So, what is affiliate marketing anyway?

Many people are discovering the power of affiliate marketing, and
using that power to supplement or even replace their nine to five
income. Many more people would like to jump into this exciting
world but are unsure exactly what an affiliate campaign consists of.

When talking about affiliate programs, it helps to compare them to
what happens in the traditional world of brick and mortar
companies. In that familiar world, many large manufacturing
companies and large product sellers use a network of salespeople
and distributors to bring their products to all corners of the
world.

For instance, a beverage manufacturer, instead of selling directly
to their customers, sells their products through a series of
distributors and salespeople. In turn, the members of this
distribution and sales network enjoy a very good living by
promoting the products made by others.

In essence, the affiliate programs found on the internet are
distribution and sales efforts taken to the online world. The
individual web sites take the place of the distributor and sales
network, and these individuals are paid by the seller of the
product when a sale is made.

It is easy to see why this arrangement is so popular, from the
point of view of both the merchant and the owner of the web site.
The merchant benefits from increased sales. At the same time, he
or she does not have to pay for additional advertising, and the
affiliate is only paid when a sale is made.

The web site owner benefits as well, since every sale he or she
refers to the merchant means money in his or her pocket. The web
site is up and running anyway, the visitors are already there. The
only thing that has been added is the affiliate link, and that
costs nothing to set up and is very easy to do.

One word about the affiliate link. The affiliate link is what
makes this magic happen. It is how the merchant knows where their
customers are coming from. When a customer visits the web site
owner's site, he or she will see an affiliate link to the
merchant's site. When the visitor clicks this link, the click
through is logged by the merchant, and when a sale is made that is
logged as well.

The owner of the referring web site is then
entitled to a percentage of the sale. In most cases, this
percentage will be at least 20%, but in some cases it can be as
much as 75% or even more of each sale. With these kinds of
percentages, it is easy to see why this type of marketing is such a
great way to make money online.

Affiliate programs are very popular, and one reason is that unlike
other types of internet businesses there is no need to stock
products, buy products or even have products. That is because
instead of selling your own product, you are acting as a
salesperson or a distributor for the products of others.

This can make a huge difference to your profit margins and your
bottom line. So if you're not already familiar with the concept of
affiliate marketing, why not check it out?

One of the finest affiliate programs on the net is 12SecondCommute
and if you CLICK HERE it will shoot you off to have a look at it. They offer a 30 day free trial – no credit card or other payment details required – and the trial is a great way to check it out from the inside and discover all the tools inside
that everyone working online must have to succeed.

 

 

 

 

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What’s important when deciding on the tools you have to have to succeed online?

I’ve found, having used Aweber for 4 years, that I’ve come to realize that when you do a benefits/costs assessment you have to be careful that you’re judging on the basis only on real, and important, facts, and not, as I did at the time, on widely but casually held ‘common knowledge’.

Common knowledge that’s very often formed by lots of very smart marketing.

In Aweber’s, and the case of couple of others, much is made about deliverability when the difference in independent tests have shown that difference between them and the less well known ones is less than 2 percent.

“Hey hold on!” you say “I don’t want to have 2% of my messages not make it!”

And I can understand that, I felt the same way too at the time.

But is it a real concern.

Email campaigns are about getting results, and in business that means sales or other activities that put real money in your pocket.

Agreed? I suspect you agree wholeheartedly.

And if that’s so, are you constantly tweaking, and split testing, your message series to get the very best results?

When I ask my students that I tend to get a lot of (virtual) blank looks and lots of “why”s

Because you can easily improve your results by improving your messages, and soon a 2% lowering in deliverability becomes a total non issue!

Most people don’t do it, yet they continue to worry about deliverability.

So let’s take this a step further and drop the ‘wonders’ of deliverability from our minds, and now consider costs:

Starting cost with Aweber – about $19 a month

The 12SecondCommute – $9 a month

5000 subscribers with Aweber – $30 a month

12SecondCommute, 5000 subscribers – $39 a month – but it’s a full marketing suite including unlimited – responders, capture page builder, ad and Url trackers (essential in any business)- hosted blog, members conference room, contact manager, program builder (powerful!!) and the list goes on and on.

Then you have ease of use to consider.

Have you tried Awebers ‘advanced’ features lately? That new form maker? Try altering any of your existing forms!

And how many people actually use all these bells and whistles?

Only about 1 in a 100 of my students from what they tell me.

So I would council, concentrate on whats real, what’s practical, what’s easy to use, what’s value for money and what, in real terms, will make a difference in the profitability of your business.

Wow, I suspect I had better practice dodging the spears of the aggrieved users of ‘the big three’ now. Be gentle on me people icon smile Whats important when deciding on the tools you have to have to succeed online?

So let’s not get mentally locked in about deliverability, the 12SecondCommute autoresponder ranks right up there anyway, is easier to use and integrates seamlessly with a associate page builders, link trackers and contact manager.

In terms of value for money, the whole suite is a country mile ahead of any competition and, just to add the cream on top, includes a powerful residual commission structure that’s already putting people well on the road to opting out of the day job in favour of the 12 second commute I already enjoy so much. Working, if you can call it that, out of your home office is sooo good.manbypoolwithlaptop Whats important when deciding on the tools you have to have to succeed online?

Put yourself on the same path. The link below will allow you to take up a full 30 day trial of the 12SecondCommute Online Tools and Residual Income Opportunity – no credit card required, no obligation, no hassles. In the unlikely event you find it’s not for you, no problem, the system will automatically cancel your free account for you and you’ll never hear from 12SecondCommute again.

How easy is that!

And I’ll even provide you with free copy of the acclaimed ‘Make Your First Dollar Online’ Guide (a $47 value) on the way through.

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The 12SecondCommute has blasted off – like the Space Shuttle on Steroids

And, if you’re quick, the owner is offering bonuses to the value of over $30 a month! due to some hitches in the final countdown. The free trial period has been extended as well.

Pay attention now because that’s a saving of over $360 this year on tools you have to have to make it online!

Why has the owner gone mad <grin>?

Because, as happens with the shuttle occasionally, there was a couple of hitches in the final countdown. A really nasty case of influenza hit the programming team and put them all in bed and at the tender mercies of their loved ones, leaving a few of the 12SecondCommute tools incomplete for the launch.

However 90% of the tools are online and working a treat, and the others should be completed this week. Even the few tools yet to be completed are sufficiently operational to allow them to be fully reviewed and I can’t think of a word less ‘hypey’ (is that a word?) than superb to describe them.

I’m amazed at the value here! If you purchased all these tools at various places around the web you would pay up to $97 a month for them, while here at 12SecondCommute you can get them all for less than $40 and with the special bonuses, for less than $20!!

Less than $20 a month for every tool you need to makle it online – autoresponders, capture page makers and hosting, hosted blog, ad trackers, rotators and the list goes on and on.

Despite the few glitches, new members are swarming into the 12SecondCommute and many of them already have people joining with them and are on the way to making heaps of cash from the affiliate program, and over time dropping that job they hate and earning their very own 12SecondCommute.

Mission Accomplished! <grin>

Have you started yours yet? If not, do it NOW, these special bonuses can’t go on for ever. Check out ANOTHER ADDITIONAL special bonus from me, then head off to start your extended free trial of the 12SecondCommute – no obligation, no hassle, no credit card required.

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The special link below is worth $100′s IF YOU MOVE NOW!

Yes, The special link below is worth $100′s IF YOU MOVE QUICKLY.

And with an ADDITIONAL $47 value FREE gift from me – FOR THE NEXT 36 HOURS ONLY when it will have to become a paid resource once again.

If you’re doing anything online you MUST have the proper tools to succeed.

(Autoresponders, Ad and URL Trackers, Blog, Hosting and Pagebuilders and the like)

You don’t need to pay up to $97 a month for all of them. TRY US INSTEAD.

Grab a full months FREE trial and receive HUGE BONUSES, worth $100′s

And discover how to make massive residual incomes to enjoy month after month.

No hassles, no worries, no credit card needed, no obligation, no sales emails bothering you.

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12SecondCommute Super Affiliates Update No6: Pre -Launch free signups will get Valuable! Bonuses! See http://www.Click-ForMore.info

Here’s the deal. On launch everyone will get a full month free trail, with access to all the services and training etc, then will need to decide if they see enough to wish to upgrade to the lowest level ($9 a month) or, to get even higher capacity (for larger businesses) a higher level.

So, from 30 Nov – one month free, then $9 a month – BUT through this special link I can offer a free upgrade to the $19 level!

Valuable! Think about it – instead of $228 a year for all these great services, tools and training, I can offer it all to you for only $9 a month! Less than $110 bucks a year.

BUT – only if you sign up for the free trial before 30 Nov, like NOW icon smile 12SecondCommute Super Affiliates Update No6: Pre Launch free signups will get Valuable! Bonuses! See http://www.Click ForMore.info

Additionally I’m offering a free copy of the acclaimed ‘Make Your First Dollar Guide’ a $47 value, now free for a short while.

Time to move – do the free signup for the 12SecondCommute Online Tools and Explosive Residual Income Opportunity  and check it out.

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The 12SecondCommute – Explosive Start – still pre-launch

The 12SecondCommutes’ sure off to an explosive start with a swarm of signups, even though the upgraded tools suite is not yet finished, and the official launch is not until end November.

The web’s a BIG place, yet a small place in many ways, and what we are seeing is that, even though 12SecondCommute affiliates are not doing much, if any, direct promotion yet those in the know in our smallish community of freedom seekers are getting to know about it through thier network of contacts.

The amount of signups pre-launch now points well for an avalanche of them as the launch takes off, and all my smart early bird members will be in the box seat at that time. What do they say ‘The early bird gets the worm”?  In your case, a golden worm. Well done for coming aboard early!

Now some answers to a few questions:

12SecondCommute produces residual income, what’s that?

It simply means money that you get month after month from the members you introduce. As they renew monthly you receive a further commission – potentially up to about$15 per member. Therefore 100 members =$1500 a month. Now these are not all members you bring in by yourself because you share the commissions of the members your personal members introduce.  12SecondCommute is a multi-tier (but not MLM) commission plan. Powerful!

Can I still get one of the  12SecondCommute Lifetime Elite Memberships?

No, those closed 2 November.  Everyone now can sign up and, instead of only 1 month free, they will have until the launch PLUS a further month, giving them extra time to get to know the tools, the people, and the opportunity before they will have to decide if they wish to upgrade or leave.

Any reviews of 12SecondCommute around?

Yes icon smile The 12SecondCommute Explosive Start still pre launch I’ve done one at www.12SecondCommuteReview.com

Cheers,

AllanJames – the StartBusinessMentor

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