No rights, no cover, why do we still take Affiliate Marketing Courses

Thinking a lot about this recently I have decided that part of the Internet is still the Wild West. If someone comes along and says they are the FRIEND of the great and good. Great and Good who may have given you good advice and helped you on your slow way to make money in the WW. We read their sales page, read their probably Ghost written book and think “well I am only at the beginning of my money trail, this person has made it, I will pay them $500 knowing that if it all fails I will get my money back”.

Sorry – if you are on a 12 week course YOU have 30 days if any to decide if this course is going to work. How the heck do you know – that is why you are on the course!

After 30 or 60 days you are lost and go back to the seller to total silence. You might even get total silence within the 30 day limit. On one course I did.

You go to PayPal – they do not cover non tangible goods so you have NO COVER there (but they do do a bit of stirring with the seller). If you paid by credit card you can at least try to get your money back from them with probably better results. The sellers guarantee that “You will make your money back or I will pay you the cost of the course” has no standing in law, so instead of paying you, they are off on another holiday.

Lets get down to it – if you pay for an IM course, you are taking a chance. You can work your socks off but it may not work for you. You have no rights unless a bound book or CD sent to you were included in the price.

You have rights when you buy a $500 TV or Sound System, why do you have no rights on the Internet.

For a method of training that has been around since the 1990′s it is about time we had some legal rights. You can buy a ‘diamond and emerald ring’ for $1 plus postage and send it back because it is not real. The words ‘laboratory made’ did not sink in. I have a very nice $1 necklace of synthetic pink sapphires but I did know I was getting glass.

Having just been on the worst course ever – I got my money back. I realised what was going on. Others have lost their money and their trust in the Internet. It is time those who have made fortunes from the Wild West Web and given us value for money tried to clear out the dross. More money for them and more integrity for the industry.

It can be worse. A colleague was on a $5K course when the course leader was killed in a car accident. He never got the course or his money back. Beginners, newbies, those starting out look to the best and it costs, sometimes more than money.

Recently I have been getting phone calls from the US asking me to take very expensive coaching and to put the money on my credit card – it is called leveraging? Well as I am of sane mind and guessing that at some time the whole edifice of the modern world would fall over I didn’t and don’t put anything on my credit card apart from small amounts paid off each month, I would not take a chance on an amount of money larger than the limit on my card!

We need a Sheriff. Not of  Nottingham but of protection for the huge amount of newbies that will be coming into the market as their jobs go up in flames. Is there anyone out there in the land of GURUdom willing to put their money where their mouth is.

Those of you who lost your money on the recent course – PayPal say if you put in a complaint and they get enough they ‘may’ do something about it. It is your best chance. They have sorted things for me before.

Di Chapman – who runs 1 free site and co-owns another.

PS – if it does not have an Honesty or some other sticker on the page, but just the sellers guarantee, think long and hard.

All Change for the Affiliate Better

Hi Folks, it has been deemed that I am too dangerous to be allowed on other web sites – I give free advice – Yes I know it is a novel idea but I get thrown out for doing it. So if any of the 500 group wondered where I have been – chucked out as we say in the UK.

So, lets dedicate this site to Peace – only rule and within this rule we can help each other get to where we want to go – making money for ourselves.

I have found some useful advice that I will will be putting up to help in various corners of the site.

I will not feel that advice is a direct shot at my manhood (which I don’t have so that is probably why I don’t mind critisism) and you have to put up with the fact that I caint speel.

I am learning how this particular blog works as it is non standard but I hope by the end of today – Lundi Vengt Tois – sorry Monday 23rd that I should have it up and running.

Looking forward to seeing some 500 members.

Di – The fool on the Hill

Common Sense in Affiliate Marketing

I did not write this, I copied it from a newsletter and I have put their details on the bottom with no affiliate link.

Sometimes there is good advice and sometimes you need to print it out and digest it.  My questions always on my blog – WHO ARE YOU WORKING FOR?

This is from two brothers who work and make a lot of money. This is their ethos on how to make money. This is mine for 2009. I will not be using them as I already have my mentor site and my very relaxed mentor. It has taken me 3 years and an amazingly awful expensive course to make me realise that it is in your head, not your wallet.

Hi Di,

Geez, we are sure getting tired of saying the same things over and
over to people that want to succeed…

Like simple mathematics, there is a elementary equation that all
successful people (including ourselves) follow.  Today we are going
to tell you what these are, and if you don’t have all the pieces of
the equation, you should start working on them.

Have you ever hit a dead end when you have tried to reach success?
Have you ever thought that you were on the right track to success
only to have everything lifted from under you?  How is success
created?  In particular, how can you become successful within the
Internet marketing realm?

We created our own success. Nothing was given to us.  No one handed
us a business plan on how to become an expert at Internet
marketing.  In fact, no one even lent us a hand to tell us how to
succeed. So how did we manage to go from nothing (really, Kyle used
his girlfriends credit card to get started), to the big bad Wealthy
Affiliates?

Because we are abnormal geniuses who were born with more powerful
brains than others!

Yeah right, we are no different than you!  We have failed at things
just like you and we have definitely had our share of crappy jobs
like YOU!  If you have ever planted trees or sanded rust off of an
old, broken down barge, you will know what we are talking about!
Prior to Internet marketing we have done some of the most
unrewarding jobs out there.

Although we do come up with some profitable ideas, being “better
than others” is not what got us to where we are at today.  A simple
formula helped us achieve this success, and  many other successful
entrepreneurs will agree that this formula is what helped them
achieve success as well.

Work + Attitude + Goals = Success

WAG = S

Work (The W)
———————————-
If you do not know how to work hard or are not willing to work
hard, then Internet marketing (or owning any business for that
matter) is not for you.   You know the old saying, “hard work pays
off”…well, this saying holds true for any business and if you are
willing to work hard, you have  a future ahead of you.

You may be saying “I already work my butt off, but why I am not
hugely successful”.  The reason is that you are likely working hard
for someone else than working hard for yourself.  If you applied
these same blood, sweat and elbow grease towards your OWN business,
the rewards and the profit potential are much greater.

If you have good work ethics you can achieve success regardless of
your situation.  If you don’t want to work hard, then success is
just not for you.

Can you work hard?

Attitude (THE A)

———————————-
We’ve have had many bad days, and sometimes weeks, but we are not
afraid to fail.  However, you need to be able to keep a winning,
positive attitude during the worst of times.  It is easy to be
happy when things are going well, but true success comes when you
can remain positive in the worst of times.

People love to spread negative news.  Watch the nightly news and
you will see what we mean.  Someone died…our economy is
floundering…business are failing…people are losing their
homes…someone got robbed!!! Where are all the feel good stories?

You have to make the most of everything and your attitude will take
you a long ways.  Your attitude is conveyed in all your work,
whether it be a website’s content, and article or your customer
support.  Being able to set aside a bad day or bad month and learn
from your mistakes is a major component to Internet marketing
success.

Can you keep a positive attitude?

Goals (THE G)
———————————-
We started with small advertising budgets and because of that, we
set small goals.  We believed that if you could generate any sort
of profit, then you could duplicate this success and scale your
business to earn more profits.

If you look at Internet marketing with the mind set that you have
to make $500 per day within the first week, you are just setting
yourself up for disappointment and failure. Why not try to make
$30/day, or even $10/day, and then work towards duplicating your
success?

It’s important to take baby steps and start with realistic goals.
When you are a beginner you need to realize that although your big
goals (the $500/day) should be on the radar, you should be working
towards the shorter term, more achievable goals.

Set your own small goals and work toward bigger goals while keeping
in mind your $500/day goal as motivation.  You need to reach base
camp before you can reach the pinnacle of the mountain!

Can you set small goals?

Take the next step and become that next success story
Take it easy,

Kyle & Carson
The Wealthy Affiliates
www.WealthyAffiliate.com

All About Affiliate Marketing Program

Affiliate marketing programs allows advertisers to reimburse webmasters for the space of putting up advertising on their web-pages, blogs or even within the e-mails they send. These advertisers pay for space on the Internet, much as they would on a billboard or in a magazine or newspaper.Due to its simplicity of operation the affiliate marketing program has become the most famous methods of makeing money from home. This program can easily be used by anyone. Even housewives who dream of a home business can earn from this.

They did not coin the term Work At Home Moms or WAHM for nothing.

Make Money on the Web

So just how do advertisers pay those hosting their ads? First, it is important to understand how sites are ranked when someone searches the web. Simply, the more hits a website receives per day the higher it is listed when a user performs a web search with a search engine. This in turn makes a frequently visited website have even more hits.

The more traffic a website receives, the more likely someone browsing it is to click through an ad link placed on the website. Paying for ad space on more popular sites can result in hundreds of new customers each day. Advertising space is therefore priced based on the hits that the website receives.

The site owner may promote a product from Clickbank, PayDotCom and the other similar Affiliate companies. If a visitor clicks on a banner or link, purchases the product the site owner can get between 50 and 75% commission from the sale.

Well a question now arises is how to choose the right affiliate marketing program for your webpage? The answer is quite simple. Search the internet to find the best program to suit your website as the internet is loaded with hundreds of such programs and is sure to provide you with the most suitable option for your site or blog.

The income earned from such programs can vary depending on the number of hits your site receives. But is the income taxable or not? It depends on the region you are staying in and the type of government. The opportunities in this field are enormous and are worth exploiting!

Well how did I get such a fabulous blog?

Well Hello World! I am trying my hand at a slightly less basic website template so it may take me a bit longer to get round to everyone in the group. Don’t worry – I will get there. I learned how to script CMS so I will sure as hec get this sorted.  Who knows how long it will take though.

All Dean’s fault. He shows me how to do a simple load and I am off, forget the Citroen, I want the Bugatti. I blame that Alex Jeffries and this is staying here until I get this fantastic blog layout working and fit to show him.

This is my Christmas present to myself – I don’t like fairy lights and christmas trees but I love a challenge and with a group like this – it is going to be fun. You do the birdie dance, I will learn Revolution2.

I must thank Noah Fleming and his technicians at Rich-Jerks and the Kiva charity for making this blog available to me by letting me help others not so fortunate. Give to Kiva, they need it more than you need a pair of new socks (which the sock fairy will only steal).

I will get the archived posts up once I learn how, and the wonderful huge blogroll of our Magic Circle.

I will be back – actually very shortly as we have a discussion session very shortly.

Di – The Fool on the Hill