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Re: Hiya, Canuck (I'm one too)... I just signed up for your free course...
Posted By: Alex from Extra-Paycheck In Response To: Hiya, Canuck (I'm one too)... I just signed up for your free course... (MaaMaw)
Date: Friday, March 14, 2008, at 3:16 p.m.(pst)
Dear MaaMaw!
Actually I do make 99% of my income with Clickbank only. I tried other affiliate programs but they haven't worked great for me.Now, YES I do recommend some PAID services in my course, but I also mention it in my course - you do not need that product. Yes, it will most likely make your life easier and yes I will get a commission if you buy through my link, but you do not "NEED" it in order to start making money.
Why isn't there any hype? Well I don't like hype. I actually do make only $5000-$6000 a month with Clickbank - many people make the same amount working 9 to 5 - so it can't be really hyped. I do believe that sky is the limit with Affiliate Marketing - but I don't want to promise your INCOME from it - because It really depends on how well you work at it. I have seen people making over $20 000 a month with it just 3 month after they started, I have seen others who were "trying" for a year and did not make a single sale... My course serves the purpose of making it obvious and step by step.
Ok, and here is why I REALLY do it.
I am planning on releasing a video course - the same as my email course that you sign up for at Extra-Paycheck.com - but it will be in video, so it'd be easier to understand and of course I will be selling that video course. By providing free e-mail course, I will learn about the most common difficulties people encounter when starting with Internet Marketing and I will be able to put an accent on those things in my video course/sales pitch.Sounds fair?
Well, as you mentioned you signed up to my course - it's up to you to judge :)
Warmly,
Alex
>> not because I'm interested in changing what's working for me or adding
>> any extra potatoes to the pot but because I didn't see a lot of hype on
>> your site and I thought it would be fair to look further before bashing
>> you (and it).>> You didn't ask, but I noticed a couple of things about your website:
>> --> If I were you, I'd put some white space around the text rather
>> than mashing it up against the black border, and
>> --> I found this very bugsome: "I found a ____ then I wrote a
>> ____ and a month later I got my first extra paycheck!">> Anyhoo, that is neither here nor there. If you're making money with
>> it, who cares.>> I haven't had a chance to read the first installment yet, but here's
>> my guess:>> --> You aren't making this money ONLY by selling Clickbank products
>> as an affiliate,
>> --> and while I don't doubt your good intentions, I don't think
>> you're giving the course away strictly because it makes you happy to help
>> people duplicate your success.>> I suspect a hefty portion of your commission checks can be attributed
>> to the fact (I'm guessing here) that your course directs people to take
>> certain steps to sign up for various affiliate programs as your
>> subaffiliate.>> There's absolutely nothing wrong with that --
>> and furthermore, if I'm right and your subaffiliates are raking in a
>> lot of that cash for you, then they're making sales, so everybody wins.>> I want to make it clear that I am not attacking you, and everything
>> I'm saying comes from making a few educated guesses after reading your
>> website -- I have not (I repeat, NOT) read any of the course yet.>> Like I said, if this is the case, then nobody loses, and that's great.
>> My only problem would be that I'm compulsively honest, and I don't
>> like most of the "How To Make Money With Affiliate Programs"
>> sites because they make their money from...>> --> subaffiliate sales and/or
>> --> the courses they sell for big bucks>> while leading people to believe it's all from affiliate sales. Thus,
>> people who buy their courses think they can make the same kind of money
>> JUST making affiliate sales.>> See where I'm going with this?? (Sorry for the winding road, but
>> that's the way I get everywhere.)>> I like what you said -- I like that it's free -- and call me stupid,
>> but I believe those are your checks and you're doing very well with this.>> It's the "more to it" that bothers me (if I'm right).
>> Oh... and if Roadie's right and "free" it ain't (i.e., if it
>> is going to cost me to get the "how to" particulars), then I
>> will undoubtedly be singing a different tune next time.>> Luv,
>> MaaMaw
>> P.S. More about this after I get a chance to see the course.
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