Andre Chaperon, Ewan Chia and Rich Schefren have all sent glowing reviews and that this is the thing to get into.

From what I gather it is an uber affiliate system allowing you to sell digital books. There are only a 1,000 positions and the fact the the above super affiliates are raving about it means it will probably sell out very quickly. The cost is not clear at this time, but it sounds like it’s several hundred pounds a year with a commision of 30%.

From the people promoting it and the experience behind it, it’s probably going to be a winner. I’m not going to be signing up though. Not because of the cost but because of time and focus. Better to stick with the things you are already doing than to hop around from opportunity to opportunity.

Adventures in Net Marketing
Kaizen Marketing
WHO-1
Andre Chaperon
Andrew Wee

Why have I chosen these guys instead of the big names like Seth Godin, Marlon Sanders, Armand Morin. Actually my favourite for podcasts and articles is Perry Marshall.

These guys are cool because they are fighting in the trenches. Unarmed combat, tooth and nail stuff. They have not made it to the top of the mountain yet, but they have sturdy hiking boots and a good map.

They do not bullshit.
They do not oversell any of their products.
You know you are getting the juice from these guys.

Andre has it down for writing good copy, what he is doing is a blueprint to success.
Andrew Wee is a master at networking, and should be watched as the next big guru.

The others have provided me with info which was useful and hopefully profitable.

As a newbie to the Affiliate marketing game, particularly the Adbank marketing game (adwords/clickbank) it’s good to be plugged into honest providers of information.

They are close enough to relate to, but ahead of the game to be worth paying attention to.

Go check them all out now!

Here are my notes from it.

Lack of vision is a short term strategy. Using techniques that are short lived will not build a long term business.

Infinate opportunity overload is distracting you from success.

The Internet is very efficient, but if you are paddling up the wrong stream it doesn’t matter how efficient your canoe is. What you need to be is effective.

Marketing a niche is still a cash cow. If you become an expert in your niche people will still flock to you. The big boys are too bloated to move quickly into a niche.

“You decidism” rules the web. Dig, delicious, reddit, you decide what people read. YOU, not some DJ with poor jokes and bad breath. Youtube.com gets more views than most TV channels.

Build a business that will last and last and last. Short term is stupid term. Get with it and build your house on rock, not sand.

Create tight, kick ass, loyal groups of like minded people who trust and support each other. One kid in the bedroom business plan is finding it harder and harder. Your clan/group/posse/society/homies can take on the world and make your reach more powerful than it is.

Small strategic, well thought out moves may be better than a huge, kill em all product launch. You get to learn from each phase. People do not get swamped. A far more intelligent way to market an informational product.

Watch the legal stuff, failure to read the small print and avoiding copyright battles can pole axe you.

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The ebook, written by Matt Levenhagen, was talked about on another blog I like so I thought I would take a look.

First thing, todays date is shown as if the sales letter was written on the very day you read it. Sigh! Is there anyone out there who actually thinks that. To me it’s an instant turn off and although I am an affiliate marketing virgin I have been Online marketing since 1998, so I may be a bit jaded as know that the reason the days date is shown is because of a little script. And I bet most people know as well.

It’s a little thing, but do we really gain anything from insulting the inteligence of our readers.

OK rant over.

I didn’t feel very excited whilst reading the news letter, I don’t know if Matt wrote it or paid 5 grand to some expert copywriter, but it doesn’t grab me by the cahonas like a good sales letter should.

Not sure who the ebook is aimed at, as it teaches you how to register a domain. Are there really people out there considering starting an adwords/clickbank business who do not know how to register a domain.

Perhaps quite a few, but I doubt it.

It may be that the product suffers from a poorly written sales letter. At first I was quite pleased there wasn’t the usual 18pt bright read headlines with quotes around them, screaming at me to pay attention or they will come round to your house one night and wake you with a large, dead trout. But found myself not grabbed by unquenching irrationality to purchase said product.

Nor was there the relentless bullet point lists of the benefits and advantages of the ebook. The ones that plug straight into the primeval savage part of me bypassing thousands of years of civilisation and rational thought.

No, the product is probably good. It’s the sales letter that does not do it for me.

Well Matt, if you are reading this and want me to review the ebook you will have to send me a copy as I’m just not juiced up enough to reach into my back pocket and hold that cold plastic credit card in my hand, and punch in those numbers.

But that’s just me.

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.

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.

Affilliate Project X has given me the skinny on what the hell makes a killer product and what makes a dude. Promoting a hot product seems mostly about timing. You have to strike as soon as the product is released.

Look at Butterfly Marketing. A huge bolt out of the door which then dropped dramatically and is now chugging along nicely.

I havn’t had it confirmed yet but I think Chris beat Mike with APX.

The point is, with a hot product like this you have about 2 weeks before things cool off.

As part of my research I came across the following by punching “adwords” into the clickbank search.

Adwords Miracle Guide
Wanna Quit Your Job With Google Adwords? Affiliates! Make $44 / sale, now 6.4% conv! Insane update this week! Get in quick!
Gravity of 162.82

Google Cash
Official Google Cash How to Earn Thousands Writing Google AdWords Part-Time updated w/ 24 videos. $30.49/sale.
Gravity 102.39

HoT! ClickAdEqualizer: Adwords Software
Adwords Software Like No Other! Become A Super Affiliate Overnight!
Gravity 58.78

These three adwords information product are the top three sellers for this niche on Clickbank, or the top gravity scoring products. All three have been out for a few months now and I am not sure how fresh the information is. I have heard that Chris of Affiliate Project X fame, the creator of Google Cash is going to be publishing an update.

The point is I am looking for an excellent primer into the world of adwords/affiliate marketing and probably the best thing is to buy all three. Along with Perry Marshals Adwords guide, although that is more for general marketing.

If I do buy these I shall review them, what would be fun is to buy all three and run a feature by feature comparison. Without giving anything away of course I still want to sell a few through my aff link.

Affiliate Project X Review
Affiliate Project X Review
Project X, Rather Good Actually!
Creative Affiliate Marketing Concepts Reviewed!
This is a good way to diversify from AdSense
I’ve discovered something very, very interesting – Affiliate Project X.

Is this guy one of the testers Chris talked about?
PROJECT X IS DYNAMITE – $600 IN MY FIRST TEN DAYS
“Chris, this is my final report for my Project X test – just as promised. The material inside Project X is very simply dynamite.”

Everyone has positive things to say about it. If you are wanting to make money with affiliate marketing then the perceived wisdom is that Affiliate Project X is the right product.