Affiliate tools review at www.mikes-ecommerce-software.com

Excellent software review site at www.mikes-ecommerce-software.com
Mainly web based tools and services.

Top Reviews at the moment are:

1. Site Build It! – Web site building & marketing system
2. Domain Registration Bank – Cheap domain names
3. ClickBank – Credit card processing and affiliate marketing system
4. Activ Ebook Compiler – Ebook compiler software
5. ClickTracks – Interactive web log analyzer

I think Site Build it is excellent if you don’t want to get down and dirty building the website itself.

Mike describes the site,

At Mike’s Ecommerce Software, an internationally recognized ecommerce expert, with over 8 successful years in the industry, gives you informative, straight-to-the-point reviews and informed opinions, supported by well researched information, on ecommerce and web development software, solutions and tools for webmasters.

I will put together a list of the tools and services I use, as it’s always useful to someone.

Michael Cheney’s free list building videos.

Michael Cheney of Adsense video fame has now turned his attention to “list building”.

His sales letter starts with “How To Start From Scratch And Get Your Own List Of Rabid Buyers In Just 11 Days..”, I love it. Imagine packs of rabid buyers roaming the web waiting to devour your products in exchange for cold hard cash.

I would like to know who wrote the sales letter as it’s a bloody good one. Let me put in on my to do list. Tell you what, I will email Michael and ask him but only report the news on my email list. See, already you get something juicey by signing up to my list.

OK, I have not bought the list building system yet but each time I read the sales letter my juices get going and I itch to buy. It’s not the money, it’s the time. Also I’m not so sure about videos, I prefer to read. You can print out and ebook and take it anywhere with a pencil and marker pen. Also, you get to write on the ebook and I take lots of notes when digesting this stuff.

Also, Michael Rasmussen has brought out a similar product and it’s difficult to differentiate between the two.

Here is the link to Michael Cheney’s list building videos. There is no affiliate link because I cannot find one and the product is not yet listed on Clickbank.

Gabriel Aguinaga Rubbishes Dominating Clickbank

Gabriel Aguinaga, writer of the Money making Secrets blog has rubbished Andrew Fox’s top selling Ebook Dominating Clickbank (aff).

When he asks himself is it worth $97 he answers himself, “Heck NO”. He goes on to say “Okay that wasn’t so nice… but I am wondering if all the “gurus” promoting this product saw the same videos as I did… or if they watched them at all.”

It’s true the so called Gurus do promote each others stuff, but is that just because if you produce quality stuff you end up being a guru. If being a guru means you are an excellent marketer then it would make sense that when another succesful marketer has a product it’s worth a look.

I have not bought Dominating Clickbank, not on the the strength of the review but the promo videos didn’t reveal anything new to me.

I would buy it simply on the basis that Andrew Fox is an excellent salesman and marketer and there is something to be learned. But when the community responds in such a strong way you have to think is this more spin than substance.

Gabriel Aguinaga generated a huge amount of comments from his scathing words, which shows that there is a large proportion of people who are not interested in being sold to like this, but when it only needs a response rate of 2%, does a product have to please everyone.

As I trawl through the underbelly of marketing that is affiliate marketing I constantly come across comments on blogs and forums from unsuccesful people that so and so is just selling snake oil. Well that may be, but I see it as the cost of doing business.

I have a budget for information products that runs at about $350 a month. Some ebooks and tools are going to be duds, that’s the price you pay to get to the good stuff.

It’s a price worth paying.

A lot of these super affiliates talk about spending thousands of dollars on their education.

Think you can do it for 50 bucks and a lifetime dredging through free forums.

Good luck.

I don’t think this business is easy to get into.

As I am not selling anything (yet) I can tell you that I expect affiliate marketing to be hard to get into, to take a long time to get right and to cost a lot of money.

Blood, sweat and brute force.

That’s my approach.

Affiliate Project X on Warrior forum

Interesting discussion about Affiliate Project X on Warrior forum, Chris the Author of Affiliate Project X is involved in the discussion. Click here for Warrior Forum