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FTC regs on Testimonials

I’ve been doing some research lately on U.S. legal requirements for using testimonials in your marketing. Everyone should be familiar with these FTC guidelines. There are some important requirements for testimonials that I see violated all the time. Read the relevant info, especially DotCom Disclosures, found here: FTC Information Page. Also read this document specific [...]

Ridiculously High Priced Products

Lately there has been a wave of internet marketing products costing over $1,000. Product Launch Formula 2 Mass Control StomperNet GuruMastermind and several more upcoming. I have promoted some of these products because I know the content well and also know and respect the authors. Whenever I do send out an email about a product [...]

Free traffic software

I just found out about (and tried) some new software that helps you build traffic to your site. It automates a normally boring task – actually makes it fun. If you have read about Search Engine Optimization at all, you know that building backlinks to your site is vital. And a great way to do [...]

TrafficJam.com – The Blog Post AllStars

TrafficJam.com has just started serving up an allstar lineup of blog posts. Based on the BlogRush widget (you can see an example of that on the right side of this page), TrafficJam provides a great way for bloggers and marketers to monitor popular blog posts in their specific niches. It uses some unique technology to [...]

New income stream for niche web sites

I created this video with detailed instructions on using the power of eBay dynamic auctions to create autopilot income streams for virtually any niche. With dynamic auctions, you aren’t selling anything, but you make commissions when your visitors buy something from eBay. Visit http://QuickieProfits.com – No charge. How about you, what do you think?

Information Overload and Gas Tanks

I was thinking about information overload the other day. I think everyone in this business suffers from that to one degree or another. It’s our number one occupational hazard. Yet, some people are able to flourish and others drown in the excess information. What is the difference? Read more…

Use Google Analytics for Profit

I love to test things on my web sites. Why? Because I almost always learn how to make more money when I do. Every test result, whether positive or negative, teaches me. In the past I have used many different forms of testing and tracking software. And paid lots of money for it. Funny thing [...]

eBay Search Engine Power

Did you know that eBay gets 6.4 million new listings every day? (From June 14, 2007 investor call) That’s a staggering number. Even more interesting, people do billions of searches on eBay every month. That’s a lot of qualified buyers looking specifically to spend money. It makes eBay an outstanding opportunity to make money, either [...]

ClickBank Debuts Recurring Billing

I remember talking to ClickBank in 2003 when they told me they were working on recurring billing. But that was the “old” ClickBank. Under new management, they’ve been making a lot of improvements and this is a major feature. Recurring billing means you can use ClickBank to handle billing for a membership site or a [...]

ClickBank Announces First Million Dollar Day

View press release here Other ClickBank information recently made public includes that they have 11,000 publishers and over 100,000 active affiliates. They process about 20,000 orders per day. In 2006 ClickBank did more than $200 million in revenue with just 42 employees. Another interesting note is that refunds across all products average 7%.  Refund rates [...]