Associate Programs Newsletter #561 Nov. 29, 2013.
If you're wasting time doing ineffective blogging - writing blog
posts but not attracting enough visitors, not gaining enough
friends, and not making enough sales - I know someone who can
help.
She has written the best course on social media marketing I've
seen.
As the Internet has changed, I've gradually changed my mind about
blogging and social media marketing.
When Facebook was launched nearly 10 years ago I ignored it. I
was earning useful revenue from search engine traffic and didn't
see any reason to alter what I was doing. Big mistake.
When Twitter came along, I couldn't see how it was important,
either.
As for Pinterest and Google+ and so on... I must admit was a bit
slow in appreciating their value.
I began changing my mind when I found out that Google was placing
more importance on social media signals.
However, even then I was seeing only a small part of the whole
picture.
Super affiliate Lynn Terry, who has written a brilliantly useful
course on social media marketing, is seriously smart, and
seriously good at earning a living online.
She sees the whole picture.
She knows there are excellent reasons for doing social media
marketing...
* The more places you appear where people can see you, the more
chance you'll have of being recognized and attracting visitors
and making sales.
* People who recognize you and are familiar with you - people
you've engaged with in social media - are MUCH more likely to
open your emails, click on a link and buy something you
recommend. (Read that sentence again. This is a key point.)
* They're also more likely to "like", share, tweet, re-tweet,
and pin your stuff, recommending it to other people. So, done
right, social media marketing has a wonderful snowballing
effect.
* People like buying from people they know, like and trust. When
you're engaging with your potential customers - the right way -
you don't need nearly as many of them before you generate useful
revenue. Lynn shows you how to achieve this, in short blocks of
time - only 15 to 30 minutes a day.
Lynn is truly superb at this stuff. Her new course on social
media marketing is the best by far I've seen on social media.
If you have any lingering doubts about how effective social media
marketing can be, her course will give you a wake-up call. It
taught me quite a few things I didn't know.
Lynn has been working online for 16 years and blogging for 9
years. She's HAD to be successful to feed her family, because
she's been a solo parent for the past 13 years.
She really does know what she's talking about. And she's very
good at showing you exactly how she does it, with screenshots and
specific examples.
Doing it her way, there's no hype or junk, no sneaky stuff.
With her book as your reference guide, you won't waste endless,
unproductive hours. She provides action lists and checklists
which show you what to do to keep on track.
For example, on page 16, Lynn shows you exactly how you can put
yourself in front of a community of raving fans in your market.
The example she shows took only a few seconds.
"No matter your niche or business model, imagine how beneficial
it would be to walk into a room of 'raving fans' and join in on
their highly topical discussions. Social Media IS that room..."
Lynn says.
But there are all sorts of subtle little details you need to get
right.
Her course is a reference tool you'll refer to over and over
again.
When you get the course, you also get access to her private
Facebook group where she interacts with her customers and offers
help. I made sure I signed up for this.
This isn't one of those disappointing, lightweight $7 products.
It's a totally useful, 63-page course from a seriously successful
super affiliate.
Even if you're already a whiz at social media marketing, I'd be
utterly amazed if you already know all the useful tips that Lynn
shares.
You'll be glad you got this...
http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/social-marketing
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Thanks and a reminder
=====================
To everyone who emailed me to comment on my previous newsletter "The
scariest time of my life" -
http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/articles/the-scariest-time-of-my-life.html
Thank you! I really appreciated your comments.
If you want to have your say - and share your thoughts with other
readers - on any newsletter I write, it's easy.
Rather than emailing, go to the main page of
http://www.AssociatePrograms.com and you'll find a link to the
latest newsletter. You can add your comment at the end.
Have you got Lynn Terry's social media marketing course? I'd love
to see your opinion of it.
You can comment here...
http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/articles/are-you-still-wasting-time-blogging.html
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Have you just joined?
=====================
Are you new to affiliate programs?
Start here. It's the Affiliate Program Tutorial I wrote when our
accountant began asking questions about how we earn our living
- Updated 2013...
http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/articles/affiliate-program-tutorial.html
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Thought for today: Kindsight
============================
"View your life with KINDSIGHT. Stop beating yourself up about
things from your past. Instead of slapping your forehead and
asking, 'What was I thinking,' breathe and ask yourself the
kinder question, 'What was I learning?'." - author Karen
Salmansohn.
All the best
Allan Gardyne
P.S. Remember, you can Like us at Facebook...
http://www.Facebook.com/AssociatePrograms
Thanks!
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We often earn commissions from products we review. This is just
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as trustee for Allan Gardyne Trust.
PO Box 1196, Burleigh Heads.
Queensland 4220, Australia.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
#560 APn: The scariest time of my life
Associate Programs Newsletter #560 Oct. 23, 2013.
Where's the champagne? I'm celebrating. It's the 10th anniversary
of the scariest time of my life.
As a few longtime readers may remember, 10 years ago I was lying
in hospital after having a bone marrow transplant.
In the previous two years, I'd gone downhill from having anemia
to pancytopenia. "Pan" means all - ALL my blood counts were lower
than normal, not just my red cells.
When my blood counts dropped even lower, doctors drilled into a
hip bone, examined my bone marrow, and told me I was "lucky" - I
didn't have leukemia. Instead, I had aplastic anemia - my bone
marrow was on a go-slow. It wasn't producing enough blood cells.
That was scary enough, but the really scary bit came later.
First, the doctors tried to fix me by using immuno-suppressant
therapy - stuff called Atgam. They pumped me full of a cocktail
of chemicals to try to teach my T-cells to stop attacking my
immune system. All that did was give me horrible side effects.
They followed that up with Prednisone - steroids - and platelet
transfusions.
For the next few months, my blood cell counts kept declining. I
was being kept alive with blood and platelet transfusions.
(Platelets live for only a week, so I needed regular
transfusions.)
Then the doctors tried my last chance - a bone marrow transplant.
To do that, they had to give me toxic doses of chemotherapy to
destroy all my defective bone marrow. The side effects were NOT
nice.
They burrowed into my sister's hip bone, sucked out some of her
healthy bone marrow, and gave it me.
So there I was, 10 years ago, lying in a hospital bed in an
oncology ward, waiting to see if the bone marrow transplant would
"take".
Imagine someone testing your blood counts - red cells, white
cells, neutrophils and platelets - and then telling you the
counts are all exactly zero. That's where I was.
The doctors were saving my life, but it felt as though they were
trying to kill me.
I won't dwell on all the nasty side effects, but on top of them I
had to wait patiently, for day after day, to see if my blood
counts would start to move up from zero.
Each day, a blood sample would be taken and tested. The nurses
kept track of my progress. That was simple: Zero.
So there I was, pumped full of painkillers and antiobiotics, and
occasionally hooked up to oxygen... while I waited for my body to
decide it wasn't ready to die yet.
It wasn't until what they called "Day 13" that my neutrophils
(those important little white disease-fighting blood cells) at
long last moved upwards from zero to .04. It wasn't much, but
that was the start of a long, slow recovery in my health.
One thing I remember about those days is all the wonderful
messages of support I received at the time. Those messages meant
a LOT to me. You know who you are... Thank you!
Ten years later, I'm fine now, thanks to healthy living and help
from doctor who's also a trained naturopath.
My favorite morning walk, around the beaches at Rainbow Bay,
Queensland, includes a couple of small hills and I'm using those
hills to increase my fitness. I ran up 80 steps without stopping
today.
I'm training for a mountain walk I'm going to do. I'll tell you
more about that another day.
=========================
When bad things happen...
=========================
When bad things happen to us, or to people we know, we're
supposed to learn valuable lessons from them. That's the way the
world works, isn't it?
You might want to learn from my bad health experience.
Don't take your health for granted. I suspect my aplastic anemia
was my own silly fault. I'd worked crazy hours, seven days a
week, without proper breaks, for several years. I should have
known better.
You know what to do - get enough sleep, exercise, eat healthy
food, take vacations, look for balance in your life. But are you
doing these things?
What would happen if you were suddenly unable to work? Would your
family cope? Have you written a "Letter to Survivors" letter?
Who would run your business if you couldn't? Would they know
where look for the instruction manual? Could they sell your
business? Would they know how?
Do you even have a business your survivors could sell?
Perhaps it's time to set some new goals?
=========================
On a more optimistic note
=========================
Talking about goals, how's your progress in affiliate marketing?
Is what you're doing working, or is it time to try a different
approach?
To succeed, one of the most effective things you can do is invest
in high quality education.
Here are three training systems I recommend...
1. SBI SYSTEM
An old favorite - constantly updated as the Internet changes -
the SBI system has tens of thousands of users. It's an all-in-
one-place, business building system, with courses at more than 25
universities and colleges around the world - and online. It
teaches a variety of ways of earning revenue online, including
affiliate programs. There's a step-by-step Action Guide, with
videos. It has heaps of testimonials and proof of success.
http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/buildit
2. NICHE SITE FORMULA
Super affiliate John Gibb's Niche Site Formula teaches you how to
build mini sites in health niches. Because he gets you started by
building a unique mini site for you, I call it "almost like
cheating". He helps you choose good affiliate programs, often
with residual commissions. You need to have a working knowledge
of WordPress.
http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/almost-like-cheating
3. AFFILIATE BLOGGER PRO
Rosalind Gardner's blogging "academy" is also based on WordPress.
If you want to use WordPress to make money from affiliate
programs and are looking for a decent instruction manual this is
an excellent place to start. The training includes dozens of
short videos.
http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/bloggerpro
==================================
Thought for today: Making progress
==================================
"If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need
motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn
him around." - Jim Rohn.
All the best
Allan Gardyne
P.S. Remember, you can Like us at Facebook...
http://www.Facebook.com/AssociatePrograms
Thanks!
--------------------------------------------------------------
Check out the newsletter archives...
http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/categories/Newsletter-Archive
--------------------------------------------------------------
==========
Disclosure
==========
This newsletter is an example of affiliate marketing in action.
We often earn commissions from products we review. This is just
one of many ways we earn commissions.
To unsubscribe from this newsletter, send a blank email to
leave-44005154-168337233.8fcda178a2f17c2ae6b09c5e7ef7982c@lyris.dundee.net
http://www.AssociatePrograms.com
...and other niche sites.
Published by Allan Gardyne Pty Ltd
as trustee for Allan Gardyne Trust.
PO Box 1196, Burleigh Heads.
Queensland 4220, Australia.
Where's the champagne? I'm celebrating. It's the 10th anniversary
of the scariest time of my life.
As a few longtime readers may remember, 10 years ago I was lying
in hospital after having a bone marrow transplant.
In the previous two years, I'd gone downhill from having anemia
to pancytopenia. "Pan" means all - ALL my blood counts were lower
than normal, not just my red cells.
When my blood counts dropped even lower, doctors drilled into a
hip bone, examined my bone marrow, and told me I was "lucky" - I
didn't have leukemia. Instead, I had aplastic anemia - my bone
marrow was on a go-slow. It wasn't producing enough blood cells.
That was scary enough, but the really scary bit came later.
First, the doctors tried to fix me by using immuno-suppressant
therapy - stuff called Atgam. They pumped me full of a cocktail
of chemicals to try to teach my T-cells to stop attacking my
immune system. All that did was give me horrible side effects.
They followed that up with Prednisone - steroids - and platelet
transfusions.
For the next few months, my blood cell counts kept declining. I
was being kept alive with blood and platelet transfusions.
(Platelets live for only a week, so I needed regular
transfusions.)
Then the doctors tried my last chance - a bone marrow transplant.
To do that, they had to give me toxic doses of chemotherapy to
destroy all my defective bone marrow. The side effects were NOT
nice.
They burrowed into my sister's hip bone, sucked out some of her
healthy bone marrow, and gave it me.
So there I was, 10 years ago, lying in a hospital bed in an
oncology ward, waiting to see if the bone marrow transplant would
"take".
Imagine someone testing your blood counts - red cells, white
cells, neutrophils and platelets - and then telling you the
counts are all exactly zero. That's where I was.
The doctors were saving my life, but it felt as though they were
trying to kill me.
I won't dwell on all the nasty side effects, but on top of them I
had to wait patiently, for day after day, to see if my blood
counts would start to move up from zero.
Each day, a blood sample would be taken and tested. The nurses
kept track of my progress. That was simple: Zero.
So there I was, pumped full of painkillers and antiobiotics, and
occasionally hooked up to oxygen... while I waited for my body to
decide it wasn't ready to die yet.
It wasn't until what they called "Day 13" that my neutrophils
(those important little white disease-fighting blood cells) at
long last moved upwards from zero to .04. It wasn't much, but
that was the start of a long, slow recovery in my health.
One thing I remember about those days is all the wonderful
messages of support I received at the time. Those messages meant
a LOT to me. You know who you are... Thank you!
Ten years later, I'm fine now, thanks to healthy living and help
from doctor who's also a trained naturopath.
My favorite morning walk, around the beaches at Rainbow Bay,
Queensland, includes a couple of small hills and I'm using those
hills to increase my fitness. I ran up 80 steps without stopping
today.
I'm training for a mountain walk I'm going to do. I'll tell you
more about that another day.
=========================
When bad things happen...
=========================
When bad things happen to us, or to people we know, we're
supposed to learn valuable lessons from them. That's the way the
world works, isn't it?
You might want to learn from my bad health experience.
Don't take your health for granted. I suspect my aplastic anemia
was my own silly fault. I'd worked crazy hours, seven days a
week, without proper breaks, for several years. I should have
known better.
You know what to do - get enough sleep, exercise, eat healthy
food, take vacations, look for balance in your life. But are you
doing these things?
What would happen if you were suddenly unable to work? Would your
family cope? Have you written a "Letter to Survivors" letter?
Who would run your business if you couldn't? Would they know
where look for the instruction manual? Could they sell your
business? Would they know how?
Do you even have a business your survivors could sell?
Perhaps it's time to set some new goals?
=========================
On a more optimistic note
=========================
Talking about goals, how's your progress in affiliate marketing?
Is what you're doing working, or is it time to try a different
approach?
To succeed, one of the most effective things you can do is invest
in high quality education.
Here are three training systems I recommend...
1. SBI SYSTEM
An old favorite - constantly updated as the Internet changes -
the SBI system has tens of thousands of users. It's an all-in-
one-place, business building system, with courses at more than 25
universities and colleges around the world - and online. It
teaches a variety of ways of earning revenue online, including
affiliate programs. There's a step-by-step Action Guide, with
videos. It has heaps of testimonials and proof of success.
http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/buildit
2. NICHE SITE FORMULA
Super affiliate John Gibb's Niche Site Formula teaches you how to
build mini sites in health niches. Because he gets you started by
building a unique mini site for you, I call it "almost like
cheating". He helps you choose good affiliate programs, often
with residual commissions. You need to have a working knowledge
of WordPress.
http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/almost-like-cheating
3. AFFILIATE BLOGGER PRO
Rosalind Gardner's blogging "academy" is also based on WordPress.
If you want to use WordPress to make money from affiliate
programs and are looking for a decent instruction manual this is
an excellent place to start. The training includes dozens of
short videos.
http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/bloggerpro
==================================
Thought for today: Making progress
==================================
"If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need
motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn
him around." - Jim Rohn.
All the best
Allan Gardyne
P.S. Remember, you can Like us at Facebook...
http://www.Facebook.com/AssociatePrograms
Thanks!
--------------------------------------------------------------
Check out the newsletter archives...
http://www.AssociatePrograms.com/categories/Newsletter-Archive
--------------------------------------------------------------
==========
Disclosure
==========
This newsletter is an example of affiliate marketing in action.
We often earn commissions from products we review. This is just
one of many ways we earn commissions.
To unsubscribe from this newsletter, send a blank email to
leave-44005154-168337233.8fcda178a2f17c2ae6b09c5e7ef7982c@lyris.dundee.net
http://www.AssociatePrograms.com
...and other niche sites.
Published by Allan Gardyne Pty Ltd
as trustee for Allan Gardyne Trust.
PO Box 1196, Burleigh Heads.
Queensland 4220, Australia.
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