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Re: UPDATE: It just took a couple of installments to figure out why this won't work for me....
Posted By: Alex from Extra-Paycheck In Response To: UPDATE: It just took a couple of installments to figure out why this won't work for me.... (MaaMaw)
Date: Monday, March 17, 2008, at 10:44 a.m.(pst)
Hi, MaaMaw!
I understand your standings on promoting Products from Clickbank.
And here is my "Ethics code":In my course I promote WA - when I could be promoting hundreds of more expensive products... Why? Because I tried it myself and I have been a member for about 5 months... I like it a lot, this is why I promote.
The same goes to CB products... Most of the time I purchase the product before promoting it. The only times I do not purchase it to test it out myself is when;
a) The product has high gravity = lots of sales
b) Refund rate is under 5% = good quality product
... + Clickbank offers an 8 week Money Back guarantee... so if they "client" ever feels like the product wasn't worth his money - he has 2 months to get the money back.I am constantly being bombarded with "scam" promotions so I am trying to not do the same. This is why I TRY to always PURCHASE it before promoting. However, if someone can't test out the product and doesn't feel "right" promoting it - then the best way to go is become an affiliate of eBay (CJ.com) or Amazon.com and promote physical products... like Games, Books, TV sets...etc. The principle is exactly the same....
- Find Your Hungry Crowd
- Find Good Keywords
- Build your free blog
- Get traffic to it...Good Luck,
Alex
>> Nothing against Alex or his course, but I can't do this.
>> I can't promote products I haven't seen for myself. I just can't do
>> it, and I should have realized right up front that this would present a
>> problem for me.>> It smacked me betwixt the eyeballs when I saw the discussion about
>> promoting a product that tells you how to run your car on water and save
>> tons of money at the gas pump.>> Of course you don't have to promote this -- he's giving it as an
>> example -- but the problem for me is that I'm constantly going to be
>> choosing among stuff like this.>> How do I know it isn't a scam?
>> Sure, I can, and would, research it online before promoting it, but
>> testimonials mean nothing to me, tons of the sites singing its praises are
>> affiliate sites, and even the cry of "SCAM!" isn't always
>> accurate because it can mean sour grapes, someone who wasn't smart enough
>> to figure out the instructions, or someone who just *assumes* it's a scam
>> at first glance (like I did).>> And the question for me is not only how do I know it isn't a scam --
>> but if I haven't tried it myself, how do I know it's a GOOD PRODUCT and
>> WORTH EVERY PENNY they charge for it??>> I don't.
>> So I can't promote it...
>> "it" being almost all of the bzillion products on Clickbank
>> that I haven't seen with my own eyes.>> Other than my Ethics Meter being stuck in Terminal Overdrive, I don't
>> see any problems with the course so far, except maybe the emphasis on
>> joining the affiliate site Alex promotes.>> No crime in that -- promoting a membership site through a free product
>> is a perfectly legitimate way to make money -- and furthermore, there is
>> nothing that says you have to join.>> There are perks if you do, however -- including chatting with Alex,
>> some "great bonuses," access to a keyword research tool
>> (compared to WordTracker, which is described as free though not very
>> accurate and not updated very often), and probably more to come although I
>> don't know that yet.>> Again, there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with promoting this
>> membership site through a free course -- people don't generally write
>> comprehensive free courses just for fun and they're probably idiots if
>> they do.>> It's just that I promised to come back and let you know if I had been
>> asked for any money -- and I have definitely *not* -- but I would say it
>> is being quite heavily promoted from the start. If I were more excited and
>> less experienced, I would already have joined the membership site after
>> reading the first installment.>> Admittedly, if I wanted to become a top affiliate marketer, joining
>> immediately might be the way to go -- but I prefer to get a little deeper
>> into a free course before spending any money. If it were my course, I
>> would make it a lot more clear that you can do well without joining this
>> site (and, alas, I would talk myself out of oodles of sales).>> I'm the first to admit that I've missed out on THOUSANDS of dollars
>> over the years because my compulsive honesty gets in the way. I'd be
>> sitting pretty now if I weren't crippled by this, but I am...>> and that's why I can't waltz through Clickbank and start promoting
>> products I know very little about.>> I am not saying Alex's course is "bad" because it won't work
>> for me.>> Luv,
>> MaaMaw
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