

I believe that Falun Dafa meditation is good for you: https://www.FalunDafa.org

Filed Under: Affiliate Programs, Blogging, business, Commentary, Internet Marketing, Marketing

Voted Best Affiliate Program By All Things Pondered

July 5, 2007 by Dave

Though we utilize a number of affiliate programs we have found this one to be the best so far, which pays out residual (lifetime) commissions on each customer.

Since, they sell a consumable product (gets used up and has to be bought again) it makes it a really good deal to have a lifetime commissions.

I can confirm that I have seen residual commissions being paid with this program.

Here are the highlights of the plan:

Don’t need a website

Lifetime customers

Residual, monthly commissions

Generous Two-Tier commissions

Earn commissions giving away our free eBook

Tested and proven marketing system that works on your behalf

Quality, researched products that practically sell themselves

Everyone is concerned with bad breath – so you have a wide market

The easiest thing to do is sign up right now and get started immediately. It’s free to sign up so you have nothing to lose and much to gain.

Everything is taken care of to ensure that you receive the maximum compensation for your marketing efforts. The product line is rock-solid, works very well (see the testimonials), and backed by the world’s leading bad breath guru, Dr. Harold Katz.

All you have to do is refer traffic to our sites using your associate link or your 1-800 number. If they buy anything from us, we automatically follow-up on your behalf. Plus, they will be your customer for life. That means if the customer orders again, you will continue to receive your associate commission forever.

Your Free Account Includes Everything Below and More!
Sign up now and this is what you will get with your free Associate Account:

Fast and easy, step-by-step, QuickStart guaranteed to help you pump up your sales right away

All our proven ads, articles, product reviews, banners, coupons, and more

Our free Associate Newsletter with the newest tools, contests and promotions to help you make the most of our Associate Program

Up-to-the-minute tracking and reporting

Free, quality marketing consultation from our Associate Manager

Earn residual commissions on orders from our Continuity Program

Extremely effective and easy to use marketing tools

Constantly updated marketing materials

Free associate link and 1-800 number for customer orders

Free customer service and associate support for you and your customers

Quick responses to any questions you have

Tailor made coupons, special rates and exclusive promotional codes

The ability to link to any product on our site with our custom Link Generator

Easy ways to tell your friends about the program and products

Earn 20% on the first purchase (tax and shipping not included) for each customer you refer, then 12% for life on any future purchases

Earn 5% on second-tier commissions

Earn commissions on your customers for life – even when we do the selling!

Promote our free eBook and earn $0.10 per unique download

As soon as someone downloads the ebook – they are considered your customer for life

Commissions paid on the 15th of every month for the previous month’s sales

Don’t worry if you don’t have everything figured out right now. Once you sign up, you’ll have plenty of time to ask questions, snoop around and figure it out. After all, it’s free to join so you have nothing to lose.

Go ahead. Join this Associate Program now

 

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Filed Under: Affiliate Programs, Bad Breath, Cashflow, Money, Other

Attention Affiliates – Earn 70% commission on a New Book

June 20, 2007 by Dave

Dear affiliate,

This is a letter notifying you of an opportunity to earn 70% commission on a new book available on clickbank.

You can get the details for promoting this affiliate program here:

https://www.gingivitiskiller.com/affiliates.html

Again, you can earn 70% commission on this product.

You should check it out now and begin your promotions.

I am not promoting the book on adwords or any other pay per click currently.

The field is wide open for you to dominate. Better get started now before another sharp super affiliate comes along and picks this one up.

This is a new book that has only been setup on clickbank since yesterday. It may not even appear on the marketplace yet.

Now is your chance to get a head-start on the competition

https://www.gingivitiskiller.com/affiliates.html

After you visit the above site, you can sign up for more important updates from All Things Pondered:

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Tags: internet marketing, affiliates, new book, clickbank, commission, work at home

Filed Under: Affiliate Programs, Money, Other, Revenue

Affiliate Program that Offers Repeat Commissions

June 14, 2007 by Dave

Earn money combatting bad breathYou read what I wrote yesterday about affiliate programs whereby you could achieve residual commissions.

Today, I have another program for you:

https://tinyurl.com/ypv5h3

In this program, you not only get residual commissions but you can gain customers by giving away a free ebook. https://tobeinformed.com/bbbook is an example.

When a person downloads this e-book, he becomes your customer for life. The program sends him periodic emails with special offers too.

If your customer takes up one of these fantastic offers, you will be paid a commission. Most of the products on the site are consumable.

When the product runs out there is a natural impetus to purchase more product. Getting rid of bad breath is something that many people want to do. They want to get rid of it and keep it from coming back.

Few things can do that like the products here.

There are also products for the feet and for pets.

Sign up and begin building a revenue stream of lifetime customers!

-Dave

 

Tags: affiliate, affiliate marketing, affiliates, affilate programs, affiliate revenues, revenue

Filed Under: Affiliate Programs, Other

Affiliate Programs and Insurance Premium Commissions

June 13, 2007 by Dave

study-plus-addBack in the day, it was an accepted method to accumulate wealth writing insurance policies. This was at a time when they allowed you to continue to collect residuals from policy payments.

Today, we have affiliate programs. But affiliate programs don’t pay residuals or do they? Most of the programs, the vast majority of affiliate programs do not pay residual or repeating commissions.

I want to tell you about two that do.

Native Remedies: – With this program you can continue to earn commissions on your customers repeat purchases at the rate of 25%. This means that you continue to make money off the same person potentially for a lifetime.

You also can work with a site that has established itself with a strong product line – this means security for you, you won’t have to worry about the company disappearing in a few years and taking all of your hard work with it.

In addition, they seem to continually ad more products, this means additional revenues for you. In fact, they even have an entire line for pet herbal remedies in addition to their line on human herbal remedies.

People love their pets which means that you can have an even greater opportunity to profit. No one wants to see their pet suffer with a problem – this could equate to higher profits for you.

Check out Native Remedies and sign up. It’s free, so why not? They provide training and even resources that you can use to promote products and make money. This means you will never be at a loss for what you have to do to earn commissions, you’ll just have to focus on working at it.

The second program… .well, let’s leave that for another day. Possibly tomorrow.

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Filed Under: Affiliate Programs, Money, Other, Revenue

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