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Your Questions About Affiliate Marketing

Nancy asks…

Affiliate Marketing?

http://www.yourfreebieguide.com

This is a relatively -hidden- method of marketing that gets frowned upon by big companies (obviously, coz otherwise they don’t gain profit)
Check it out :D

Natalia Popovici answers:

Looks like a scam site to me, especially when they try to over write your home/start page.

Mary asks…

Affiliate Marketing?

I wanna become a affiliate marketer but I am 17yo,every site I have found you have to be 18.Is there a way around this? Thanks

Natalia Popovici answers:

The only way around it is to let an adult — your parents — sign up for you to participate in these affiliate programs. Most affiliate programs will allow a minor to participate provided that an adult signed up for them.

Carol asks…

I need info about affiliate Marketing, do you have any good ideas?

I have started to do some looking-into regarding affiliate marketing, and I need good information/ideas, if you have any information, please correspond!
Thanks!

Natalia Popovici answers:

Try http://www.affiliatemarketingintro.com
It’s a good basic guide on affiliate marketing

Helen asks…

Which affiliate marketing networks can I make the most money from?

I have been using Clickbank for affiliate marketing products for the past 4 months and I just made the payout last week since you have to have 5 different transactions to get your first payout. I only do affiliate marketing part-time on 3 blogs and 1 niche website, but I would love to eventually do it as a full-time job and make more than $75 a month to do so. For people who have experience with different affiliate marketing networks, which one do you see the most sales and income from?

Natalia Popovici answers:

Like you, I used Clickbank for the first 5 months I did affiliate marketing and made about $200 a month. I just did not find many of the products that great to try to sell and most did not convert very well. So, I did some research and found this guy named Matt Bacak who brought to my attention that Clickbank is not the only affiliate network out there. This Bacak guy is actually a millionaire and offers great advice if you want to check him out – www.mattbacak.com.

I joined a couple of different affiliate marketing networks such as Commission Junction, Share A Sale, and Clix Galore. I can’t really say which one is going to make you the most money since I don’t know what kind of products that you want to promote, but here is what I do to get the most out of my affiliate marketing sites.

I check the networks to see what kind of products they have based on the keywords I have chosen for my site. Then, I compare them to see which product or service looks the best and which one has the history of doing the best. Then, I pick that product and go with it for at least 1-2 months and then re-evaluate it to see if one of the other products may be better.

Sometimes I find that Commission Junction is the best and other times it may be Share A Sale that makes me the most money. It all depends on what type of product that you want to try to sell and what topic it is on. Do your research and don’t put all your eggs in one basket.

Oh, and I have been doing affiliate marketing now for almost a year full-time after getting laid off and I have now reached the same amount of monthly income that I had at my engineering job, so you can make full-time AM your goal and success can be achieved.

Donna asks…

Can anyone help me with a detailed affiliate marketing strategy?

I started getting involved in affiliate marketing a couple of months ago, but I feel like I am jumping all over and not getting anything accomplished. I need an actual affiliate marketing strategy that I can follow step by step. Does anybody have a good one to follow? I am willing to pay some money for a program or tutorial.

Natalia Popovici answers:

Just like you I only started doing affiliate marketing about 3 months ago, but before that I had researched it for about 3 months. I came across a website for Matt Bacak, www.mattbacak.com, who is already a millionaire and I think he is only like 30 years old. He has several products that you can buy and also a newsletter that you can subscribe to you called Internet Marketing Dirt. I have found his products and even his free information on affiliate marketing strategy a ton better and more informative than anybody else’s that I have come across in the 3 months that I did research on affiliate marketing.

I have only been doing actual affiliate marketing part-time at nights and on weekends for 3 months, but I am seeing some pretty good income right now. It’s enough to pay my car payment as well as groceries for the month for our family of 3 so I can’t complain. And I know that it will only increase the more I work at it because I am learning how to be more efficient every day. Although I may never be able to quit my full-time job, I will continue to have this extra money for quite awhile, which means that my wife can stop working.

Anyways, check out Matt’s website and check out the different products as well as his newsletters as he has a great affiliate marketing strategy and is very willing to share it with anyone who will listen.

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Betty asks…

do you make money online?

How do YOU make money online eg. surveys, blog, affiliated marketing, data entry ect.
And also if you dont mind how much do you roughly make and how long have you been doing it for?
I know this seems nosy but theres just so many options but also scams and am just looking for real peoples experiences

Natalia Popovici answers:

Yes, it is possible. At first the income isn’t much but as you gain more experience and build up your clientele, your income goes up dramatically.

Affiliate Programs basic information:

http://www.easybutterfly.com/showarticle.php?article=2417

How to work with Affiliate Programs:

http://www.easybutterfly.com/showarticle.php?article=2410

Paul asks…

Is reviewopedia.com/Partner_With_Paul a scam?

I have received an e-mail solicitation for an internet based affiliate marketing program by the above name. They are up front about the fact that a participant has to purchase advertising on the internet.

Has anyone heard anything about these guys? Thank you.
Why did tehestem drop off part of the name? It’s called Partner_With_Paul.

Natalia Popovici answers:

Requires money right ?

SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM

David asks…

wealthy affiliate.com ?

is it a scam or a good site for internet marketing

Natalia Popovici answers:

The stupidity of you people that responded it was a scam amazes me. I guarantee you have never tried nor do you know anything about it. I am a current, active member of wealthy affiliate and it is far from a scam… I have been a member for over 2 years and have learned, and continue to learn new things everyday. Please don’t comment or answer questions you have idea about.

Steven asks…

Where to get free stuff such as iphones, ipods, laptops and more?

Freebie Jeebies is the best website to get free stuff…and it is not a scam! But how can someone give away ipods, macbooks, cellphones and more? where’s the catch? the truth is, there’s no catch!
Freebie Jeebies is actually a perfect example of “affiliate marketing“. Wikipedia has described affiliate marketing as ‘an internet based marketing practice in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each customer brought about by the affiliate marketing efforts.’ This is how it works:
1)You sign up to Freebie Jeebies. You register your details so Freebie Jeebies knows where to send your gift. You details are protected by the DPA.
2)You complete one offer.
3)The offer company pays a commission to Freebie Jeebies.
4)You get 9 or your friends to sign up to Freebie Jeebies via your unique referral number.
5)The offer company now has 10 potential new customers.
6)The offer company pays a commission for every person who’s signed up via Freebie Jeebies. Typically this is £20, so Freebie Jeebies earns £200.
7)Freebie Jeebies uses this money to buy a £165 iPod touch for you. They ship your gift, and keep the other £35 as profit.

The number of friends you’ll need varies with the gift you choose.You would only have to pay about 5 dollars for the offer and that’s it, you can get all the free stuff you want! IT REALLY WORKS! This site has been approved by the BBC and CNN!
To sign up make sure you use THIS link:

http://gifts.freebiejeebies.co.uk/81548

Thanks and enjoy!!

*you can watch proof videos, photos and more here: http://www.imoose.co.uk/Proof.html

Natalia Popovici answers:

This is just a blatant attempt at self promotion, and a poor one at that. People need to be in full awareness of what they are signing up to. Make a site or something, just don’t spam yahoo questions, it’s actually for questions… Not self promotion.

If anyone who comes across this actually has questions, take a look at http://freebiejeebies.org/FAQ.html
for more information.

Mark asks…

Could you give me your opinion on my ebook?

I’m writing an ebook on how to make legitimate money online. Before you lecture me about how it’s not possible, please read the rest.

I’m not going to make claims that my readers will become rich. I’m not going charge a million dollars for this ebook. I legitimately want to help people find ways to make some extra cash and I just want to be reasonably compensated for my efforts. I will be going into detail on tried and tested ways (ebay, affiliate marketing, etc) to make money and giving tips and tricks to using these.

So as I start writing I’d like your opinion. First of all, would you buy this if it was cheap enough? What would you consider a reasonable price? How long would you like the book to be, and are there any subjects you’d like to see included? And lastly, what could I do to convince you that this is not a scam?

Thank you!

Natalia Popovici answers:

I wouldn’t buy it and here is why. There are plenty of reviews, tips and tricks available online for free, so there is no reason for people to buy it. People want a specific plan that is easy to follow. If I were you here’s what I would do. I would write the ebook and give it away for free. I would find good clickbank and rapbank products that give specific training on the things you mention in the book and include affiliate links to those products. The other alternative is to become an expert yourself at one or more of your money making suggestions and write more detailed ebooks about methods and simple step by step systems. Either way you go you will really have to bust your butt and learn to market your ebook(s). There’s a link to a good, free training program on my profile.

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Donna asks…

How to Promote Untested Affiliate Products?

I’m still a newbie in this affiliate marketing industry. I’ve already joined some affiliate programs online. I think it’s impossible for me to buy each and every product before I actually promote them. How do I promote these untested affiliate products without leaving their drawbacks to potential buyers?

Natalia Popovici answers:

Without leaving their drawbacks to potential buyers??

If your talking about being ethical and only promoting worthwhile products, you might not be the next internet millionaire.

It’s worth doing a search for the product and company name for customer complaints, don’t ignore your natural skepticism, if you don’t think a car will run from water, don’t promote it. The recently reiterated FTC regulations regarding fabricated enforcements and undeclared affiliate links encourage marketers to be more ethical, although some operators appear to be out of the FTC’s reach.

Seems that the biggest money makers are promoting any CPA offer that turns a profit with using blocks of paid advertising. Often it’s not the product as much as the billing practices the abuse the buyer. Acai Berries are not inherently, but the rebill practices that was making everyone involved rich has gotten the product banned from advertising channels

Too many marketers and advertising channels overlook the harm dome the buyers, including TV infomercials introduced with a station disclaimer, and sponsored ads on these pages for work at home offers that look like the latest scam.

Back to the business issues, “testing affiliate products” is usually referring to a product not proven to be profitable to advertise. Increased competition has made the number of successful affiliate campaigns come in at perhaps less than 1/2 of those tested, I hear the gurus to bail out if you reach double the commission payout level without a sale, if you break even during initial testing you have a potential winner that just needs a bit more refinement.

Chris asks…

Best Performing Affiliate Programs 2008!?

Affiliate marketing is one of the fastest, easiest, and cheapest ways to get started with your own business, and it is where many famous Internet marketers first got their start.
In fact, most of those famous marketers still participate in affiliate marketing, while creating their own products and services. We hear a lot about affiliate marketing and how easy it is, but The right start should be the choice of a good and solid affiliate program.
You will find here the list of the top 5 performing affiliate programs:
http://www.revue-hebergement-web.com/Best_top_Affiliate_programs.html

Natalia Popovici answers:

The 5 Pillar Program has just been named the top pick affiliate program for 2008 by the website below. I would have to agree because I have made more money with that program than any other. It’s free to sign up and has more tools and marketing resources than most programs that require a fee. You not only get a top rated program but you also get an education in affiliate marketing.

Lisa asks…

Make Money With Affiliate Programs?

In 2008 online marketers will spend $2.1 billion on affiliate marketing fees, with U.S. online affiliate marketing spending hitting $3.3 billion in 2012 according to a new report from JupiterResearch, US Online Affiliate Marketing Forecast, 2007-2012.
You will find here the list of the top 5 performing affiliate programs:
http://www.revue-hebergement-web.com/Best_top_Affiliate_programs.html

Natalia Popovici answers:

Come and Experience Cash Gifting with Us”Start with as little as $20 and its free to join!!!!”

“Cash Gifting Made Affordable”

http://www.awardpay.com/index.php?id=zw1880

Sandra asks…

What’s the step-by-step process for making money online with Affiliate Marketing like ClickBank?

Having been exploring the internet marketing field for the last 10 years, I am still very frustrated not knowing how exactly to make money online with Affiliate Programs like ClickBank or Commission Junction that’s Affiliate Marketing.
Please, reply to me only in case you are already making tons of money as a Super Affiliate.
In addition, please do regard me as an absolute beginner to Affiliate Marketing as I have never ever made any money with Affiliate Marketing at all.
Obviously, the main reason I am interested in the Affiliate Marketing field is the fact that I still do not have my own products or services to sell.
What I have realized is that there is a huge amount of scepticism among many potential Affiliates (including myself) when it comes to the important question whether or how I as an ambitious Affiliate can trust the Merchant or how I can be assured that the Merchant will morally and honestly be paying to me (or into my PayPal account) every time I refer them to a customer who then buys the Merchant’s product from my Affiliate link.
Subsequently, my main questions are:

How to research into, find and then select a legitimate Affiliate Program?

How to make sure that the Mechant will really link my PayPal account correctly and properly, so that I know he or she is a genuine and professional person who won’t be cheating or stealing away my hardly earned commissions?

How and where can I create a simple web page (landing page or squueze page) with my affiliate link? Please, once again regard me as an absolute beginner and tell me the step by step process of how to set up or create my Affiliate web page as I really do not know how to.

How to ensure the necessary traffic of potential buyers to my Affiliate web site so that I really start seeing some concrete results that’s making money online? If it’s Pay Per Click that is a solution, please guide me step by step on how to create successful money making Google Adwords campaigns. Or, do you suggest anything better than PPC?

Once again, I am only interested to learn from experienced money making Affiliates and Super Affiliates who have been making lots of money from the Affiliate Programs that they have joined.

Please, do not try to sell me here any cheap ebooks or similar downloadable information products with hyped and long sales copies, because I won’t be wasting my money on these any longer.

If you’re a genuine and successful Affiliate Marketer, please feel free to reach me on my Skype: bruno.bb100

In advance many thanks for your kind help and advices.

Best wishes for the New Year!!

Natalia Popovici answers:

Hi there,

I find it interesting to post such a question on something as public as Yahoo Answers: I wonder how many people will post dozens of affiliate links to GRQ programs etc!

Personally, my experience of affiliate marketing is making a little income through Amazon Associates (laptops and books) and a Wholesale Directory. In every case, the pages with the links on weren’t especially promoting the product in question. You could call this ‘passive affiliate marketing’. I did have a lot of traffic though until I sold up.

My current website, I’m focusing a bit more on active promotion where I feature and talk about the product in question. That way, I can shift higher-ticket items – some of my favourite affiliate programs I’ve featured here: http://www.how-to-build-a-website.co.uk/free-to-join-affiliate-programs.html

I know you’re not going to like the paid material, but Affilorama offers a free level of membership which is quite good. They do promote their premium level of membership ($67 monthly!) and try and entice you in with one-time offers etc. But have a look at the free program. Http://www.affilorama.com/

I’ve also got rights to distribute this eBook: http://www.how-to-build-a-website.co.uk/support-files/affiliate-masters-course.pdf – It’s 152 pages long, and it helped me focus on the affiliate marketing strategy for my current site.

Sandy asks…

affiliate marketing or program?

all questions about affiliate marketing

Natalia Popovici answers:

There are many affiliate programs out there, most of which have detailed resources on how to use their individual programs, links etc. If you want to dive into affiliate marketing I suggest using this program http://tinyurl.com/3bx2f34 they have won community awards and is one of the highest rated affiliate programs in the world.

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Carol asks…

Affiliate Marketing?

Which affiliate programme is the best to join? With so many affiliate marketing sites online, it’s hard to determine which would give a person a reasonable opportunity to earn a steady income online from ones own promotional effort.
I just need some opinion on which I should join-saving the long search and much trial and error with some that are just waste of time.

Natalia Popovici answers:

I would recommend that you consider your own product. It’s true that affiliate marketing is a good place to start, in terms of getting your feet wet if you are new to internet marketing, but if you can create your own product, you will achieve a lot more.

Two approaches you can take here:

OPTION #1

1) Sign up for ClickBank. Look for an affiliate product that is in the niche which interests you the most.

2) Do some homework on Affiliate Marketing and try to get some experience selling the product you chose. You can sell the products via placing high in organic search using a variety of free promotion strategies (article marketing, social bookmarking, etc.) or you can dive into Google Adwords and set up a PPC campaign. (check out http://www.adwords-profits2.com for good overview on how to do this or you can sign up for their free mini ecourse.)

3) Once you feel more comfortable that affiliate marketing is right for you, you then move into developing your own product and repeat the process.

OPTION #2

1) Think of what you are most excited about, and look to see if that people in your chosen niche has a particular “pain” that needs to be addressed.

2) Research affiliate products to see if there are currently other competing products. (if you find them, great! Because this means there is a market out there).

3) Go to google and type in your niche. Do you see lots of Adwords Ads? If so, another good indicator.

4) Write your own ebook (or develop a free report to get a feel for the market).

5) Set up your website, market your eBook, distribute via sites such as ClickBank to get affiliates selling for you.

Keep in mind, the above is a VERY high level abbreviated version of what you need to do, but in my mind, if you are going to go through all the effort selling someone else’s product, you might as well sell your own. Not only will you make a higher % per sale, but you will be able to get affiliates selling for you plus build up your own “list” of prospects & customers to sell to in the future.

Good luck!

Charles

Chris asks…

affiliate marketing?

To start doing affiliate marketing do yu need a content page. Also is this the same as a pay per click campaign?

Natalia Popovici answers:

No, and no.

Affiliate marketing generally refers to “commission-based advertising,” in which the “publisher” displays advertisements or links to merchants, and the publisher is paid only based on the actual sales to consumers who click on those ads or links.

Some merchants require that affiliates have an active web site, but some will also accept affiliates who have no web site of their own, but who promote the merchant through some other method (perhaps including free-classified postings on other sites that permit them).

Some merchants permit their affiliates to do “direct to merchant PPC” in which the affiliate pays for traffic sent by a search engine (Google AdWords, for example) to the merchant site, and earns money from product sales. Since this requires an out-of-pocket expense for the affiliate without any guarantee of sales, it can be very risky.

There is an excellent community for “affiliate marketers” at ABestWeb.com (but spend many hours reading there before posting anything, and pay close attention to the rules there).

Steven asks…

affiliate marketing?

what is affiliate marketing?

Natalia Popovici answers:

As the other answers have said, affiliate marketing is basically promoting/selling other peoples products for a % of the sales price

I disagree it is full of cheats and dodgy. Yes, sure it is a risk like most things in business, but if studied and understood there is a huge amount of potential to make money.

If you are keen to give it a go join an affiliate program such as Amazon’s, which is very good.

Check out ClickBank and Commission Junction, where there are lots of products on offer.

To be successful, you need to have a good grasp of Internet marketing and understand how to promote products.

One piece of advice – steer well clear of get quick rich schemes as these are 90% rubbish and will lose you money in the long run.

Hope this helps
Cheers
JohnnyC
http://articlewriting4success.com

Mandy asks…

affiliate marketing?

can describe about this please i got some affiliate marketing as follows

They call affiliatebot now i am working with them i don’t know what happen next

Any one can get describe me please

http://www.affbot1.com/link-607373-6533-962-11583?plan=208

Natalia Popovici answers:

You pretty much get paid to sell other people’s products on their websites. I did this for a while selling Sirius radios. I did ok. I would buy adword space on google. Do a lot of research so that you don’t spend too much. You may spend $20 and make $60. This sounds pretty good but you’ll get a LOT of hits with that $20 so its not the quickest process. Find a product in a growing field like sat radios or something consumable.

Mary asks…

Affiliate Marketing ????

does anyone that is currently successful online from affiliate marketing, have a legitimate step by step guide or website link on how to be successful? no money invested other than website – i’m not looking for sites on completing surveys and I’m not interested in purchasing anything – software – ebooks etc…and if you could provide proof of earnings?

(you can also email the results to me if you’d rather do that)

thanks! happy holidays to everyone

Natalia Popovici answers:

SFI is completely free to sign up with and they provide some of the best free training out there. Also, I work to create a team-like environment for my affiliates, so I provide free one-on-one training and support for those who need it. If you’re interested, you are welcome to join my team: https://www.ezinfocenter.com/10151921/Free

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Mary asks…

work at home?

Lost my job on Friday. Looking for another job but would love to work at home. Looking for something.
1. No affiliate marketing. Need something proven and consistent.
2. No pyramid schemes.
3. No Project Payday. Not consistent and don’t care to give my credit card and address to millions of trial sites.
4. Pay to type, surveys, blog. not proven and not enough pay.
5. No scams. I’ve done enough research on scams and know when I see one.
6. No cold calling, and prefer not to deal with phones at all.

Need 35k a year plus (17 an hour) to cover bill load and a child

Natalia Popovici answers:

Freelancing sites like ScriptLance, Elance, guru etc.. Are the best sources of legit work-at-home opportunities. I am personally using ScriptLance for long time.
Check this >> http://ehomejobs.tk

Charles asks…

Any reputable work from home jobs in Australia?

Does anybody know how to make money from home, in Australia, NO SCAMS PLEASE, have had enough of those. I’m also not interested in being given a link to a website which takes you in and then you have to scour through another million sites to try and find something (+ they cost to join). I’m also not interested in Survey sites as I have tried them and most only pay you 2cents for 20 minutes work! (No thanks!). I want something that’s either free to start or will only cost say up to $100 as I don’t have a lot to start with. (Oh and no Ebay either thanks). I have tried to get into Affiliate marketing but something isn’t going right for me there as I can’t seem to make any money out of it, so obviously doing something wrong! If there are any GENUINE people out there who ARE making money working from home I would be REALLY HAPPY to hear from you. Thanku.

Natalia Popovici answers:

At first it isn’t very easy with blogging and the code and everything but if you are talking about wanting to spend money to buy a job you are moving in the opposite direction not in the right one, but I wish you very good luck.
I did make some money with ebay.

Thomas asks…

Are money making sites that sponsor on facebook or twitter usually (100%) legit for the most part?

I just checked out money making sites hosted on facebook and twitter. Now those money making sites that are sponsored on social networking sites, are they usually (100%) LEGIT? I don’t work with scams neither do I want to waste my time finding ways to make money. Though the legit ones will strongly be selling, affiliate marketing, listing items, and referrals (which I strongly dislike the ones I mentioned on most the money making sites). Now the unique money making sites like UltraXproject hosted on facebook, I don’t know if they will be around forever.

Natalia Popovici answers:

There’s no good reason to believe such sites would be safe, facebook and twitter can’t validate the millions of users putting stuff on their site. The majority of money making offers are practicing some sort of deception, you must always be on alert for scams.

A general web search for criticism of the product is always a good idea, forum discussions might have some of the least biased reviews, any product offering affiliate sales commissions will have lots of fake reviews by affiliate promoting it, probably lots more than real reviews.

William asks…

if theres something you would actually buy, it would be..?

Alright, so recently ive been involved with affiliate marketing, and it is SO much harder than I thought, so I need to know (assuming my demographic is teenagers) if there is something you guys might actually considering buying is you saw an ad or recomendation for it online. For example, would you buy something advertising a health product, or would that automatically set off the scam alarm? how about building a website? or how about a beauty product. Please give me some examples of something you either want or would consider buying given you saw an ad for it. ????

Natalia Popovici answers:

Yes. If I see the ad sales at a nearest local clothing store. Ill be there. :)

Betty asks…

FullCircle (based out of Atlanta) Scam? Help avoiding job scams..!?

This is basically regarding a job offer I received from Full Circle http://www.fciweb.net/ sounds like a scam to me, and I believe they are somehow affiliated with Smart Circle. I went to the first interview, no longer than 5 minutes, was called back for a second one, went out into “the field” and saw what I would be doing. I would be selling DirectTV for 100% commission for a good 10-12 hour day. It was somewhat enjoyable considering my interview only lasted an hour and a half, but since I’ve never done sales and I’m right out of college I was skeptical that they would hire me. I was taken back to the office after being told the entire day that they were only looking to fill 3 or 4 spots out of 200 or more applicants and that I should show a lot of enthusiasm towards the position because there were so many applicants and all that jazz. They made it sound like being selected for a second interview was a rather huge deal. I walked into the office, immediately the “manager” shook my hand and said welcome aboard. Sounds like shit to me. I “start” tomorrow, I begin a 10 hour day of walking around Best Buy and trying to get people to sign up for DirectTV, I’ll probably talk to 300 or more people and get less than 4 to actually sign, according to my “trainer”. I was told it was a 4 to 6 month process into management, however with only some college and a degree goal that’s completely irrelevant to Marketing and no experience in sales and they still hired me on the spot practically, I was clearly lied to at some point. Do you know anything about these companies, If this job is bull please share your opinions so I don’t waste my time.
I need advice on how to avoid these scams. I’m barley about to graduate and I’m already being faced with these scams all over the internet, what is real and what isn’t?

Full Circle (I can’t find much on this company at all, its located in Atlanta)
Smart Circle International (Parent company probably)

Natalia Popovici answers:

Yes, it looks like a scam I did a google search and found this:

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Your Questions About Affiliate Marketing

John asks…

Can anyone teach me or is there e good site where I can learn about affiliate marketing?

I still dont get it, how to do affiliate marketing. Can anyone teach me or is there e good site where I can learn about affiliate marketing?? thank you

Natalia Popovici answers:

If you want to learn about affiliate marketing, check out this

http://affiliate-internet-marketing-for-dummies.info

Here, you’ll find the best guide to learn affiliate marketing.

Hope this help,

Laura asks…

How is affiliate marketing?

I am desperate to find a way to start my own home based business, and affiliate marketing seems good because there is virtually no startup cost (I’m broke). Is this something likely to bring in a real income?

Natalia Popovici answers:

If you want to learn about affiliate marketing, check out this

http://affiliate-internet-marketing-for-dummies.info

Here, you’ll find the best guide to learn affiliate marketing.

Hope this help,

Joseph asks…

why do all affiliate marketing sites ask for your website?

why do all affiliate marketing sites ask for your website? i dont have a website of my own.. can someone plz explain this to me?

Natalia Popovici answers:

Many of the top merchant affiliate programs do not want their company or products linked to spam. Especially spamming done through email. Hence why they would want to ensure their affiliates have an actual website where they plan to promote.

Also, many merchants want to ensure you are putting out quality content. Some programs also require a certain amount of traffic for acceptance, and/or your site to be of a certain age.

Helen asks…

I want to do affiliate marketing from Bangladesh?

I leave in Bangladesh, A small country near India. I want to start Affiliate marketing. Some sites that I went to, however, did not listed my country in their supported country list. Please someone give me address of some legit sites which lists Bangladesh and also some affiliation tips will be helpful

Natalia Popovici answers:

Below is a free report that will get you on the right track.

Richard asks…

Can you get Federal Grants for affiliate marketing?

Well, can you get federal grants for affiliate marketing?

Natalia Popovici answers:

The Small Business Administration has a number of programs to financially and technically assist developing small businesses. The SBA may be reached by phone at 202-205-6600, or toll-free at 1-800-UASKSBA. The Department of Commerce also has programs to assist small businesses (phone 202-482-2000).

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Your Questions About Affiliate Marketing Scams

Donald asks…

Is it safe to give an online company, Blam Ads, my SSN? I want to work for them.?

I want to work from home with CPA (Cost Per Action) marketing. Generally CPA companies aren’t “get rich quick” scams, but rather advertising networks which allow a website owner to put ads on their website and make money.

They pay every time your website’s visitor clicks on their offers and either enters an e-mail or fills out a survey.

They do require SSN, as do most other affiliate networks.

Suppose that I know what I am doing and I want to put certain ads on my blog to earn money.

Would it be safe to provide my SSN to a company like Blam Ads? How about some other affiliate marketing company?

If it is not safe, then what is the alternative? Many people work for these companies, earning thousands. However, most require SSN in the application. So how do I get hired by one of these businesses without putting myself at risk?

And if this is all a bad idea, then what do I do with my blog?

Natalia Popovici answers:

If you want to get paid, you don’t have a choice. None of the affiliate marketing operations, such as Google AdSense, will pay you if you don’t provide the required tax information.

That said, I’ve never heard of “Blam Ads” so I’d be hard pressed to do any business with them. I’d stick with the majors like Google, Yahoo, or Amazon. They might be legit, but who knows for sure?

Thomas asks…

Do you have a making money secret?

I know that affiliate marketing is out there. And paid surveys. However with affiliate marketing one has to be a computer geek. And with paid surveys most are scams. Do you have a hobby that makes money for you.
Angry Bird: You sure are right about one thing. Most internet making money programs are scams. The person that makes the money is the one that makes the program. The person that pays to join the program is throwing money in the wind.

Some people do make money advertising for other companies. Even Walmart. This is called affiliate marketing. But you have to have approval after sign up, and be a computer geek to know how to do the links on your web site. If some one orders from Walmart on your web site. You get a percentage of the sale.

I have done surveys, my son has done phone surveys, and my daughter in law has done mail surveys. However these are companies that go through the phone book by computer and call people at random. So sign up is not a real option for most surveys.

For example. One was done for local radio stations to see what station is most listened to locally. The payment was $3.00 for each survey. Each person in the house hold did the survey and each person got $3.

Natalia Popovici answers:

I make chocolate covered pretzel rods.

I go out and buy meltable chocolate, pretzel rods, and small bags to fit two rods. I dip the rods in chocolate using a skinny cylinder vase and go over the dried chocolate with a design with bakers tubes i got a long time ago at the craft store. I also decorate with festive sprinkles for the season. I package them two in a bag and sell them for a dollar. It makes a lot of money and it started as a hobby but now its how i raise money for a student trip to germany for my studies.

These are what they look like :

http://www.joyfulabode.com/wp-content/uploads/HLIC/4a38e64f8015688f3ee7edd0f70c786d.jpg

i make them in the flavors butterscotch, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, and white chocolate

Betty asks…

what do you think of the whopper virgins marketing?

If they really wanted an unbiased opinion, why wouldn’t it just be called “burger virgins”? Why do they have to be called Whopper Virgins? Given the fact that this whole thing is initiated by Burger King I would be shocked if they came back saying oh yeah, the world preferred the Big Mac, What a scam. I would be interested in seeing the results if it were truly a third party not affiliated with either restaurant.

if you don’t know what I’m referring to:
www.whoppervirgins.com

Natalia Popovici answers:

I think it is a biased operation. A set up.
And further more, leave it up to an american Corporation to bring the joy of capitalism to countries that have been living superbly without it for thousands of years. What a shame.

Helen asks…

Where can I learn how to make money online?

Hello friends,

I’ve been thinking on starting working from home online. I know that there are a lot of scams out there, that’s why I came here to ask you guys where should I go to learn how to make money online.

I’m looking for some sort of a mentor that could teach me how to start making money online. After doing some research of my own, I found out that one of the best ways to make money online is with affiliate marketing.

Free tutorials would be great but I know that the best tutorials will not be for free, so I’m not really expecting to learn everything for free either.

Anyway, basically my question is:

Where can I learn how to make money online with affiliate marketing?

Natalia Popovici answers:

Hello daniel,

I have been working online for over a year know & I remember the first time that I typed in “how to make money online” on google to start learning.

I read a lot of helpful e-books & took a lot of helpful courses but the one site that helped me the most was none other than:

http://www.imheadlines.com/

They helped me a lot because:

1. They give you a free awesome e-book as soon as you join them.
2. They sent me some other free reports that were very helpful.
3. They send you an e-mail when they find out a kick a** product that’s very valuable.

I have never been disappointed by any product that I bought that they recommended.

So yes, imheadlines.com is definitely one of the best places there is to learn how to make money online. All you have to do is enter your e-mail & they will notify you about the best offers around.

Mark asks…

Starting an Online Business: Questions?

I am job hunting like a maniac and having no luck (like so many others right now). I just graduated with my master’s degree (criminal justice) and have been doing freelance work (mostly writing) while in school. However, now that school is finished, I’m interested in finding more substantial work. I have been researching the concept of opening an online store and have come to several conclusions: there are a lot of scams out there; there are many different products/services that can be offered via an internet store; and I have no clue where to begin.

I would honestly prefer to go with a turnkey site, which would save me from having to build the site, add check-out software, set up Adsense, and many turnkeys I’ve looked at include purchase of the domain name with the package. But I’m not sure how to tell the scams from the legit sites.

One thing I do NOT want to get involved with is MLM, high-pressure sales, or affiliate marketing–I simply know my limits and I don’t have the personality for that kind of work. I would prefer a simple business based upon the exchange of a product for cash–I am not interested in scamming people for profit. I am the kind of person who is not happy unless she is actively doing or working on something, so the idea of having a tangible biz appeals to me.

I am also looking into drop-shipping, because there is no way I can afford to purchase inventory right now. My most recent freelance gig ended at the end of June, so I am bringing NO money in right now. Therefore, drop-shipping makes the most sense at this point.

What I am looking for is input on turnkey shops (do you hate them, know if any are legit, has anyone had personal experience with one, etc.) and any general thoughts/ideas/suggestions for someone in my position. I know very basic HTML, but there is no way I could build a storefront site on my own—so keep in mind that I’m not much use on the technical front.

I should also mention that I am NOT looking to get rich. If I could make $1,000 per month, it would take a lot of pressure off the family budget. More than that would be great (especially because my student loan payments will be kicking in soon), but I wanted to clarify that I’m looking for a legit online biz and am not hoping to become a millionaire without doing any work. So please, no “get rich quick” schemes for me.

I really do look forward to hearing what those of you with experience have to offer. Thanks to anyone who has made it this far!

Natalia Popovici answers:

Hi xfileluv,

Glad to hear you’re looking to get started with an online business :)

Okay, so let me start by saying that all the turn-key websites I’ve have been worthless. Don’t worry it’s never been easier for those without any technical knowledge to build a website, and much better than any crappy turn-key website that may or may not be secure.

It sounds like you’ve already assessed your situation and determined drop shipping might be right for you. You’re correct that it doesn’t cost a lot, I got started in it while I was in university because of the low start up cost, and because I didn’t have time to handle inventory. But it is not totally without cost to get started.

Here are some of the things you’ll need to spend actual money on:

1. To find REAL drop shipping suppliers, you typically have to pay a directory for access. Probably the three largest and most trusted are: Worldwidebrands, Doba, and Salehoo. Their prices vary, but I would start there.

2. Becoming a legal business, whether that be a sole proprietorship or an LLC. You’ll need to get an EIN (employer identification number) from the IRS. The cost will vary state to state, you can also get assistance from a lawyer or online service, but the cost will increase if you do this. If you use an online service, expect to pay between $150-350.

3. You’ll need to put up a website. This isn’t as hard as you might think. You can set one up easily with Yahoo Stores or Shopify. I have very little knowledge myself, and I use Shopify.com, they have a very elegant design and a marketplace for apps that easily integrate within your store. It’s very easy to figure out for those that have little experience. Both of these will cost you about $50 a month in hosting costs.

4. Then you’ll just be spending money on marketing. Google adwords, Facebook, etc.

It will take some time for to get everything set up, so if you’re looking for something that can provide a more immediate return, I don’t think this is going to provide that for you.

Hope this helps and good luck!

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Your Questions About Affiliate Marketing Scams

Thomas asks…

DON’T SPAM/SCAM me! Internet Marketing?

Are any of you internet marketers what have you done? What are yo doing? I wa thinking about joining hte wealthy affiliate but…I want some honest reviews

What have you done

Natalia Popovici answers:

Yep, I’m a young full-time Internet Marketer (currently busy with website flipping & creating my own products) and still running affiliate sites which pays for my monthly expenses. Lucky you I’m one of Wealthy Affiliate members. So here my Wealthy Affiliate review (a quick one).

I’ve been with Wealthy Affiliate for more than a year (still subscribing :D ), what I can say about Wealthy Affiliate… It is suitable for Beginners (Zero Knowledge) – Advanced Internet Marketers. There are experts inside there willing to help (forum), although there is one great section that I most like besides forum, which is “Training Center” a.k.a Sharezone. It has 9 categories:

- Article Marketing (112+ sources)
- Email Marketing (18+ sources)
- Pay-Per-Click (27+ sources)
- Research (44+ sources)
- Search Engine Optimization (17+ sources)
- WA System Tutorials (47+ sources)
- Web Hosting (19+ sources)
- Web Development (54+ sources)
- Miscellaneous (108+ sources)
- Accreditation Course [Article Marketing & SEO Course (Separate Price - One time payment)]

*ALL the sources on each category is growing, keeping pace with the latest trend of each category.

Each of category has its own expert and even though that, WA members are still contributing tutorials/guidance (Every Wealthy Affiliate members can access to it).

Wealthy Affiliate Learning Tutorials & Guides (40+ sources) – Provided by Kyle & Carson, founders. These 40+ sources already enough for you to learn how to make money from affiliate marketing.

As startup, you can start with “Getting Started” & following with the Wealthy Affiliate Action Plan a.k.a 8 Week Action Plan (Been upgraded after known as Wealthy Affiliate Platinum) which will cover the foundation of Internet Marketing.

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The Tools & Marketing Materials
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## Keyword Research Tool ##
The tool offers the ability to create, manage, and export keyword lists as well and easily integrate with other tools at Wealthy Affiliate such as the Competition SPY tool and Keyword list builder.

## Site Rubix Website Builder ##
Wealthy Affiliate Website Builder (Templates included)

## NicheQ Research System ##
Profitable niches has already been unlocked, they (Kyle & Carson) did all the research and giving Wealthy Affiliate members the reports & resources. You also will get keyword lists for each niche, PLR articles, PLR guides, SEO keyword concepts, pre-written emails (you can use this for your email marketing campaign), website templates & access to private forum for specific niche. One new niche will be unlocked for every month until you get all (You are able to choose what kind of niche you want).

## Wealthy Affiliate Web Hosting ##
Free web hosting, so you don’t have to spend more on hosting that basically will cost you around $5 – $10 per month.

Disk Space: UNLIMITED
Bandwidth: UNLIMITED
FTP Accounts: UNLIMITED
MySQL DB: 10
Email Accounts: 15
PHPMyAdmin
Domains Allowed: UNLIMITED
Subdomains: UNLIMITED
Domain Aliases: UNLIMITED
Domain Forwarding
Frame Forwarding
Stats Reporting

You just need to get your own domain that only will cost you around $7 – $10 (.COMs .NETs .ORGs) per year, then you can host it at Wealthy Affiliate. The place I would recommend for you to purchase domain name is at Godaddy.com. And currently .INFOs domain name is only cost you $0.99 for the first year. You can check out the discount code at fatwallet.com.

*Previously we only getting 3 domains to be hosted there and limited Diskspace, but now… UNLIMITED! Cut you cost don’t you?

## My-Linker Cloaking Tool ##
This tool is to cloak your affiliate links to avoid from people stealing your sales and you also can track how many clicks receives. You can use this to check which keywords are performing better. This helps you to manage your campaign. What I can say, tracking is one of most important to optimize your campaign. You can analyze and optimize or eliminates which are not perform well.

## Clickbank Research Tool ##
Clickbank is one of the most basic (easiest) to get involved, but Clickbank marketplace search functionality is very limited and lack of useful information. With this tool, you can determine whether the product you are going to promote is Hot or Not. You can also get Top New Products and Hot 20 picks at Clickbank marketplace.

## Rapid Writer ##
This is one great tool been provided, you can use this to optimize your content (article) for your website. You can use this tool to create unique content, which commonly unique is the power. It will help boost your website SERP (Search Engine Results Page) ranking. Infact, this tool is also useful to spin articles. If you have PLR articles, you can use this tool to make it unique to be used for your web contents.

## Turnkey Feeder Sites ##
Too lazy to build website? You can use these feeder sites to start with but… I don’t recommend it much, I would recommend you to start with article marketing (cost free) where you can use Squidoo as for example if you are too lazy to build a website (you can get all the resources about article marketing at Wealthy Affiliate Training Center).

## Website Templates ##
Upload the template you want to your web hosting and you only need to add contents for your website. Designing your web? Done with the templates.

## STF Marketing Blueprint ##
A niche that has already been researched, they provide you a blueprint for this niche. You also will get Promo Guide, Ready-to-promote Feeder Sites with Keywords & Keyword Lists.

## Keyword Lists (For Top Niches) ##
Researching for keywords could be a tedious work (you will find this easy once you have experience), with keyword lists been provided… It can speed up your campaign by giving you ideas or using the exact keywords provided. Keywords is one of very important aspect, you need targeted traffic (visitors) if you want to get higher sales conversion.

## Tasks & Goals ##
Setting your tasks & goals is important to keep up the pace with what you are doing or will be doing. It just like you pin point a note to your calender (scheduling).

## Campaign Manager ##
With this system you can keep track of your revenue and expenses for your campaign. Sometimes we forgot how many have we spent (expenses), obviously you don’t want to overspent for your campaign.

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The Community
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## Wealthy Affiliate Space ##
You will have your own Wealthy Affiliate space inside it where you can add your own blog, pictures, showcase your websites and you also can get connected with everybody inside it by adding buddy (just like Myspace & Facebook but not that advance :P ).

## Forum ##
This is the gold mine, you can get a lot information inside Wealthy Affiliate Forum. Most of the discussion inside here. Having troubles? Need support? Got questions? You can ask there at anytime you want… From my judgment, they are really nice community.

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Want to Make Quick Money after being one of Wealthy Affiliate?
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You can get your first $1 online, how? It’s called Wealthy Affiliate Gold. Have you noticed some of website using “Thanks” button to show appreciation? Same applies inside Wealthy Affiliate but the only different is, it is a true gold (money). Being active and participating inside Wealthy Affiliate can earn you gold, even if you write a short inspiring story also can help you earn gold. 1 gold is equal to $0.10. You can cash it out to your PayPal account once it reached $1.00 (10 gold). Easy huh?

There are other ways for you to make money from Wealthy Affiliate;

*** Wealthy Affiliate Jobs ***
If you have skill(s) such as web/graphic designing, you can offer to Wealthy Affiliate members for the work. Do the work for the community and get paid.

*** Wealthy Affiliate (Affiliate System) ***
Refer a people to Wealthy Affiliate and earn $20.00 (recurring monthly) or $175.00 if the person you bring to Wealthy Affiliate subscribing it for a year. You also will be guided through Wealthy Affiliate Super Affiliate Program inside Wealthy Affiliate.

The things you will get inside it:

- Super Affiliate Journey by Marcus (.pdf – Las Vegas Conference in 2009!)
- Wealthy Affiliate Super Affiliate PPC Course
- Wealthy Affiliate Super Affiliate Article Marketing Course
- Target Audiences (Targeting Specific Audiences)
- Website Templates (Wealthy Affiliate Website Templates)
- Article Keyword Concepts (Grab you SEO Keywords here)
- Forum Marketing (How to promote Wealthy Affiliate in forums)
- Ready to Use Websites (Wealthy Affiliate Affiliate Program Feeder Sites)
- Opt-in Email Marketing (Promote Wealthy Affiliate with Email Marketing)
- Download Banners (Banners to be used to promote Wealthy Affiliate)

**I have wrote the details about Wealthy Affiliate Gold, Wealthy Affiliate Jobs & Wealthy Affiliate Affiliate Program (Wealthy Affiliate Secret Cash) one time ago. You can download it at http://www.wealthyaffiliatefree.com Just enter your name & email, confirm the email that will be sent to you after that and I will send you the guide (.pdf) in the second email.

However, the info I wrote is based on the old Wealthy Affiliate interface (now is Wealthy Affiliate Platinum) but the information is still useful because the system is still the same. I’ve been busy with other campaign, that’s why the guide I wrote inside Wealthy Affiliate Secret Cash is not up-to-date with Wealthy Affiliate Platinum but I will update it once I done with my campaign.

Good Luck then!

Paul asks…

friends how can i make money online??

i have broadband connection.
i need money.
i tried affiliate marketing but found too difficult for me
like making a website,placing adds like stuff.
i also tried pay for click site but on these sites only
2-3 adds were there giving me only 0.03 $.
so please guys show me differnt ways so i can make money.
i m hardworker
but i also dont want any SCAMS.
please help !!

Natalia Popovici answers:

Http://incomebooster.org/ is the biggest resource for making money online. It will teach anyone from 14 to 50 to make money online with some effort. They have a lot of tutorials and one of them is make 15$ a day tutorial. Go and check it out.

Chris asks…

Can anyone help me about this?

I am new to affiliate marketing, But i don’t know how to generate revenues through links,for ex: i had a shareasale account previous which i have suspended presently, due to scam, but how actually i should promote the advertiser links, without scamming? please help me….

Natalia Popovici answers:

Sounds like you need a medium to advertise through. You could start a blog or small website with some useful content about any subject you choose. Then find affiliate programs advertising related products or services. For more information check out… Http://www.JoblessNCollege.com/index_files/affiliate_marketing.htm

Linda asks…

Finding a job online….? ?

Has anyone ever successfully done an online job. Possibly doing affiliate marketing, or survey taking or working with Google. Is it possible to really make money by working online? I know there are so many scams out there. Has anyone done it with success, and if so where did you go to get the job and information?

Natalia Popovici answers:

Yea, most internet systems are scams. However, there are a select few that are actually legit. I’m a member of SFI, which has a track record of over ten years. SFI is a team-oriented affiliate marketing company which provides an incredible amount of free training to help get your business started. Just like any business, an online business takes some work, but if you put your nose to the ground and grind through it, eventually you will find yourself in some level of success. If you’re interested…
Https://www.ezinfocenter.com/10151921/Free

Donna asks…

Is it safe to give an online company, Blam Ads, my SSN?

I want to work from home with CPA (Cost Per Action) marketing. Generally CPA companies aren’t “get rich quick” scams, but rather advertising networks which allow a website owner to put ads on their website and make money.

They pay every time your website’s visitor clicks on their offers and either enters an e-mail or fills out a survey.

They do require SSN, as do most other affiliate networks.

Suppose that I know what I am doing and I want to put certain ads on my blog to earn money.

Would it be safe to provide my SSN to a company like Blam Ads? How about some other affiliate marketing company?

If it is not safe, then what is the alternative? Many people work for these companies, earning thousands. However, most require SSN in the application. So how do I get hired by one of these businesses without putting myself at risk?

Should I get an EIN?

P.S. If not, then what do I do with my blog?

Natalia Popovici answers:

You better not because it is just a scam.

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