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I think everything is in the title. If you are interested in getting Easy Sales Formula or have questions on his business, you may rush to the live webinar and have Keith Wellman discuss all of this.
Go to the Easy Sales Formula webinar now.
He seems to have so many questions flying in, and he will be live for hours.
Howie Schwartz has made a free report that you can download now on IM Remarkable. It’s called “36 Pulling Money Niches”, so it is about… well you know what it is about from the title.
Just download it, and if you are an affiliate there is great stuff to take into consideration as you will see things you can promote and related keywords. 
Update! Easy Sales Formula is sold out and accessing the free video skinning method from there is not possible now. However Keith launched Automated Sales Formula and it deals with video skinning too 
Below is my original post :
Keith Wellman, will launch a new product called “Easy Sales Formula“. He’s made a short video to explain what it is about, and I highly recommend you watch it.
Imagine this scenario : you are an affiliate promoting a great product, you sent quite a lot of traffic, but the sales letter doesn’t seem to convert. So, it would be cool if you could do a video then directly send your traffic to the order page, SKIPPING the sales letter !
As an affiliate, this is a great opportunity. This can benefit many of us. So you can use this technique. Keith Wellman called it Video Skinning.
If you have your own product, then it certainly works too, and great for split testing. You could have your sales letter, and have another page with video where you drive visitors.
This is actually very simple to do. You don’t have to be in front of your camera, screen capture software and a mic are well enough. I’ve already done a video the same way, I didn’t really liked the sound of my voice when I re-listened to it but when you think about it, I’m sure this is the case for many others. A lot of people online don’t know you personally and for anyone who hear your voice, you sound normal. This is just for ourself that you may think “is this my real voice ?”. I guess with time you really don’t care, you do a quick video, upload it and drive traffic. As long as cash comes in, your voice is certainly geat
He tested his technique with a Clickbank product and saw a 1000% conversion increase driving people from his video to an order page, instead of the sales letter. With less traffic ! Cool right ?
What’s even cooler too is that it works with any advertising method, free or paid. I mean, what you only need is to put a video on a page, then drive traffic to it in any way you want. The purpose is to get your visitors directly to the order page.
My last post was about product launches exposing their process, you would then just do some research and find out how you can do it yourself. Well Keith also gives you his process, hey that’s free affiliate video training ! And you can instantly put that into action.
You (of course) have to optin to see more videos about this but again, totally free and you will learn more cool stuff. Keith will actually show you step by step how you to do it, case studies, and more stuff (second part is about an hour long I think).
Anyway I think all affiliates can do this. Watch this Video Skinning introduction and tell me what you think.
I want to come back a bit on what I said on my last post about Russel Brunson Micro Continuity launch, product launch in general, and pre-launch too, and some other things. It triggered some thoughts and I think I could share those with you. (I said in last post I’m busy but I wanted to write this, hey I don’t post that frequently ! Do you thinkg I’m starting to become a real blogger ?)
Some time ago (weeks, months…) I wouldn’t opt-in to any pre-launch squeeze page, thinking that “why bother, I will not buy it anyway”. Then I’ve found that some concepts were interesting, even though I knew they were not for me at this time. The question you need to ask yourself : will it teach me something ? Will it have some value, now or later ?
It seems that one of the principle some experts are following to have you opt-in is to give away free stuff, sometimes you don’t even have to opt-in to at least see their first video which is “awesome”. You of course want to know more.
Let’s take the example of Micro Continuity.
So yes of course you have to opt-in, so what ? You’re not going to get charged for that. You’re going to get few emails alerting you there are some new stuff you need to have a look to.
You’re going to get value for your time. If you are already successful with membership sites then you may just learn few things but for those who don’t know this stuff, this is real value. This is something you like to watch and take notes, so even if you don’t buy anything from Russell later (he will give away the program as a mp3 anyway) you still have a process, the knowledge, you still know how it works and then do some research by yourself and make it work your own way.
Check the Micro Continuity videos.
This is what I do now when I hear about a launch. I go to the website and watch their videos on the squeeze page. Some guys give you their entire process, or some tricks that you can immediately use. They actually don’t tell you all the tools and resources, for example their membership software, their automated social bookmarking software, where they outsource content writing. But they DO tell you what they do.
You may not always get the “how”, but you get the “what”. Then a bit of research and efforts and you can actually do it by yourself. It may take longer find out all the tricks, but you know what to do. And if you are really interested and want to comepletely know the real deal, then you can buy their stuff. But, if it’s something you plan to do later, for me it would be PPC, then I would watch and take notes of a few things.
Same goes for their sales letters. They may or may not have a video on their sales letters, but you could carefully listen and read to spot the words they use to turn you on buying mode. This is a process you can then use in the future for your own product sales letter and pre-launch and launch.
Cool video training #1 -> opt-in for free video training #2 -> autoresponder submit links to video #2 which is on a blog (people can comment) -> You know what people wants to know with their comment -> blog post (with or without video) -> and so on until launch, your sales letter will sum up everything, and have answers to all the major questions people may have about your product, and may have the style of a $10,000 sales copy.
A bit simple but well, it works like this. You can even do this kind of things as an affiliate : video review of a product -> opt-in for case study -> case study + blog posts with affiliate links + autoresponder that delivers promo emails.
Again, not detailed but can’t you do some research and learn that to get a review copy you can simply ask the merchant, the video review can be made with some screencapture video software (the best one being Camtasia), and that the opt-in/autoresponder stuff can be handled by Aweber ?
You know sometimes you get some promo launch emails for products that don’t add value, or don’t teach you new things. You just wasted your time.
That’s not the case here. I’m not into membership site, but may give it a shot in a few months. I also feel that if you want to start something, even if you are told to see the big picture, you should start small and then expand. Micro Continuity is teaching how to make money with mini membership site, and this is a proven way to make money online.
Well, I don’t know why I bought Money Siphon System, but I did. I told myself I shouldn’t buy more info product since I finish my current projects… Certainly the $4.95 trial that hooked me. By the way I received an email by Jonny Andrews about the end of this trial offer, it should already be ended but it seems you can still get it.
Anyway, I also bought it for some other reasons. The one I want to mention now is because Jonny Andrews tell you about inforproduct you can promote as an affiliate that pay instant commission. Not in 15, 30 or 60 days but just after people you refered made a purchase.
This is a technique that I actually knew before, but really never thought of. And Jonny tells you where to find these offers. So for a $4.95 7 day trial (then $72, one time no monthly fee) I think this was worth mentionning.
You may want to know that the products that pay instant commissions are not just paying you pennies. I’ve found few that pay $37 or $47 to your PayPal account. But this is only one part of the course, there are many more things to learn.
So if you want to check the Money Siphon System and it’s trial offer do it now. There are some cool bonuses too. I’ll make a review later when I’ll have more time (very busy with some other promotions right now).
Visit Money Siphon System
If you are an affiliate, then building review websites is certainly something you already have heard about, and even been doing for some time. As I already mentioned sometimes here, I build my websites with WordPress. I have even created a little pack of rating stars you can download and use for your reviews on your sites.
But to make things easier, there are some plugins that you can just… plug in to WordPress that let your visitors rate posts or pages. Actually they rate a product or service, and write their review in the comment box. What does that mean ? Well the post to describe the product is written by you, with your affiliate link. But reviews are written for you, by users.
Of course you can write your own in the comments, maybe to have at least one review, if you have used the product yourself. In any case, your post would then only have to describe the product.
The plugins let you rate products on multiple criteria that you define yourself. There are 3 plugins you can use to do this. You should visit their respective site to decide which one is the best for you. There are 2 paid plugins and one free that I have to show you.
So if you’d have to go for a paid one, I guess WFReview should be preferred as it is cheaper for a multiple site license use. Both paid ones have a forum support. But GD Star Rating is free and certainly worth a try as it offers what most affiliates need.
Hey everyone, hope everyone’s fine. Please accept my apologize if you were waiting for some updates, I was very busy, I have so many ideas in my head and so many posts that I’d like to make that I don’t really know when to post and what to focus on first.
Well, I think you have to focus on what’s working for you and that’s what I was doing. The websites I built with the Conduit Method by Chris Rempel (with the VIP Essentials templates) are doing very good. That’s so cool ! Well that was what I was thinking one month ago. In the beginning of April, the commissions generated by my most profitable website almost stopped.
In March and February, I generated almost consistently one sale a day, from only 25 unique visits. In April my traffic increased, almost doubled, but I can tell you that I only got 9 sales this month, and most of these were done these last 10 days. Why ?
Well, I wanted to change the website layout. I actually build my Conduit websites with WordPress (I know Chris Rempel prefers html templates but if you can tweak your themes that works too.) So I changed my theme, and I was truly convinced that this new one would perform even better. It wasn’t very different, but I had put some more possibility for the visitor to reach the merchant offer. (Possibility = button). Ouch…
During the first 3 weeks I wondered why with an almost similar design I couldn’t get people to click. It was still clean, simple design. And then it hit me : Internet Explorer. I use Firefox as my web browser, and when I logged into my Google Analytics account, I saw that more than 60% of visitors use Internet Explorer. So I opened my Internet Explorer and reach my website, IT WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN. Unreadable, font size too big, the offer not visible, the elements of the layout not at the right place or the right size.
I checked on another computer, same thing. Different verions of Internet Explorer, same thing.
(Edit : writing this post made me think there was certainly something I may have done wrong, I checked and re-checked and re-re checked and finally… I just found out that when tweaking my header.php file I forgot to close a <h2> tag… Damn… back to testing again !)
The bad thing, apart that I lost a lot of click through, is that I put some time and research to tweak the theme to have it look how I wanted. I’m not a web designer, not a coder so when you do this kind of stuff yourself it takes more time, trials and errors your know.
So the tip here is, if you change your WordPress theme, check it in Firefox and Internet Explorer. I put back the theme I was using in first place and sales are coming again. Yesterday, I have then set another theme that is showing well on both Firefox and IE and I made two sales in this one day. But I also added another simple trick. That’s for my next post, tomorrow, promised .
I think I already mentioned it, but in case you missed this, you can get a completely free CPA Marketing ebook, written by Gauher Chaudhry, creator of Pay Per Click Formula.
It will certainly be useful if you want to dive into PPC and promote some CPA offers, if you are already doing it this is not a bad thing to read to, it is a great report that could certainly have been sold. This is 89 pages long, full of rock solid content.
Gauher first introduce CPA Marketing, CPA offers, CPA Networks… And you learn right from the start that you can earn from $0.25 for some email submit to $140 for longer forms. Wow, I know you have to know what to do when you pay for traffic like Google AdWords, but this only line tells you there is great money to be made if you take the time to learn the basics. I guess that if you plan well ahead your campaign and limit your budget you can be profitable quite fast.
Gauher also mentions the tools he uses, free or paid ones, and talks about landing pages. It’s extremely important that your landing page are optimized for Mister Google so your Quality Score allows you lower bid and higher position. But also Landing pages have one main goal : CONVERSION. Converting your traffic into an action, like filling a form, and this action brings you money. I know I’m not giving details, but this is how it is, and I’m not going to detail an eBook that you can get for free and then know everything yourself, right ?
Also, if promoting CPA is generally done with Pay Per Click advertising, Gauher gives here more paid traffic sources but also many FREE traffic sources. Hmmm, it should be then even easier to get profitable !
Anyway, did I mention the report is free ? Okay, then get the Insider’s Guide To CPA Marketing Profits now, you will learn (and hopefully earn) a lot with it. There are many other things like ad copy, testing and scaling up campaigns that are discussed inside.
In the last post I mentionned that I used a bit of video marketing since I joined Easy Video Sales, the course created by Jason Moffatt. Now, the main course, I should say the main tutorial that is inside Easy Video Sales is the Video Hijacker video course. These are extremely simple techniques to make videos and use videos at YouTube to generate traffic and sales.
Why do I say that ? Well, Easy Video Sales is $397, Video Hijacker is $77.
Of course, Easy Video Sales comes with more stuff, there is a video serie with Frank Kern, a course about copywriting so you can learn how to create sales letters, audio resources, ebooks, softwares… But Video Hijacker is certainly all you need to get started with simple video marketing that works. Jason also re-did the Video Hijacker but you will have access to the 1st version too, as well as the Mastermind group, where you can exchange ideas with others (or take theirs).
In a later post I’ll have to detail all you get with Easy Video Sales, but for now, Video Hijacker is certainly more than enough for anyone.
It’s been a while since I didn’t post here, my last one was “Happy New Year”. So, 2 months later I may have a few things to say. I think I will not be able to tell you everything I’ve done in one post now, but I promise that the very next days and posts will be more detailed and, I hope, informative. I think I’ll also write a post on “what I’ve learnt since I started Internet Marketing”.
What I’ve done ?
Principally, I’ve used the Conduit Method, by Chris Rempel to build and markets few websites. This is something I already mentioned here, I know, but this can’t hurt to tell you again how simple and profitable this is.And again the Chris Rempel’s VIP reports are cheap and can immediately be put into action. Now, just a tip, if after you buy one of his VIP reports you get an upsell that allows you to get all others VIP reports, even the ones that are not released yet, then take this opportunity.
(I don’t want to sound like I’m hard selling, but if you are looking for simple and smart ways to make money online, then I hugely recommend you buy Chris Rempel stuff, at least take the Conduit Method, it’s only $14.95.)
There was a comment recently on this blog about Chris Rempel stuff I promote, someone said it was good to say a product is good but you have to use it. I replied that I am using it and am making money with this. I’ve always wondered if I should add screenshots of some affiliate networks accounts to show proof. I’ve always thought there will be people who say you edited your pictures with Photoshop, or you’re just bragging about your earnings. Also I am not sure it helps anyone to show a screenshot.
Plus, by outsourcing few tasks like article writing I’ve been able to do much more things. My productivity increased and speaking of this…
Productivity
I’ve joined the Wake Up Productive program by Eben Pagan. By the name you have guessed this course teach you how to be more productive. This is a good course that is spread on 12 weeks. It’s $297, and currently closed. It was opened for a very short time at the end of december, or maybe start of January.
However, just after I joined, I downloaded a free interview Jazon Katzenback (aka JohnCow.com) did with Mark Joyner. Mark Joyner is a big name in the Internet Marketing industry. The report was about planning in 2009. And (I’m sure many of you already know this website), I discovered Simpleology. Believe it or not, I didn’t know about this website 3 months ago, but this is an extremely high value resource.
Simpleology 101, the simple science of getting what you want. Create an account there, it is free. You’ll get a full course on productivity and how to manage your time better and get many more things done. And you know what ? I prefer the Simpleology website than the Wake Up Productive course. Why ? There is a community forum, support, and tons of free resources, and a lesson (video, ebook to print, audio) to learn and practice everyday. With Wake Up Productive, you have one lesson (video too) each week (12 weeks) to practice and integrate to your routine. The only way to communicate with others is via comments, just like any other blog
Don’t get me wrong, Wake Up Productive is very good too, Eben style is great and there is a high value in it that’s what I stayed in this program too, but I guess this is better to take these kind of programs one by one, and not at the same time.
Since Mark Joyner is an internet marketer too, be prepared to receive some emails that promotes many of his products. However, you will receive more free stuff from Simpleology, you don’t have to buy anything more if you don’t want too. But I suggest you keep the emails he sends you, because when he offers something this is at a discounted price, if you then want to buy it from Simpleology you may not get this same discount.
Now something that you MUST read too : I got an email for one of his book : Mind Control Marketing. The email said that this book was so big that he had to stop selling it. And people started to resell their version on Amazon Marketplace or eBay for something like $500. I didn’t believe it really, so I checked Amazon and eBay, and searched for Mind Control Marketing. And indeed, this is the case. But you can now get the ebook version for only $27 if you create an account with Simpleology.
As for the free resources I mentioned, these are the ebook version of his bestsellers “The Irresistible Offer” or “The Great Formula”, still selling well at Amazon.
Damn I’m not even getting paid for telling you about this ! There is something inside Simplology 102, the simple science of money ($97 but you’ll get an offer to have it free with another product that you can try for $1, I did), and this is about “Word of Mouth”, that is the most powerful marketing model for your business.
Thinking about creating my own product
I don’t know really if it will be about Internet Marketing or launching online business, if I’ll write it in French or English and many other things. I’ve signed up for an InfoMillionaire membership, this is a course by Frank Kern, and a good one. Basically, you send traffic to a squeeze page that redirects to an affiliate program. You then create your own product, and market it to the list you just built. You need to create a product that is better than the one you are promoting, and of course you now have a targeted list to market to.
I don’t know if I will stay in the InfoMillionaire membership, I have received 2 monthly issues for now. This is very good yes, but I know there are other courses that can teach you how to create your own product and how to build your list. And oh, the 2 last Chris Rempel VIP reports are The Rapid List Profit Formula, and the 24 Hour Hot Product Formula.
The 24 Hour Hot Product Formula hast just been released, it is live from yesterday. I didn’t have time to read it, but I can tell you it’s 28 pages, and that this is the method Chris Rempel used to create $76k in December 2008. What he says is that Affiliate Marketing is great, no inventory, no customer support, but then you have all the promotion and traffic generation work to do. Creating your own product can be done in 24 hours, and doesn’t take that much effort, even less than being an affiliate. And all the promotion and traffic generation is done by… affiliates. When I will have read it I’ll provide a review as always.
Video Marketing
I joined Easy Video Sales few months ago, a course created by Jason Moffatt, and thus have started a bit of video marketing. Video websites receive high traffic and why not have some more exposure for your websites ? So I have made a few videos for some offers but I was concerned by getting more traffic, not just YouTube.
I have tried Video Post Robot, a software that automates your video submission to 18 video websites. It used to be more but some repeated bugs lead the team to remove some. Is it good ? Well, yes it is. How much ? $197. I said I tried, this means I asked for a refund. Now I’m wondering if I shouldn’t really have to stay with it.
I wanted a refund because it always failed to upload to YouTube (and Yahoo Videos and MSN). I’ve checked many times my settings and “Status = Failed”. YouTube being the BIG one, I thought it was really bad if it can’t upload there. But actually, it would have been only 3 websites where I would have to upload manually. Anyway, I think you should check it out for yourself, and don’t worry, you have 30 days to try it, if you want a refund you just ask the customer service team and they are very friendly.
Maybe you will have more success with your uploads, there are other automation softwares I want to try. When you need to get more things done you need to automate some parts of your business, and you either do it by outsourcing or use the tools that can do it automatically.
This post is a bit long now and I still have things to say. But I’ll finish with this :
Free Stuff
Just because I like free stuff and I know we all like it, here are the things that I have came accross recently that may help some of you :
Simpleology. Again that’s free and will teach you how to get more productive and manage your time better. That’s cool !
2009 Planning – The Mark Joyner interview by Jason Katzenback.
(I just visit JohnCow.com for the link above, and that reminds me he wrote a nice free ebook : How to Build a Business Not Just A Blog, you’ll find it easily there).
CPA Marketing – I got an email, I don’t remember who sent me this, but this is a free report that would certainly be useful to those who want to try CPA Marketing, it has been very hot recently. So if you want to do or already are doing some Pay Per Click marketing then grab it. This is written by Gauher Chaudhry, from PPC Classroom.
I’ll post again tomorrow. Have a nice day, or night depending on where you live.
