#541 APn: His visitors created 15,000 web pages for him

Associate Programs Newsletter #541 Oct. 27, 2012.

Here are the notes I took during the Question and Answer Session
with Elad Shippony - the guy who bought a home with his affiliate
earnings.

Remember Elad? He's the Israeli affiliate who lives in a home
paid for completely by his online earnings. He's been a full-time
affiliate for 9 years.

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As I was saying...

I took notes during Elad's live Q&A Session.

He has absolutely astounding traffic stats - on a really good
day, nearly 200,000 visitors.

I'm a firm believer in the saying, "Success leaves clues," so I
watched the Q&A session a couple of times.

To save time for busy folk, here are my notes:


* Elad doesn't have any products of his own.

* He earns his living mainly from AdSense - says he's not very
good at earning affiliate commissions.

* He has 3 family members helping him, 1 full-time, 2 part-
time.

* On one site, his visitors have created a staggering 15,000
pages (that's NOT a typo) of articles and photos for him. These
pages attract most of the site's traffic.

* How does he encourage visitors to contribute all those web
pages? By running competitions and giving away prizes.

* REALLY IMPORTANT: If you want to encourage your visitors to
generate pages for you, you MUST choose a topic that your
visitors are ENTHUSIASTIC about. Think about that.

* He gets a lot of traffic from Google image searches. He
optimizes the photos to encourage this. Image file names match
web page names.

* His main traffic promoting focus now is using Pinterest.

* He has 3 main sites. The rest are "neglected children".

* He compares online business building to studying to get a
degree, except that at the end of three of four years you own
an online business instead of a degree.

* To make it easy to get his visitors to create those 15,000
pages of content for him, he uses Content 2.0. You can learn
more about Content 2.0 here http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/C2

During the live interview, Elad went into Google Analytics to a
page showing that more than 1,800 people were on his costumes
site right at that moment. His daily visitor number was MUCH
higher than that. He gets phenomenal daily traffic around
Halloween - just under 200,000 visitors.

Thanks very much for the tips, Elad.

Joanna and I have been discussing this: What would be a good
niche where people are enthusiastic and would create lots of
content for us? I've got think more about that.

You can see ideas and examples of what some affiliates are doing
with Content 2.0 on this page...

http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/C2

If you're skeptical about the tool Elad uses, consider those
15,000 pages and all that traffic... An hour or two spent
studying what Elad is doing would be a wise investment for any
affiliate, whatever your level.

I've added a recording of the Q&A Session at the bottom of the
article I wrote on Elad's success...

http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/articles/affiliate-marketer-
buys-home-with-his-online-earnings.html


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* Christine's jewelry making hobby is now a lucrative full-time
business...
http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/articles/christine-turns-hobby-
into-profitable-online-business.html

* A squeeze page is Step One in Steve's 3-step business model...
http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/articles/christine-turns-hobby-
into-profitable-online-business.html

* Are you new to affiliate programs?
Start here. It's the Affiliate Program Tutorial I wrote when our
accountant starting asking questions about how we earned our
living - Updated 2012...
http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/articles/affiliate-program-
tutorial.html


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Thought for today: Follow your heart
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One of my all-time favorite quotes:

"Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner
voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart
and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to
become. Everything else is secondary." - Steve Jobs.



All the best

Allan Gardyne


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#540 APN: Have you bought a house with your earnings?

Associate Programs Newsletter #540 Oct. 24, 2012.

Whatever stage of affiliate marketing you're at - just beginning
or able to buy a house with your online earnings, you'll get some
valuable tips by studying this infopublishing success story...

Affiliate Marketer Buys Home With His Online Earnings
http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/articles/affiliate-marketer-buys-home-with-his-online-earnings.html


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This one's a REAL affiliate network
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I've been updating our list of CPA and affiliate networks

Here's one of the newer additions to the list, an affiliate
network founded in Queensland, Australia, where I live. Looks
good.

This is what I call a REAL affiliate network. Unlike many CPA
networks, it provides you with a choice of MERCHANTS, not just
temporary campaigns or offers, which can quickly change.

If you're interested in promoting products to Australian markets
- which aren't as competitive as U.S. markets, check it out.

Here's my recently updated entry...

Commission Factory
A high quality Australian affiliate network. Merchants include
Cudo (daily deals), Quickflix Australia, Quickflix NZ, and about
100 other merchants in categories including gifts, health and
beauty, DVDs, camera batteries, jewelry, gadgets, fashion, toys,
adult, home and garden, lingerie, travel, magazines, etc. Good
tools and support for affiliates including data feeds, coupons, a
deep link generator, image galleries, QR codes for offline
promotions, and videos containing links to the merchant to
increase conversion rates. Realtime tracking. When I joined as an
affiliate, I was surprised to see approval was automatic. Pays
weekly. Founded 2011, recently revamped and improved. It's run by
experienced affiliate marketers. Based in Queensland, Australia.
If you're targeting Australian markets check it out.
http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/commfactory


Here's our three-page list of CPA and affiliate networks
http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/articles/affiliate-networks-list.html

You may be surprised how many there are.


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Thank you! Much appreciated
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Thank you very much to everyone who "Liked" Kate's interview with
Rob Cornish...

How A Different Business Model Turned Failure Into Success
http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/articles/how-a-different-business-model-turned-failure-into-success.html

Because it was Kate's first article for AssociatePrograms.com, it
was very pleasing to see such a positive reaction.

Thank you. You're wonderful.


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Get your questions answered
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P.S. Do you want to ask that affiliate who bought a house with
his earnings some questions about infopublishing?

He's having a Live Q&A Session TODAY...

Infopublishing Live Q&A With Elad Shippony
Wednesday, October 24th, 6pm ET

You can go there right now and ask questions in advance...

http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/infopublishingQ&A

(Scroll down past the photo of Elad and his 3 daughters)


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Thought for today: Qs and As
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"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are
simple." - Dr. Seuss.




All the best

Allan Gardyne


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PO Box 1196, Burleigh Heads.
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#539 APn: Three Internet marketing steps you need to master

Associate Programs Newsletter #539 Oct. 20, 2012.

Rob Cornish doesn't mind admitting he struggled to find success
when he began doing affiliate marketing in 2010.

It wasn't until he decided to change his business model and also
leverage skills he already possessed, that his fortunes changed
dramatically.

Rob now believes Internet marketing success can be boiled down to
three steps:

1. Find a profitable niche

2. Create a website

3. Build an email list

Interviewed by Kate Buckland, Rob was happy to talk freely about
how he achieved his success and was generous in sharing useful
tips he has learned the hard way...

How A Different Business Model Turned Failure Into Success
http://www.associateprograms.com/articles/how-a-different-business-model-turned-failure-into-success.html


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Yes, it's THAT Kate
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You may recognize the name of the interviewer, Kate Buckland.
Yes, that's the one - she's Internet marketer Phil Wiley's
daughter.

Like her Dad, she's an ex-journalist. Kate's journalism
experience includes working for Australia's ABC News and the
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin. She was also editor of a weekly
newspaper.

Her Rob Cornish interview is Kate's first article for
AssociatePrograms.com

I think you'll find it interesting and useful.

If you do, please let us know by adding a comment to the article.
Also, please give it a Facebook "Like" to encourage Kate to find
more successful marketers to interview.

We hope to publish another one fairly soon.


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Audio version of Rob Cornish interview
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If you prefer to listen instead of read, you can download the
full, unedited version of the Rob Cornish interview here...

http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/free-downloads/rob-cornish.mp3


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Thought for today: Starting today
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"No matter what your history has been, your destiny is what you
create today. What are you going to create?" - Steve Maraboli.



All the best

Allan Gardyne


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PO Box 1196, Burleigh Heads.
Queensland 4220, Australia.