An Affiliate Marketer from the Ground Up

This is very similar to my previous post, but after seeing what 2 individuals have been through, I thought I'd post on it again. I hate to see people throw money away. Especially when they believe they're going to make a lot of money from it. So, STOP, DON'T DO IT!

I just signed up at Wealthy Affiliate a few weeks ago, and it's a very good forum. I've got a lot of good ideas and information there. This isn't about WA specifically though.

It's about buying, or actually not buying every new get-rich-quick product that is released.

There were 2 different individuals on WA in the last few days that posted about how they had made no money online. Actually one guy had made a couple thousand dollars, but he had spent over $11,000 doing it!!

The other guy had made nothing, he said.

The problem is, both had followed the same problematic method...buy every get-rich-quick product that comes out, or at least many of them.

You have to remember, IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT IS!! It's not, it 'probably is'...IT IS.

There's tons of information out there to get started with. Don't try PPC advertising right away. It takes some experience (and money) to start making money using PPC.

I recommended Pot Pie Girl's ebook (course) here before, and although there's not any get-rich-quick scheme included, since they don't exist, it's common sense information to lay the foundation to start generating some traffic and making some money.

It's basically using article marketing to generate traffic to your money site(s). Pretty much 'Bum Marketing.' That term is from Travis Sago's excellent 'Bum Marketing Method.' Head over to Bum Marketing Method to check it out.

Jennifer's course does go into it more specifically, as far as the sites (Squidoo, EzineArticles, etc.) to use, and an actual step-by-step instructional process to follow day-by-day. It guides you through setting up a campaign in one week. Hence the name, One Week Marketing Plan.

So, if you're going to spend any money, buy something that won't promise to make you a fortune overnight. Buy something that provides good, solid, very workable, traffic, and eventually money producing information.

Stay away from anything that promises to make you a lot of money in a very short time. Those guys are just taking advantage of everyone's fantasy of getting a lot of money quickly, and with almost no work.

Think lottery...now look at the odds.

How to Detect an Online Business Scam
By Jim Janowiak

It is sad this article needs to be written. Unfortunately there's lots of worthless information in this market niche. The "Black Hats" are out in every marketing niche but it seems they like the online business or work from home markets the best.

The problem is that if you get burned a few times you may think everyone is trying to scam you. This is not the case. Thousands of people are building solid profitable businesses from their home and enjoying financial freedom, not to mention freedom of time.

There are some sure fired tips you can use to spot the scam offers right up front. If you are new to the online business internet marketing niche, here is what you should be on the look out for.

The first red flag is the promise. Does it sound too good to be true? We have all seen the marketing copy that states fast money. It goes something like "You will be earning $10,000 a month in 30 days". We all wish that were true, but it's not. Every legitimate online marketer has spent a year or more to get to that level. Watch out for the promise. If it promises fast money and little or no work or "we do all the work for you", forget about it. Great copywriters make it tempting, but it's just not true.

The next telltale sign is the offer. Beware if it goes something like this, "This offer will be gone in 24 hours". If it is a legitimate product or service, then the seller wants to sell as many as possible and certainly would allow you to take your time to evaluate the offer. Now, there can be a cut off for services but not for digital and non-digital products. At least this is another red flag.

I'm sure you have seem these offers that tell you the offer will be gone in the next five minutes. Then there is a clock counting down next to the buy/submit button. Go back to that offer tomorrow and the clock is still ticking. Red Flag.

So let's say you are deciding whether to purchase an offer and you're just not sure if it is a legitimate offer by a legitimate company. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers known as ICANN is in charge of administering upper level domain names. They in turn, assign regional companies to register names.

Here is what you do. Go to the whois lookup. You can just Google it. Every website has to be registered. There you will find the information on the company or individual. If the name, address and contact information is not there, you have another red flag. If you can't find the contact information on the website or it doesn't match the registration, you have yet another red flag.

There is no need to purchase any product or service online with a scam company. Today, there are many great online marketers that are legitimate. They will give you their full contact information.These are the ones that deliver good products and services because they want your business over the long run. They want word of mouth. The only way to build a solid online business that performs, makes money, and lasts, is to do it the correct non-scamming way. You are now armed to detect and avoid the scammers.

Article Source: http://www.affsphere.com/Business/Network-Marketing/How-to-Detect-an-Online-Business-Scam.html

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