Are You Taking the Long, Hard Road to Internet Profits?
Many people think that in order to make money online they have to go it alone,
but by doing so they set themselves up for failure. Or at the very least, they
don’t make nearly as much money as they should make.
For instance, let’s say you create a product and write a sales page for it, you
drive some traffic to your sales page and make a couple of sales each day.
There’s nothing wrong with that scenario, per se, but how hard are you working
for those 2 or 3 sales every day?
If you spend the bulk of your time online driving traffic to make those 2 or 3
sales, you won’t have time for other tasks - like creating more products to
make more money.
You really have two choices here…
You can continue to drive traffic and make 2 or 3 sales per day, but that’s the
long, hard road with the least amount of profit.
                                    OR
You can gather other people to help you drive traffic to your site so that you
sell more, and that’s a win/win situation for everyone.
Even after paying them a commission for making those sales for you, you’ll
still pocket more money at the end of the day -Â every day.
I’m talking about JV partners and affiliates, of course. Your business will
level off and stagnate if you go it alone, but when you have partners it can
skyrocket to heights you won’t believe.
And with the right tools and resources, getting people to promote your products
can almost be put on autopilot, so you can concentrate on other things.
First, let’s talk about your affiliate system…
Over the years, many scripts have been produced that can do the job of managing
your affiliates, providing them with pre-made tools to promote your products,
and giving you reports to show how much each affiliate has earned so you can
make payments to them.
Having a good affiliate manager system in place is a must for serious business
owners. If you want JV partners and affiliates to promote your products, you
need to accomodate them as much as possible.
You need to do everything within your power to give them an incentive to
promote your products, including pre-written ads and emails, a high commission
rate, and easy signup for your affiliate system. If they have to jump through
hoops anywhere along the way, they’re not likely to promote.
I’ve worked with several affiliate manager systems in the past, but I ditched
all of them a few months ago for Rapid Action Profits (RAP) for a number of
reasons…
*Â It’s easy to install and use, even for non-techies like me
*Â Affiliates can quickly and easily choose which product or products they’d
like to promote from the affiliate center, as well as grab promotional
materials that I’ve provided to save them time and effort
*Â Customers can become affiliates instantly - I just put the affiliate sign up
link in the email they receive with their download page URL so it’s right in
front of them
*Â Affiliates get paid INSTANTLY to their PayPal account - I make sure to note
that in the email they receive with their download link, too
That last one is a biggie!
Affiliates LOVE to get instant payments because they can access their money
without waiting 30 - 60 days for the product owner to pay them.
They also know that they cannot get ripped off by marketers who simply don’t
pay their affiliates at all. (It’s sad, but true - some marketers will do this,
so be very wary.)
Thus, the reasons the Rapid Action Profits Script was born, and let me tell
you, affiliates love it!
[Sidenote: From now until Nov. 14th you can save 28% on RAP by using this link
only. It’s not available anywhere else.]
Once you have your affiliate manager program in place you’ll need to recruit JV
partners and affiliates. Before I get into that, let me briefly explain the
difference between the two…
Affiliates are generally people you don’t know personally who sign up for your
affiliate program.
Joint Venture (JV) Partners are people you do know, and who usually get
“preferrential treatment” because they’re your friends and business contacts.
You build relationships with your JV partners via email, Instant Message Chats,
phone calls and/or live seminars and events.
There is a lot of offline business relationship building that goes on among
many industries (realtors and mortgage loan officers, for instance), and this
is the same sort of thing.
Your JV relationships are precious, and you don’t want to abuse them or go
about them in the wrong way. As with any other relationship in life, you have
to nurture them so they grow and blossom.
[Sidenote: You can grab 5 free videos and a 26 page report on building
relationships to grow your business at JVSource.com]
Now, on to the task of actually finding JV partners…
This is probably the part that seems the most daunting, but I think you’ll find
that it’s really not that hard once you get the hang of it.
The term “Joint Venture” means more than just people promoting each other’s
products. There are all kinds of JV’s.
For instance, if you’re good at writing sales letters, but horrible at writing
how-to reports, you can joint venture with someone who can whip out ebooks in
no time, but can’t write ad copy that sells them.
Or if you have a great front end product, but no backend products to offer your
customers, you can approach marketers who have products that compliment your
own, and work out a deal to send each other’s buyers to the other person’s
sales page.
These are just two examples of joint ventures, but the possibilities are only
limited by your imagination.
In order to find partners, you simply “hang out” where they hang out - in forums, social sites, and blogs in your niche. Take the time to read and reply to their posts, and build the relationship just as you would with any new friend.
Keep in mind, though, that it’s very important to go about it the right way.
You want your potential JV partners to see that you’re watching out for them,
and that it’s not just all about you.
I suggest reading some good information that explains Joint Ventures in much
more detail than I can post here. A brand new product launches on November 11th
that will do just that - JVSource - and I highly recommend you take a look at it.
Don’t take the long, hard road to profits. There is a shorter, easier route -
JV partners and affiliates - so be sure you go in that direction and you’ll get
where you want to go much quicker. 
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November 11th, 2008 at 12:06 am
I agree with you, although I don’t yet have RAP. My stuff is setup reasonable well, but I intend to get RAP, soon.
I have heard much ado about that system. It practically operates your business for you. If it works as well as the adcopy states, it is the ideal tool for “intermediate” and “advanced marketers”.
I believe the monthly subscription is about 50 bucks. For most that is nothing, especially in the running of a business. However, I believe that many of the Newbies are attempting IM startups, because they are broke or in some stage of financial dire straits. Their monthly payments may, already, be more than their household income. If you add RAP, hosting, autorespnders, one or two membership sites, and they are in trouble, before any money returns.
I think the number of Newbies with this problem is increasing, because of the economic recession/depression. They need a biz start, more than ever, but may have only a few bucks to invest.
We need to help these folks, by showing them some very inexpensive ways to expedite an income stream, be it only a small one. Then, they can start buying the tools to make the daily drudgery, a bit easier.
The best bet for broke newbies to get started, I believe, is Affiliate Marketing.
They will still need some coins to invest. No way to avoid that, but it is an inexpensive way to go.
The rest of you guys, get the RAP system. I’m going to.
Alfred Jones - Answers & Solutions http://tinyurl.com/5a8bju
November 11th, 2008 at 12:10 am
hello, i have been trying to find out to make a blog and launch it and no results. can you help.
thanks
November 11th, 2008 at 8:20 am
Thanks for your comments, Alfred. I have good news - RAP is a one time fee, not a monthly fee. And it’s easy enough for almost anyone to use.
If one knows how to create or edit their sales/download pages and upload them, they can use RAP.
Ron, please submit a ticket at the support desk with your question so that any emails don’t get lost in cyberspace. (www.wackyweekly.com/support)
Thanks to both of your for your comments.
Denise
November 12th, 2008 at 12:21 am
Hey Ron,
If you already have hosting, just go to Cpanel, click on tutorial videos, and pick the one for blogs. Your Cpanel will likely have a utility call “Fantastio”. The video will direct you to that software, which will practically set up your blog for you. Just follow the prompts. It is very intutive.
If you don’t have hosting, you can go to one of the free sites. I think that I remember the one I used for a while as being “Blogger”. That is a very easy blog to setup, also.
And later, you can pick up some free or low-cost information and plug-ins, from the online marketers.
You can do it.
Good Luck,
Alfred Jones - Answers & Solutions http://tinyurl.com/5a8bju
November 12th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Although I know of R.A.P., I have not yet bought or used it.
My goal for our first, original site it get more and more stories from servicemen & women.
Once the “mini mall” is built, it will feature affiliate products that we offer.
Ten percent (10%) of after-tax revenue will go to charity.